2019 Annual Winners and Nominations
BEST SHORT DRAMA | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
A Remarkable Career | Writer/Director/Producer: Paul William Dawkins. Writer/Producer: Lauren Hamilton Neill (AUSTRALIA)
Balance | Writer/Director/Producer: Young Martin. Writer: Liam lacy. (AUSTRALIA)
Gregory | Writer/Director/Producer: Johnny Coughlin (USA)
I Love You Sara | Writer/Director: Daniel White. Producer: Jami Blood (AUSTRALIA)
I'm Not Going Anywhere | Writer/Director/Producer: Pierce Hadjinicola. Producer: Aaron Ferdinand (AUSTRALIA)
Kneeling Sheep | Writer/Director: Hai Rihan. Producer: Jervis Li. (CHINA)
Stealth | Writer/Director/Producer: Astor Stark. Producers: Damon Laguna, Sage Sokol Lanting, Mona Xia. (USA)
Who Am I? | Writer/Director/Producer: Liene Greifane (LATVIA)
You're talking to me? | Director: Desalos Isabelle (FRANCE)
BEST SHORT COMEDY | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Bottomless | Writer/Director/Producer: Dustin Curtis Murphy (USA)
Charlie – Someone’s in there | Writer/Director: Paolo Casarolli (ITALY)
Harley Wheelchair | Writer/Director/Producer: Niels Sabbe (BELGIUM)
I've Had Enough! | Writer/Director/Producer: John M. Keller. Producer: Eléa Clair (FRANCE)
Lara & James | Writer/Director/Producer: Rachel Jordan (AUSTRALIA)
My First Kiss | Writer/Director Panfred Reed (AUSTRALIA)
Rimborso Spese | Writer: Michele Di Vito Director/Producer: Michelangelo di Pierro (ITALY)
She's Not Your Type | Writer/Director/Producer: Matt Vella (AUSTRALIA)
Worth | Writer/Director: Lexie Gregory. Producer: Cat Hart (AUSTRALIA)
BEST SCIFI SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Brolga | Writer/Director: Adrian Powers. Producer: J.J. Todd (AUSTRALIA)
Honor Among Thieves | Writer/Director/Producer: Justin Eugene Evans. Producers: Jason R. Moore, Rubén Burgos, Jr., Brent Tiano (USA)
Neutropia | Writer/Direcotr/Producer: Malique Harris. Producer: Mckayden Todecheenie (USA)
Project Max | Writers: Aidar Gabdrakhmanov, Maria Makarova, Damir Khanifullin. Director: Aidar Gabdrakhmanov. Producer: Anastasia Trushina (RUSSIA)
Re-Live | Writer/Director: Tania Nanavraki, Sotiris Petridis. Producer: Dimitris Tsakaleas (GREECE)
The Drone | Writer: John J. McLaughlin. Director/Producer: Wojciech Lorenc. Producer: Jean Bodon (USA)
The Update | Writer/Director: Mor Hanay Producer: Alona Nahmias (ISRAEL)
Your last day on earth | Writer/Director: Marc Martínez Jordán. Producer: Alex Maruny (SPAIN)
BEST HORROR/THRILLER SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Karma | Writer/Director/Producer: Armando del Río. Producer: Tote Trenas, Laia Alemany (SPAIN)
Portrait | Writer/Director/Producer: Charles Le Patourel (AUSTRALIA)
Save 2.0 | Writer/Director/Producer: Ivan Sainz-Pardo (GERMANY/SPAIN)
Sound of Two | Writer/Director: Sachin Ramdas. Producer: Ivor Gracias (UAE)
The Broken Forest | Writer/Director/Producer: Alfredo Uzeta (MEXICO)
The Intruder | Writer/Director: Zhang Xueying. Producer: Guo Yufeng (CHINA)
Thou Shalt Not | Writer/Director/Producer: Mariano Schoendorff Ares (USA)
Untitled | Writer/Direcots: Chris Yip, Krishna Viswanathan. Producer: Elissa Nelthropp (AUSTRALIA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
A Woman's Calling | Director: Ivy Staker. Producer: Fisch Rasy (AUSTRALIA)
Beloved | Writer: Farzaneh Fathi. Director: Yaser Talebi. Producer: Elaheh Nobakht (IRAN)
Finish Line | Writer/Director: Saeed Mayahy. Producer: Ali Nikfar (IRAN)
Footstep | Writer/Director/Producer: Haydar Demirtas (TURKEY)
Fraser Syndrome & Me | Created by Kyle Anne Grendys (USA)
Humanitarian | Director: Erick Fix. Producers: Suzanna Klaucke, Erick Fix, Justin Wright, Hassan Hijazi, Glorianne Cody, Will Clark (USA)
Keepers Of The Forest | Writer/Director/Producer: Roxy Rogan. Writer: Genevieve Rogan (AUSTRALIA)
Persia's Pantry | Director: Daniel Pitcher. Producer: Daniel Njegich (AUSTRALIA)
The Wonder | Director: Goh Iromoto (CANADA)
BEST ANIMATED SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Afterglow | Writer/Director: Ariana Bolaños Guevara. Producer: Jose Rodriguez
Dance of the Dead | Writer/Director: Scarlet Sykes Hesterman (AUSTRALIA)
Don't Feed These Animals | Writer/Directors: Guilherme Afonso, Miguel Madaíl de Freitas. Writer: José Alves da Silva. Producer: Nebula Studios (PORTUGAL)
Fire Musical Notes | Director: LuCAS Chewie. Producer: Wagner Cinelli (BRAZIL)
Idiot | Writer/Director/Producer: Dušan Davidov (SLOVAKIA)
iRony | Writer/Director/Producer: Radheya Jegatheva. Producer: Jay Jay Jegathesan (AUSTRALIA)
Kaeru | Director: Denise Chan. Producers: Allie Turner, Brandon Louie (USA)
Out Of The Box | Writer/Director/Producer: Malachi Moore (USA)
The Most Magnificent Thing | Writer: John van Bruggen. Director: Arna Selznick. Producers: Pamela Slavin, Lynne Warner, Doug Murphy, Ashley Spires, Scott Dyer (CANADA)
BEST STUDENT SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Badland | Writer/Director: Drew Phillips. Producer: Eve Siconolfi (USA)
Euigon | Director: Jeremiah Estela Magoncia. Producer: Kim Andrew Surang (SOUTH KOREA)
Heimlich | Writer/Director: Luciano Andres Gallo (ARGENTINA)
In a Moment | Writer/Director/Producer: Sharlin Lucia. Writer: Madita Rutten (GERMANY)
Louder Than Words | Writer/Director: Rachel Larkin. Producer: Paige Hilliard (AUSTRALIA)
Lunchbox | Writer/Director/Producer: Demet Derelioglu Aran (CZECH REPUBLIC/TURKEY)
Milly. | Writer/Director/Producer: Lily Drummond (AUSTRALIA)
Night Shift | Writer/Director: Jacinda Kumar. Producer: Paul Wolffram (NEW ZEALAND)
Winfield Historical Times...And Other Oddities | Writer/Director/Producer: Julia Cowle. Producers: Natalia Rivas, James Qiu, Paula Cantilo, Nikki Foreman (USA)
BEST WEB SERIES | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Cypher | Writer/Director/Producer: Ken Galloway. Director: Rouzbeh Heydari. Producer: Dani Ng-See-Quan (CANADA)
Epic Quest | Writer/Director/Producer: Chelsea Goodman. Producers: David Pfrimmer, Jeffrey McAlpine (CANADA)
Impact | Director: Bas Goossens. Producer: Lieve Claessens (NETHERLANDS)
Le Cinéma | Writer/Director: Neve Tobin. Producer: Caiti Galwey (AUSTRALIA)
La festa triste | Writer/Director: Mattia Marcucci. Writer: Chiara Bonome (ITALY)
Made in AmeriKa! | Writer/Director/Producer: Russell Wyatt Roberts. Producer: Connor Armenti (USA)
The High Five | Writer: Matthew Lutz. Director: Jason William Lee. Producers: Michael Gyori, Dave Peniuk, Matthew Lutz (USA)
BEST FEATURE | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Aleksi | Writer/Director: Barbara Vekarić. Producers: Marina Andree Skop, Darija Kulenovic (CROATIA)
Before I Forget | Writer: Luisa Parnes. Director: Tiago Arakilian. Producer: Carlos Saldanha (BRAZIL)
No More Lights in the Sky | Writer/Director/Producer: Danny Cotton. Producers: Matt Long, Adam Sturman, Monty Jordan, Daniel Kemp
Mondo Hollywoodland | Writer/Director/Producer: Janek Ambros. Writer/Producer: Chris Blim. Writer: Marcus Hart. Kelly Parker: Kelly Parker (USA)
Nursery Rhyme of a Madman | Writer/Director/Producer: Igor Stephen Rados. Producers: Rebecca Rados, Tim Kachurov (CANADA)
The Tower | Director: Mats Grorud. Producers: Frode Sobstad, Patrice Nezan (NORWAY/FRANCE)
These Birds Don't Fly South in the Winter | Writer/Director/Producer: Sean Ryan (USA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba | Writer: Ayme Sosa Pompa. Director: Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi. Producer: Los Hermanos Fantauzzi. (CUBA)
Catching Giants | Writer/Director/Producer: Ashley Scott Davison. Writer/Producer: David Hamlin (USA)
Family of Fear | Writer/Director: Stephen Lackey. Producer: Zach Martin (USA)
Missing Fetine | Writer/Director: Yeliz Shukri. Producer: Stavros Papageorghiou (CYPRUS)
My Farmland | Writer/Director/Producer: Diana Dai (CANADA)
The Ancestors' Memories | Directors: Arata Shigeno, Paing San, Kaung Gon Htin. Producer: Yuki Kitazumi (MYANMAR)
The White Arrow | Director/Producer: Jim Kroft. Producer: Tim Joppien (GERMANY)
Women of the Gulag | Director: Marianna Yarovskaya. Producers: Paul Gregory, Mark Harris, Mitchell Block (USA/RUSSIA)
BEST TRAILER | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Bark | Writers: Laura Coleman, Mark Heywood, Hailey Escobar. Director: Anthony Penney. Producer: Laura Coleman. (USA)
Crowbar | Writer/Director: Lee Ryan Coston. Producer: Bry Troyer (USA)
Cry Havoc | Director/Producer: Wes O'Donnell (USA)
Enthusiasm Abounds | Writer/Director/Producer: Anthony Burkhalter (USA)
Euphorium: Genesis | Writer/Director/Producer: Cory Rowe (USA)
Interloper | Writer/Director/Producer: Lawrence Hennigan (USA)
The Gifted Ones | Writer: Roman Medjanov. Director: Chadaporn Mitinunwong. Producer: Huilin Hu (USA)
Vikings Now | Writer/Director/Producer: Gemma Laurelle. Director: Adrian Castro (AUSTRALIA)
Wolfsbane ‘Hell On Earth’ | Writer/Director/Producer: Jon Guerra. Producers: Michael Castro, Izzy Salinas (USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
A Traveller’s Dream | Rafael Alves das Neves (BRAZIL)
Bingo Man | Chris Beadnell (AUSTRALIA)
Candle in the Wind | Tarek Abdullah (AUSTRALIA)
Evening of the Evil Eye | Angel Connell (USA)
For Nerivia | Christine Celozzi
Mismatch | Bernhard Riedhammer
My Week with Maisy | Mark Oxtoby (UK)
Samantha | Kieran Freemantle (UK)
Super-Amanda | Sotiris Petridis (GREECE)
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Bound | Australia Kincannon (USA)
Don | Alberto Battistutti (ITALY)
Free Yourself | Kelly LaCombe (USA)
It's Complicated | David Keogh (UK)
Made In America | Anonymous (USA)
Nurse Inland | Rhianna Commens (AUSTRALIA)
The Case of the Notorious Roboticist | David Hearne (AUSTRALIA)
The Door | Robert Leo Cox (USA)
The Great Dying | Bridget Maizey (AUSTRALIA)
WILDCARD | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
ARETHA | Writer/Director: Dave Thomas. Producer: Jason Forde (IRELAND)
At Intersections | Directors: Fern Mei Sim, Lynette Aiken. Producer: Annabelle Brock (AUSTRALIA)
Cooked | Writer/Director: Minh Ha. Producers: Fanying Ning, Sandi Prasetyaningsih (AUSTRALIA)
Little Beauty | Writer/Director/Producer: Mick Lowenstein. Producer: Tracey Cosgrove (AUSTRALIA)
Realness | Writer/Director: Cristina García Zarzosa. Producer: Tatiana Fernández (SPAIN)
The Curious Child | Writer/Director: Howard Vause (UK)
The Quiet | Writer/Director/Producer: Radheya Jegatheva. Writer/Producer: Jay Jay Jegathesan (AUSTRALIA)
The Voice of Waves | Writer/Director: Mobai Zhang. Producer: Shushan Liu (CHINA)
Ways of Seeing | Writer/Director/Producer: Suzanna Steele (AUSTRALIA)
WILDCARD SCREENPLAY | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
'80 | Jeffrey Morin (USA)
Bubblegum Pop | Natalia Stawyskyj (AUSTRALIA)
Freya | Sophia Tamaro and Jo Fox (UK)
Hell Followed With Him | Dallas Gibson (USA)
I'm Not Going to Hurt You | Cati and Mike Gonzalez (USA)
The Feast of the Goat | Saeed Zamanian (IRAN)
The Girl From Charlie's Cafe | David Barbeschi (USA)
BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Daniel Kidane | Balance (AUSTRALIA)
Desalos Isabelle | You're Talking To Me? (FRANCE)
Jacob Lovett | Gregory (USA)
Lauren Hamilton Neill | A Remarkable Career (AUSTRALIA)
Lorry D'Ercole | I Love You Sara (AUSTRALIA)
Suriya Ticehurst | I'm Not Going Anywhere (AUSTRALIA)
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Adrianne Gullotta | She's Not Your Type (AUSTRALIA)
Cristiana Vaccaro | Rimborso Spese (ITALY)
Elea Clair | I've Had Enough! (FRANCE)
Mackenzie Mazur | My First Kiss (AUSTRALIA)
Wim Willeart | Harley Wheelchair (BELGIUM)
BEST ACTOR IN A SCIFI | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Anastasis Roilos | Re-Live (GREECE)
James Saunders | Brolga (AUSTRALIA)
Michael Moshonov | The Update (ISRAEL)
Oksana Sinchugova | Project Max (RUSSIA)
BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR/THRILLER | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Alejandra Lorente | KARMA (SPAIN)
Charles Le Patourel | Portrait (AUSTRALIA)
Fu Xiaoxian | The Intruder (CHINA)
Kathrin von Steinburg | SAVE 2.0 (SPAIN/GERMANY)
Megan Barlow | Untitled (AUSTRALIA)
Stuart Richard | Sound of Two (UAE)
BEST ACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Aveek Sen | Is It Winter Already? (INDIA)
Clément Papillon | Alpha Omega (FRANCE)
Keyhan Mleki | Counting (IRAN)
Lydian Dunbar | Pub_Talk (AUSTRALIA)
Sanni Kriikku | Second Illusion (FINLAND)
BEST ACTOR IN A STUDENT SHORT | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Baki Amani | Night Shift (NEW ZEALAND)
Frank Jicha | Lunchbox (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Johnathan Davis | Badland (USA)
Luciano Andres Gallo | Hemlich (ARGENTINA)
Layla Potts | Louder Than Words (AUSTRALIA)
Moon Kyumin | Euigon (SOUTH KOREA)
BEST ACTOR IN A WEB SERIES | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Geoffrey Cordner | La Cinema (AUSTRALIA)
Nadya Debogorski | Epic Quest (CANADA)
Stefano Flamia | La festa triste (ITALY)
Tirra Dent | The High Five (USA)
BEST DIRECTOR | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Astor Stark | Stealth (USA)
Dan White I Love You Sara (AUSTRALIA)
Denise Chan | Kaeru (USA)
Julia Cowle | Winfield Historical Times and other Oddities (USA)
Marc Martínez Jordán | Your last day on earth (SPAIN)
Mats Grorud | The Tower (FRANCE/NORWAY)
Wojciech Lorenc | The Drone (USA)
BEST PRODUCER | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Annabelle Brock | At Intersections (AUSTRALIA)
Ashley Scott Davison | Catching Giants (USA)
Elaheh Nobakht | Beloved (IRAN)
Janek Ambros, Kelly Parker, Chris Blim | Mondo Hollywoodland (USA)
Julia Cowle and Natalia Rivas | Winfield Historical Times and other Oddities (USA)
Marina Andree Skop, Darija Kulenovic | Aleksi (CROATIA)
BEST SCREENWRITER | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Cristina García Zarzosa | Realness (SPAIN)
Hai Rihan | Kneeling Sheep (CHINA)
Lauren Hamilton Neill and Paul William Dawkins | A Remarkable Career (AUSTRALIA)
Luisa Parnes | Before I Forget (BRAZIL)
Marc Martínez Jordán | Your last day on earth (SPAIN)
Radheya Jegatheva | iRony (AUSTRALIA)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Aitor Parra | Realness (SPAIN)
Ben Anderson | I Love You Sara (AUSTRALIA)
Filip Tot | Aleksi (CROATIA)
Henry Commerman | Harly Wheelchair (BELGIUM)
Goh Iromoto | The Wonder (CANADA)
Vadim Kryuchkov | Project Max (RUSSIA)
BEST EDITING | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Aidar Gabdrakhmanov, Bulat Abdullin, Dmitry Grigorev, Maksim Gredyushko | Project Max (RUSSIA)
Julia Cowle | Winfield Historical Times and other Oddities (USA)
Panfred Reed | My First Kiss (AUSTRALIA)
Shaina Shuraya | Stealth (USA)
Suzanna Steele | Ways of Seeing (AUSTRALIA)
Wojciech Lorenc | The Drone (USA)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Benedict Roff-Marsh | Out Of The Box (USA)
DJ Jigüe | Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba (CUBA)
P.J. Leonard | The Curious Child (UK)
Paul Schiefelbein | In a moment (GERMANY)
Paul William Dawkins | A Remarkable Career (AUSTRALIA)
Tralala Blip | Pub_Talk (AUSTRALIA)
Victor Kong | Kaeru (USA)
BEST SOUND DESIGN | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Ed Douglas | The Most Magnificent Thing (CANADA)
Jaume Duque | Your Last Day On Earth (SPAIN)
Jope Sound | Kaeru (USA)
Sajad Azeez | Sound of Two (UAE)
Thomas Lie | Louder than Words (AUSTRALIA)
BEST LIGHTING | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Anisha Maria Lanewala and Venkatesh Marghashayam | Lunchbox (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Dmitry Kovalev and Letia Solomon | Stealth (USA)
Justin Eugene Evans | Honor Among Thieves (USA)
Sophie Feldt | Second Illusion (FINLAND)
Sound of Two (UAE)
Sun Jinlong | The Intruder (CHINA)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Amita Kilumanga | Second Illusion (FINLAND)
Derek Dickinson | Winfield Historical Times and other Oddities (USA)
Laticia Petitpas | Neutropia (USA)
Peita Breese | Vikings Now (AUSTRALIA)
Your Last Day On Earth (SPAIN)
OUTSTANDING ANIMATION OR VFX | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Ariana Bolaños Guevara | Afterglow (COSTA RICA)
Ariel Fernando, Pedro Garcia, Hani Jordan| Neutropia (USA)
Foliascope Animation Studio | The Tower (FRANCE/NORWAY)
Honor Among Theives (USA)
Howard Vause | The Curious Child (UK)
Radheya Jegatheva | The Quiet (AUSTRALIA)
GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
A Woman's Calling (AUSTRALIA)
Beloved (IRAN)
Persia's Pantry (AUSTRALIA)
Bakosó: AfroBeats of Cuba (CUBA)
EMERGING FILMMAKER | ANNUAL NOMINATIONS 2019
Ariana Bolaños | Afterglow (COSTA RICA)
Gemma Laurelle | Vikings Now (AUSTRALIA)
Kyle Anne Grendys | Fraser Syndrome & Me (USA)
Panfred Reed | My First Kiss (AUSTRALIA)
Radheya Jegatheva | iRony and The Quiet (AUSTRALIA)