Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Shorts

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Awards won by Australian shorts (titles ‘B’) 1998–2000

Title

Event

Awards

Bait

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

Gold – Robb Shaw-Velzen, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Ballet's Floor, The

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

Gold – Richard J Malins, Fictional Drama Shorts – Cinema and Television Section

WA Film and Video Festival (August 2000)

Directing – Andelko Jurin

Bare

Festival International du Film Independant – Mondial de la Video (November 2000)

Best International Short

Bartleby

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

Gold – Jackie Farkas

Before 9.30

Australian Teachers of Media Awards (May 1999)

ATOM Award – Brigid Kitchin, Tertiary Short Fiction Section

Beneficiary, The

Edge of the World Short Film Festival (January 1998)

Highly Commended – Graham Burfoot

Big House, The

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

Gold – Toby Oliver, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Big Picture, The

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – Queensland (October 2000)

Silver- Peter Spierig, Fiction Drama Shorts Section
Silver – Michael Spierig, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Blackout

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – Victoria/ Tasmania (October 1999)

Silver – Vincent Taylor, Student Cinematography Section

Blind Date

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (April 1999)

Highly Commended, Comedy Section
People's Choice Award

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1999)

Editco Award for Best Editing – David Chai

Blindman's Bluff

St Kilda Film Festival (May 2000)

Best Production Design
Best Achievement in Sound Post Production

Bloodlock

Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (October 1999)

Best Actor – Joel Egerton
Best Supporting Actor – Kieran Darcy-Smith

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (April 1999)

Best Drama
Highly Commended – Nash Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith, Best Direction Section
Best Editing – Nash Edgerton
Best Music – Kieran Darcy-Smith and Adam Reilly
Best Sound Design – Sam Petty

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1999)

Audience Choice Award

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Short Film – Nash Edgerton and Kieran Darcy-Smith

Watch My Shorts Film Festival, 1999

Best Editing
Best Sound Design

Bondi Hop-Head Zombie Freakout

Arena's Graveyard Shifty Short Film Competition (May 1999)

Best Film

Book Keeper, The

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

Gold – Richard Chataway, Experimental and Specialised Cinematography Section
Gold – Richard Chataway, Fictional Drama Shorts – Cinema and TV Section

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 2000)

Golden Tripod – Richard Chataway, Experimental and Specialised Cinematography Section

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 1999)

Best Film – Richard Chataway

Bound

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 2000)

Open Category Finalist

Box

Australian Film Institute Awards (November 1998)

Frameworks Edit Award for Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film – Cath Chase

Houston International Film and Video Festival (April 1998)

Gold

Break & Enter

Australian Film Institute Awards (November 1999)

Animal Logic Award for Best Fiction Film – Amanda Brotchie
Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film – Trudy Heller

Cafe Provincial Film Festival (March 1999)

Open Channel Production Prize – Amanda Brotchie

Film Critics' Circle of Australia (March 1999)

Best Australian Short Film

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Special Judges Award

Breath, A

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 1998)

Distinction – Andre Fleuren, Dramatised Documentaries Section

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 1998)

Best Documentary – Christopher Tuckfield
The Ethnic Affairs Commission of NSW Award – Christopher Tuckfield

Breathe

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 2000)

Open Category Finalist

Bridge of Hesitation, The

Cuarto Festival Internacional de Video Danza (September 1998)

First Prize

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (July 1998)

Best Female Performance – Maya Stange

St Kilda Film Festival (May 2000)

Highly Commended Award for Cinematography
Best Film by a Student
SBS Eat Carpet Award

Brother

Annecy International Animation Festival (June 2000)

Special Distinction Award

Aspen Shortsfest (April 2000)

Best Short Film
Watch It Award!

Australian Film Institute Awards (November 2000)

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film – Adam Elliott
AFI Award for Best Short Animation – Adam Elliott

Australian Teachers of Media Awards (May 2000)

Best Animation

Cork Film Festival (October 2000)

The Jameson Award for Best International Short Film, Short Film Section

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 2000)

First Prize, The 14th Yoram Gross Animation Award Section

Film Critics' Circle of Australia (February 2000)

Best Australian Short Film – Adam Elliot

International Hamburg Short Film Festival (June 2000)

Special Mention, International Competition Section

Leeds International Film Festival (October 2000)

Special Mention for Excellence, Louis le Prince International Animation Competition Section

Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival – My Queer Career Awards (February 2000)

Stephen Cummins Award for Best Short

thecomedychannel Short Film Festival (March 2000)

Best Film

Bubble Numb

Worldfest Flagstaff International Film Festival (November 1998)

Bronze Award, Professional Experimental Section

Bum Magnet

Edge of the World Short Film Festival (January 1998)

Best Director – Michelle Warner

Burnout

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Achievement in Cinematography – Tristan Milani

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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