Australian Effects & Animation Festival
# 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. As of 2022, 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
