AFIN 2023 AWARD NOMINEES & FINALISTS
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mentions, or official selections.
BANSHEES RIDGE
Directed by Tristan Barr
Short Film - Australia - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 11:00
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆 Best Cinematography - Dan Hodgson
🏆 Best Film Editing - Ken Kimura
Nomination(s):
Best Produced Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Australian Film, Best Australian Actor (Matthew Caffoe), Best Actor (Matthew Caffoe), Best Director
Trailer
Synopsis
Based on outback folklore, a bushranger who mourns the death of his daughter searches for a missing girl who has been taken by the corruptions the Australian settlers call "Banshees".
CHATEAU LAURIER - SEASON 2
Directed by James Stewart
Web Series - Canada
Runtime - 10:00
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆 Best Costume Design - Melissa Bessey
Nomination(s):
Best Production Design, Best Costume Design
Preview Still
Synopsis
Season 2 of the hugely successful award-winning series (3 million views).
Edwardian newlyweds Hattie and Vivian navigate their lives on the other side of happily ever after and learn that life as heirs to the grand Chateau Laurier hotel comes with slings, arrows, enemies, opportunities and strife.
When the grand hotel was opened in Ottawa in 1912 it represented all that was extravagant and privileged at the dawn of a new century. The surrounding town was little more than a frontier. This is Canada in the moment it blooms onto the world stage, growing pains and all. Chateau Laurier follows the struggle to control power of the hotel (and beyond) between Briar Hays (Tymika Tafari), the new owner of the hotel, her estranged brother Vivian (Luke Humphrey), his wide-eyed new wife Hattie (Kate Ross Leckie), her acerbic Aunt Esme (Fiona Reid)…and Gabriel Sabot, the Cajun-creole boss of Lowertown (Emmanuel Kabongo).
The show has a core cast of recurring characters vying for power in the family-run hotel in 1912 Ottawa. Uniquely Canadian, Chateau Laurier is told with a flair for the dramatic, with diverse, distinct, entertaining characters and a dose of humour.
New Season 2 cast include Tymika Tafari (Apple TV+ The Marijuana Conspiracy), Emmanuel Kobongo (21 Thunder), Joel Oulette (Trickster), Brittany Raymond (The Next Step), Katie Uhlmann (Nurses) and Jason Gray (Reign).
Retuning cast include series leads Kate Ross Leckie (Alias Grace), Luke Humphrey (Tiny Pretty Things), Fiona Reid (Harry Potter on Broadway), Kent Staines (Anne with an E) and Fraser Elsdon (Y: The Last Man).
GET AWAY
Directed by Michael Gabriele
Short Film - United States - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 15:25
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Actress - Lisa Jaqueline Starrett
🏆Best Director - Michael Gabriele
🏆Best Live Action Short Film - Michael Gabriele
🏆Best Produced Screenplay - Michael Gabriele, Anthony Jefferson
Nomination(s):
Best Produced Screenplay, Best Live Action Short Film, Best Actress (Lisa Jaqueline Starrett), Best Actor (Adrian Quinonez), Best Director
Trailer
Synopsis
A group of friends spending the weekend at a remote vacation rental in the desert, play a mysterious VHS tape, and realize that there are too many strange and terrifying coincidences.
HEALING DAKOTA
Directed by James Michael LaMonte
Documentary Feature - United States - Self-rated PG content guide
Runtime - 01:22:09
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆 Best Documentary Feature - James Michael LaMonte
Nomination(s):
Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Documentary Feature
Trailer
Synopsis
Follow the journey of discovery and healing of a brave K9 who develops PTSD while serving and the story of his healing.
IRIS
Directed by Aida Gevorgyan
Short Film - United States - Self-rated PG content guide
Runtime - 17:34
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Emerging Female Director - Aida Gevorgyan
🏆Best Student Film - Aida Gevorgyan
Nomination(s):
Best Student Film, Best Emerging Female Director
Trailer
Synopsis
When a dancer wins an audition to an elite conservatory, she must balance caring for her dying mother and her own growing pill addiction in order to change her life.
Lives Before Your Eyes
Written by Harry Sweby
Short Screenplay - Australia
Synopsis
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Short Screenplay - Harry Sweby
Nomination(s):
Best Short Screenplay
After her soul is trapped inside a decaying corpse, a vengeful mortician has just minutes to bring a billiards-themed serial killer to justice.
LOOK FOR ME AT DUSK
Directed by Nipan Chawcharernpon
Short Film - Thailand - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 28:01
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Visual Effects - Nipan Studio
Nomination(s):
Best Visual Effects, Best Live Action Short Film
Trailer
Synopsis
Father and son has to run away from the city before it get destroy.
RED GAIA
Directed by Udesh Chetty
Animated Film - South Africa - - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 12:50
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Sound - James Matthes
🏆Best Animated Film - Udesh Chetty
Nomination(s):
Best Visual Effects, Best Sound, Best Animated Film, Best Director
Trailer
Synopsis
Alone on the dying red planet, among the ruins of human civilization, one last android desperately guards the last essences of life. In her pursuit for meaning, she finds her own soul hanging in the balance.
Red Gaia is a tone-poem meditation on life, death and rebirth, destruction and creation and the cycles of existence, drawing inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita, Dante's Purgatorio, the Kabballah, the Tibetan Bardol Thodol as well as the legendary science fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
SHADOW PUPPETS
Directed by Penn Pauletich
Short Film - United States - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 13:26
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Production Design - Mike Kmiecik
Nomination(s):
Best Production Design, Best Director
Preview Still
Synopsis
A prisoner finds a new and dangerous way to spark joy in his otherwise mundane life.
STATIC - PLEAS
Directed by Roman Buchatsky
Music Video - Israel - Self-rated PG content guide
Runtime - 3:47
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Music Video
Nomination(s):
Best Visual Effects, Best Music Video
THE COST
Directed by Matthew Holmes
Feature Film - Australia - Classified MA15+ - Runtime - 01:48:00
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Australian Actor - Damon Hunter
Nomination(s):
Best Australian Actor (Damon Hunter), Best Australian Actor (Jordan Fraser-Trumble), Best Feature Film
Trailer
Synopsis
Intent on dispensing their own brutal form of justice, two ordinary men abduct a felon who committed a horrific crime many years before.
THE LAIR
Directed by Neil Marshall
Feature Film - United Kingdom - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 01:30:00
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Feature Film - Neil Marshall
Nomination(s):
Best Feature Film
Trailer
Synopsis
When Royal Air Force pilot Lt. Kate Sinclair is shot down over Afghanistan, she finds refuge in an abandoned underground bunker where deadly man-made biological weapons - half human, half alien - are awakened.
The Fandom
Written by Lisa Rufus
Feature Screenplay - Australia
Synopsis
While filming a fan video for the famous web series, Monster Assassins, an obsessive fan realizes her favourite show is becoming real when man-eating monsters terrorize her small town.
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Feature Screenplay - Lisa Rufus
Nomination(s):
Best Feature Screenplay
THE WRONG BARBER
Directed by Dean Ganter
Short Film - Australia - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 19:38
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Actor - David Field
Nomination(s):
Best Produced Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Australian Actor (David Field), Best Actor (David Field)
Preview Still
Synopsis
Being the tale of a young man who came in for a shave, and whom quickly became the focus of the Barber's murderous rage.
THIS MAN'S WORTH
Directed by Ash Cottrell
Documentary Short - Australia - Classified M - Runtime - 41:25
Preview Still
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Documentary Short - Ash Cottrell
🏆Best Original Score - James Kenyon, Luke Richardson, Matt Dixon
Nomination(s):
Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Documentary Short
Synopsis
At the conclusion of fulfilling working lives, two very different men, Graeme and Michael, convinced of their loss of identity and disconnection to the world around them, decide that suicide is their only option. Only one man survives the attempt on his life.
WENDY AND VEE
Directed by Jean-Baptiste Canac
Short Film - Australia - Self-rated PG content guide
Runtime - 19:59
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Australian Actress - Jacy Lewis
Nomination(s):
Best Australian Actress (Jacy Lewis)
Trailer
Synopsis
A daughter worries about her mother's abusive boyfriend and decides to do something about it.
WHERE'S WEIRDO
Directed by Duncan Peake
Short Film - Australia - - Self-rated M/MA content guide
Runtime - 8:50
AFIN 2023 WINNER
🏆Best Australian Film - Duncan Peake
Nomination(s):
Best Australian Film
Trailer
Synopsis
A young bookstore owner accidentally unleashes a demonic creature who takes the form of a famous children's book character.
2023 Placings
This list will be updated as categories are finalised and announced
TOTAL AFIN CATEGORY ANNOUNCEMENT STATUS : 24/24
FILM AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT COUNT 22/22: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
SCREENPLAY AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT COUNT 2/2: 🏆🏆
Note: We do our best to discover and source correct names for all awards and who should be recognised for them.
BEST ACTOR
Nominees
🌟 David Field for The Wrong Barber, from Australia
🌟 Cristóbal Krusen for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Adrian Quinonez for Get Away, from the United States
🌟 Jorge Antonio Guerrero for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Matthew Caffoe for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
Finalists
✨ Kawin Wattanachariya for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
✨ Glenn Coenen for Hif, from Netherlands
✨ Assen Karanikolov for Party Bus, from Bulgaria
Honorable Mentions
💗 David Alvarado for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
💗 Kamran Haidar for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia
💗 Damon Hunter for The Cost, from Australia
BEST ACTRESS
Nominees
🌟 Xingchen Lyu for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Virginia Gray for Assisted Living, from Australia
🌟 Lisa Jaqueline Starrett for Get Away, from the United States
🌟 Emma Pearson for Hedgehog, from the United States
🌟 Renata Monterola for The Way Home, from Mexico
Finalists
✨ Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Xhulia Musagalliu for Erik, from Albania
✨ Hannah Monson for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Lauren Campbell for When Doves Fly, from Australia
💗 Catherine Ross for My Gift, from Australia
💗 Violeta Machado for Two Dollars, from Australia
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Nominees
🌟 From South Africa, Red Gaia, directed by Udesh Chetty
🌟 From Israel, One Last Wish directed by Galia Osmo
🌟 From the New Zealand, Dies Irae directed by Maru Collective
Honorable Mentions
💗 From Australia, Child of Témoin, directed by Cody Fordham
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR
Nominees
🌟 David Field for The Wrong Barber
🌟 Matthew Caffoe for Banshees Ridge
🌟 Kamran Haidar for The Soft-Skinned
🌟 Damon Hunter for The Cost
🌟 Jordan Fraser-Trumble for The Cost
Finalists
✨ Rupert Raineri for I'm Good
✨ Colin Smith for Trapped
✨ Tommy Archer for No Two Days
Honorable Mentions
💗 Brady Cronin for Tales of Finer Men
💗 Greg Moran for Culicidae
💗 David K. Whiting for Fungus
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS
Nominees
🌟 Violeta Machado for Two Dollars
🌟 Hannah Monson for The Soft-Skinned
🌟 Lauren Campbell for When Doves Fly
🌟 Catherine Ross for My Gift
🌟 Jacy Lewis for Wendy & Vee
Finalists
✨ Gabby Carbon for Where's Weirdo
✨ Anahita Pardis for SUGA RUSH
✨ Miriam Green for Aristeia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Georgia Eyers for Violett
💗 Barbara Hastings for I'm Good
💗 Abbey Mckeon for Banshees Ridge
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
Nominees
🌟 Banshees Ridge, directed by Tristan Barr
🌟 When Doves Fly, directed by Mike Roberts
🌟 Where's Weirdo, directed by Duncan Peake
🌟 Two Dollars, directed by Natalia Cricri
🌟 Fungus, directed by Ryan Maddox
Finalists
✨ The Wrong Barber, directed by Dean Ganter
✨ The Soft-Skinned, directed by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
✨ My Gift, directed by Michael Raso
Honorable Mentions
💗 Violett, directed by Steven John Mihaljevich
💗 Suga Rush, directed by Valentino Filimon
💗 Tales of Finer Men, directed by Jack Nielson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees
🌟 Nutthawut Limsakdakul for Life Of Music , from Thailand
🌟 Zach Levenson for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Josh Stafield for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Dan Hodgson for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Luca Bigazzi for We Are Living Things, from the United States
Finalists
✨ Richard Brauer for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
✨ ÚAdeline Morin, Romain Filhol for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits from France
✨ Acharya Venu for The Group (Balagam), from India
Honorable Mentions
💗 Ilya Mentzarar, Ilya Savelyev for The Muse, from the United States
💗 Robert Sherwood for Healing Heart Feeling Country, from Australia
💗 Thomas Vandendolder for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Nominees
🌟 Melissa Bessey for Chateau Laurier -Season 2, from Canada
🌟 Elliana Thomas for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Varvara Zenina and Tatjana Greniberg for Good evening, from Russian Federation
🌟 Joni Hathaway Jones for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Sophie Borra for The Wrong Barber, from Australia
Finalists
✨ Floreta Malile Gjoka, Floriana Golemi for Erik, from Albania
✨ Maryam Kholghi Shirazi, Maryam Kholghi Shirazi for Zero Coordinates, from Iran, Islamic Republic of
✨ Jonathan Lambert for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, from France
Honorable Mentions
💗 Fernanda Valenzuela for The Way Home, from Mexico
💗 Ryan Maddox for Fungus, from Australia
💗 Deidra Catero for Hedgehog, from the United States
BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees
🌟 Tristan Barr for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Mike Roberts for When Doves Fly, from Australia
🌟 Penn Pauletich for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
🌟 Udesh Chetty for Red Gaia, from South Africa
🌟 Michael Gabriele for Get Away, from the United States
Finalists
✨ Tómas Nói Emilsson for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Antonio Tibaldi for We Are Living Things, from the United States
✨ Natalia Cricri for Two Dollars, from Australia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Daan Swinkels for Hif, from Netherlands
💗 Michael Raso for My Gift, from Australia
💗 Simon Vautier for The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, from France
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominees
🌟 Maggie Jones, Brad Jones for CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States
🌟 James Michael LaMonte for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Rionne McAvoy for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan
🌟 Ashley Sabin, David Redmon for Kim's Video, from the United States
🌟 Bill Wisneski for Almost Home: Life After Incarceration, from the United States
Finalists
✨ Samantha Campbell for The Secret Song, from the United States
✨ Chris Eipper, Declan Mortimer Eipper for All Politics is Local, from Australia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Sharon Ann Rowland for Alchemy: Pathway to Profound Powers, from Australia
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Nominees
🌟 Ash Cottrell for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Elliott Sauvage for TNatalya Diehm: Road to Recovery, from Australia
🌟 Verónica Rose Wood for Caretaker, from the United States
🌟 Elliott Sauvage, Matt Kirby for Don't Wait: The Men's Mental Health Project, from Australia
🌟 Robert Sherwood for Healing Heart Feeling Country, from Australia
Finalists
✨ Nick Bolton, Jess Milne for I am Living, from Australia
✨ Darryl cook, for THIS IS MY STORY, from Australia
✨ Talitha Huston, for It's In Your Hands, from Australia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Heejoo Kim for Behind The Loom,from the United States
💗 Mark Anthony Thomas, Shane McFarland, Jordon Rooney for Folded Whispers, from the United States
💗 Kai Wharton for Uncovered Lives: Australia's Fight for Funded Trans Healthcare, from Australia
BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR
Nominees
🌟 Natalia Cricri for Two Dollars, from Australia
🌟 Dilyana Daneva for Party bus, from Bulgaria
🌟 Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe for The Soft-Skinned, from Australia
🌟 Anastasia Vasileva for Better Together, from the Russian Federation
🌟 Aida Gevorgyan for Iris, from the United States
Finalists
✨ Jessica Landry for Testament from Canada
✨ Galia Osmo for One Last Wish, from Israel
✨ Sheri Van Geest for Trapped, from Australia
Honorable Mentions
💗 Meri Gelagutashvili for Giuli - It Was A Dream, from Germany
💗 Victoria Bugbee for Out of State-A Gothic Romance, from the United States
BEST FEATURE FILM
Nominees
🌟 From Mexico, The Way Home, directed by Darius Stevens Wilhere
🌟 From Australia, The Cost, directed by Matthew Holmes
🌟 From United Kingdom, The Lair, directed by Neil Marshall
🌟 From the United States, We Are Living Things, directed by Antonio Tibaldi
🌟 From Australia, Violett, directed by Steven John Mihaljevich
Finalists
✨ From the United States, The Muse, directed by Jason Miller
✨ From the United States, Ghosts of the Void, directed by Max Karpylev
✨ From the United States, Let Me Have My Son, directed by Cristóbal Krusen
Honorable Mentions
💗 From the Russian Federation, Better together, directed by Anastasia Vasileva
💗 From India, The Group (Balagam), directed by Venu Yeldandi
💗 From Turkey, Cage : Between Two Battles, directed by Cenk İzgören
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Nominees
🌟 From the United States, Godfor, written by Pablo Torroella
🌟 From Australia, Millions in Manila, written by Jeffrey Milne
🌟 From Australia, The Fandom, written by Lisa Rufus
🌟 From Australia, Slam'n, written by Ke De Sol
🌟 From the United States, Comic Relief written by Koura Linda, Alex Hawthorne
Finalists
✨ From Australia, Mia You've Lost a Lot of Blood, written by Paul Bird
✨ From the United States, The Pickleball Killer, written by Jim Carroll
✨ From Australia, Escape from the Commodore 64, written by David Hearne, Belinda Missen
Honorable Mentions
💗 From the United States, Nobody's Heroes, written by Michael Alan Elliott
💗 From the United States, For The Freedom, written by Hans Sluijter
💗 From the United States, Who Let the Wallflowers Out?, written by Virginia Austin
BEST FILM EDITING
Nominees
🌟 Elizabeth Cook for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Delaney Murphy for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Nikola Mateja for When Doves Fly, from Australia
🌟 Ken Kimura for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
🌟 Rionne Mcavoy for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan
Finalists
✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon, Saywiga Pattarawaraphan for Descendants, from Thailand
✨ Úlfur E. Arnalds for Stormur, from Iceland
✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
Honorable Mentions
💗 Michael Gabriele for Get Away, from the United States
💗 Elliott Sauvage for Natalya Diehm: Road to Recovery, from Australia
💗 Verónica Rose Wood for Caretaker, from the United States
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Nominees
🌟 From Australia, Banshees Ridge, directed by Tristan Barr
🌟 From the United States, Get Away directed by Michael Gabriele
🌟 From the United States, Hedgehog directed by D. Mitry
🌟 From France, The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, directed by Simon Vautier
🌟 From Thailand, Look for me at Dusk, directed by Nipan Chawcharernpon
Finalists
✨ From Australia, Two Dollars, directed by Natalia Cricri
✨ From Australia, My Gift, directed by Michael Raso
✨ From Thailand, Descendants, directed by Nipan Chawcharernpon
Honorable Mentions
💗 From Iceland, Stormur, directed by Tómas Nói Emilsson
💗 From Australia, Fungus, directed by Ryan Maddox
💗 From Australia, The Wrong Barber, directed by Dean Ganter
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Nominees
🌟 From the Russian Federation, Good evening, directed by Alexey Belkin, Vsevolod Alekhin
🌟 From Israel, Static - Pleas, directed by Roman Buchatsky
🌟 From Iceland, Devil Never Killed, directed by Tómas Nói Emilsson
🌟 From Australia, LOST IN THE MOMENT, directed by Darryl Cook
🌟 From Canada, CANYON - Stay, directed by Arthur de la Rambelje
Finalists
✨ From Germany, Affentanz - Hunter, directed by CYPRIAN HERCKA
✨ From the United States, Meir Levine - Wherever I Run (Official Music Video), directed by Esther Shpigelman
✨ From Australia, Wildfire Manwurrk ft. Victor Rostron - 'Mararradj', directed by Wildfire Manwurrk, Robert Sherwood, Natalie Carey
Honorable Mentions
💗 From Australia, Halcyon Reign - Ahab, directed by Adam Jordan
💗 From Canada, 23 (Official Music Video), directed by Dean Pilling
💗 From Australia, Gorgi J - Silent Smile, directed by Adam Jordan
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Nominees
🌟 Justin Bell for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 James Kenyon, Luke Richardson, Matt Dixon for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 John Sponsler for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Amedeo Ursini for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Kelvin Pimont, Jack Standen for The Way Home, from Mexico
Finalists
✨ Jaysen Lewis for Jingle Hell, from the United States
✨ B. Quincy Griffin for The Secret Song, from the United States
✨ Nipan Chawcharernpon, Bradley Lewin for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
Honorable Mentions
💗 Ali Helnwein for Hedgehog, from the United States
💗 Jenný Björk Bjarkadóttir for Stormur, from Iceland
💗 Sangwoo Jeong for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
BEST PRODUCED SCREENPLAY
Nominees
🌟 From the United States, Get Away, written by Anthony Jefferson
🌟 From Australia, Banshees Ridge,, written by Matthew Caffoe
🌟 From Australia, My Gift, written by Michael Raso
🌟 From Australia, The Wrong Barber, written by Dean Ganter
🌟 From Australia, When Doves Fly, written by Mike Roberts
Finalists
✨ From the United States, Hedgehog, written by D. Mitry
✨ From Australia, Two Dollars, written by Natalia Cricri
✨ From Iceland, Stormur, written by Tómas Nói Emilsson & Tinni Teitsson
Honorable Mentions
💗 From France, The Ankou, the Child and the Bandits, written by Simon Vautier
💗 From Australia, The Soft-Skinned, written by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
💗 From New Zealand, Twitch, written by Kate Powis & Suden
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Nominees
🌟 Chris Nickle for Chateau Laurier -Season 2, from Canada
🌟 Alexis Covovich for The Way Home, from Mexico
🌟 Monica Dabrowski for We Are Living Things, from the United States
🌟 Cheri Anderson for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
🌟 Mike Kmiecik for Shadow Puppets, from the United States
Finalists
✨ Alexey Belkin for Good evening, from the Russian Federation
✨ Arch.Idea Studio for Erik, from Albania
✨ Nima Valibeigi for Zero Coordinates, from Iran, Islamic Republic of
Honorable Mentions
💗 Nipan Chawcharernpon, Jason R. Deford for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
💗 Fungus, from Australia
💗 Max Karpylev for The Muse, from the United States
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Nominees
🌟 From Australia, Lives Before Your Eyes written by Harry Sweby
🌟 From Australia, Saint Peter of Bourke, written by Phillip Tucker
🌟 From Australia, The Pearl, written by Hannâ B.
🌟 From Australia, New Holland, written by A. K. Woods
🌟 From the United States, The Rumor Mill, written by Linda Tancs
Finalists
✨ From Australia, Friendly Fire, written by Greg Moran
✨ From the United States, The Great Food War, written by Tyler Posey
✨ From Germany, The Forgotten Sea, written by Fiona Leonard
Honorable Mentions
💗 From Australia, Daddy, written by Indy Davies
💗 From Australia, Saviour of Manangatan, written by Eamonn Eeles
💗 From the United States, Just Plane Humor, written by Linda Tancs
💗 From Australia, Psychopathic Killers, written by Susan May Thomas
BEST SOUND
Nominees
🌟 James Matthes for Red Gaia, from South Africa
🌟 Simon Rosenberg & Pip Atherstone-Reid for This Man's Worth, from Australia
🌟 Jan Klier for Healing Dakota, from the United States
🌟 Chris Code for The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan, from Japan
🌟 Peter Kurucz & Michael Angelo Monaco for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
Finalists
✨ Fantastic Sound for Descendants, from Thailand
✨ Samantha Oo for When Doves Fly, from Australia
✨ Curtis Fritsch IV for CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States
Honorable Mentions
💗 Todd Toon for We Are Living Things, from the United States
💗 Supat Decha for Life Of Music, from Thailand
💗 Bob Edwards for The Secret Song, from the United States
BEST STUDENT FILM
Nominees
🌟 From Australia, When Doves Fly, directed by Mike Roberts
🌟 From Australia, The Soft-Skinned by Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
🌟 From the United States, Iris directed by Aida Gevorgyan
🌟 From Australia, LOST IN THE MOMENT, directed by Darryl Cook
🌟 From Australia, Tales of Finer Men, directed by Jack Nielson
Finalists
✨ From the United States, La Telaraña, directed by Dan Husted
✨ From Germany, Giuli - It Was A Dream, directed by Meri Gelagutashvili
✨ From Australia, THIS IS MY STORY, directed by Darryl cook
Honorable Mentions
💗 From Australia, It's In Your Hands directed by Talitha Huston
💗 From New Zealand, Solitaire, directed by Brian Gill
💗 From Australia, In The Air, directed by Kieran Deeth
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nominees
🌟 Roms Studio for Static - Please, from Israel
🌟 Udesh Chetty for Red Gaia, from South Africa
🌟 Ryan Maddox for Fungus, from Australia
🌟 Yula Surin, Or Kantor, Ori Kagan for One Last Wish, from Israel
🌟 Nipan Studio for Look for me at Dusk, from Thailand
Finalists
✨ Neil Rowe for Banshees Ridge, from Australia
✨ Jared Neher, Jeremy Wanek for Let Me Have My Son, from the United States
✨ Nipan Studio for Descendants, from Thailand
Honorable Mentions
💗 Benji Thiem for Look for me at CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History, from the United States
💗 Nikola Mateja for When Doves Fly, from Australia
💗 Nipan Studio for Life Of Music , from Thailand