Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Shorts

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Awards won by Australian shorts (titles ‘T’) 1998–2000

Title

Event

Awards

Take Away Triptych

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1998)

Best Editor – Martin Potter and Sanjit Dhillon

Tangerine Dream

Bathurst Film and Video Festival (July 1998)

Best Editing – Keri Light
Highly Commended – Mandi Bialis Wester, Art Direction Section

Watch My Shorts (September 1998)

Best Editor – Keri Light
Best Actress – Tania Lacy

Tears

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

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

Cork Film Festival (October 1998)

Best International Short Film

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1998)

Best Short Film – Ivan Sen
Best Achievement in Cinematography – Allan Collins
Best Achievement in Direction – Ivan Sen

Teddy

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1999)

Award of Merit in Comedy – Nathan Lipson

Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow, A

Australian Screen Sound Guild (October 2000)

Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film – Jock Healey, Chris O'Shea, Livia Ruzic, Peter Walker

Venice International Film Festival (August 2000)

Silver Lion for Best Short Film, Corto-Cortissimo Section

Terrific Toddler Tricycle Race, The

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – Queensland (October 1999)

Silver – Simon Chapman, Student Cinematography Section

Warner Roadshow Movie World Studios Queensland New Filmmakers Awards (April 1999)

PFTC Award for Best Tertiary Other – Simon Smith

That's the Third Wreck This Week

Jewish Movie Challenge (February 2000)

Special Commendation

They Came From Space

WA Film and Video Festival (August 2000)

Production Design – Sam Hobbs

Things That Go Bump

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

Gold – Jo Rossiter, Experimental and Specialised Cinematography Section

Those Voices

Sydney Fringe Film & Video Festival (January 1998)

Audience Prize (shared)

Threaded

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 1999)

Distinction – Justine Kerrigan, Fictional Drama Shorts Cinema and Television Section

Nescafe Short Film Awards (October 1999)

Best Film- Cheryl Wood
Best Actor – Arianthe Galani
Best Original Score – Peter Dasent

Time to Die

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – Victoria/ Tasmania (November 2000)

Gold – Chris Le Page, Fictional Drama Shorts – Cinema and Television Section

Titsiana Booberini

Aspen Shortsfest (April 1998)

Best Student Comedy

Tongue Tied

Tropfest (February 1998)

Third Prize – Jasmin Forbes-Watson

Trapped

St Kilda Film Festival (May 2000)

Audience Award for Most Popular Film

Trinidad

Australian Effects & Animation Festival (March 1999)

Winner – Ian Brown, Short Film Section

Triple Word Score

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

Silver – Janet Hines, Student Cinematography Section

Triple Zero

Watch My Shorts (September 1998)

Best Director – Christopher Bence

True Colours

Tropfest (February 1999)

Special Commendation – Alexander Hughes, Best Actor Section

Tsunami

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Achievement in Special Effects – Tim Trumble

Tulip

Aspen Shortsfest (April 1999)

On-line Watch it! Award, Audience Favourite Section

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

Silver (shared) – Danny Ruhlmann, Fiction Drama Shorts Section

Melbourne International Film Festival (July 1998)

International Catholic Film Organisation Award – Rachel Griffiths, Outstanding Australian Short Film Promoting Human Values Section

Noosa National Short Film Competition (September 1999)

Special Mention – Rachel Griffiths, Best Director Section

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (July 1999)

Best of the Festival Award

Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Drama

Two Girls and a Baby

Australian Teachers of Media Awards (May 1999)

ATOM Award – Kelli Simpson, Short Fiction (Open) Section

Brief Encounters Short Film Festival (November 1998)

Second Place

Flickerfest International Outdoor Film Festival (January 1999)

ASDA Award for Best Direction in an Australian Film – Kelli Simpson

Milan Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (June 1999)

Best Short Film

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival (July 1998)

Audience Favourite Award

Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival – My Queer Career Awards (February 1999)

Audience Award for Best Film – Kelli Simpson

Two Roads

South Australian Young Filmmakers Festival (December 1998)

Best Direction – Amy Gebhardt
Special Jury Prize – Amy Gebhardt

Two/Out

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 1998)

Distinction – Ross Emery, Fictional Drama Shorts, Cinema and Television Section

Australian Film Institute Awards (November 1998)

Animal Logic Award for Best Short Fiction Film – Catherine Kerr and Kriv Stenders

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 1998)

Best Fiction – Kriv Stenders, Under 15 minutes Section

International Short Film Festival Amsterdam (December 1998)

Best Short Film

Melbourne International Film Festival (July 1998)

The Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Film – Kriv Stenders

Noosa National Short Film Competition (September 1999)

Best Director (shared) – Kriv Stenders

St Kilda Film Festival (May 1999)

Best Achievement in Direction – Kriv Stenders

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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