St Kilda Film Festival
The City of Port Phillip

5 - 15 June 2025

St Kilda Film Festival

Photo by Will Hamilton-Coates

2025 Submissions

Film entries to the 2025 St Kilda Film Festival are now closed.

Films submitted to Australia's Top Short Film Competition or Under the Radar (for filmmakers under 21) are in with a chance to be featured in an internationally recognised, Academy Awards® accredited festival, and to share in a massive prize pool of cash and in-kind awards.

Applications for the 2026 St Kilda Film Festival will open in late 2025.

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The City of Port Phillip

St Kilda Film Festival is Australia's largest and longest-running short film festival. The Festival is an Academy Awards qualifying event, showcasing Australia's emerging cinema.

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The St Kilda Film Festival respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of this land, the people of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respect to their Elders, past and present. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land.