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Event Description

SydFest Independent Film Festival is an annual festival which celebrates Independent Australia and international films of all genres.

All the selected films will be screening in a theatre during our annual event in Dec, 2021 in Sydney Australia.

The festival is dedicated to supporting and recognizing indie filmmakers from all over the world.
We showcase Their best new short films that excellence in storytelling, promise informative, fascinating and riveting entertainment.

All entries are screened privately to jury members who are award winning filmmakers of the past editions in various categories. All entries will be played in their entirety and We do not promote favouritism. All the selected films are then nominated for the annual screening and the competition of the festival.

Selected films will screen in a theatre in attendance by paying public. We screen all finalist films and not just films from attending filmmakers.
Before and after screening sessions festival goers will be encouraged to network and socialize at the theatre.
Additional networking venue will be selected and announced during the screening sessions.

- Indoor screenings
- Industry workshops and seminars
- Networking events
- Opportunity to pitch to investors

we open to any suggestion that can help us to continuously improve in supporting and recognizing indie filmmakers from all over the world.

Awards & Prizes

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM

BEST CHINESE SHORT FILM

Genre Categories

BEST DRAMA

BEST COMEDY

BEST ANIMATION

BEST DOCUMENTARY

BEST HORROR/THRILLER

Rules & Terms

Submissions are open to all local, national and international independent filmmakers.

We accept all genres, and screen a variety of films from documentary to narrative. However we do not screen experimental, non-narrative films.

No premiere status is required.

Films submitted should be 30 minutes or less in length, inclusive of credits.

Films must have been made after January 2019.

Non-English language produced films must have English subtitles.

The payment of an entrance fee is required. Entry fees are non-refundable.

If selected to be showcased during the event, all screening copies must be received by November 2021

Filmmaker is responsible for securing all copyright clearances and music rights.

By submitting your film you acknowledge that IncFest reserves the right to promote your film and other social media links on our website and social media.

2021 JUDGES

ZHANG HUAJIE Honorary Chair Judge

Contemporary artist, doctor of art. Over the years, he has conducted in-depth creations in various fields such as independent film, conceptual photography, new media, and painting. In 1989, he graduated from College of Photography in Beijing Film Academy. In 1999, he studied film director at Howard University. He is Doctor of Experimental Art from Xi\\\'an Academy of Fine Arts. Zhang Huajie, filmed and edited films such as \\\"Box\\\", \\\"Along the River\\\", \\\"Watermelon\\\", \\\"Cake\\\", \\\"Hero\\\", \\\"Fruit\\\" and \\\"Them\\\".

YUN SHAN Chair Judge

Director, Screenwriter and Art Director

Since 2010, Yun Shan started to be a Movie Director and Screenwriter. Now two movies he directed are reserved in China Film Archive. From 1996, He worked for Guangdong TV supervised more than 200 episodes TV series.

ANDY LIU Co-Chair Judge

Independent artist, Screenwriter, Producer, art Director

With more than 20 years of film production experience, he has worked in many films that have won world-renowned film awards. For example, in 2016, he worked in the publicity of the film \\\"Crosscurrent\\\" and won the Golden Bear Award and the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany; in 2017, the film \\\"Medal Carved on the Millstone\\\" was nominated for Best Art at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award. As early as 2014, Andy Liu worked as the producer of Melbourne Hero Films.

TONY CHU Co-Chair Judge

Producer, Director, Screenwriter and Actor

Produced/directed over 35 short films across multiple genres, winning awards both nationally and internationally. Within the film industry, Tony is best known as the Founder/ Head of NAFA [Networking Action for Filmmakers & Actors] (since 2002) and also the Festival Director for Show-Fest International for ten years (2004–2013). Also relevant, Tony has hosted Q&A’s and judged at festivals (Sci Fi Film Festival), screenwriting competitions (Australian Film Festival), conferences (Aus-China Film Investment Conference), theatre shows, movie premieres and red carpet events. Being Australian-Chinese, Tony’s creative mission is to embrace the Asian angle, diversity in casting and Western pop culture to appeal to international markets.

LAMES CUI Judge

Director Cinematographer

MAGGIE LEE Judge

Director Screenwriter

CHEN WANG Judge

Director Cinematographer

RUN WU Judge

Director Animator

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