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Sydney Indie Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
    • 20192018201720162015

    Jury Prize

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    Best Actress

    • Daisy
      Winner
      • Nancy Paton
      • Postpartum
      Desert Rose Films

    Best Romantic Comedy, Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Charming

      7.3 (51)
      Tom Albanese
    • [object Object]

      Across the Pond

      8.8 (28)
      Paris Dylan
      Renée Selwood
      Pulp Digital Productions
    • [object Object]

      Across the Pond

      8.8 (28)
      Maceo Greenberg
      Ryan Bergez
      Pulp Digital Productions

    Best Music Score - Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Veni, Vidi, Fugi: I came, I saw, I fled

      8.9 (91)
      Adrian Mihai
      Anabasis Vision Productions.
      Silver Bullet

    Best Screenplay / Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Veni, Vidi, Fugi: I came, I saw, I fled

      8.9 (91)
      Robert Eugen Popa
      Timothy M. Brice
      Anabasis Vision Productions.
      Silver Bullet

    Best Screenplay, Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Charming

      7.3 (51)
      Tom Albanese

    Indie Spirit Award

    • [object Object]

      Black Cat

      8.2 (55)
      Peter Curtis Pardini
      Grant Garry
      Wesley Curtis Productions

    Festival Award

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    Best Action Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Maninder Chana
      Michael Dragnea
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]

      The Pineville Heist

      4.1 (173)
      Lee Chambers
      Jetlag Pictures

    Best Australian Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      F Meat

      Sean Bell(director)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another Love

      6.7 (10)
      Matthew Cooke
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Antony Meadley
    • [object Object]

      I Need My Space

      7.7 (29)
      Ari Virem
    • [object Object]

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Demetri Portelli
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]

      F Meat

      Emilio Abbonizio(director of photography)

    Best Cinematography / Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Pineville Heist

      4.1 (173)
      David Le May
      Jetlag Pictures

    Best Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dumbbells

      3.5 (855)
      Hoyt Richards
      Brian Drolet
      Travus Pope
      Josh Goldstein
      Barry Katz
      Tortoise Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Rollercoaster Love

      Emanuele Valla(director)
      Dario D'Ambrosio(writer)
      Wolf Pictures

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Maninder Chana
      • Scratch
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • Michelle Clay
      • Michelle Clay(director)
      • Better Half
    • Amanda Renee Knox, NBC Universal Short Film Festival, 2017
      • Amanda Renee Knox
      • Rajam
      • Jim Greayer(director)
      • The Chameleon
      October Films

    Best Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hysteria

      6.3 (60)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hysteria

      6.3 (60)
      Carlos Meléndez
    • [object Object]

      Better Half

      6.1 (172)
      Michelle Clay(writer/director)
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Calum Rhys
    • [object Object]

      Collar

      8.5 (48)
    • [object Object]

      Rajam

      Amanda Renee Knox
      Angelo Ford
    • [object Object]

      This Little Piggy

      6.8 (57)
      Tristan Barr
      BarrLipp Productions

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      O Brother

      Ashley Pollard
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Calum Rhys
    • [object Object]

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Victor C.H. Fan
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]

      Rollercoaster Love

      Emanuele Valla(editor)
      Wolf Pictures
    • [object Object]

      The Pineville Heist

      4.1 (173)
      Regg Skwarko
    • [object Object]

      The Pineville Heist

      4.1 (173)
      Regg Skwarko
      Jetlag Pictures

    Best Feel Good Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rollercoaster Love

      Emanuele Valla(director)
      Dario D'Ambrosio(writer)
      Wolf Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Dumbbells

      3.5 (855)
      Hoyt Richards
      Brian Drolet
      Travus Pope
      Josh Goldstein
      Barry Katz
      Tortoise Entertainment
    • [object Object]

      Weston

      Liam Newton(director)

    Best Female Lead Actress

    • Winner
      • Erin Cipolletti
      • Josephine Doe
      • María Ruiz
      • Another Love
    • Danielle Savre
      • Danielle Savre
      • Collar

    Best Female Supporting Actress

    • Maia Morgenstern
      Winner
      • Maia Morgenstern
      • Veni, Vidi, Fugi: I came, I saw, I fled
      Anabasis Vision Productions.
      Silver Bullet
    • Denise Roberts
      Winner
      • Denise Roberts
      • Concealed
    • Christy St. John
      • Christy St. John
      • Collar
    • Amy Manson
      • Amy Manson
      • The Chameleon
      October Films

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Steve Murphy(producer)
      Jim Greayer(director)
      Lindsay Shapero(executive producer)
      Matt Robins(executive producer)
      October Films
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Calum Rhys
    • [object Object]

      Another Love

      6.7 (10)
      Victor Perez(producer)
      Maria Chiara Ranieri(producer)
      Masked Frame Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Maninder Chana
      Michael Dragnea
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]

      Rollercoaster Love

      Emanuele Valla(director)
      Dario D'Ambrosio(writer)
      Wolf Pictures
    • [object Object]

      F Meat

      Sean Bell(director)

    Best Horror/Thriller Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dark Tapes

      4.5 (3.5K)
      Michael McQuown
      Thunder Road Incorporated

    Best Indie Spirit

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      First World Problems

      8.6 (11)
      Rachael Belle Myers(director)
      Jaded Belle Productions

    Best Male Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Luke Goddard
    • [object Object]

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Joseph Millson
      October Films

    Best Male Lead Actor

    • Bret Roberts at an event for Nightstalker (2002)
      Winner
      • Bret Roberts(lead actor)
      • Alcoholist
      • Alex Humes
      • Mile End
    • Nigel Barber
      • Nigel Barber
      • Another Love
      • Jorma Karlstedt
      • I Need My Space

    Best Male Support

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Concealed

      4.4 (81)
      Paul Tassone
    • [object Object]

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Richard Brake
      October Films
    • [object Object]

      F Meat

      Harry Pavlidis(actor)

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Patrick Bill(production designer)
      October Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Whisper

      5.8 (44)
      Jo Lewis
      Breakneck Films
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)
      Calum Rhys

    Best Science Fiction Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

      7.5 (27)
      Derek Ryan Pedersson
      Artin John
      Marco Checa Garcia
      Leon Coward

    Best Screenplay / Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mile End

      5.1 (121)
      Graham Higgins

    Best Special Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Russell Challenger
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vardøger

      7.4 (13)
      Pierre Brière(vfx supervisor)
      Nicolas Rimbault(vfx artist)
      3IS Production
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Tapes

      4.5 (3.5K)
      Michael McQuown
      Andrew Lewitin
      Ryan J. Thompson
      Thunder Road Incorporated
    • [object Object]

      The Pineville Heist

      4.1 (173)
      George Renner
      Mikaiel Russ
      Red Square Motion
      Jetlag Pictures
    • [object Object]

      Our Father

      7.3 (52)

    Best True Story Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Mother

      8.7 (13)
      Paolo Monico(writer/director)
      Pogo Piggybackers
    • [object Object]

      Collar

      8.5 (48)

    Indie Spirit Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Not Knowing Who You Are Is a Beautiful Source of Surprises

      7.5 (15)
      Karl Sterner Isaksson(director)
    • [object Object]

      Weston

      Liam Newton(director)
    • [object Object]

      Josephine Doe

      6.4 (121)
      Ryan Michael Brown(Director, Producer)
    • [object Object]

      O Brother

      Ashley Pollard(writer/director)

    Australian Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Dead Sharks

      7.3 (11)
      Nic Barker

    Best Animated Short

    • [object Object]

      Weston

      Liam Newton(director)

    Best Australian Film

    • [object Object]

      This Little Piggy

      6.8 (57)
      Tristan Barr
      BarrLipp Productions

    Best Comedy / Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Uber X-Citing Day

      Michael Jones
      Jackson Tozer
      Caitlin Farrugia

    Best Family Film

    • [object Object]

      Mini Maestro

      8.0 (5)
      Cheryl Allison
      Wow Films

    Best Female Lead

    • [object Object]

      Scratch

      7.2 (112)
      Julie Romaniuk
      Dragon Born Films
      IRN Films
    • [object Object]

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Sarah-Jane Potts
      October Films
    • [object Object]

      Unspoiled by Feminism

      Michela Carattini

    Best Horror / Thriller

    • [object Object]

      Vardøger

      7.4 (13)
      Ludovic de Gaillande(director)

    Best Made in Sydney Extra Mile

    • [object Object]

      First World Problems

      8.6 (11)
      Rachael Belle Myers(director)
      Jaded Belle Productions

    Best Made in Sydney Short Film

    • [object Object]

      First World Problems

      8.6 (11)
      Rachael Belle Myers(director)
      Jaded Belle Productions

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]

      Another Love

      6.7 (10)
      Piernicola Di Muro
    • [object Object]

      Vardøger

      7.4 (13)
      Andy Dragazis(music composer)
    • [object Object]

      Rollercoaster Love

      Federico Ronchini(original score composed by)
      Wolf Pictures

    Best Romantic Comedy, Short Film

    • [object Object]

      Unspoiled by Feminism

    Best Science Fiction Film

    • [object Object]

      The Dark Tapes

      4.5 (3.5K)
      Michael McQuown
      Thunder Road Incorporated
    • [object Object]

      F Meat

      Sean Bell(director)

    Best Score

    • [object Object]

      This Little Piggy

      6.8 (57)
      Petra Salsjo
      BarrLipp Productions

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]

      Better Half

      6.1 (172)
      Michelle Clay(writer)
    • [object Object]

      The Chameleon

      5.7 (235)
      Matthew Thomas(writer)
      October Films
    • [object Object]

      Not Knowing Who You Are Is a Beautiful Source of Surprises

      7.5 (15)
      Karl Sterner Isaksson(writer)
    • [object Object]

      F Meat

      Sean Bell(writer)

    Best Screenplay Short Film

    • [object Object]

      2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be

      7.5 (27)
      Derek Ryan Pedersson

    Extra Mile Award

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    Extra Mile Award

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Better Half

      6.1 (172)
      Michelle Clay(director)
    • [object Object]

      Veni, Vidi, Fugi: I came, I saw, I fled

      8.9 (91)
      Robert Eugen Popa
      Timothy M. Brice
      Anabasis Vision Productions.
      Silver Bullet
    • [object Object]

      Rajam

      Amanda Renee Knox

    Made in Sydney

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unspoiled by Feminism

      Michela Carattini

    Sydney Extra Mile Award

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    Sydney Extra Mile Award

    • [object Object]

      Touch

      Jane Eakin(writer/director)
      Image Fusion

    Made in Sydney Indie Spirit

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Touch

      Jane Eakin(writer/director)
      Image Fusion

    Best Australian Film

    Edit
    • [object Object]

      This Little Piggy

      6.8 (57)
      Tristan Barr(director)
      Laura Jane Turner(producer)
      BarrLipp Productions

    Made in Sydney Best Film

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]

      Touch

      Jane Eakin(writer/director)
      Image Fusion

    Best Drama Film

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    Best Drama Film

    • [object Object]

      This Little Piggy

      6.8 (57)
      Tristan Barr(director)
      Laura Jane Turner(producer)
      BarrLipp Productions

    Best Director

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    Best Director

      • Jane Eakin(writer/director)
      • Touch
      Image Fusion

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