2024 Prizes

In 2024 we will be offering 35 Awards across our 6 categories. Here is the breakdown of awards across each category with prizes provided by our incredible festival sponsors.

Annually we give away over $50,000 worth of prizes across our whole festival from our generous sponsors including memberships, apps, lenses, microphones, classes, mentorships, smartphones, iPads and soo much more.

THE SF3 GALA AWARDS

SF3 Best Film Award

SF3 People’s Choice Award

SF3 Best Director Award

SF3 Best Cinematography Award

SF3 & ACS Best Cinematography Runner-Up Award

SF3 Best Screenplay Award

SF3 Best Documentary Award

SF3 Best Editing Award

SF3 Best Original Score Award

SF3 Best Actress Award

SF3 Best Actor Award

SF3 & Luma Touch Finished on Mobile Award (for films both shot and edited on a  mobile device)

SF3 & WIFT NSW Best Female Creative Award

SF3 First Nations Award (for films made by a filmmaker that identifies as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander or Indigenous)

SF3 Community & Diversity Award (for a film that is either shot by or that is about and features stories, creatives, filmmakers and actors from under-represented communities)

SF3 Founders’ Flick Pick

#FILMBREAKER Award (for the most promising first-time and/or emerging filmmaker)

SF3 Gala Finalists

SF3 KIDS

The SF3 Kids Best Film Award High School (for high or senior school age filmmakers)

SF3 Kids Best Film Award Primary School (for primary or junior school age filmmakers)

SF3 Kids Best Director Award

SF3 Kids Best Cinematography Award

SF3 Kids Best Screenplay Award

SF3 Kids Best Editing Award

SF3 Kids Best Actor Award

SF3 Kids Best Actress Award

SF3 Kids Finalists

SF3 MINI

SF3 Mini Best International Film

SF3 Mini Best Australian Film

SF3 Mini Highly-Commended Awards x4

SF3 Mini Finalists

SF3 FEATURE FILM

SF3 Best Feature Film Award

SF3 Feature Film Finalists

SF3 BEST AI FILM

SF3 BEST SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO

* In the event that one film/filmmaker wins more than one category, we will redistribute the prizes so as to minimise double ups. Also some prizes are city specific and we may have to redistribute these specific prizes if winner cannot be physically present.