This week it’s time for the final category in the Ion Sci-Fi Awards – Best Film.

It covers features and shorts, live-action and animation, commercially released in Australia in cinemas or online during 2021.

And the nominations are:

• Dune, director Denis Villeneuve
• The Matrix Resurrections, director Lana Wachowski
• A Quiet Place Part 2, director John Krasinski
• Finch, director Miguel Sapochnik
• The Mitchells vs The Machines, director Mike Rianda

To be eligible, a feature or short film (including live action or animation) must have been released commercially in Australia during 2021.

Nominations are made by the awards expert panel which includes Ion Sci-Fi editorial staff and regular contributors to the show. A different category is presented for audience voting each week, with the results combined equally with the experts’ vote to determine the winner.

A special edition of Ion Sci-Fi will announce the winners at the end of the current series.

The Ion Sci-Fi Awards are presented in partnership with the Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival.