2025 Award Nominees

We are thrilled to announce the nominees for Australia's Top Short Film Competition in the 2025 St Kilda Film Festival.

Best Short Film

The Best Short Film award is proudly supported by the City of Port Phillip.

The Best Youth Short Film award is proudly supported by the City of Port Phillip and JMC Academy.

The Innovation award is proudly sponsored by VicScreen.

The Best Director award is proudly sponsored by the Australian Directors’ Guild and AFTRS.

The Best Documentary award is proudly sponsored by Shaun Miller Lawyers.

The Best Animation award is proudly sponsored by Deakin University.

The Best Actor award is proudly sponsored by Chameleon Casting.

The Best Young Actor award is proudly sponsored by the Melbourne Actors Guild.

Deeya Saxena - CLOWN
Libby Segal & Frankie Gillespie McKay - The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste
Leon Sparrow - Pliers
Alistair Bradman and Gilbert Bradman - RASH

The Best Achievement in Cinematography award is proudly sponsored by the Australian Cinematographers Society and Panavision.

The Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking award is proudly sponsored by CitiPower.

The Best Achievement in Screenplay award is proudly sponsored by the Australian Writers’ Guild and Cinema Nova.

The Best Achievement in Editing award is proudly sponsored by Roar Digital and Adobe.

The Best Achievement in Sound Post-Production award is proudly sponsored by the Australian Screen Sound Guild and Sennheiser.

The Best Original Score award is proudly sponsored by the Australian Guild of Screen Composers and JBL.