AFF 2026 Feature Fiction and Feature Documentary Award Winners Announced

The Smell of Apples, directed by John Trengove, has won the AFF Feature Fiction Award, while Dragana Jurišić's The Balkan Cowboy has taken home the AFF Feature Documentary Award.

Both award-winning films are screening again this Saturday, 24 October, so there's still time to catch them on the big screen.

AFF 2026 Encore Screenings Announced

The Festival might be wrapping up on Sunday 25 October, but we're not quite ready to say goodbye to the big screen!

We're bringing six films from the AFF 2026 program back to cinemas with our Encore Screenings, running 27–29 October at Palace Nova Eastend.

The Festival in your pocket.

Want to have your say in the Audience Awards or score $10 Noon Rush Tix? You'll need the AFF App! It's also your go-to for exploring the program, planning your screenings, booking tickets and keeping track of your Festival favourites.

AFF is for everyone.

A trip to the cinema doesn't have to break the budget! AFF's Pay What You Can initiative lets students and Centrelink Health Care or Pension Card holders choose what they pay for selected Monday–Friday screenings before 5pm.

12 days. All for Film.

AFF 2026 is in full swing, with five days of cinema still to come! From Australian and international premieres to filmmaker Q&As, special events and more, there's plenty left to discover. Whether you're returning for another screening or joining us for the first time, explore what's still to come at AFF 2026.

Meet SA's Next Filmmakers at AFF Youth 2026

Featuring selected shorts from our AFF Youth Filmmaking Competition, Mexican coming-of-age film SAD GIRLZ, and Brazilian animation PAPAYA, AFF Youth brings South Australian students and young filmmakers together for screenings, conversations and a celebration of filmmaking on the big screen.

Join us for the AFF Youth School Screening Day on October 21 and the AFF Youth Gala on October 22.

Photo Galleries

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Community Access & Inclusion Feedback

We want Adelaide Film Festival to be a welcoming and accessible experience for everyone.

Whether you've attended a screening, event or conversation at AFF 2026, we'd love to hear about your experience.

Your feedback will help us understand how audiences experience the Festival and identify ways to improve accessibility and inclusion at future events.

AFF Investment Fund

Did you know that Adelaide Film Festival is more than just a festival?

The Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) provides equity investment in Australian screen productions, launches careers, and profiles local stories in an international context.

Explore more than 150 projects from 2003 until now, including some of the most significant Australian films of the 21st Century.

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All donations, of any size, help us showcase South Australia as a creative centre of independent filmmaking and support the next generation of storytellers.

AFF is a registered DGR entity and every donation over $2 is tax-deductible.