Award winners will be announced on Thursday 5 December.
Awards
Lionel Gell Foundation Scholarship
Supported by the Lionel Gell Foundation
Recipient: Gilda Jones
The Miklos Janek Memorial Award
Supported by Anonymous
Nominees:
Anthony Barton – Everything and Everyone Forever and For Now
Joe Lombard – Winter Alignment
Sophie Somerville – Peeps
Recipient: Sophie Somerville
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television) Best Production Script
Supported by Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Recipient: Gwendolyn Lin
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation) Best Production Script
Supported by Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Recipient: Nelson Dean
The Moving Clickers ‘Kickalong’ Award for Master of Film and Television (Narrative) Best Production Script
Supported by Moving Clickers Film Society
Recipient: Daniel Belet
Master of Film and Television (Documentary) Best Production Script
Supported by the Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Recipient: Derek Ho
Overall Best Production Script
Supported by Panavision
Recipient: Daniel Belet
Master of Screenwriting Excellence in Screenwriting
Supported by Australian Writers Guild and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust
Recipient: Eliza Janssen
Master of Screenwriting Outstanding Achievement in Screenwriting
Supported by Australian Writers’ Guild, Matchbox Pictures, and the Grace Marion Wilson Trust
Recipient: Gideon Cohen
Brian Robinson Memorial Script Award
Supported by the Brian Robinson Memorial Trust
Recipient: Nazli Sevinc
Big Picture Storytelling Out of the Frying Pan Development Program
Supported by Big Picture Storytelling
Recipient: Nazli Sevinc
Australian Writer’s Guild Mentorship Award
Supported by Australian Writers’ Guild
Recipient: Ruby Davis
XYZ Films Attachment
Supported by XYZ Films
Recipient: Alison Williams
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Supported by LEMAC
Nominees:
Sarah Petrasiunas – Sorry, Baby
Nelson Dean – Clockworkers
Shannon Anderson – Plastic Dreams
Carter Looker – Peeps
Recipient: Sarah Petrasiunas
Best Achievement in Editing
Supported by Australian Screen Editors and Black Magic
Nominees:
Mark Lasky-Davidson – My Friend My Enemy
Nadine Roseboom – The Venus of Hohle Geste
Joe Lombard – Winter Alignment
Recipient: Nadine Roseboom
Best Achievement in Sound
Supported by Audio Outpost
Nominees:
Pablo Wilcox – Plastic Dreams
Nelson Dean – Clockworkers
Carter Looker – Rebirth
Recipient: Pablo Wilcox
Best Production Design
Supported by Australian Production Design Guild
Nominees:
Bree Ogden – Bubble
Lauren Gould – SOMETHING HAS DIED IN THE FOREST (ЩОСЬ В ЛIСI ЗДОХЛО)
Shannon Biviano – RebirthPernell Marsden – Leo
Recipient: Lauren Gould
Producer of the Year
Supported by Shaun Miller Lawyers
Recipient: Stephen Hunter
Creative Journey Award for Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
Supported by The Moving Clickers Film Society
Recipient: Nelson Dean
Creative Journey Award for Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
Supported by The Moving Clickers Film Society
Recipient: Riley Longworth
Creative Journey Award for Master of Film and Television (Narrative)
Supported by Fiction Film
Recipient: Tammy Lee Rock
Creative Journey Award for Master of Film and Television (Documentary)
Supported by the Erwin Rado Memorial Trust
Recipient: Jayde Harding
Creative Journey Award for Master of Screenwriting
Supported by The Moving Clickers Film Society
Recipient: Jonathon Gittus
The Sarah Watt Award
Supported by William McInnes
Nominees:
Eva Justine Torkkola – SOMETHING HAS DIED IN THE FOREST (ЩОСЬ В ЛIСI ЗДОХЛО)
Tammy Lee Rock – this film has no title
Hana Maeorg – Sorry, Baby
Lauren Beck – Carrot Man
Recipient: Hana Maeorg
Bachelor of Fine Arts including Honours (Animation) Best Production
Supported by Adimex/MAXON, WACOM, Melbourne International Film Festival and the Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Nominees:
Nelson Dean – Clockworkers
Joe Lombard – Winter Alignment
Tristan Mulchay – The Adventures of Camilla- Surrounded by Fire
Recipient: Joe Lombard
Bachelor of Fine Arts including Honours (Film and Television) Best Production
Supported by 16th Street, Showcast and Melbourne International Film Festival
Nominees:
Pablo Wilcox – Plastic Dreams
Nyssa Mitchell – I Am Awake, Always
Ben Head – My Friend, My Enemy
Recipient: Pablo Wilcox, Nyssa Mitchell, Ben Head
Master of Film and Television (Documentary) Best Production
Supported by Australian International Documentary Conference, Melbourne International Film Festival, and Orloff Family Charitable Trust
Nominees:
Derek Ho – A Thousand Words Unspoken
Ran Li – Silver Lining
Jayde Harding – Inconceivable
Recipient: Derek Ho, Ran Li
Master of Film and Television (Narrative) Best Production
Supported by 16th Street and Fiction Film Company
Nominees:
Sophie Somerville – Peeps
Nadine Roseboom – The Venus of Hohle Geste
Stepanka Cervinkova – Solace
Recipient: Sophie Somerville
Montsalvat Film Prize
Nominees:
Felix Adsett
Shelley O’Meara
Mark Lasky-Davison
Recipient: Shelley O’Meara
Special Recognition Award
Supported by SunJive Studios
Nominees:
Jayde Harding – Inconceivable
Madeleine Mytkowski – The Water Inside Us All
Ben Head – My Friend, My Enemy
James Gorter – ...And Behold!
Recipient: James Gorter
Outstanding Achievement
Supported by Cinema Nova
Nominees:
Nelson Dean – Clockworkers
Ran Li – Silver Lining
Anthony Barton – Everything and Everyone Forever and For Now
Sophie Somerville – Peeps
Recipient: Ran Li