Australia Independent Film Festival

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Located in Brisbane in one of Australia’s coolest venues within one of Brisbane’s coolest art precincts is the internationally acclaimed Australia Independent Film Festival. 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. Our programming focuses on high quality independent shorts, from a diverse group of film makers. 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.

We can't wait to welcome the world in 2032! Here at the Australia Independent Film Festival we'll be doing our part too!...
03/12/2025

We can't wait to welcome the world in 2032! Here at the Australia Independent Film Festival we'll be doing our part too!
Believe, Belong, Become.

The AIFF25 Best International Short Film Winner: Don’t Be Late, Myra earns Oscar® qualification and joins the 98th Acade...
29/11/2025

The AIFF25 Best International Short Film Winner: Don’t Be Late, Myra earns Oscar® qualification and joins the 98th Academy Awards® race. We wish the entire team the very best of Australian luck!

26/11/2025

AT AIFF25 the owner of a Brisbane graphic design company and husband of one of the attending filmmakers struck up a conversation with our Co-Director Jeremy Rigby. We would love to track you down and continue the conversation. Any assistance in a name would be greatly appreciated.

AIFF26 Sponsor Announcement. We would like to thank our long-time festival partner Write Brothers for once again joining...
25/11/2025

AIFF26 Sponsor Announcement. We would like to thank our long-time festival partner Write Brothers for once again joining us in 2026.

At AIFF26, they will provide each of the following category winners a digital download of their highly acclaimed Movie Magic writing software:

Best Screenplay
Best High School Short Film
Best Student Short Film
Best Queensland Short Film
Best Australian Short Film
Best International Short Film

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Movie Magic® Screenwriter™ is an award-winning screenwriting software that formats movies, television, novels, stage plays and even comic book scripts, making it the only program for all types of...

Our Co-Founder Jeremy Rigby sneaking into a photo with one of Queensland's most notable film producers, Georgina Pope.
25/11/2025

Our Co-Founder Jeremy Rigby sneaking into a photo with one of Queensland's most notable film producers, Georgina Pope.

21/11/2025

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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.