Australian Effects & Animation Festival

The Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF) is an annual international festival of visual effects (VFX), animation games and immersive media. The event, which includes an awards ceremony known as the AEAF Awards, a program of speakers, and technology showcase, is streamed live. The inaugural event was in 2000.

Awards
The AEAF Awards are given in a ceremony held in Sydney, New South Wales. There is no charge for entry to the competition. , gold, silver and bronze awards are given in the following categories:


 * Commercials, animation
 * Commercials, VFX
 * Feature films, animation
 * Feature Films, VFX
 * Web Viral
 * Titles & Openers for TV and Feature Film
 * Idents
 * Short film
 * TV series and TV series children
 * Music video
 * TV student
 * Games cinematics
 * Education & infographics
 * Live event
 * Augmented reality
 * VR360
 * VR Experience

Special Merit Awards may be given "to works of outstanding merit that push the boundaries of visual artistry and introduce new techniques".

2019
In 2019, the awards ceremony was held at the Chauvel Cinema in Paddington.

2021
Winners included:


 * Godzilla vs. Kong, Weta Digital, Gold, for Feature Film – VFX
 * Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey, Framestore, Gold, for Feature Film – Sequence
 * His Dark Materials Series 2, Framestore Gold, for TV Series