St Kilda Short Film Festival

St Kilda Film Festival is Australia's longest running short film festival^[1] and has been showcasing Australian short films since 1983. The festival, produced and presented by the city of Port Phillip,^[2] screens Australian short films in all genres including drama, comedy, documentary, animation and digital media.

The short film competition awards over $50,000 in cash and craft awards, including a $10,000 prize for Best Short Film.^[3]

Past winners

Award	2009[4]	2008[5]	2007[6]
Best Short Film	Boundless	Katoomba
Craft Award	Miracle Fish	The Girl in the Moon
Best Director	Boundless	Katoomba
Best Documentary	The Love Market	My Dad Susan
Best Animation	Mutt	The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
Best Comedy	Being Carl Williams	Don't Panic!
Best Actor	Tom Green (The Ground Beneath)	Luke Elliot (Dugong) & Damon Herriman (Len's Love Story)
Cinematography	Directions	Crossbow
Screenplay	Kind of Man	Dugong
Editing	Shockwaves	Shadow Play
Visual Effects	Lone	Advantage
Sound Post Production	Ephemeral	Spike Up
Original Score	The Ground Beneath	Eclipse
Audience Award
Indigenous	One Shoe Short	Brother Boys