Australian Short Film Festival

The Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship is the largest cash fellowship for short film in Australia, providing a new platform to support future generations of emerging filmmakers.

Up to four annual Fellowship winners will receive $50, 000 each to produce their next short film in 2016 and 2017, to premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in 2017 and 2018.

A shortlist of the best Australian entrants to the Lexus Short Films series will be curated by the Producers at The Weinstein Company, and sent to the Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship jury. This jury, headed by Sydney Film Festival’s Festival Director Nashen Moodley, will then select the four winners of the Fellowships grants.

How to enter

The inaugural Lexus Australia Short Film Fellows will be announced in March 2016, and see their work premiered at the 2017 Sydney Film Festival. Australian filmmakers also have the chance to be one of the international winners of the series, who go on to direct short films that will be produced and receive first-look deals courtesy of The Weinstein Company, and tour to four international film festivals, including Sydney Film Festival. Members of Australian Directors’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Guild are eligible to enter.

For more information on Lexus Short Films, visit .

Watch more

Sydney Film Festival’s Festival Director Nashen Moodley, and Adrian Weimers, Corporate Manager, Lexus Australia introduce the new Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship here.

Sydney Film Festival’s Festival Director Nashen Moodley, Sotiris Dounoukos, Dendy Live Action Short Award winner 2015, and Gillian Armstrong, noted Australian filmmaker who started her career with short films at Sydney Film Festival, discuss what the Fellowship means for emerging filmmakers here.

Presented by

Pictured (left-right): Sydney Film Festival’s Festival Director Nashen Moodley, Adrian Weimers, Corporate Manager, Lexus Australia, Sotiris Dounoukos, Dendy Live Action Short Award winner 2015, and Gillian Armstrong, noted Australian filmmaker who started her career with short films at Sydney Film Festival, joined forces to announce this exciting new program.