Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Shorts

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

Title

Event

Awards

Macca Strewth

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1999)

Script Head Award for Best Comedy Screenplay – Penelope Bartlau and Dylan Crooke

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 1999)

Best Screenplay – Penelope Bartlau and Dyland Crooke

Watch My Shorts (September 1998)

Audience Choice Award
Best Sound (shared) – Eddie Postma and Jeremy Shaw

Mad Century, The

Melbourne International Film Festival (July 2000)

Award for Outstanding Achievement in aVideo Production

Magic Happens

Houston International Film and Video Festival (April 2000)

Bronze, Original Comedy Short Film Section Section

thecomedychannel Short Film Festival (March 2000)

Open Channel Encouragement Award

Manawanui

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

My Queer Career Award – Brent S. Haywood

Marital Kombat

Sydney Fringe Film & Video Festival (January 1998)

Audience Prize (shared)

Masseur

Awgie Awards (July 1998)

Best Short Film – John O' Brien

Mate

Australian Film Institute Awards (November 1998)

AAV Australia Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film – Evan Clarry

Cafe Provincial Film Festival (April 1998)

The Domaine Chandon Encouragement Award – Evan Clarry

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1998)

Best Australian Short Film – Evan Clarry

Woodford Film Festival (December 1999)

Comedy Award – Evan Clarry
People's Choice Award

Meeting Misty Rain

Tropfest (February 2000)

Second Prize
Best Female Actor

Memento

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

Highly Commended – Tibor Hegedis, Fictional Drama Shorts, Cinema and TV Section

Metamorphosis

Short Black Film Festival (October 1999)

First Prize – David Glass, Under 18 Section

Midas

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (July 1999)

Best Animation, Student Section

Midnight in a Perfect World

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1998)

Best Camera – Nick Matthews

Milk

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

Highly Commended – Damon Escott, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Bilbao International Festival of Documentary & Short Films (November 1999)

Gold Fiction Award, Short Section

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (July 1999)

Runner-up, Student Award, Live Action Under 15 minutes Section

Mind's Eye

Ann Arbor Film Festival (March 1999)

Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film.

Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film Festival (April 1999)

Juror Choice Award
Audience Choice Award

Houston International Film and Video Festival (April 1999)

Silver Award, Independent Experimental Film Section

Madrid Film Week (November 1999)

Best Experimental Film

Microcinefest – Underground Film festival baltimore (November 1999)

Best Experimental Film

Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Experimental Film

Tranz-fix (January 1999)

Best Experimental Film

Mission Improbable

Australian Teachers of Media Awards (May 1998)

Best Instructional/Training

Mother's Heart

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (July 1998)

Best Cinematography – Shane Johnson and Ben Doudney
Highly Commended – Michael Metzner, Drama Section

up-and-coming Film Festival Hannover (November 1999)

Flying Camera Award

Watch My Shorts (September 1998)

Best Screenplay – Michael Metzner

Musicool

Western Australian Screen Awards (March 1998)

X-Press Award for Original Music – Daniel Habedank, Open Craft Section
Kodak/Cinevex Award for Direction – Daniel Habedank, Emerging Section
Festival of Perth Young Filmmaker of the Year – Daniel Habedank

My Bed Your Bed

Cork Film Festival (October 1998)

Special Commendation

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 1998)

Best Fiction – Erica Glynn, Over 15 Minutes Section

Tudawali Film and Video Awards (January 2000)

Best Direction in a Short Film – Erica Glynn

My Colour, Your Kind

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

Gold – Allan Collins, Fictional Drama Shorts, Cinema and Television Section

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1999)

Best Cinematography in a Australian Short Film – Allan Collins

My Cunt

Inside Out – Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (May 1998)

Audience Choice Award

International du Film Independent de Brussels (November 1998)

Best Actress Award – Maude Davey

Out in Africa South African Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (November 1998)

Audience Choice Award

Toronto Images Festival of Independent Film & Video (December 1998)

Director's Choice Award, Best Work by an Emerging Artist Section

My Second Car

Edge of the World Short Film Festival (January 1998)

Highly Commended – Stuart McDonald

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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