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IF Awards

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    IF Award

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    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Grant Dodwell
      • Men's Group
    • Rhys Wakefield
      • Rhys Wakefield
      • The Black Balloon
    • William McInnes in Body Melt (1993)
      • William McInnes
      • Unfinished Sky

    Best Actress

    • Monic Hendrickx
      Winner
      • Monic Hendrickx
      • Unfinished Sky
    • Gemma Ward
      • Gemma Ward
      • The Black Balloon
      • Maeve Dermody
      • Black Water

    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Carnivore Reflux

      6.8 (49)
      Eddie White(director)
      James Calvert(director)
      Sam White(producer)
      Hugh Nguyen(producer)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      September

      6.3 (437)
      Jules O'Loughlin
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Denson Baker
    • [object Object]

      Unfinished Sky

      6.8 (1.3K)
      Robert Humphreys

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Peter Duncan
      • Unfinished Sky
    • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
      • Elissa Down
      • The Black Balloon
    • Andrew Traucki
      • David Nerlich
      • Andrew Traucki
      • Black Water

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Burning Season

      7.0 (86)
      Cathy Henkel(director/producer)
      Jeff Canin(producer)
      Trish Lake(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Oasis

      8.0 (56)
      Ian Darling(director/producer)
      Sascha Ettinger-Epstein(director)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unfinished Sky

      6.8 (1.3K)
      Suresh Ayyar
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Veronika Jenet
    • [object Object]

      Black Water

      5.8 (17K)
      Rodrigo Balart

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Men's Group

      7.2 (252)
      John L. Simpson(producer)
      Michael Joy(director)
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Elissa Down(director)
      Tristram Miall(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Son of a Lion

      6.7 (243)
      Benjamin Gilmour(director)
      Carolyn Johnson(producer)

    Best Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son of a Lion

      6.7 (243)
      Amanda Brown
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Michael Yezerski
    • [object Object]

      Men's Group

      7.2 (252)
      Haydn Walker

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unfinished Sky

      6.8 (1.3K)
      Laurie Faen
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Nicholas McCallum
    • [object Object]

      September

      6.3 (437)
      Sam Hobbs

    Best Script

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Men's Group

      7.2 (252)
      John L. Simpson
      Michael Joy
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Elissa Down
      Jimmy The Exploder
    • [object Object]

      Unfinished Sky

      6.8 (1.3K)
      Peter Duncan

    Best Short Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Undressing Vanessa

      8.6 (7)
      Matthew Pond(director)
      Undressing Vanessa won 2008 IF Award for Best Short Documentary
    • [object Object]

      Rare Chicken Rescue

      6.9 (13)
      Randall Wood(director)
      Vickie Gest(producer)

    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Four

      7.8 (34)
      Erin White(director)
      Zyra McAuliffe(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Spider

      7.6 (3.2K)
      Nash Edgerton(director)
      Nicole O'Donohue(producer)
    • [object Object]

      You Better Watch Out

      7.7 (16)
      Steve Callen(director)
      Jules Callen(producer)

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Square

      6.7 (6.6K)
      Sam Petty
      Rob Mackenzie
      Yulia Akerholt
      Peter Grace
      Michael McMenomy
    • [object Object]

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)
      Paul Pirola
    • [object Object]

      Unfinished Sky

      6.8 (1.3K)
      Andrew Plain
      Anne Breslin
      William Ward

    Best Unproduced Screenplay

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    • Kieran Darcy-Smith
      Winner
      • Kieran Darcy-Smith
      For "Memorial Day".
    • Sam Voutas
      • Sam Voutas
      For "Red Light Revolution".

    Independent Spirit Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son of a Lion

      6.7 (243)
      Benjamin Gilmour(director)
      Carolyn Johnson(producer)

    Box Office Achievement

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Black Balloon

      7.2 (9.4K)

    Best Rising Talent

    Edit
    • Leon Ford
      Winner
      • Leon Ford

    Living Legend IF Award

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    • Hugo Weaving at an event for The Wolfman (2010)
      Winner
      • Hugo Weaving

    Also known as

    • Inside Film Awards
    • Lexus IF Awards

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    Event date

    November 13, 2008

    Event location

    Australia

    Event links

    • http://www.ifawards.com/

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