2012 AWARD NOMINEES & WINNERS
Best Short Film
At The Formal – Dir. Andrew Kavanagh / Prod. Ramona Telecican
Peekaboo – Dir. Damien Power / Prod. Joe Weatherstone
The Palace – Dir. Anthony Maras / Prod. Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos
WINNER: Transmission – Dir. Zak Hilditch / Prod. Liz Kearney
Craft Award
Bad Moon Rising – Dir. Scott Hamilton / Prod. Scott Hamilton
WINNER: Into the Sun – Dir. Amy Gebhardt / Prod. Allison Lockwood
COMMENDATION: Ten Quintillion – Dir. Romilly Spiers / Prod. Romilly Spiers, Daniel Gregg
The Moment – Dir. Troy Bellchambers, Shane McNeil / Prod. Justin Wight, Kristian Moliere
Best Director
At The Formal - Dir. Andrew Kavanagh
Go The Dogs – Dir. Jackie van Beek
Paper Planes – Dir. Storm Ashwood
WINNER: Transmission - Dir. Zak Hilditch
Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking
If I Drown I Can Swim – Dir. Irma Woods / Prod. Kelrick Martin
Wadumbah – Dir. James T Webb / Kelrick Martin
Walk Tall Stand Strong – Dir. Dean Daley Jones / Prod. Kelrick Martin
WINNER: Yapawarnti Palu Rijikarrijani – Dir. Kai Raisbeck / Prod. Kai Raisbeck
Best Documentary
Five Dock Crew – Dir. Simon Baré / Prod. Simon Baré
It’s Him… Terry Lim – Dir. Angus Sampson / Prod. Jo de Fina
Ten Quintillion – Dir. Romilly Spiers / Prod. Romilly Spiers, Daniel Gregg
WINNER: The Globe Collector – Dir. Summer DeRoche / Prod. Andrea Distefano
Best Animation
Nullarbor - Dir. Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell / Prod. Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Patrick Sarell, Daryl Munton
Polo’s Robot – Dir. Peter Lowey / Prod. Melanie Brunt
The Cartographer - Dir. Jane Shadbolt / Prod. Karinn Cheung
WINNER: The Missing Key – Dir. Jonathan Nix /Prod. Garth Nix
Best Comedy
After the Credits – Dir. Josh Lawson / Prod. Miranda Culley
WINNER: Boo! – Dir. Rupert Reid / Prod. Matthew Reeder
Monkeys – Dir. Joel Edgerton / Prod. Louise Smith, Joel Edgerton
Picking Up At Auschwitz – Dir. Gregory Erdstein / Prod. Alice Foulcher
Best Actor
WINNER: Angourie Rice – Transmission
Alyssa McClelland – The Bride
Erol Afsin – The Palace
Wayne Davies – Transmission
Best Achievement in Screenplay
WINNER: After the Credits – Josh Lawson
Spider Walk - Raphael Sammut
The Bride - Charlie Clausen
The Human Fog - Tom Broadhurst
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Go the Dogs - Ari Wegner
WINNER: Paper Planes - Nick Matthews ACS
Suspended - Denson Baker ACS
Transmission - Bonnie Elliott
Best Achievement in Editing
At the Formal - Andrew Kavanagh
From Here – Kenny Ang & Nick Waterman
Kiss - Danielle Boesenberg
WINNER: Transmission - Merlin Cornish
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Bad Moon Rising – Steve Boyle
Suspended – Seth Larney
WINNER: Light as a Feather - David McDonnell
The Moment – Monkeystack
Best Achievement in Production Design
WINNER: Cryo – Karen Murphy
Eleven - Jo Ford
Moth - Ros Durnford
Suspended – Gareth Davies
Best Original Score
Into the Sun - Paul Ruske
Moth - Damien Dunstan, Paul Doust, Aaron Kenny, Pru Montin
WINNER: The Missing Key - Miles Nicholas, Jonathan Nix, Kathryn Brownhill
The Palace - Argyro Christodoulides
Best Achievement in Sound Post Production
Collision – Michael Darren
Into the Sun - Paul Shanahan
WINNER: Nullarbor - Matt Bauer
The Palace - Tom Heuzenroeder
Under the Radar – Best Youth Short Film
The Gay Son - Dir. & Prod. Tom Wilson
The Silence of Whitewater - Dir. & Prod. by Daniel James
WINNER: The Trouble with Alexander – Dir. & Prod. by Blake Borcich
SBS Award
Ali 707 - Dir. Hannah Moore / Prod. Cameron Ford
Into The Sun - Dir. Amy Gebhardt / Prod. Allison Lockwood
Sidewalk Scribble - Dir. & Prod. Peter Lowey
WINNER: The Wilding - Dir. Grant Scicluna / Prod. Jannine Barnes
Audience Choice Award
The Palace - Dir Anthony Maras / Prod Anthony Maras, Kate Croser, Andros Achilleos
