The MUFF Awards – 2025
The 25th Annual Melbourne Underground Film Festival awards.
FEATURES
- Best Film (tie) – Yesterday’s Hero / dir. Cameron Miller & REIGN ON ME / dir. Simon Patrick Berman
- Best Foreign Film – FOREIGN OBJECTS / dir. Daniel Clayton Watkins
- Best Director – Simon Patrick Berman – REIGN ON ME
- Special Jury Prize MUFF 2025 – VIDEO DREAMS / dir. Thomas Seymour
- MUFF Breakout Talent Award – TRACY / dir. Kostadinos Hatzivalsamis
- Best Drama (tie) – TRACY / dir. Kostadinos Hatzivalsamis & LOSS OF BALANCE / dir. Korak Bojanowski
- Best Documentary – VIDEO DREAMS / dir. Thomas Seymour
- Best Avantgarde Film – 48 HRS: LITERALLY / dir. Dan Kapelovitz
- Best Arthouse Film – THE WANING SKY / dir. Carlos Ruiz Carmona
- Best Actress – Em Bleby “Stefi” – REIGN ON ME
- Best Actor – Chris Franklin – Yesterday’s Hero
- Best Supporting Actress – Margie Bainbridge “Mom” – Yesterday’s Hero
- Best Supporting Actor – Warwick Capper “Robbo” – Yesterday’s Hero
SHORTS
- Best Short (tie) – COMING HOME / dir. Jamie Wilson & STRANGE ATTRACTOR / dir. Hadley Perkins
- Runner Up Best Short – PRAYER OF THE SEA / dir. Martin Gerigk
- Best Int’l Short – BABY BLUES Going Dark – James “Jim” Gleason
- Best Short Director – Hadley Perkins – STRANGE ATTRACTOR
- Best Experimental Short (tie) – ILLUMINATUS! / dir. Chris Kalis & THE PUDDLE / dir. John Woodman
- Best Drama – BABUSHKA / dir. Jon James Smith
- Best Comedy – BABY BLUES Going Dark – James Gleason
- Best Horror/Thriller (tie) – VERMIN / dir. Jonah Howell
- Best Cinematography in a Short – REDDENING / dir. Sinem Kayacan
- Best Actor in Short – Jamie Wilson – COMING HOME
- Best Actress in Short (tie) – Shanti Lowry – BABY BLUES Going Dark & EVERYTHING IS RIGHT BEFORE / Hanna Raiskinmäki (ray-skin-ma-key)
