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L-r: Aftrs graduates Brendon McDonall, Vanessa Gazy, Warwick Young and George-Alex Nagle.

The best Aftrs films will now be available to inflight audiences.

Virgin Australia is offering a .Best of the Fest. program, curated quarterly: a selection of Aftrs films that have screened at film festivals like Berlin, Toronto and Palm Springs ShortFest.

.Australia.s up-and-coming filmmakers are winning plaudits around the world, and we are excited about the opportunity to showcase their talent on board our aircraft," said Virgin Australia Chief Customer Officer Mark Hassell.

Aftrs CEO, Neil Peplow, said the school was "really excited about our partnership with Virgin Australia, this is a fantastic avenue to showcase Australia.s emerging filmmakers to new audiences. Virgin Australia is a strong advocate for the arts which makes the airline a perfect fit for the school..

.Best of the Fest. films include:

The Kangaroo Guy (Joel Loxton, Master of Screen Arts...

Flickerfest has revealed the 53 films selected to screen as part of the festival's competitive program in its 25th anniversary year.

The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.

This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..

Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.

The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.

They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.

Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .

Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.

Joel Loxton.s The Kangaroo Guy has won the jury award in the international student category at the Montreal World Film Festival, capping a successful period for Aftrs students. Malina Mackiewicz.s Deszcz,. which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, will compete at the Chicago International Film Festival (October 15-29) for the top prize- the Gold Hugo, which is chosen from 50 short films from around the world. Ella Rubeli.s documentary The Heart Thief has been selected to compete at the Heartland Film Festival in Indianapolis as one of five documentary finalists. The Heart Thief premiered at the Raw Science Awards last year and was runner up in the category best student film . 10 minute documentary. Sean Capel's Life After Death will have its world premiere at the Academy Award-qualifying Raindance Film Festival in London, which runs September 23-October 4. Margaret McHugh's The Drover's Boy. has...