Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Documentaries

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Awards won by Australian documentaries (titles ‘S’) 1998–2000

Title

Event

Awards

Samsara

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – South Australia/ Western Australia, 2000

Highly Commended – Casey Hribar, Student Cinematography Section

Screamin' Wheelies

Australian Teachers of Media Awards (May 2000)

Best Short Documentary

Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival (October 2000)

Best Independent Documentary
Best Independent Entry

Columbus International Film & Video Festival (October 2000)

The Bronze Plaque

Houston International Film and Video Festival (April 2000)

Gold Award, Sport Section

Santa Clarita Valley International Film Festival (March 2000)

Best Documentary Short

Sense of Smell, A

IDA Awards Documentary Competition (October 2000)

First Prize, David L Wolper Student Achievement Awards Section

Servant of the Ancestors

Pan-African Film Festival (February 2000)

Best Documentary

Silver Images Film Festival (May 2000)

Best of the Silver Images Film Festival 2000, Documentary Section

Zanzibar International Film Festival, 1999

Golden Dhow, Video Documentary Section

Sexing the Label: Love and Gender in a Queer World

Columbus International Film & Video Festival (October 1998)

Second Prize

Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival (April 1998)

Best Director Prix du Jury- Anna Broinowski

Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival – My Queer Career Awards (February 1998)

Premiered

Silence, The

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – NSW/ACT (November 2000)

Gold – Leilani Hannah, Student Cinematography Section

Silent Legacy

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – South Australia/ Western Australia (November 1998)

Gold – Leighton De Barros, Dramatised Documentaries Section

Sojourn

Queensland New Filmmakers' Awards 1998 (April 1998)

Classic Cinema Award for Most Promising New Filmmaker – Megan Doneman, Industry Section

Southern Exposure

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – NSW/ACT (November 1999)

Silver – Wade Fairley, Wildlife and Nature Section

Stand Up for Currawong

Short Black Film Festival (October 1999)

First Prize -Trish Lake

Steak House

Edge of the World Short Film Festival (January 1998)

Best Film – Sean Byrne, Audience Vote Section

Strings across the Strzeleski

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – South Australia/ Western Australia, 1999

Gold – Chris Moon, Documentaries – Cinema and Television Section

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 2000)

Distinction – Chris Moon, Documentaries – Cinema and Television Section

Source: Australian Film Commission
Notes:
This list has been compiled from ongoing monitoring of awards by AFC staff and from information provided to the AFC by filmmakers. Although great effort has been made to locate information, there may be a small number of awards omitted from the list.
As the list covers only calendar years 1998–2000 it may not represent all awards won by a particular film.

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