15th SFS Festival Awards:
Category 1: Screenplays & Essays
► Best Screenplay (Part 1):
Nick Hosking for "Top Hat's and Slippers"
Sponsor: Cinemarket
► Best Screenplay (Part 2):
Helena Stromberg for "Ian Cole"
Sponsor: Spirited Films
► Richard Franklin Best Essay:
Chloe Nichols for the essay on "The Tracker"
Sponsor: Popcorn Taxi
Category 2: Documentary
► Best Direction (Part 1):
Jean Tertrain for "Old as I Feel"
Sponsor: Pozible
► Best Direction (Part 2):
Daniel Coutts for "Parkie Bum"
Sponsor: Pozible
► Best Editing (Part 1):
Tim Edmeades for "Young Blood"
Sponsor: Chaotic POST
► Best Editing (Part 2):
Gus Taylor for "Parkie Bum"
Sponsor: Australian Screen Editors Guild (ASE)
► Best Sound Design (Part 1):
Kristoffer Palm for "Aftershocks"
Sponsor: Campus IT
► Best Sound Design (Part 2):
Jesse Peacock for "The World That Came Late"
Sponsor: AVID
► Best Cinematography (Part 1):
Chris Nystrom for "Young Blood"
Sponsor: Gear Head
► Best Cinematography (Part 2):
Justin Gong and Jesse Peacock for "The World That Came Late"
Sponsor: The Front
► Courage Curiosity Compassion Award:
Daniel Coutts for "Parkie Bum"
Sponsor: Filmink
Category 3: Thesis
► Best Thesis Film:
"Human Meat Factory" by Anna Han
Sponsor: Artemis Projects
► Most Provocative Film:
"Human Meat Factory" by Anna Han
and 'Excuse the Sin' by Livia Rubiolini
Sponsor: Sydney Underground Film Festival
Category 4: Drama
► Best Cinematographer (Part 1):
Jose De Andrade for "Awful Wedded Wife"
Sponsor: American Cinematographer
► Best Cinematographer (Part 2):
Francesco Chiari for "Absence", "Oppenheimer" and "Endure"
Sponsor: Screen Hub
► Best Director:
Davide Pochinu Carta for "Absence" and "Oppenheimer"
Sponsor: Australian Directors Guild (ADG)
► Best Producer (Part 1):
Andrew Shebay for "Before the Waves are Gone"
Sponsor: Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA)
► Best Producer (Part 2):
Adam Grubner for "Web of Love"
Sponsor: CrewWho
► Best Sound Design:
Luca Bogo for "Listen"
Sponsor: Australian Institut of Music (AIM)
► Best Composer:
Alex Speckmann-McCulloch for "A Music Story"
Sponsor: Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC)
► Best Production Design:
Dorothy Pranolo for "Absence"
► Best Editing in Steenbeck (Part 1):
Adam Johnsson for "Before the Waves are Gone"
Sponsor: Kodak
► Best Editor (Part 2):
Robert Lorentzen for "Absence"
Sponsor: Sculpting Pictures and AVID
► "Good Match" Continuity Award:
Michael Ryan
Sponsor: Production Book
► "The First" 1st AD Award:
Anastasha Guillot
Sponsor: TITLE Space
Category 5: Outstanding Performance Award
Outstanding Performance Award was awarded to
Vivienne Greer for her performances in "Dismantle. Repair" directed by Matt Oastler.
Sponsor: Star Now
Category 6: Special Contribution Award
Mario Di Fiore
Gozde Koyuncu
Anne-So Marion
Category 7: Audience Awards
All Audience Awards sponsored by: Korean Cultural Office and Korean Film Festival in Australia
► Audience Choice Session 1:
"The Fence", Part 2 Major Drama
► Audience Choice Session 2:
"Awful Wedded Wife", Part 1 Major Drama
► Audience Choice Session 3:
"Trigger Words", thesis film by Brandon Summers
► Audience Choice Session 4:
"Endure", thesis film by Francesco Chiari
► Audience Choice Session 5:
"Train Man", Part 2 Major Drama
► Audience Choice Session 6:
"Love Fish", thesis film by Gus Taylor
► Audience Choice Session 7:
"Parkie Bum", Part 2 Documentary
► Audience Choice Session 8:
"For My Friend", thesis film by Sam Morsman
► Audience Choice Session 9:
"Listen", thesis film by Luca Bogo
and 'Human Meat Factory', thesis film by Anna Han
All the awards are generously sponsored by our 15th SFS Festival sponsors. Thank you!
