Anya Beyersdorf, Alex Ryan, Brooke Goldfinch and Alex Murawski were chosen from a shortlist of 21 filmmakers, whittled down to four by Davis, SFF Director Nashen Moodley, Lexus Australia's Adrian Weimers, Jan Chapman and Darren Dale.
The Conjuring 2 bowed on 203 screens and rang up around $3.5 million by COB Sunday.
Screen NSW is getting into virtual reality in a big way, with a new app unveiled last week and a VR intensive taking place tomorrow, June 7, at Sydney's Carriageworks.
The sequel to 2010's Alice in Wonderland narrowly beat Fox's X-Men: Apocalypse at the Australian box office over the weekend.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Virtual Reality at the Hub is a VR sidebar programmed by Mathieu Ravier at Sydney's Town Hall.
Goldfinch is one of 22 emerging filmmakers shortlisted for the Lexus Short Film Fellowship, set to be announced at next month's Sydney Film Festival.
The latest installment of the X-Men series, again directed by Bryan Singer, bowed on 272 screens and rang up around $6.4 million over the weekend.
Captain America: Civil War is still going strong after three weeks at the Australian box office, dropping thirty-seven percent to gross $3.8 million over the weekend and bring its total box office to $28.7 million.