AFIN International Film Festival celebrates and showcases excellence in filmmaking and storytelling from emerging and established filmmakers and screenwriters, diversity and culture, both domestically, and from every corner of the globe.

AFIN is thrilled to be hosting four screening nights at Griffith University's cinema, showcasing some of the best AFIN nominated films for the year, and concluding with this Red Carpet Awards Ceremony at SunPAC, which is an event not to be missed. The awards night is the perfect opportunity to celebrate excellence in film, network, feast, and enjoy a night with entertainment, networking, awards presentations, and more.

TIMES

5:30pm-6:00pm - Arrivals and casual networking prior to cinema doors opening

6:00pm-6:15pm - Cinema doors opening and processing ticketing, prior to introduction and screening starting

DRINKS / BATHROOMS

Toilets are 1 level below the cinema, accessed by the stairwell or lift on the balcony.

There is a water bubbler and vending machine along the balcony.

PARKING / ENTRY

The venue is located at South Bank, on the corner of Dock and Stanley street, right opposite the children's hospital, and there is plenty of street parking in the area, but public transport is also very handy. You may find free parking (Note: CBD restrictions may apply).

The cinema is through the side-doors, located in the picture below, directly on dock street entry, where the red double-doors are.

AFIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: 2023 LIVE SCREENINGS

PRE-SALE NOTE: TICKETS ARE PRE-SALE ONLY AND MUST BE BOUGHT PRIOR TO THE EVENT. TICKETS CANNOT BE BOUGHT AT THE DOOR.

NIGHT 3 - Monday 23rd October

GOOD EVENING Directed by Alexey Belkin, Vsevolod Alekhin - Music Video - Russian Federation - Self-rated PG content guide
Runtime - 6:56

6 men woke up early in the cold and dark winter morning in the hunting box. 2 ladies serve them breakfast. After that men go for hunting. They overcome deep snow-covered fields, an endless frozen lake. Then have breakfast in nature, where they meet court hunter. One of the hunters falls behind. 5 men continue thier trip and descend from a huge snowy mountain, while 6th member hitch hiked sleigh driver.
Meanwhile 2 ladies are worried that men are so late and they goes to search for them in dark winter forest.
Finlay they found the boys with the Christmas star on the glade.
In the end boys and girl sing a carol at the gas station and then continue

Nomination(s):

Best Costume Design, Best Music Video

ASSISTED LIVING Directed by Ken Kimura - Short Film - Australia - Self-rated PG content guide - Runtime - 8:56

An elderly woman wrestles with her deteriorating memory and her disdain for her support worker until a recollection evokes a change of heart.

Nomination(s):

Best Student Film, Best Emerging Female Director

NATALIE DIEHM: ROAD TO RECOVERY Directed by Elliott Sauvage - Documentary Short - Australia - Self-rated M/MA content guide - Runtime - 6:09

Natalya Diehm takes us on the journey to recovery after her 5th ACL rupture riding BMX at the Tokyo Olympics.

Nomination(s):
Best Documentary Short

DEVIL NEVER KILLED Directed by Tómas Nói Emilsson - Music Video - Iceland - Self-rated M/MA content guide - Runtime - 5:00

Broken by a tragic loss, a young man turns to a fight club to battle his inner devil through physical violence, but he risks losing himself in the process.

Nomination(s):

Best Music Video

THIS MAN'S WORTH Directed by Ash Cottrell - Documentary Short - Australia - Classified M - Runtime - 41:25

*Content Warning: While this film is very hopeful in its advocacy position, it does discuss suicide with candour. Viewer discretion is advised*

At the conclusion of fulfilling working lives, two very different men, Graeme and Michael, convinced of their loss of identity and disconnection to the world around them, decide that suicide is their only option. Only one man survives the attempt on his life.

Nomination(s):

Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Documentary Short

THE COST Directed by Matthew Holmes - Feature Film - Australia - Classified MA15+ - Runtime - 01:48:00

Intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice, two ordinary men abduct a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before.

Nomination(s):
Best Australian Actor (Damon Hunter), Best Australian Actor (Jordan Fraser-Trumble), Best Feature Film