About the IF Awards

The IF Awards are the people's choice awards for Australian films.
The IF Awards celebrates and champions Australian film and creative talent. We facilitate a unique dialogue between Australian filmmakers and their audience, support and promote Australian cinema and invigorate the national screen culture.
 
The IF Awards are held in November each year.

A one-hour highlights package will screen on SBS and SHOWTIME.

Who attends?
First conducted in 1999, the yearly event is attended by Australian and international film industry luminaries.  Past guests and presenters include: Ryan Kwanten, Jack Thompson, Sam Worthington, Nicole Kidman, Laurence Fishburne, Baz Luhrmann, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchett, Premier The Honorable Mr Bob Carr MP, Rose Byrne, Stephen Fry, Eric Bana, Claudia Karvan, Vince Colosimo, David Wenham, Megan Gale, Nathalie Bassingthwaighte, Kasey Chambers, Richard Roxburgh, Peta Wilson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Ray Winstone, Susie Porter, Tex Perkins, Emily Browning, Andrew Upton, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Bryan Brown, Sigrid Thornton,  Malcolm McDowell, Simon Baker, Margaret Pomeranz & David Stratton. Previous hosts:  Joel Edgerton, Libbi Gorr, Deborah Mailman, Sarah Wynter, John Safran,Julia Zemiro, Eddie Perfect and Angus Sampson.

National Ratings Circuit
The Inside Film Awards National Ratings Circuit is a nation-wide audience poll that enables Australian film audiences to rate films in the Inside Film Awards.
 
Throughout the year audiences across Australia register their scores on score sheets distributed at film festivals and screenings or via this website. In 2009 almost 200,000 valid Inside Film Award ratings were recorded.
 
The Inside Film Awards give Australian audiences the chance to play critic by rating Australian films between 1 and 5 (5 being the highest). Winners are determined by the overall average score, NOT by the number of scores received.