SF3's 11th season is here and wants your films.

SF3 2025 is here and we want your films! Shorts, features, mini and AI films, from filmmakers of all ages, all abilities and from all around the world. We have prizes for young and first time filmmakers, students and professionals. Share in over $50,000 in prizes and have your film screened on the big screen at our festival in Sydney November 7th-9th, 2025. You must shoot on your phone or tablet but you can edit on any device and use any apps or accessories. There is no limit but your own imagination! Find out more and enter by September 1st at www.sf3.com.au

 

We have 5 categories:

 

1. The SF3 Gala Short Film Awards for films made my filmmakers of any age up to a max of 20 mins. 
2. SF3 Kids Awards for films made by filmmakers 18 years and under at the time of filming and up to a max of 10 mins. 
3. SF3 Mini Awards for a film that is a max of 3 mins including credits and titles and is inspired by the word, breath.
4. SF3 Feature Film Category for a feature film entirely shot on a mobile or tablet and is a minimum of 30 mins with no max. 
5. The SF3 AI Best Film Award – for a film written by a writer but that is made using AI technologies. NB. This is a very controversial area of the film industry right now but at SF3 we believe in embracing technology and in seeing where it can take us – always with professional writers and creatives at the forefront, but not shying away from utilising all advances and innovations in the filmmaking and creative worlds.

 

Quote from SF3 Ambassador, Phillip Noyce:

“One of the most remarkable aspects of SF3 is its ability to make filmmaking accessible to everyone. In a world where stories abound, but opportunities to tell them are often limited by resources, SF3 breaks down the barriers. By allowing anyone with a smartphone to create and submit films, the festival opens up the world of cinema to a vast, untapped reservoir of talent.”