AFIN International Film Festival is a festival with aims for worldwide filmmakers and the general public to participate by gathering International Film and Television works, screening films with artistic value, globally distributable appeal, and ideological content. 

Its main purpose is to promote the exchange of experience amongst film workers globally, help them to grow from the exchange of experience and skill, encourage new filmmakers and ideas, and promote the healthy development of film’s art and industry.

AFIN is a large-scale, international, professional, innovative, open and market-oriented film industry event. It is becoming a key cultural activity, establishing Queensland as a centre of independent film innovation, and is an important platform for promoting Australian film industry, industry development, International Film exchange, trade and co-operation, and worldwide cultural exchange.