2023 AWARD WINNERS
Best Australian Feature Film
VIOLETT
Best Australian Feature Film Director
URSULA DABROWSKY
(THE DEVIL’S WORK)
Best Performance in an Australian Feature Film
GEORGIA EYERS
(VIOLETT)
Best International Feature Film
THE COFFEE TABLE
Best International Feature Film Director
NICHOLAS TOMNAY
(WHAT YOU WISH FOR)
Best Performance in an International Feature Film
ESTEFANÍA DE LOS SANTOS
(THE COFFEE TABLE)
Best Feature Screenplay
THE COFFEE TABLE
John Wiggins Independent Spirit Award
SARAH TICE & ZACHARY BECKLER
(DID I?)
Best Australian Short Film
SVENGALI
Best Australian Short Film Director
GLENN FRASER
(MOTHER TONGUE)
Best International Short Film
MANTRA
Best International Short Film Director
ADESH PRASAD
(HIGH FUN)
Best Performance in an Australian Short Film
BEN GERRARD
(SVENGALI)
Best Performance in an International Short Film
MAUD WYLER
(MANTRA)
Short Film Special Mentions:
IN YOUR HANDS, MY SCARY INDIAN WEDDING, THE QUEUE
Best Australian Short Film Audience Award
THE DAM
Best Unproduced Feature Screenplay
THE DEVIL HERSELF
(LUKE WIJAYASINHA-GRAY)
1st Runner-Up
ABEYANCE
(BRANDON RHINESS & MICHAEL SCHAAR-NEY)
2nd Runner-Up
CANNIBAL GIRLFRIEND
(NATHANIEL ENRIQUE LERMA)
Best Unproduced Short Film Screenplay
DO US PART
(RICHARD PATRICK DOYLE)