Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Shorts

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

Title

Event

Awards

Paranoid

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (July 1998)

Highly Commended – John Brigden, Animation Section

INTERCOM – International Communication Film & Video Festival (October 1998)

Certificate of Merit, Animation/Computer Imagery/Special Effects Section

Video Shorts (March 1999)

Best Film

Worldfest Flagstaff International Film Festival (November 1998)

Gold Medal, Experimental Section

Parlami d'Amore

WA Film and Video Festival (August 2000)

Producing – Elena Pasquini
Writing – Elena Pasquini

Passing Through

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1998)

Palm Door Encouragement Award – Margaret Harvey

Peace & Quiet

Flickerfest – 10th Australian International Short Film Festival (January 2000)

Editco Award for Best Editing in an Australian Film
Screen Producers Association of Australia Award for Most Resourceful production in an Australian Short Film

St Kilda Film Festival (May 2000)

Best Achievement in Special Effects

Pentuphouse

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – NSW/ACT (November 1998)

Highly Commended – Carolyn Constantine, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 1999)

Best Fiction – Cate Shortland, Under 15 minutes Section

International Film Festival of Montecatini Terme (July 1999)

Kodak Award, Cinematography Section

Perfect Pale Blue

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 2000)

First Prize, Fiction Over 15 Minutes Section

WA Film and Video Festival (August 2000)

Outstanding Achievement

Picture Woman, The

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (July 1998)

Best Script – Peter Rasmussen

Film Critics' Circle of Australia (February 1998)

Best Australian Short Film

Pieces

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1999)

Most Outstanding Film (shared) – Lynlee Walter, Schools Section

Pilbara Pearl, The

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 1999)

Golden Tripod – Ulrich-Stephan Krafzik, Fictional Drama Shorts Cinema and Television Section

Awgie Awards (July 1999)

Best Short Film Script – Sarah Rossetti

Columbus International Film & Video Festival (October 2000)

The Chris Award

if – Independent Filmmakers Awards (November 2000)

Best Emerging Talent – Sarah Rossetti, Script Section

Western Australian Screen Awards (July 1999)

'Play it Safe' Award for Best Overall Production – Christopher Watson, Emerging Section

Western Australian Screen Awards (July 1999)

Grolsch Award for Cinematography – Ulrich Krafzic, Open Craft Section

Pin Drop, The

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Craft Award – Clayton Jacobson

Poh-Ling

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

Silver – Brian Mason, Student Cinematography Section

Poor Mr Red

Jewish Movie Challenge (February 2000)

Best Animation – Alex Kerry

Pornography

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1998)

Best Experimental – Tom Wallace

Possum

if – Independent Filmmakers Awards (November 1999)

Independent Short Film of the Year

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Fiction – Brad McGann
Best Achievement in Art Direction – Tracy Grant

Prelude

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (August 2000)

Second Place, Student Animation Section

Preoccupied

Motion Pictures Sound Editors Guild Awards, 1999

Verna Fields Award for Best Sound Editing in a Student Film – Luke Dunn Gielmuda

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 1998)

Finalist

Project Vlad

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 2000)

Open Category Finalist

Stuttgart International Animation Festival (March 2000)

Special Mention

Purgatory

Art Gallery of NSW Brekfest Festival (March 1999)

Best Film

Art Gallery of NSW Brekfest Festival (March 1999)

Best Cinematography – Franco Biffone
Best Actress – Sarah Berger

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (April 1999)

Best Film
Best Direction – Michael Frank
Best Cinematography – Franco Biffone

Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival (November 1999)

Best Experimental Film

INTERCOM – International Communication Film & Video Festival (October 2000)

Gold Plaque, Experimental Video Section

International Film Festival of Montecatini Terme (July 2000)

Jury Recommendation

International Independent & Non-Professional Short Film Festival SMOFI (May 2000)

Silver Dragon Award

International Short Film Festival – Santiago (September 1999)

Best Experimental Film, Experimental Competition Section

Madrid Experimental Cinema Week (November 2000)

First Prize, Official Selection Section

Open Film Festival (OFF) (September 2000)

Best Foreign Film

Plan B (November 1999)

Best Film, Audience Vote Section

Rhode Island International Film Festival (August 2000)

First Prize, Experimental Short Section

Short Film Festival Bahia De Pasaia (June 2000)

Best Film

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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