Finalists and winners
Best Film 2022 Feeling Through, Dir. Doug Roland (winner)
International Feeling Through, Dir. Doug Roland (winner) The Departure, Dir Said Hamich Heading South, Dir. Yuan Yuan Flawless, Nathan Franck Australian Drama Dry Fire, Dir. Dan Farmer, Adam Bigum, Ramas McRae (winner) Something has died in the forest, Dir. Eva Justine Torkkola LittleFish, Dir. Benjamin Laut West Dry Fire, Dir. Dan Farmer, Adam Bigum, Ramas McRae Fire Rabbit, Dir. Jack Wilson-Lee LittleFish, Dir. Benjamin Laut (Winner) Documentary Painting My Canvas, Dir. Mark Hellinger (winner) Baba, Dir. Firass Dirani Good Gnocchi, Dir. Stephen Di Gravio Cultural Diversity Feeling Through, Dir. Doug Roland Baba, Dir. Firass Dirani (winner) Dry Fire, Dir. Dan Farmer, Adam Bigum, Ramas McRae Best Female Filmmaker Every Sunday, Dir. Keti Papadema Gas Station (Sub Eng), Dir. Olga Torrico Gud, Dir. Alana Spencer Heading South, Dir. Yuan Yuan (winner) Best Secondary Gender Identity, Dir. Ava Lutton, Olive Dillon, Phy Goodenough, Tess Hemley (winner) Grow Up, Dir. Sam Huybers Sisyphus, Dir. Edward Mayo King Burnout, Dir. Theo Huynh Emerging Fire Rabbit, Jack Wilson Lee, Patrick Campbell (winner) A Heart for Vendetta Best performance Catherine Lillian, Dry Fire (winner) Robert Tarango, Feeling Through Olga Torrico, Gas Station Sarah Krndija, Something has Died in the Forest Winner Animation Mum is pouring rain