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St Kilda Film Festival is back for 2025!

St Kilda Film Festival is renowned as the most comprehensive overview of Australia's short film industry, screening the top short film entries received each year alongside a rich program of international screenings, special events and a professional development program.

The Short Film Competition has a huge prize pool of cash and in-kind craft awards, including a $10,000 prize for Best Short Film. Other awards include Best Director, Best Achievement in Screenplay, Best Documentary and Best Achievement in Cinematography.

Accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the St Kilda Film Festival is an Academy Awards® qualifying event, with award-winning films from the Festival eligible for consideration in the Short Film Awards AND Documentary Short sections of the Oscars®. 

We invite you to submit your short film for consideration in Australia's Top Shorts program. Please read our Festival Terms & Conditions before entering.

Are you a budding filmmaker under the age of 21? Submit your film to Under the Radar.

Entries close 31 January 2025.