The finalists in the 12th AEAF Awards are now online. Full list
This year, we received over 200 entries from around the world. For the first time, the Short Film category received the most number of entries. This reflects the increasing number of young artists taking advantage of the range of digital media technologies, HD cameras, multiple core processors, the latest software for editing, animation and special effects, to create work of the highest quality. Thank you to everyone who entered their work..
Finalists include:

This year, the festival received over 200 entries from around the world. For the first time, the Short Film category received the most number of entries. This reflects the increasing number of young artists taking advantage of the range of digital media technologies, HD cameras, multiple core processors, the latest software for editing, animation and special effects, to create work of the highest quality. Thank you to everyone who entered their work.

Short Film

Film for the Boxed - Bryn Rhys Chainey, Griffith Film School, Griffith University

Lighthouse - Promotion Studios

Burley! - Rendition Films

Terminus - The Embassy Visual Effects Inc.

Now and Nowhere - Brent Bonacorso

One of the Lucky Ones - Wendy Chandler

Outsource - Daniel Trezize

Commercials Animation

Melbourne Motor Show 80, Imagine - Animagrafx

Target, Toysale - Collider

WA Water Corp, Desal - Complete Post

Grainwaves - Eye Candy Animation

Honda, Jazz London - Iloura

UBU Shadow - Iloura

Fristi - Plantation - Liquid Animation

The Story of the SUV Asauras - Liquid Animation

Airwick , Comunal - MFX

LHL Super Lenders - Nectarine

Savings & Loans, Transform - RESIN

Kmart Toys - Sixty 40

Milo B Smart - The LAB

Sony, Cyber Shot - The LAB

Dodge Journey - XYZ Studios

McDonadls, Champion Kids - XYZ Studios

Commercials VFX

Loreal Melbourne, Fashion Festival 2008 - Complete Post

VW Cross, Polo - Complete Post

Holden Ute, Evolution - Cutting Edge Post

Parmalat Ice Break, Loaded - Cutting Edge Post

QUT, Go There - Cutting Edge Post

Coca Cola, Scream - Iloura

Ebay, Bargain Hunters - Iloura

Metlink, Seats - Iloura

Mamee, Postbox - RESIN

Powerball, Thor - RESIN

Titles, Idents & Stings

Max Music, Where Music Lives - Blahmedia

Rush, Title Sequence - Complete Post

Perodua - MFX

Wide World of Sports - Cricket 2007 REG

Comedy Channel, Iconic - Sixty 40

The Music Jungle - Sixty 40

Movie Extra, Film Ink Awards - The LAB

ARIA Music Awards - Visual Playground

Fox Sports, AFL Opener - Visual Playground

Music Video

Home - Afterglow

They Said I Said, Sugarbush Beat Company - Planet of Animation

Cog, Bird of a Feather - Silo

TV Series

Animalia episode 18 - Animalia

Little Farm of Horror - Farmkids

Games Animation

Sacred 2 Montage - Act 3 Animation

Dawn of War 2 - Plastic Wax Animation

Jumper - Zero One Animation

Space Chimps - Zero One Animation

Student

No Strings Attached - A Hilbrecht

Starcrossed - Patrick Clair, AFTRS

Poles Apart - Paul Lalo, Steven Smith &

Xue Sen Wong, Griffith Film School, Griffith University

The Room - Griffith Film School, Griffith University

Beneath The Poppies - Paul Garry, RMIT

Symphony - Eric Oh, UCLA

Bang Bang You're Dead- Mitchell Wade, University of Technology Sydney

Brutal - Poromate Chotvararak, University of Technology Sydney

Come back sweet heart - Chang-Pei Wu

Fancy - Luke Richardson

Mariza - Constantine Kystallis, University of Technology Sydney Student

The Power of Off - Narathip Wungdeelert, University of Technology Sydney

Toumai - Carlos Stevens

Education & Training

Sea World Whale Watch, The Journey - Albedo VFX

FXPHD Online - FXPHD

Celestial Navigation - Navy Video Unit

Feature Films, Animation

Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks Animation

Horton Hears a Who!- Blue Sky Studios

WALL -E – Pixar Animation Studios

Feature Films, VFX

The Ruins – Rising Sun Pictures

Black Water

The Iron Man - Industrial Light & Magic

Transformers - Industrial Light & Magic

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Moving Picture Company


Winning entries receive the specially commissioned AEAF Award and, most importantly, exposure through a screening of the entries at the AEAF, press coverage including the AEAF Showcase Issue of Digital Media World Magazine and the recognition of the VFX community.