Sydney Indie Film Festival Awards 2016 – Short Films Nominations

BEST FILM

Stay (UK)
Break (UK)
The Light Thief (BAHRAIN/SPAIN)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Another Love (UK/ITALY)
Our Father (UK)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Veni, Vidi, Fugi – I came, I saw, I fled (ROMANIA)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Charming (USA)
The Last Laugh (UK)
Marketvita (SPAIN)
2BR02B: To Be or Naught To Be (CANADA)

BEST DIRECTOR

Stay (UK)
Postpartum (SAUDI ARABIA/AUSTRALIA)
Rajam (USA/SYRIA)
Touch (AUSTRALIA)
Break (UK)
The Light Thief (BAHRAIN/SPAIN)

BEST MALE LEAD

Our Father (UK) Luke Goddard
I Need My Space (FINLAND)  Jorma Karlstedt
The Last Laugh (UK) Damian Williams
Life’s a Drag (AUSTRALIA) Robin Royce Queree
Another Love (UK/ITALY) Nigel Barber
Hatchet Man (AUSTRALIA) Isaac Still

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Postpartum (SAUDI ARABIA/AUSTRALIA) Nancy Paton
Marketvita (SPAIN)
Unspoiled by Feminism (AUSTRALIA) Michela Carattini
Collar (USA/AUSTRALIA) Danielle Savre
Another Love (UK/ITALY) Maria Ruiz
The Load (BRAZIL) Maria Gal

BEST MALE SUPPORT

F Meat (AUSTRALIA) Harry Pavlidis
Ripples on the Water (USA) Marlon Aquino
The Last Laugh (UK) Simon Cartwright
Black Rock or Burst (CANADA) Brendan Brady
Life’s a Drag (AUSTRALIA) Peter Mcullum

BEST FEMALE SUPPORT

Growing Young (AUSTRALIA) Kaye Stevenson
Marketvita (SPAIN)
The Mother (USA) Sylvia Kauders
Collar (USA/AUSTRALIA) Christy St John
Veni, Vidi, Fugi – I came, I saw, I fled (ROMANIA) Maia Morgenstern

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Our Father (UK)
I Need My Space (FINLAND)
Another Love (UK/ITALY)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Hatchet Man (AUSTRALIA)
Seven Never Wins (AUSTRALIA)

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Je Suis un Crayon (AUSTRALIA)
Veni, Vidi, Fugi – I came, I saw, I fled (ROMANIA)
Crude (USA/QATAR)
Vardoger (FRANCE)
Another Love (UK/ITALY)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)

BEST EDITING

O Brother (AUSTRALIA)
The Last Hunt (AUSTRALIA)
Our Father (UK)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)
Black Rock or Burst (CANADA)
Whisper (UK)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Light Thief
Our Father (UK)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Whisper (UK)
Hatched Mad (AUSTRALIA)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

Hatchet Man (AUSTRALIA)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Vardoger (FRANCE)
Awakenings (INDIA)
Our Father (UK)
Whisper (UK)

BEST DRAMA

Stay (UK)
Postpartum (SAUDI ARABIA/AUSTRALIA)
Rajam (USA/SYRIA)
Collar (USA/AUSTRALIA)
Our Father (UK)
Ripples on the Water (USA)

BEST COMEDY

Dr Weird (AUSTRALIA)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)
I Got a Date Tonight With a Girl Who Draws Porn and Works at a Hellfire Club (AUSTRALIA)
Rusty (AUSTRALIA)
Nicky Martin – Country Superstar (USA)
Uber X-Citing (AUSTRALIA)

BEST HORROR / THRILLER

Hatchet Man (AUSTRALIA)
Marketvita (SPAIN)
Vardoger (FRANCE)
Awakenings (INDIA)
The Anchor (AUSTRALIA)
Whisper (UK)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION

The Light Thief (BAHRAIN/SPAIN)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
2BR02B: To Be or Naught To Be (CANADA)
Vardoger (FRANCE)

ROMANTIC COMEDY

Charming (USA)
Across the Pond (USA/AUSTRALIA)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)
Silence is Golden (AUSTRALIA)
Unspoiled by Feminism (AUSTRALIA)

BEST ANIMATION

Dog Squadron (AUSTRALIA)
Notorious Corn (FRANCE)
Je Suis un Crayon (AUSTRALIA)
Afro Goblin (UK)
Weston (AUSTRALIA)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Requires Review (AUSTRALIA)
For My Friends in Detention (AUSTRALIA)
Recapture (AUSTRALIA)

FEEL GOOD FILM AWARD

Weston (AUSTRALIA)
Arcade (AUSTRALIA)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)
Silence is Golden (AUSTRALIA)
Recapture (AUSTRALIA)

INDIE SPIRIT AWARD

First World Problems (AUSTRALIA)
Weston (AUSTRALIA)
O Brother (AUSTRALIA)
Zina (AUSTRALIA)
First Aid (BRAZIL)

EXTRA MILE AWARD

Requires Review (AUSTRALIA)
Penance Everlasting (AUSTRALIA)
Rajam (USA/SYRIA)
Veni, Vidi, Fugi – I came, I saw, I fled (ROMANIA)
Lola Wants to See the Sea (GERMANY)

FAMILY FILM AWARD

The Last Hunt (AUSTRALIA)
Dancing With Gene Kelly (AUSTRALIA)
I Miss Mum (AUSTRALIA)
Mini Maestro (USA)
Dog Squadron (AUSTRALIA)

TRUE STORY AWARD

Collar (AUSTRALIA)
The Mother (USA)

AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM

Seven Never Wins (AUSTRALIA)
F Meat (AUSTRALIA)
Silence is Golden (AUSTRALIA)
Dead Sharks (AUSTRALIA)
Requires Review (AUSTRALIA)
A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY SHORT FILM

Checkmate (AUSTRALIA)
Seven Never Wins (AUSTRALIA)
First World Problems (AUSTRALIA)
Dancing With Gene Kelly (AUSTRALIA)
Touch (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY EXTRA MILE

Shipping Anonymous (AUSTRALIA)
Unspoiled by Feminism (AUSTRALIA)
First World Problems (AUSTRALIA)
Life’s a Drag (AUSTRALIA)
Touch (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY INDIE SPIRIT

Dead Duck (AUSTRALIA)
Touch (AUSTRALIA)
I Got a Date Tonight With a Girl Who Draws Porn and Works at a Hellfire Club (AUSTRALIA)
Shipping Anonymous (AUSTRALIA)
Checkmate (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​