Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
Lineup Announcements
– Cardiff Animation Nights will be returning to run a dedicated animation strand at Cardiff Independent Film Festival (C.I.F.F.) for a second year this May. This year’s animation strand at C.I.F.F. will comprise three programs of animated short films in competition for the Best Animation Award, as well as an Animated Family Shorts program curated by renowned Cardiff-based studio Cloth Cat Animation, networking events, and an Animation Quiz run by the team at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
The competition program features animated short films from across Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia, including Mikey Hill’s The Orchestra, Anete Melece’s Analysis Paralysis, Chris Shepherd’s Johnno’s Dead, Ross Hogg’s Life Cycles and Alois Di Leo’s Way of Giants.
- 4/13/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
City Of Port Phillip Councillor Andrew Bond and Audience Choice Award winner Nikki Richardson.
The 2016 St Kilda Film Festival has wrapped up with 18 winners across all categories.
Death in Bloom, directed by Dael Oates, took out Best Short Film, while Nikki Richardson's We're Here Now won this year's Audience Choice Award.
Death in Bloom also nabbed Best Comedy and Best Achievement in Editing.
Red Rover's Brooke Goldfinch was awarded Best Director, and You Better Take Cover, directed by Harry Hayes, won Best Documentary.
The full list:
Best Short Film Winner
Death In Bloom
Director: Dael Oats
Producer: Jonas Maclallen
Screenplay: Dael Oats
Best Achievement In Cinematography Winner
Burak Oguz Saguner
Film: Driftwood Dustmites
Best Animation Winner
The Orchestra
Director: Mikey Hill
Producer: Melanie Brunt
Craft Award Winner
Little Boy Blue
Director: Nathan Keene
Producers: Will Faulkner, Joy Baines
Screenplay: Will Faulkner, Nathan Keene
Best Comedy Winner
Death In Bloom...
The 2016 St Kilda Film Festival has wrapped up with 18 winners across all categories.
Death in Bloom, directed by Dael Oates, took out Best Short Film, while Nikki Richardson's We're Here Now won this year's Audience Choice Award.
Death in Bloom also nabbed Best Comedy and Best Achievement in Editing.
Red Rover's Brooke Goldfinch was awarded Best Director, and You Better Take Cover, directed by Harry Hayes, won Best Documentary.
The full list:
Best Short Film Winner
Death In Bloom
Director: Dael Oats
Producer: Jonas Maclallen
Screenplay: Dael Oats
Best Achievement In Cinematography Winner
Burak Oguz Saguner
Film: Driftwood Dustmites
Best Animation Winner
The Orchestra
Director: Mikey Hill
Producer: Melanie Brunt
Craft Award Winner
Little Boy Blue
Director: Nathan Keene
Producers: Will Faulkner, Joy Baines
Screenplay: Will Faulkner, Nathan Keene
Best Comedy Winner
Death In Bloom...
- 5/30/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2016 (Taaf) is an international animation film festival that aims to promote animation and was held at Toho Cinemas Nihonbashi from March 18th to March 21st.
Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize
Long Way North by Rémi Chayé – France, Denmark | 2015 – 81 min.
Award of Excellence
Monkey King: Hero is Back by Tian XiaoPeng – China | 2015 – 83 min.
Short Film Competition
Grand Prize
Off Belay (Penjaci) by Mataic Sinisa – Croacia, Denmark | 2015 – 10 min.
Award of Exccellence
Fisherwoman and Tuk tuk by Suresh Eriyat – India | 2015 – 15 min.
I can’t breathe by Sayaka Kihata – Japan | 2015 – 6 min.
Seiko Award
The Orchestra by Mikey Hill – Australia | 2015 – 15 min.
Feature Film Competition
Grand Prize
Long Way North by Rémi Chayé – France, Denmark | 2015 – 81 min.
Award of Excellence
Monkey King: Hero is Back by Tian XiaoPeng – China | 2015 – 83 min.
Short Film Competition
Grand Prize
Off Belay (Penjaci) by Mataic Sinisa – Croacia, Denmark | 2015 – 10 min.
Award of Exccellence
Fisherwoman and Tuk tuk by Suresh Eriyat – India | 2015 – 15 min.
I can’t breathe by Sayaka Kihata – Japan | 2015 – 6 min.
Seiko Award
The Orchestra by Mikey Hill – Australia | 2015 – 15 min.
- 3/24/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
Flickerfest has revealed the 53 films selected to screen as part of the festival's competitive program in its 25th anniversary year.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
The films were chosen from more than 2300 entries.
This year.s official Australian Competition features 18 world premieres, six Australian premieres and 10 Nsw premieres..
Twenty-one female directors are represented across the official Australian competition.
The best of the australian films will be shown over seven sessions.
They will be competing for prizes across all areas of the filmmaking craft including the Academy Accredited Virgin Australia Award for Best Australian Film, the Canon Award for Best Direction and the Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animation.
Flickerfest is Australia.s only Academy accredited and BAFTA recognised festvial and runs from Friday January 8-17. .
Festival director Bronwyn Kidd, steering her 19th festival, said she was thrilled that Flickerfest was once again a platform for the Australia's most exciting, creative and talented short filmmakers.
- 12/14/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Sonya Pemberton.s Uranium — Twisting the Dragon.s Tail won three prizes at the 2015 Atom Awards presented in Melbourne on Thursday night.
The Genepool Productions documentary, which chronicles the cultural, scientific and natural history of uranium, was lauded as best documentary- history, TV factual series and best documentary — science, technology and the environment.
Director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby was named best documentary-general at the awards for tertiary and general/open categories held at Lux Melbourne on Chapel Street, hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz.
Best documentary- biography went to Remembering the Man, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe.s. film on Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, whose story was told in Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man.
Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed, produced by Damien Parer, was best documentary - arts.
Best docudrama was The War That Changed Us, which chronicled how WW1 impacted the soldiers and their families,...
The Genepool Productions documentary, which chronicles the cultural, scientific and natural history of uranium, was lauded as best documentary- history, TV factual series and best documentary — science, technology and the environment.
Director Maya Newell and producer Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby was named best documentary-general at the awards for tertiary and general/open categories held at Lux Melbourne on Chapel Street, hosted by Brian Nankervis from RocKwiz.
Best documentary- biography went to Remembering the Man, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe.s. film on Tim Conigrave and John Caleo, whose story was told in Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man.
Gillian Armstrong.s Women He.s Undressed, produced by Damien Parer, was best documentary - arts.
Best docudrama was The War That Changed Us, which chronicled how WW1 impacted the soldiers and their families,...
- 11/26/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Water Diviner and The Dressmaker dominated the feature categories at the 19th Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards held at The Establishment hotel ballroom in Sydney.
Russell Crowe.s drama won the prizes for feature film soundtrack of the year, best sound design and Assg members. choice for best film soundtrack.
Jocelyn Moorhouse.s dramedy was feted for best film sound recording and sound mixing .
The Syd Butterworth lifetime achievement award went to James Currie, whose career spans 38 years and includes A Month of Sundays, Charlie's Country, Red Dog, Ten Canoes, Man of Flowers, Incident at Raven.s Gate and Bad Boy Bubby.
The Principal was named best sound for a TV drama series while Deadline Gallipoli — episode 2 was best sound for a telefeature and Only the Dead best documentary sound.
The Greg Bell student encouragement award was given to Alex Gastrell, a recent North Sydney Tafe graduate. The full...
Russell Crowe.s drama won the prizes for feature film soundtrack of the year, best sound design and Assg members. choice for best film soundtrack.
Jocelyn Moorhouse.s dramedy was feted for best film sound recording and sound mixing .
The Syd Butterworth lifetime achievement award went to James Currie, whose career spans 38 years and includes A Month of Sundays, Charlie's Country, Red Dog, Ten Canoes, Man of Flowers, Incident at Raven.s Gate and Bad Boy Bubby.
The Principal was named best sound for a TV drama series while Deadline Gallipoli — episode 2 was best sound for a telefeature and Only the Dead best documentary sound.
The Greg Bell student encouragement award was given to Alex Gastrell, a recent North Sydney Tafe graduate. The full...
- 11/23/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Neil Armfield.s Holding the Man, Simon Stone.s The Daughter, Jeremy Sims. Last Cab to Darwin and Jen Peedom.s feature doc Sherpa will have their world premieres at the Sydney Film Festival.
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
The festival program unveiled today includes 33 world premieres (including 22 shorts) and 135 Australian premieres (with 18 shorts) among 251 titles from 68 countries.
Among the other premieres will be Daina Reid.s The Secret River, Ruby Entertainment's. ABC-tv miniseries starring Oliver Jackson Cohen and Sarah Snook, and three Oz docs, Marc Eberle.s The Cambodian Space Project — Not Easy Rock .n. Roll, Steve Thomas. Freedom Stories and Lisa Nicol.s Wide Open Sky.
Festival director Nashen Moodley boasted. this year.s event will be far larger than 2014's when 183 films from 47 countries were screened, including 15 world premieres. The expansion is possible in part due to the addition of two new screening venues in Newtown and Liverpool.
As previously announced, Brendan Cowell...
- 5/6/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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