Meet the Winners of the SXSW Sydney 2025 Games & Screen Awards

October 19, 2025

On Saturday 18 October, the Games & Screen Awards took over the UTS Underground to celebrate the incredible works showcased within this year’s Screen Festival and Games Festival.

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Congratulations to this year’s winners and nominees!

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SCREEN AWARD WINNERS

BEST FEATURE

The Weed Eaters (dir. Callum Devlin)

BEST EPISODIC

Lake Boga

BEST SHORT

Siblings

AUDIENCE AWARD

Welcome Back To My Channel

NEW WAVE

Rejoice

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Party Dozen – Coupe de Gronk

BEST BOY

Smokedog

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GAMES AWARD WINNERS

GAME OF THE YEAR

Mixtape

BEST INTERNATIONAL

Goodnight Universe

BEST TABLETOP

Potion Society, A Potion Crafting Card Game

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Way To The Woods

WINGS AWARD

ABYSS X ZERO

BEST STUDENT GAME

Aberrate Inc.

DISCOVERY

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