Australian film Balibo, about the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor in 1975, won two of the five jury prizes at the 2009 St George Bank Brisbane International Film Festival today.

Balibo took out both the Interfaith and Fipresci Jury Awards. The film will close the festival tonight.

Balibo was to have been screened in a single cinema but will be shown in two cinemas due to public demand. The screening will be attended by director Robert Connolly, actor/producer Anthony LaPaglia, actor Damon Gameau and Shooting Balibo author Tony Maniaty.

Three other jury awards were also announced, including two for films for young people screened at the festival.

It's Not Me, I Swear by Philippe Falardeau was singled out by the Junior TransLink Cine Sparks jury, while the Senior TransLink Cine Sparks jury named Ben X by Nic Balthazar as its award winner.

The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema jury named two titles for recognition, Agrarian Utopia by Uruphong Raksasad and About Elly by Asghar Farhadi.

Seersucker, by Mairi (Mairi) Cameron, was awarded the critics' choice in the Courier-Mail Queensland Short Film Competition awards while Behind Blue Eyes was named audience favourite.

Writer, director and producer Jackie McKimmie received the Kinetone Award for outstanding contribution to the Queensland film industry.