by FilmInk Staff
Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) and Umbrella Entertainment present the Fantastic Film Prize, a landmark initiative celebrating the boldest voices in Australian genre cinema, returning for the second year.
With a $10,000 cash prize awarded to the winning feature-length film, this new competition spotlights visionary Australian filmmakers pushing the boundaries of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, action, cult, and the downright unclassifiable.
FFFA is seeking original, completed Australian feature films that dare to thrill, provoke, mesmerise or completely defy expectations. A curated selection of entries will then screen in competition at FFFA 2027, with the Fantastic Film Prize winner chosen by a jury of esteemed industry leaders during the festival.
The inaugural Fantastic Film Prize in 2026 saw four films screened in competition at FFFA – Cruel Hands (directed by Al Kalyk), Lenore (directed by David Ward), Squids (directed by Ryan Zorzut) and Wolf Cat Fever (directed by Josh ‘Sinbad’ Collins), with Wolf Cat Fever taking home the prize.
Entries are now open via FilmFreeway. Full terms & conditions, eligibility and entry details are available at www.fantasticfilmfestival.com.au/fantastic-film-prize-terms-conditions
About Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA)
From the shadows of the unconventional to the spotlight of Melbourne and Sydney cinema screens, Fantastic Film Festival Australia (FFFA) promises a spectacle of the weird, wonderful, and wholly unexpected. FFFA captivates curious audiences with its panoramic celebration of new and provocative films that dare to venture beyond the cinematic norm. Previous editions of FFFA have hosted premiere screenings of Obsession, Hokum, Dungeons and Dragons, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Northman, The Lighthouse and Talk to Me.
Committed to bold, Australian genre cinema, FFFA celebrates boundary-pushing filmmakers through the Fantastic Film Prize, presented with Umbrella Entertainment, plus a series of short films that showcases the next generation of fearless storytellers.
The festival also features remastered classics, industry events and special screenings brining a global genre film conversation to Melbourne and Sydney audiences. Fantastic Film Festival Australia will return in April and May 2027
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