Matthew Lowe
The 25th annual Flickerfest International and Australian awards were announced last night at a star-studded ceremony at the Bondi Pavilion, Bondi Beach.
Attended by celebrated guests from the Australian and the International film industry, the Closing Night ceremony honoured the esteemed entrants in this year’s competition with awards handed out for categories including Best International Short Film, Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Short Film and Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
Flickerfest’s Festival Director Bronwyn Kidd said:
“We are thrilled that the 2016 festival has been such a success with record crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened. It’s great to see short film so warmly embraced by audiences across our ten-day event. I would like to congratulate all of the films selected for Flickerfest in competition this year and all of tonight’s award winners.”
And the winners are:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited)
BALCONY (UK)
Writer/Director: Toby Fell-Holden
Producer: Tom Kimberley and Ali Mansuri
Special Mention – Best International Short Film:
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY (ALLES WIRD GUT) (Germany)
Writer/Director/Producer: Patrick Vollrath
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Short Animation (Academy® Accredited)
HE WHO HAS TWO SOULS / CELUI QUI DEUX ÅMES (France)
Writer: Fabrice Luang-Vija and Néfissa Bénouniche
Director: Fabrice Luang-Vija
Producer: Sophie Fallot
SAE Creative Media Institute Award for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film:
DISSONANCE (Germany)
Writer/Director/Producer: Till Nowak
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Short Film, (Academy® Accredited):
SLINGSHOT
Writer/Director: David Hansen
Producers: Michael Ciccone, Margo Lowry and James Meldrum Wright
Special mention:
NULLA NULLA
Writer/Director: Dylan River
Producer: Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film:
RED ROVER
Writer/Director: Brooke Goldfinch
Producer: Brietta Hague and Apolline Berty
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Short Animation:
THE ORCHESTRA
Writer: Mikey Hill and Jennifer Smith
Director: Mikey Hill
Producer: Melanie Brunt
Miller Australia Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film:
REG MAKES CONTACT
Cinematographer: Michael Latham
Writer: Andrew Slattery and Corrie Chen
Director: Corrie Chen
Producer: Jiao Chen and Raquelle David
Avid Award for Best Editing in An Australian Short Film:
WOOF!
Editor: Nina Buxton
Writer/Director: Nina Buxton
Producer: Hannah Samuel
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNER
Flickerfest Award for Best Short Documentary Film (Academy® Accredited)
A TALE OF LOVE, MADNESS AND DEATH (Chile)
Director: Mijael Bustos
Producer: Iván Nakouzi
Special mention for Documentary:
GIOVANNI AND THE WATER BALLET (The Netherlands)
Director: Astrid Bussink
Producer: Renko Douze Hasse van Nunen
INTERNATIONAL GREENFLICKS COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest GreenFlicks Award for Best Environmental Short Film
A PASSION OF GOLD AND FIRE (Belgium)
Writer/Director/Producer: Sébastien Pins
Special mention for GreenFlicks:
BURNT (USA)
Writer/Director: Devin Bell
Producer: Ruth Bell and Devin Bell
NATIONAL FLICKERUP COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
SAE Institute FlickerUp Award for Best High School Production:
MALCOLM & JOHN
Writer/Director: Miles Gibson
Producer: Cindy Carpenter
Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award for Best High School Animation
INTROSPECTION
Writer/Director/Producer: Lara Nguyen
AVID FlickerUp Award for Best Editing in a High School Film
MY FUTURE
Writer/Director/Producer: Olivia DeJonge
FLICKERFEST FlickerUp Award for Best Primary School Production
TEACHER’S PET
Writer: Tracey Rigney
Director: Tracey Rigney & Desiree Cross
Producer: Delkaia Aboriginal Best Start and Dimboola Primary School
