CinefestOZ is an annual film festival that takes place over five days in the South West region of Western Australia.

The CinefestOZ film festival was founded in 2008 by David Barton and Helen Shervington, "as a cultural celebration of the French bicentenary of Antipodean exploration of the South West corner of Western Australia".

[3] The festival has staged IndigifestOZ since 2015, which provides a showcase for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers,[1] screened for free as "Community Days".

[8][13] For the 16th edition in 2023, the awards jury was chaired by Australian director Robert Connolly,[14] with production designer (Game of Thrones, The Matrix) Deborah Riley; South Park producer Debbie Liebling; and actors Mia Wasikowska and Rob Collins the other members.

Four films competed for the prize: Matt Vesely's Monolith; Noora Niasari's Shayda; Mark Leonard Winter's The Rooster; and Bromley: Light After Dark.