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Sunday 11 May 8.30pm
Powerhouse Function Centre Lakeside Drive, Albert Park
RocKwiz’s Julia Zemiro takes to the stage as host when the festival comes to a glamorous close at the Powerhouse on Albert Park Lake. Join in the excitement as filmmakers battle it out to share in over $35,000 of cash and in-kind prizes across almost 20 awards, with the winner of the Best Film being awarded the richest prize in short film within Australia - $10,000.
Tickets on sale from the Festival VIP desk, Palace George Cinema Foyer, during the Festival - $20 Full/$15 Concessions. Cash sales only. Light refreshments will be served. Drinks at bar prices.
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"Winning at St. Kilda flawed me! For it to be my first short and win at St. Kilda, I was shocked and very grateful. It’s given me the confidence to tackle something larger and given me a self belief that when surrounded by the right people you can make something very entertaining." Stuart Moulds, winner 2007 St Kilda Film Festival Best Director Award for Stalled
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"It was a great honour to be fortunate enough to have won such a prestigious award with St Kilda, one of the country's most recognised film festivals. Apart from lifting my profile as a filmmaker in this country it really gave me the added confidence and belief in myself as a filmmaker and in my abilities to tell stories through this highly competitive and under resourced medium and industry." Grant Leigh Saunders, winner of Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking for B.L.A.C.K. An Aboriginal Song of Hip Hop.
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Best Short Film
Katoomba
Director: Melissa Johnston and Nicole O'Donohue
Producer: Leon Ford
$10,000 cash, sponsored by the City of Port Phillip.
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Craft Award
The Girl in the Moon
Director / Producer: Alethea Jones
$1,000 cash, sponsored by Film Victoria.
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Best Director
Leon Ford
Katoomba
$1,500 cash, sponsored by Animal Logic and an Australian Directors Guild member pack including: associate membership of the ADG and free registration at the 2008 ADG conference (valued over $500) as well as tickets to ADG events in Melbourne. (non-transferable). Sponsored by Australian Directors Guild.
 
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Most Positive Image of Ageing
Nana
Director: Kath Shelper
Producer: Warwick Thornton
$2,000 cash, sponsored by the Department of Planning and Community Development.
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Best Documentary
My Dad Susan
Director/Producer: Teagan McCarthy
$1,000 cash sponsored by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.
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Best Achievement in Indigenous Film
Brother Boys
Director: Monique de Groot
Producer: Simon Blyth
$1200 towards the hire of production equipment including camera, lighting, sound and edit suite and/or short courses or workshops sponsored by OPEN CHANNEL
AND $1,000 cash sponsored by National Indigenous Television (NITV)
 
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Best Animation
The Girl Who Swallowed Bees
Director: Justine Kerrigan
Producer: Paul McDermott
$500 cash & DVD's to the value of $1,000 (retail) sponsored by Madman Entertainment.
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Best comedy
Don’t Panic
Director: Luci Temple and Vilash Patel
Producer: Luci Temple
$4000 in-kind services sponsored by Cameraquip.
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Best Actor - joint winners
Luke Elliot (Dugong)
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Damon Herrimon (Len's love story)
$1,000 cash, sponsored by the Dog's Bar.
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Best Achievement in Cinematography
Greig Fraser
Crossbow
5 x 400 loads of Kodak 16mm colour negative film valued at $1,250, sponsored by Kodak.
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Best Achievement in Screenplay
Erin White
Dugong
$500 cash & a 1 year Cinema Nova Gold Pass for 2 valued at $750,
plus a public screening at Cinema Nova, sponsored by Cinema Nova.
1 year's membership to the AWG and a script assessment
(for feature film or equivalent) valued at $445.00.
 
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Best Achievement in Editing
Tamara Meem
Shadow Play
$1,500 in kind services for either telecine, digital grading, or editing facilities, sponsored by Digital Pictures.
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Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Andy Canny at Plus Films in conjunction with Cinevex
Advantage
$2,000 in-kind services, sponsored by Complete Post.
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Best Achievement in Sound Post Production
Pete Smith and Martyn Zub
Spike Up
$2,000 in-kind services, sponsored by Music & Effects.
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Best Original Score
Michael Askill
Eclipse
$3,000 in-kind services, sponsored by Monkeesee.
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SBS Television Award
Offer to purchase the winning film for broadcast on SBS TV, sponsored by SBS.
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Audience Award
1 free membership to the IF Club and 2 x 1 year subscriptions, Sponsored by IF magazine.
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A special thank you to Aesop for providing exceptional skin, hair and body care packs to our award winners.
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