2018 Annual Nominations & Winners

BEST SHORT DRAMA

Are your Volleyball?! | Mohammad Bakhshi (IRAN) 

Avery Road | Dustin Curtis Murphy (USA)

Casting of an Innocent Women | Jacob Thomas Pilgaard (DENMARK)

Excursion to the Mountains | Dermot Daly and Ivan Mack (UK)

For Want of a Nail | Lucy Joan Barnes (UK)  

GAB | Gazanfer Biricik (FRANCE) 

 I'm Sorry | Lovisa Lara (ICELAND) 

Mother's Day | Greg Powell (AUSTRALIA)

Tag, You’re It | Corey Donaldson (AUSTRALIA)   

The Morning After | Leanne Mangan (AUSTRALIA)

The Nixie (Świtezianka) | Julia Bui Ngoc (POLAND)

This is Home | Jason P. Schumacher (USA) 

Torment | Luciana Caplan (USA) 

BEST SHORT EXPERIMENTAL

A P E X | Stuart T. Birchall (UK) 

Being | John Graham (CANADA | HUNGARY) 

Deternity | Mersolis Schöne and Evi Jägle (AUSTRIA)

Genesis | Abtin Mozafari (IRAN)

 Medium Rare | Luca Cioci (USA) 

Mumpsiums and Halcyon Discord | Rolf Klein (UK) 

Muze | Liudmila Komrakova (RUSSIA)

Taste of Night | Liudmila Komrakova (RUSSIA)

Vous | Pari Antoniou (GREECE) 

BEST SHORT ANIMATION

Balance | Barzan Rostami (IRAN)

Balloon Ride | Evan Hughes (AUSTRALIA) 

Being Good | Jenny Harder (UK) 

Dissonance | Abigail Lamb (SCOTLAND) 

Hallowstide | Steve Socki (USA)

Kekere | Axel Sande (BRAZIL)  

Shuffled | Markus Helmersson (SWEDEN)

 The Fox | Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh (IRAN)

BEST SHORT SCIFI

365 | Borja Ros Espejo (SPAIN)

A Friend in the Night | Sebastian Chan (AUSTRALIA)

Chakra-Vyooh | Gaurie Bonsley (USA)

 Dandelion | Chance White (USA) 

Hunters and Gatherers (Jäger und Sammler) | Andreas Ramm (GERMANY)

M'66 | Jacqueline König (GERMANY)

Open Roads | Paul D. Bestolarides & Michael Thygesen (USA) 

Retail | Jonathan James (UK) 

Tony | Perry Lam (AUS) 

BEST SHORT COMEDY

"AND...CUT" | Marina Bruno (CANADA) 

 Okay | Katerina Zoumboulakis (CANADA)

Committed | Rachel Handler and Crystal Arnette (USA)

The Serpent in the Apple | Nathan Luttrull (USA)  

The Wacky Wobblers | Angi Tianzhu & Drew Stalker (USA)

Toilet Man | Chenyang Shu (USA)

BEST SHORT HORROR

Beyond Darkness | Mishaal Almanaa (KUWAIT)

Boxes | Tony Yang (AUSTRALIA)

 Cut Off | Ryan Cauchi (AUSTRALIA)

Fils (Son) | Cyrus Neshvad (LUXEMBOURG)

Hippopotamus | Jody Wheeler (USA) 

She Came from the Woods | Erik and Carson Bloomquist (USA) 

The Clown Hitchhiker | Radley Mason (UK)

The Dark Hunger | Anthony Williams (USA) 

The Doll | Race Matias (USA)

The Telephone | Stuart Wheeldon (UK)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

A Room Full of Lego | Daniel Bourke (AUSTRALIA)

Flowers of Marrakech | Yuntong Man (AUS, MOROCCO, USA)

Fosterfilm: It Takes a Village | Thomas Grozdanovski and Natalie Johnston (AUSTRALIA)

Making Waves | Karenza Ebejer (AUSTRALIA)

Rhino Shield - South Africa | William Ward (USA)

Romanian Diary. Muslim Diary | Carmen Lidia Vidu (ROMANIA) 

Somewhere in Their Heads | Gregg Houston (UK) 

The Man of the Trees | Andrea Trivero (ITALY)

 Tribe of Ghosts | Almicheal Fraay (NETHERLANDS) 

BEST SHORT WEB SERIES/TV PILOT

 After Nightfall | Wayne Tunks (AUSTRALIA) 

Gangsters | Freddie Basnight (USA)

#Modellife |  Jazmine Campanale (CANADA)

New York 2150 | Harry Assouline (USA) 

Summer School | Joel Stephen Fleming (AUSTRALIA) 

Vegan Celery | Sara Whittington (USA)

ViQueens | Gemma Laurelle & Christine Aldridge (AUSTRALIA)

BEST STUDENT SHORT

Adam & Ersa | Achmed Abdel-Salam (AUSTRIA)

Dare Not Fly | Chuyi Chen (TAIWAN)

Holt | Jake Heinemann (AUSTRALIA) 

Live and Leave | Neo Zhang (CHINA)

Maricruz | Christine McAuliffe (USA)

Story of Aishan | Hong Jia Bao (CHINA) 

Stunning | Gustav Högmo (SWEDEN | USA)

The Kiss | Cameron Boscoe (AUSTRALIA) 

Vanilla Sunday | Nicole Westpfel (UK)

 Wheels of Fortune | Hannah Keogh (AUSTRALIA)

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

Ace and Anxious | Bri Castellini  (USA)

Aretha | Dave Thomas (IRELAND)

Being Robbed | Tim Bydder (AUSTRALIA)

Costume Drama | Marion McDowell (NORTHERN IRELAND) 

Guérisseur-Héros (Healer-Hero) | Danny Cotton (UK) 

 Panic Attack | Anthony Assad (IRELAND) 

Sugar Cube (Zuckerwürfel) | Radoslav Stoyanov (AUSTRIA)

The Newcomers | Joe Wakefield (USA)

The Wordsmith | Matthew Holy (AUSTRALIA)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA

Camilla Bendix (Casting of an Innocent Women | Denmark)

Daniel Brown (Tag, You’re It | Australia)

Ingunn Mia Blöndal (I'm Sorry | Iceland)

Naeim Sheikh Mahbobi (Are your Volleyball?! | Iran)

 Rikke Westi (Casting of an Innocent Women | Denmark)

Piper Nairn (Mother's Day | Australia)

BEST ACTOR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

Arash Roshan (Genesis | Iran)

 Maia Absberg (TrichotilloMAIA | Australia)

Owain Astles (Mumpsimus and Halcyon Discord | UK)

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIFI

Debohra Tulimiero (M'66 | Germany)

 Jeff Sprauve (Dandelion | USA)

Jenna Kanell (Dandelion | USA)

Marcus Brandon (New York 2150 | USA)

Ryan Sobolski (Tony | Australia)

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

 Konstantina Mantelos (Okay | Canada)

Nicholas Jaye Stauffer (The Serpent in the Apple | USA)

Rashaun Perry (Wacky Wobblers | USA)

BEST ACTOR IN A HORROR

Jessica Bell (Cut Off | Australia)

 John Crosthwaite (A Dark Hunger | USA)

Mark Cirillo (Hippopotamus | USA)

Mor Cohen (The Doll | USA)

BEST ACTOR IN A WEB SERIES/TV PILOT

Emma Louise (After Nightfall | Australia)

Gemma Laurelle (ViQueens | Australia)

Nialani Anthony (Gangsters | USA)

 Robert Miniter (After Nightfall | Australia)

BEST ACTOR IN A STUDENT SHORT

Achmed Abdel-Salam (Adam and Ersa | Austria)

Hsu Ling Yun (Dare Not Fly | Taiwan)

 Huageng Zhang (Live and Leave | China)

Jack Michel (The Kiss | Australia)

Samantha MacGillivray (Wheels of Fortune | Australia)

Steven Shi (Live and Leave | China)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

 After Nightfall (Australia)

Gangsters (USA)

She Came from the Woods (USA)

Summer School (Australia)

BEST SCREENWRITER

Katerina Zoumboulakis (Okay | Canada)

Achmed Abdel-Salam (Adam and Ersa | Austria)

 Lovisa Lara (I'm Sorry | Iceland)

Neo Zhang (Live and Leave | China)

BEST DIRECTOR

Achmed Abdel-Salam (Adam and Ersa | Austria)

Karenza Ebejer (Making Waves | Australia)

Lovisa Lara (I'm Sorry | Iceland)

Mohammad Bakhshi (Are You Volleyball?! | Iran)

Neo Zhang (Live and Leave | China)

 Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh (The Fox | Iran)

BEST PRODUCER

Hannah Padding (Tribe of Ghosts | Netherlands)

Nima Rabiei (Are You Volleyball?! | Iran)

 Sannah Maclean (Wheels of Fortune | Australia)

Sarah Bailey (Holt | Australia)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Luca Cioci (Medium Rare | USA/Italy)

Thomson Nguyen (She Came from the Woods | USA)

Robert Wilton (A P E  X | UK)

Gregg Houston (Somewhere in their Heads |UK)

 Mehdi Amiri (Are You Volleyball?! | Iran)

GROUNDBREAKING DOCUMENTARY

 Fosterfilm: It Takes a Village | Thomas Grozdanovski and Natalie Johnston (Australia)

Making Waves | Karenza Ebejer (Australia)

Rhino Shield - South Africa | William Ward (USA)

Tribe of Ghosts | Almicheal Fraay (Netherlands)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

Claus Gahrn (Being | Canada/Hungary)

Matthew O'Carroll (Dissonance | UK)

Michael Adams (Holt | Australia)

Ola Eliasson (Shuffled | Sweden)

 Sadegh Javadi (The Fox | Iran)

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION

Behnam Moayerian (The Fox | Iran)

John Joveth Jorquia (Stunning | Sweden/USA)

 Matthew Errington (Dissonance | UK) 

Wagner Cinelli (Kekere | Brazil)

BEST EDITING

Bryngeir Wattnes (I'm Sorry | Iceland)

Gregg Houston (Somewhere in their Heads | UK)

Harry Assouline (New York 2150 | USA)

Nick Sutton (Mumpsimus and Halcyon Discord | UK)

 Paul Anthony Nelson (After Nightfall | Australia)

Ryan Tyan (For Want of a Nail | UK)

BEST SET DESIGN

 Kate Ingram (Wheels of Fortune | Australia)

Nicole Zimmer (Okay | Canada)

Olivia Venables (For Want of a Nail | UK)

Tony Gary (Dandelion | USA)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Andreas Ramm (Hunters and Gatherers (Jäger und Sammler) | Germany)

 Danny Marie Elias (A P E X | UK)

John Graham (Being | Canada/Hungary )

Kimberley Mcguigan (Wheels of Fortune | Australia)

BEST STUNTS

 Dante Ha (Dandelion | USA)

Marina Bruno (And…Cut! | USA)

Tim Alexander (Bite Club | Australia)

Vasilis Christidis (Last Breach | Greece)

WILDCARD (SHORT FILM)

 Battery Remaining | Yige Yang (UK)

Downstream | Hugo Morgan (Australia)

Hunting Stories | Ionel Luca (Switzerland)

Robbie & Rose​ | Joel Fleming (Australia)

TrichotilloMAIA | Maia Absberg (Australia)

WILDCARD (SHORT SCREENPLAY)

A Company of Strangers | Anthony Assad (Ireland)

A World Apart | Pierre Colmain (France)

Bella Loba | Florence Nahon (Spain)

 The Journey | Dave Thomas (Ireland)

Timed | Kathleen Wolak (USA)