2023 WINNERS AND NOMINATIONS
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
WHERE THE WINDS DIE
Written, Directed and Produced
by Pejman Alipour
AFTERIMAGE
Directed by Robyn MacIntosh and Serin Chun
Produced by Karen Qin
GORO GORO
Directed by Ryotaro Sawada and Agatha Tiara Christa
Produced by Gilllian McDerment
ENFOLD
Directed by Steve Socki
MINERVA NOCTURA
Written and Directed by Benjamin Pascoe
Produced by Benjamin Pascoe and Jonathan Pascoe
OPERATION SAVE THE MOON
Directed by Justin Hsieh and Chloe Spanos
PERCEPTION
Written, Directed and Produced
by Brandon Frank Lopez
THE FLOWER
Directed and Produced by Yiyang Ye
THE PRINCE’S DILEMMA
Written and Directed by Devin Rowe
BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM
GREG
Written, Directed and Produced by
Calen Vanstone
DON’T COME IN… YET
Written and Directed by Isaac Elliott
Produced by Matthew Burns and Tessa Mansfield-Hung
FATIH THE CONQUEROR
Written and Directed by Onur Yagiz
Produced by Pierre-Louis Garnon
INFLUENCE
Written and Directed by Nick Vidler
Produced by Shane Chen and Lotte Sweeney
SPARKY
Written and Directed by Sarah McQuinn
Produced by Thomas Dwija, Sarah McQuinn and Phillip Pitsillou
SMASH OR PASS
Written and Directed by Cory Reeder
Produced by Val Harvey and Cory Reeder
THE COOK
Written, Directed and Produced by John Duy Nguyen
THE SALESMAN
Written and Directed by Tate Thompson
Produced by Izzy Park
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
WATCH ME FLY
Directed and Produced by
Lily Drummond
CONFLUENCE
Directed by ETA and Shanhuan Manton
DIAMANTI
Directed by Lauren Hunter
LEAP OF FAITH
Written and Directed by Riley Nylund
Produced by Jai Higgins
LEGO OMA
Directed and Produced by Karina Sturm
RIVER AND HOUSE
Directed by Cheuk Yin Cheung
Written by Amelia Lewis-Castle
Produced by Zuveen Cheng
WE ARE OUR TOTEM: A NATIVE AMERICAN TALE
Directed and Produced by
Mivon Prince-Leyva
BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM
LEOPARD
Directed by
Kamil Domaradzki and Ali Zoghi
Written by
Kamil Domaradzki
Produced by
Christie Heilig and
Ali Zoghi
TWO DOLLARS
Written and Directed by
Natalia Cricri
Produced by
Natalia Cricri and
Luke Smith
CINEMA, TOO
Written and Directed by Duncan Peake
Produced by Fiina Kytömäki and Duncan Peake
DJAAMBI
Written and Directed by Joel Brown
Produced by Jodie Kirkbride
SUITCASE
Written and Directed by Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi
THE WIND
Written and Directed by Nikolas Gelios
Produced by Emily Chapley, Nicholas Chapley, Mimi Floreani and Nikolas Gelios
TOGETHER
Written and Directed by Savannah Betts
WHITE PICKET FENCE
Written and Directed by Rebecca Towns
Produced by Rebecca Kola
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
SCARECROW
Written and Directed by Faryad Khosravyanii
Produced by Khatereh Foroutan
DEATH OF MANDANIN
Written and Directed by Yucan Ye
Produced by Yucan Ye and Zhi Ye
EXISTENCE
Written, Directed and Produced by Melanie Belmonte
EXPIRE
Written, Directed and Produced by Nikoo Haji Mohammadi
EXPOSED TO EACH OTHER
Directed and Produced by Mersolis Schöne
Written by Mersolis Schöne and Marion Steinfellner
THIS IS NOT A FILM
Written and Directed by Mahdi Hassanieh
Produced by Alireza Moghimi
BEST HORROR SHORT FILM
THE PSYCHIATRIST
Directed by Jens Eriksson
Written by Jens Eriksson and Marie-Katarina Jonsberg
Produced by Jens Eriksson
ENTER THE ROOM
Written and Directed by Harry Waldman
Produced by Lance Eliot Adams and Harry Waldman
DATE NIGHT
Directed by Remi Shorunke-Samuel
Written by Amy Russell
Produced by Chloe Buxton and Sara Fickerova
PONTIANAK
Written and Directed by Kayla Aalia
Produced by Arina Sakun
STILL CONSCIOUS
Directed by Barney Wilson
Produced by Belinda Tydlsey
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM (PRIMARY/SECONDARY)
SUBSTRATUM
Written, Directed and Produced
by Harvey Otto Abrahams
BEAUTIFUL
Written, Directed and Produced
by Dylan Burgess
BLUE LIGHT
Directed by Yili Yuan
DISCONNECTED
Directed by Ella Rach
MY SUPERPOWER
Written, Directed and Produced
by Maxwell William Andrews
PSYCHOPAST
Directed by Blake Negus
RESET
Written, Directed and Produced
by Logan Dibble
YOU ARE ENOUGH
Directed by
The students of St Luke’s Primary School
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM (TERTIARY)
SUITCASE
Directed by Emily Reeve
Written by Jack Green
Produced by Mitchell Barkman
BROTHER
Written and Directed by Aleksei Borovikov
Produced by Aleksei Borovikov, Mohammed Shaik Hussain Ali and Chris Sonnenschein
DUTY FREE
Written and Directed by Liu Zhuo-Xuan
Produced by Avi Kripalani and Liu Zhuo-Xuan
OPERATION SAVE THE MOON
Directed by Justin Hsieh and Chloe Spanos
SALVATION
Directed by Kitty Moroney
Written by Harri Gordon
Produced by Sophie Pham
SPLENDOUR IN THE MUD
Directed by Samuel Harris
Written by Brialey Hohn and Jayden Schwieso
Produced by Siena Stubbs
THE ADULT STORE
Written and Directed by Tahlia Isla Miller
Produced by Eleanor Somerville
WIRED
Directed and Produced by Peter Koevari
Written by Peter Koevari and Audrey Evelyn Raine
WONDERLAND
Written and Directed by Malaya Rhiann Edwards-Roberts
Produced by Abbie Hunter
BEST WEB SERIES
IT’S A CULT!
Written and Directed by
Claire Coe and Alastair Craig
Produced by Claire Coe
LOVING GRASSLANDS
Written, Directed and Produced
by Brendan Guerin
SPOOK SIBLINGS
Written and Directed by Wayne Tunks
Produced by Suz Mawer, Jacinta Moses
and Wayne Tunks
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
THE LAST PROFESSIONAL PAPER BOY
Written by Tarryn Lee Gaffney
3 WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN DANISH
Written by Amelya Goldy
BREATHE QUIETLY
Written by Rebecca Towns
DUST DEVIL
Written by Jourdan Prince
MUM
Written by Indy Davies
THE FORGOTTEN SEA
Written by Fiona Leonard
THE FOX
Written by Lovisa Svarden
WILDFLOWER
Written by Peter Salisbury
2023 Nominations
BEST DIRECTOR
NATALIA CRICRI
Two Dollars
PEJMAN ALIPOUR
Where the Winds Die
SERIN CHUN
AND ROBYN MACINTOSH
Afterimage
SAMAN HOSSEINPUOR
AND AKO ZANDKARIMI
Suitcase
BEST ACTOR
GEMMA H. REYNOLDS
Together
SARO LEPEJIAN
Leopard
WILLIAM MELLOR
Greg
CHARLOTTE STENT
Cinema, Too
BEST ACTOR IN A STUDENT FILM
FIONA STEWART
Suitcase
BRENDAN NELSON
Duty Free
ORLA
Wonderland
ANTON PARASKIVA
Brother
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
NICK DRUMMOND, ALASSANE KANE, REBECCA KOLA AND REBECCA TOWNS
White Picket Fence
JOHANNA ALLEN, WARWICK CAPPER,
ELLA NEWTON, OLI PIZZY STRATFORD
AND TOBY TRUSLOVE
Don’t Come In… Yet
XAVIER BRUGGEMAN, TOM FITZGERALD, OSCAR GRANT, LIBBY HOST,
WILL HUTCHINS, FRANCO LEO
AND OLIVER TAPP
Sparky
ELKE HINRICHSEN, ADELAIDE LUKIN, HANNAH SISSON, JAI ZENBERG
AND INDIAH MORRIS
The Adult Store
BEST EDITING
JAYDEN SCHWIESO
Splendour in the Mud
MITCHELL BARKMAN
AND CLAUDINE OCAMPO
Suitcase
NICK CROWHURST
AND BONNIE PAKU
Djaambi
BRENDAN GUERIN
Loving Grasslands
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
MILJANA MILJEVIC
The Adult Store
NATALIE ALIPOUR
AND EVELYN LASKUS
Salvation
RADLEY CHIN
Sparky
SAMKO BROTHERS
(Saman Hosseinpuor and Ako Zandkarimi)
Suitcase
BEST SOUND DESIGN
ZOHREH ALIAKBARI
Feather
NICK BATTERHAM
Don’t Come In… Yet
ZAC BORKOWSKI
Operation Save the Moon
RYAN GRANGER
The Wind
EMERGING FILMMAKER
HARVEY OTTO ABRAHAMS
Substratum
SARAH MCQUINN
Sparky
TAHLIA ISLA MILLER
The Adult Store
EMILY REEVE
Suitcase
LIU ZHUO-XUAN
Duty Free
2023 Honourable Mentions
A Family Dinner
Directed by Zara McCarthy
Almost Human
Written by Bernhard Riedhammer
An Irresistible Gift
Written and Directed by Haohai Zhang
Produced by Ting Zhou and Xiaoqian Zhou
Bhindi
Written and Directed by Apoorv Jaiswal
Produced by Declan Morgan
Bonding
Written, Directed and Produced by Luke Rex
British Passport
Written, Directed and Produced by Mahmood Pouyandeh
Command
Written, Directed and Produced by Farshid Abdi
Correction Fluid
Written, Directed an d Produced by Danial Abroushan
Crimson Sands
Written and Directed by Mia Adrienne Charleson
Produced by Ganesh Tiwari
Cripfished
Directed and Produced by Anna Pakman
Written by Anna Pakman, Dema Hanna, Bree Klauser, Shashank Sharma, Eric Stafford, Mary von Aue and Maysoon Zayid
Culicidae
Written, Directed and Produced by Greg Moran
Dappled Shadows
Directed by Timothy Walton
Written by Tobias McDonald and Timothy Walton
Produced by Hugo Rutten
Disconnection
Written and Directed by Spencer Reed
Produced by Rachel Cook
Dog Days
Directed by Amy Yehong Chen and Gene Tibig
Echos
Written and Directed by Alex Pacc
Produced by Javiera Zorrilla
Findings
Directed by Kristina Schippling
Written and Produced by Marie-Louise Müller and Kristina Schippling
Fruitbowl
Directed by Allison Ho
Written by Matt Chan
Produced by Mario Johan Harton
Give It My Name
Directed by Jasmine Lai, Brienna Mckenzie, Yuna Jang and Gab Milner
Lucky Coin!
Written, Directed and Produced by Serkan Aktaş
Jay: A Short Improv Film
Written and Directed by Jesse L. Sutherland
Produced by Caroline Sparrow
Lean Into The Darkness
Written, Directed and Produced by Melanie Hayward
Life Gone With The Wind
Directed and Produced by Siavash Saedpanah
Written by Soran Fahim
Michelle’s Purgatory
Written by Ryo O’Loingsigh
Overthinking Tea
Directed by Scarlett Ssu-Chia Chen
Pagan Virtues
Written, Directed and Produced by Kaylia Jade McGarry
Panic Attack
Written, Directed and Produced by Anthony Assad
Phaedra
Written and Directed by Jeremy Artis
Produced by Dominique Carr
Porfyri Lemonia
Directed by Dimitris Andjus
Written and Produced by Calliopi Villy Kotoula
Ran
Written and Directed by Kiko Wayne Jr
Produced by Dave Kelman and Bluebird Foundation
Resurrection under the Ocean
Written, Directed and Produced by Serkan Aktaş
Roaring Whispers
Directed by Sanish Jairaj
Written by Saatwik Chaturvedi
Produced by Divya Rathore
Seeking Human Kindness
Written and Directed by Christopher Tran
Produced by Hong Yang Ng
Sueño
Written and Directed by Simon Longuet
Produced by Lane Forbes
Sunset
Written and Directed by Honna Zhou
Produced by James Wilkinson
The Devil’s Mascot
Directed by Eleanor Creevey
The Drowning Fish
Written and Directed Jiaxuan Li
Produced by Yonghui Wu
The Line
Written by Behrooz Hodavand
The Migration
Written, Directed and Produced by Sarkot Nikdel
The Winner
Written and Directed by Ali Keyvan
Produced by Mosayyeb Hanaei
To Mitchell
Written and Directed William Terry Woodward
Produced by Lauren Cronin and William Terry Woodward
Will Ye No Come Back Again?
Directed by Deb Ethier
Wombat Man
Directed by Matthew Thane
Yma o Hyd
Written by Paul Penlington
Zero Coordinates
Written, Directed and Produced by Nima Valibeigi