In 2007, Albiston's his short film Run received special distinction (runner up) at the Cannes Film Festival. Albiston’s follow-up short The Six Dollar Fifty Man also received special distinction at Cannes and was a break-out hit on the festival circuit winning best international short at The Sundance Film Festival. Albiston premiered his feature film Shopping in competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and won a Berlin International Film Festival Grand Prix for gen 14+ .