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Film Prize Finalists 2018, Film Prize Finalists

2010 – Steve Bisley

Screen Legends

2011 – David Wenham

Screen Legends

2011 – Fred Schepisi

Screen Legends

2012 – Bryan Brown

Screen Legends

2013 – Jack Thompson

Screen Legends

2014 – Bruce Beresford

Screen Legends

2014 – Joel Edgerton

Screen Legends

2015 – Hugo Weaving

Screen Legends

2016 – Gillian Armstrong

Screen Legends

2017 – Jacqueline McKenzie

Screen Legends

2017 – Scott Hicks

Screen Legends

2018 – Sigrid Thornton

Screen Legends

Kelton Pell
2019 – Kelton Pell

Screen Legends

2021 – Isla Fisher

Screen Legends

2023 – Myles Pollard

Screen Legends

2025 Film Finalist 1

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2025

2025 FILM FINALIST 2

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2025

Adam Elliot

Past Guests

Adam Piron

Industry Guests, Film Prize Jury 2022

Alan Meyburgh

Past Guests

Alex Dimitriades

Film Prize Jury 2019

Alex White

Past Guests

Alex Williams

Past Guests, Current Guests, Guest Ambassadors

ANDY BARCLAY

Past Guests

Annie Murtagh-Monks

Film Prize Jury 2015

Anthea Hilton

Past Guests

The Film Prize Finalists for 2024 are...
Audrey MIFF@CinefestOZ

Australia Day

Film Prize Finalists 2017, Film Prize Finalists

CinefestOZ Film Festival
Australianness: The On and Offshore of it

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Backtrack

Film Prize Finalists 2015, Film Prize Finalists

Bec Bignell – Homespun

Past Guests

Ben Young

Film Prize Jury 2019

Ben Young – Hounds Of Love

Feature Film Guests, Past Guests

Benjamin Illos

Film Prize Jury 2014

Bettina Hamilton

Film Prize Finalists, Past Guests

BINGE: Meet the Streamer

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Bringing it Home

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Bromley: Light After Dark
Bromley: Light After Dark

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2023

Bruce Beresford – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2014

Busselton Jetty for Schools

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Cappi Ireland

Film Prize Jury 2017

Cathy Rodda

Film Prize Finalists, Past Guests

Cinesnaps Grand Finale
Cinesnaps Project Breakdown Document

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Craig Silvey

Past Guests

Creative Licensing in Music Documentaries

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Daisy Axon – H is for Happiness

Past Guests

Damian Walshe-Howling

Film Prize Jury 2016

Damon Gameau

Past Guests

Dan Moller

Past Guests

Darius Devas – Unravelling

Feature Film Guests, Past Guests

David Vincent Smith

Past Guests

David Vincent Smith – Good Night

Short Film Guests

David Wenham – CinefestOZ Patron

Guest Patrons

David Wenham – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2015

Deborah Liebling

Film Prize Jury 2023

Deborah Riley

Film Prize Jury 2023

Director’s Approach with Antony Webb

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Directors Spotlight with Zak Hilditch

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Donna Lyon

Past Guests

Dot West – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ Guests, Current Guests

Down To Earth: Short Film Experience

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Duncan Ord – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ Guests, Current Guests

Ebony McGuire – Wirun

Past Guests

Emma Booth – CinefestOZ Patron

Film Prize Jury 2022, Film Prize Jury 2016

Emma Fletcher

Guest Schools, Past Guests

Ewen Leslie

Film Prize Jury 2017

Felony

Film Prize Finalists 2014, Film Prize Finalists

Femke den Haas

Past Guests

Finalist 3

Film Prize Finalists 2025, Film Prize Finalists

finalist 4

Film Prize Finalists 2025

Garry Phillips

Film Prize Jury 2016

Gary Foster

Past Guests

Georgia Zoric

Past Guests

Gillian Armstrong – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2016

GO!

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2019

Goolarri Media: Careers in the Industry

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Goran Stolevski – Of An Age, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests, Past Guests

GRADY HABIB

Past Guests

Hannah Diviney

Past Guests

Hearts and Bones

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2019

Here Out West

Film Prize Finalists 2021, Film Prize Finalists

Holy Foley

Cinesnaps Digital Pods, Cinesnaps

Horatio Birdbath

Past Guests

I Want To Make A Film About Women

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Ian Darling

Past Guests

IndigifestOZ Experience

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Industry Session: Book to Screen Adaptations

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Isla Fisher

Past Guests

Isla Fisher

Film Prize Jury 2021

Jack LaTorre

Past Guests

Jackie van Beek

Past Guests

Jake Mason

Past Guests

Jamie Hilton

Past Guests

Jamie Hilton

Past Guests

Jasper Jones

Film Prize Finalists 2016, Film Prize Finalists

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor

Past Guests

Jess Parker

Past Guests

Joel Jackson

Past Guests, Current Guests, Guest Ambassadors

John Schmidt

Past Guests

Jon Bell

Past Guests

Jub Clerc

Jub Clerc – CinefestOZ Board

Judi Levine

Film Prize Jury 2021

Judy & Punch

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2019

Julia Redwood

Past Guests

Julia Redwood

Past Guests

Julia Redwood

Film Prize Jury 2021

Julia Redwood – Industry Panel Guest

Jungle : MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists 2017, Film Prize Finalists

Karla Hart

Guest Ambassadors

Kate Walsh – Short Film Jury Member

Past Guests

Kelton Pell
Kelton Pell – Koorda

Guest Patrons

Ladies in Black

Film Prize Finalists 2018, Film Prize Finalists

Leah Purcell

Past Guests

Lily LaTorre

Past Guests

Living Regionally & Working in Film

General Cinesnaps, CineOnline, Cinesnaps

Liz Kearney

Past Guests

Liz Kearney

Film Prize Jury 2015

Liz Kearney – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Malinda Wink

Past Guests

Mara Jean Quinn

Past Guests

Margaret Buswell – CinefestOZ Deputy Chair

CinefestOZ Guests, Current Guests

Margaret Pomeranz

Film Prize Jury 2014

Margaret Simpson-Lee

Past Guests

Mark Naglazas – Dirt Music In Conversation MC

Past Guests

Marta Dusseldorp

Film Prize Jury 2014

Marta Dusseldorp

Film Prize Jury 2019

Mary Macrae

Past Guests

Measure for Measure: MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2019

Melanie Maclou

Past Guests

Melissa Kelly

Film Prize Jury 2022

Memoir of a Snail MIFF@CinefestOZ

Meredith Watson Jeffery

Past Guests

Meyne Wyatt

Past Guests

Meyne Wyatt

Film Prize Jury 2022

Mia Wasikowska

Film Prize Jury 2023

Michael Caton

Film Prize Jury 2018

Michael Wrenn

Past Guests

Monolith
Monolith

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2023

My Mistress

Film Prize Finalists 2014, Film Prize Finalists

Myles Pollard – Cinesnaps Patron

Guest Patrons, Current Guests

Nadia Tass

Film Prize Jury 2021

Narelda Jacobs – Indigenous Short Film Jury Chair and MC

Short Film Jury Guests, Festival Guests, Guest Schools, Industry Guests, Past Guests

Natasha Teake

Past Guests

Nel Minchin

Past Guests

Nick Maher

Past Guests

Nicole Thorn

Past Guests

Nikki

Past Guests

No Stories about us, without us!

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Now Add Honey

Film Prize Finalists 2015, Film Prize Finalists

Our Voices On Screen #1

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Our Voices on Screen #2

CineOnline, IndigifestOZ

Pauline Vukelic – CinefestOZ Board

CinefestOZ Guests, Current Guests

Pawno

Film Prize Finalists 2015, Film Prize Finalists

Photos in Film

General Cinesnaps, CineOnline, Cinesnaps

Post Production: Make The Cut

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Post Production: Making the Cut

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Rachael Kelly

Past Guests

Rachel Griffiths

Film Prize Jury 2024, Past Guests, Screen Legends

Rachel Ward – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2019

Reg Cribb

Film Prize Jury 2017

Renee Webster

Past Guests

Richard Roxburgh Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2022, Past Guests, Screen Legends

River

Film Prize Finalists 2021, Film Prize Finalists

Rob Collins

Film Prize Jury 2023, Past Guests

Robert Connolly

Film Prize Jury 2023

Ross McCullum

Past Guests

Rove McManus – Gala Night MC

Festival Guests

Runt

Sal Balharrie

Past Guests

Sarah Snook

Film Prize Jury 2015

Scott Hicks – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2017

Screen Performance: School to Industry

General Cinesnaps, CineOnline, Cinesnaps

Seriously Red

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2022

Shannon Owen

Past Guests

Shantae Barnes-Cowan – Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests

Shoot to Win: Filmmaking Masterclass with Myles Pollard

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Sigrid Thornton – Jury Chair

Film Prize Jury 2018, Past Guests

Son of a Gun

Film Prize Finalists 2014, Film Prize Finalists

Sophia Forrest – Festival Ambassador

Guest Ambassadors, Current Guests

Spin Out

Film Prize Finalists 2016, Film Prize Finalists

Stephanie Davis – Antecedents

Strengthening First Nations Storytelling

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Sweet As MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2022

Tasma Walton

Past Guests

Tasma Walton, Sweet As, MIFF@CinefestOz

Film Prize Finalist Guests, Past Guests

The Daughter

Film Prize Finalists 2015, Film Prize Finalists

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

Film Prize Finalists 2016, Film Prize Finalists

The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson

Film Prize Finalists 2021, Film Prize Finalists

The Internet and Your Digital Footprint

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The Merger

Film Prize Finalists 2018, Film Prize Finalists

The Power of Sound

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The Reckoning

Film Prize Finalists 2014, Film Prize Finalists

The Rooster MIFF@CinefestOZ
The Rooster MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2023

The Waler: Australia’s Great War Horse

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2014

Three Summers

Film Prize Finalists 2017, Film Prize Finalists

Tina Fielding

Transfusion

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2022

Travis Jeffery

Past Guests, Current Guests, Guest Ambassadors

Wendy Champagne

Past Guests

Western Australian Museum: Distant Discoveries

Free Cinesnaps, Cinesnaps, Cinesnaps Digital Pods

Where Are They Now?

CineOnline, Cinesnaps, General Cinesnaps

WINNER – H is for Happiness: MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2019

WINNER – Nitram MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists 2021, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – Of An Age MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists, Film Prize Finalists 2022

Shayda MIFF@CInefestOZ
WINNER – Shayda MIFF@CinefestOZ

Film Prize Finalists 2023, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – The Moogai

WINNER – Ali’s Wedding

Film Prize Finalists 2017, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – Girl Asleep

Film Prize Finalists 2016, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – Jirga

Film Prize Finalists 2018, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – Paper Planes

Film Prize Finalists 2014, Film Prize Finalists

WINNER – Putuparri and the Rainmakers

Film Prize Finalists 2015, Film Prize Finalists

Zak Hilditch

Zak Hilditch

Festival Guests

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