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)

 

1st Runner-Up

YULETIDE

(BRANDON BENTLEY)

 

2nd Runner-Up

PAPER MONSTERS

(MICHAEL CLIFTON)

CUT! Teaser Trailer Competition Winner

FRANCK ZUANIC & GARETH CARR
(LITTLE LIGHT)

Runners-Up

Luke Agius (GOD’S CHILDREN)

Margaret MacDonald (ME & MY)