The Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival gets underway this week and as part of the Ion Sci-Fi Screen Awards we’re offering festival goers the chance to vote for their favourite film.

The winner of this new category will receive the award for Best of Festival, allowing the Ions to recognise the creativity of independent sci-fi cinema in collaboration with the Festival.

Five nominees have been selected by Festival Director Simon Foster and they are:

Memory of Water

Wintertide

Residents of Nowhere

Phi 1.168

Once Upon a Time in the Future: 2121

The Bystanders

Check out the Festival’s website for session times and then vote for your favourite here at ionscifi.com.

Festival program and bookings: www.sydneysciencefictionfilmfestival.com.au