Sydney Indie Film Festival 2016 – Feature Films Award Nominations

BEST FILM

Hysteria (MEXICO)
The Chameleon (UK)
Scratch (CANADA)
Origin (SWEDEN)
Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Mile End (UK)
Hysteria (MEXICO)
Better Half (USA)
The Chameleon (UK)
Origin (SWEDEN)
Not Knowing Who You Are is a Beautiful Source of Surprises (SWEDEN)

BEST DIRECTOR

Concealed (AUSTRALIA)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
The Chameleon (UK)
Scratch (CANADA)
Better Half (USA)

BEST MALE LEAD

The Chameleon (UK)
Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
Concealed (AUSTRALIA)
Mile End (UK)

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Josephine Doe (USA) Erin Cipolleti
Concealed (AUSTRALIA) Joanne Priest
Scratch (CANADA) Julie Romaniuk
The Chameleon (UK) Sara Jane Potts
Hysteria (MEXICO) Sharon Zundel

BEST MALE SUPPORT

Concealed (AUSTRALIA) Paul Tassone
Origin (SWEDEN) Rafael Petterson
Chameleon (UK) Richard Blake
Hysteria (MEXICO) Hector Kotsifakis

BEST FEMALE SUPPORT

The Chameleon (UK) Amy Manson
Concealed (AUSTRALIA) Denise Roberts
Origin (SWEDEN) Sandra Redlaff
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA) Laura Jane Turner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
The Pineville Heist (CANADA)
Origin (SWEDEN)
Damaged (AUSTRALIA)
Scratch (CANADA)

BEST MUSIC SCORE

The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
Origin (SWEDEN)
Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)
Damaged (AUSTRALIA)

BEST EDITING

Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)
The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
The Pineville Heist (CANADA)
Scratch (CANADA)
Concealed (AUSTRALIA)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
The Chameleon (UK)
Hysteria (MEXICO)
Origin (SWEDEN)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)
Scratch (CANADA)
The Dark Tapes (USA)
The Pineville Heist (CANADA)

BEST AUSTRALIAN FEATURE

Damaged (AUSTRALIA)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
Concealed (AUSTRALIA)

BEST DRAMA

Better Half (USA)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
Damaged (AUSTRALIA)
Concealed (AUSTRALIA)
Hysteria (MEXICO)

BEST COMEDY

Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)
Dumbbells (USA)

BEST ACTION

Scratch (CANADA)
The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)
The Pineville Heist (CANADA)

BEST HORROR / THRILLER

The Dark Tapes (USA)
Alcoholist (ITALY/USA)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION

The Dark Tapes (USA)
Origin (SWEDEN)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Meal Tickets (AUSTRALIA)
Punks For West Papua (AUSTRALIA)
All in Her Stride (AUSTRALIA)

FEEL GOOD MOVIE

Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)
Josephine Doe (USA)
Dumbbells (USA)

INDIE SPIRIT AWARD

Not Knowing Who You Are is a Beautiful Source of Surprises (SWEDEN)
This Little Piggy (AUSTRALIA)
Damaged (AUSTRALIA)
Josephine Doe (USA)
Better Half (USA)

EXTRA MILE AWARD

Damaged (AUSTRALIA)
Better Half (USA)
Meal Tickets (AUSTRALIA)
Concealed (AUSTRALIA)

Congratulations to all official selections filmmakers and films! Completing a film is not easy, and you all made it, and that’s the biggest award of all!

Much love, Sydney Indie Film Festival

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