Australia Independent Film Festival

Australia Independent Film Festival Australia Independent Film Festival - Brisbane - Australia. Our programming focuses on high quality independent shorts, from a diverse group of film makers.
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Located at Metro Arts one of Australia’s coolest venues within one of Australia’s coolest art precincts is Brisbane’s very own Australia Independent Film Festival. Known passionately as “the filmmaker’s festival,” AIFF is on track to become Australia's premiere short film and screenplay festival and is consistently ranked in the top 100 Best Reviewed Film festivals on FilmFreeway. Founded in 2017

AIFF has grown from strength to strength and is now a prominent event on the domestic and international film festival circuit. We make sure to select films that have not had a huge amount of publicity already - with a specific focus on QLD made films and the traction that those films have already received.

23/09/2025

AIFF25 OFFICIAL SELECTION UPDATE
AIFF25 Pricing structure for official selection film attendees.
AIFF25 Award ceremony - FREE.
AIFF25 Screening sessions - FREE.
AIFF25 Red carpet pics - PRICELESS.
AIFF25 Popcorn - TBA.

Each official selection filmmaker in the main festival will receive two complimentary tickets to the awards ceremony, two complimentary tickets to their screening session, and two complimentary tickets to any other screening sessions they would like to attend. Each QLD Future Stars highschool official selection will receive two complimentary tickets to the FutureStars screening and awards session only.

AIFF25 session timetable is available at: www.ausindefest.com/program

Please note: If a filmmaker is unable to attend and wins an award, all prizes will be shipped at no cost to the recipient. Additional information is available at www.filmfreeway.com/ausindefest.

OFFICIAL SELECTION UPDATE - We are literally pulling our hair out with stress! We have so many worthy entries but so few...
22/09/2025

OFFICIAL SELECTION UPDATE - We are literally pulling our hair out with stress! We have so many worthy entries but so few spaces. Think of doing the world's largest jigsaw puzzle where every piece is an excellent piece that seems to fit perfectly with each and every other piece!
We are so close and we know AIFF25 will be our strongest line-up to date!
We'd like to once again take this opportunity to thank all entrants and wish them and their teams the best of Australian luck.
Announcements are COMING SOON.
Once announced the full program and tickets will be available at

Australia Independent Film Festival 2025 program and tickets. Join Filmmakers and filmlovers at Metro Arts West End for a visual smorgasbord of some of the world's best independent cinema.

17/09/2025

Real prizes, real awards, and one of Australia's best cinemas. The team at the Australia Independent Film Festival would like to thank our incredible sponsors for helping to make this possible. Without you, we would not be a film festival.
AIFF25 sponsors include:
Brisbane City Council
Screen Queensland
Kodak Motion Picture Film
Panavision
Audio-Technica Australia
Blackmagic Design
The Black List
Write Brothers
Dragon Image - Photo & Video Equipment Solutions
Super Nice Advice
Palace Cinemas
Osbourne Hotel

AIFF25 good to know:1) Entry to the AIFF25 awards ceremony is included in the ticket price of the closing night screenin...
06/09/2025

AIFF25 good to know:
1) Entry to the AIFF25 awards ceremony is included in the ticket price of the closing night screening session.
2) Official selection films receive two complimentary tickets to all main festival screening sessions and the awards ceremony.

Coffee shops of Brisbane - It's postcard time! AIFF25 opens at Palace Cinemas James Street October 31. When we come knoc...
31/08/2025

Coffee shops of Brisbane - It's postcard time! AIFF25 opens at Palace Cinemas James Street October 31. When we come knocking, we'd love your help to spread the word!

25/08/2025

Entries for are officially closed. We take this opportunity to both thank and wish all entrants the very best of luck.

Under 24 hours until submissions close for this years festival. The home of some of the world's best short films of 2025...
24/08/2025

Under 24 hours until submissions close for this years festival. The home of some of the world's best short films of 2025 is clearly going to be at AIFF25 this October snd November. Don't miss out! Enter at filmfreeway.com/ausindefest

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The Australia Independent Film Festival was founded in February 2018 by Brisbane filmmakers Richard Lawton and Jeremy Rigby. They had a shared dream of creating a film festival built on trust, openness and communication that would showcase and celebrate the very best in independent cinema and screenplays from around the world.

On the 24 of November 2018 AIFF showcased 32 incredible shorts at Metro Arts in Brisbane. These included both Australian and international short dramas, as well as documentaries, animations, music videos and experimental films. Filmmakers from Ireland, Russia, the United States and all corners of Australia made their way to the festival, along with some film loving locals ready to get their eyes peeled for some quality cinema.

One of many highlights was a Q&A with Grammy award winning Broadway producer and filmmaker Jhett Tolentino. At the grand awards ceremony that same night fifteen trophies were presented to the very best films of the festival.

In March that year the festival opened for entries. By the end of the submission period the festival had received a massive array of submissions from over 20 countries.