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BEST FILM: Break (UK)

BEST SCREENPLAY: The Last Laugh (UK)

BEST DIRECTOR: The Light Thief (BAHRAIN/SPAIN)

BEST MALE LEAD: Our Father – Luke Goddard (UK)

BEST FEMALE LEAD: Postpartum – Nancy Paton (SAUDI ARABIA/AUSTRALIA)

BEST MALE SUPPORT: The Last Laugh  - Simon Cartwright (UK)

BEST FEMALE SUPPORT:

Veni, Vidi, Fugi – I came, I saw, I fled – Maia Morgenstern (ROMANIA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Another Love (ITALY/UK)

BEST MUSIC SCORE: Je Suis un Crayon (AUSTRALIA)

BEST EDITING: O Brother (AUSTRALIA)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Whisper (UK)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Vardoger (FRANCE)

BEST DRAMA: Stay (UK)

BEST COMEDY: Dr Weird (AUSTRALIA)

BEST HORROR / THRILLER: Hatchet Man (AUSTRALIA)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION: 2BR02B: To Be or Naught To Be (CANADA)

ROMANTIC COMEDY: Charming (USA)

BEST ANIMATION: Dog Squadron (AUSTRALIA)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: For My Friends in Detention (AUSTRALIA)

FEEL GOOD FILM AWARD: A Short Film About Kissing (AUSTRALIA)

INDIE SPIRIT AWARD: First World Problems (AUSTRALIA)

EXTRA MILE AWARD: Requires Review (AUSTRALIA)

FAMILY FILM AWARD: The Last Hunt (AUSTRALIA)

TRUE STORY AWARD: The Mother (USA)

AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM: F Meat (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY SHORT FILM: Checkmate (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY EXTRA MILE: Unspoiled by Feminism (AUSTRALIA)

MADE IN SYDNEY INDIE SPIRIT: Touch (AUSTRALIA)

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BEST FILM: The Chameleon (UK)

BEST SCREENPLAY: Mile End (UK)

BEST DIRECTOR: Scratch (CANADA)

BEST MALE LEAD: Alcoholist – Bret Roberts (ITALY/USA)

BEST FEMALE LEAD: Josephine Doe – Erin Cipolletti (USA)

BEST MALE SUPPORT: Concealed - Paul Tassone (AUSTRALIA)

BEST FEMALE SUPPORT: Concealed - Denise Roberts (AUSTRALIA)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Pineville Heist (CANADA)

BEST MUSIC SCORE: Damaged (AUSTRALIA)

BEST EDITING: The Hunters Club (AUSTRALIA)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Chameleon (UK)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Scratch (CANADA)

BEST AUSTRALIAN FEATURE: Concealed (AUSTRALIA)

BEST DRAMA: Hysteria (MEXICO)

BEST COMEDY: Dumbbells (USA)

BEST ACTION: Scratch (CANADA)

BEST HORROR / THRILLER: The Dark Tapes (USA)

BEST SCIENCE FICTION: Origin (SWEDEN)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Punks For West Papua (AUSTRALIA)

FEEL GOOD MOVIE: Rollercoaster Love (ITALY)

INDIE SPIRIT AWARD:

Not Knowing Who You Are is a Beautiful Source of Surprises (SWEDEN)

EXTRA MILE AWARD: Better Half (USA)

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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​

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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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