Lucy Gaffy with her Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film for ‘Dream Baby’.
The 26th annual Flickerfest closed last night with an awards ceremony at Bondi Pavilion, celebrating both international and Australian films.
The award for Best Australian Short Film went to Christopher Sferrazza’s Beast, which had its world premiere at the festival.
Lucy Gaffy took out the award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film for Dream Baby, following on from the short’s recent AACTA Award.
The award for Best International Short Film went to the Icelandic film Ungar (Cubs), from writer-director Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir.
Flickerfest’s Academy-accredited awards include the Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film, the Yoram Gross Award for Best International Animation, the Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Short Film and the Flickerfest Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
“We are thrilled that the 2017 festival has been such a success with record crowds and great enthusiasm expressed for the programmes screened,” said festival director Bronwyn Kidd.
“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.”
The full list of winners:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest Award for Best International Short Film (Academy® Accredited)
UNGAR (CUBS) (Iceland)
Writer/Director: Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Producer: Eva Sigurdardottir and Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Special Jury Prize – Best International Short Film:
LA CONVENTION DE GENÈVE (THE GENEVA CONVENTION) (France)
Writer/Director: Benoît Martin
Producer: Stéphane Demoustier, Guillaume Dreyfus, Manon Eyriey
Yoram Gross Award for Best International Short Animation (Academy® Accredited)
MR. MADILA (UK)
Writer/Director/Producer: Rory Waudby-Tolley
SAE Creative Media Institute Award for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film:
EINE VILLA MIT PINIEN (THE PINE TREE VILLA) (Germany)
Writer/Director: Jan Koester
Producer: Christine Haupt
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION AWARD WINNER
Flickerfest Award for Best Short Documentary Film (Academy® Accredited)
WIĘZI (CLOSE TIES) (Poland)
Director: Zofia Kowalewska
Producer: Studio Munka, Katarzyna Zariczny, Produkcja Filmowa
Special Mention for Documentary:
THE MUTE’S HOUSE (Israel)
Writer/Director: Tamar Kay
Producer: Tamar Kay, Ariel Richter
INTERNATIONAL GREENFLICKS COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
Flickerfest GreenFlicks Award for Best Environmental Short Film
GOD’S ACRE (Canada)
Writer: Kelton Stepanowich, Derek Vermillion
Director: Kelton Stepanowich
Producer: Eric Janvier, Mike Mankowski, Kelton Stepanowich
Good Environmental Choice Australia Special Jury Prize
RANGERS OF THE REEF (United States)
Writer: Nicholas Ellis
Director: Brady Valashinas
Special Mention for GreenFlicks
FACON (Australia)
Writer: Felicity Pickering
Director: Joshua Dang
Producer: Joshua Dang, Felicity Pickering, Barbara Ings
WINDOWS ON EUROPE AWARDS
Windows on Europe Award for Best EU Short Film
IL SILENZIO (THE SILENCE) (Italy, France)
Writer/ Director: Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi
Producer: Giovanni Antonelli, Olivier Chantriaux
Special Mention for Windows on Europe
TIMECODE (Spain)
Writer: Juanjo Giménez, Pere Altimira
Director: Juanjo Giménez
Producer: : Juanjo Giménez, Daniel Villanueva, Arturo Méndiz
AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS:
Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Short Film (Academy® Accredited)
BEAST
Writer: Carl J. Sorheim
Director/Producer: Christopher Sferrazza
Canon Award for Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
DREAM BABY
Writer/Director: Lucy Gaffy
Producer: Kiki Dillon
Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Short Animation
FISH WITH LEGS
Writer: Nikos Andronicos
Director: Dave Carter
Producers: Nikos Andronicos, Tania Frampton
Miller Australia Award for Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film
IN A CANE FIELD
Cinematographer: Adric Watson
Writer/Director: Emily Avila
Producer: Emily Avila and Carolie Tapper
Avid Award for Best Editing in An Australian Short Film
SENGATAN
Editor: Chris Ward
Writer/Director: Frank Magree
Producer: Frank Magree, Paul Henri
Media Super Award for Best Screenplay in an Australian Short Film
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK
Director: Derin Seale
Writer: Josh Lawson
Producer: Derin Seale, Karen Bryson, Josh Lawson
NATIONAL FLICKERUP COMPETITION AWARD WINNERS
SAE Institute FlickerUp Award for Best High School Production
BUMPS
Writer/Director/ Producer: Austin Rosier, Maddison Green, Alyssa Byrnes, Jake Roberts
Yoram Gross FlickerUp Award for Best High School Animation
THE DAY THEY MET CLIVE
Writer/Director/Producer: Alako Myles
AVID FlickerUp Award for Best Editing in a High School Film
TATTOO: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEMPORARY TATTOO ARTIST
Writer/Director/Producer: Daniel Nieborski
Parker’s Award for Best Primary School Production
GRANDMA’S GIFT
Writer: Kinae Edwards, Chloe French, Amity Hutton, Lily Lacey
Director: Kinae Edwards
Producer: Table Cape Primary School