Our festival culminates with the Awards Night, where students’ and graduates’ contributions across all areas of the filmmaking process are recognised in a post screening award presentation, with generous prizes provided by industry sponsors. Each category is judged by the teaching staff and outside industry professionals particular to each discipline.
THE AWARD WINNERS OF THE 12TH SFS FESTIVAL: DRAMA AWARDS > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Part 1) George Alex Nagle for ‘The Art of Walking' (dir. Julian Knysh) > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Part 2) Oliver Farkas for ‘The Plague’ Karan Shrestha for 'Shadowplay' > BEST EDITING IN STEENBECK Marta Maia Garcao for ‘The Art of Walking’ (dir. Julian Knysh) > BEST DIGITAL EDITING Vitaliano Rave for ‘Shadowplay' > BEST DIRECTOR Bhargav Chattopadhyay for ‘Donald, Duck!' > BEST PRODUCER Charlie Mortimer for 'Get Sacked' > BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Karolina Malinowska for 'Below' > BEST SOUND DESIGN Filippo Grando & Gary Sofarelli for 'The Art of Walking' (dir. Gary Sofarelli) > BEST COMPOSER Christina Christensen for 'The Art of Walking' (dir. Julian Knysh) > THE FIRST: 1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Karolina Malinowska for 'Grey Zone' > GOOD MATCH: CONTINUITY AWARD Amina Nasir THESIS AWARDS > BEST THESIS FILM AWARD 'Hostviva' by Malte Lindahl > MOST PROVOCATIVE FILM (Sydney Underground Film Festival award) 'Johnny Wanker' by Mrinaal Sen Rambhojon OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD (Star Now Award) Claire Fearon in 'Tree of Hurt' directed by Karan Shrestha DOCUMENTARY AWARDS > BEST DIRECTION Thijs Jaspaert for 'Meet the Songbirds' > BEST EDITING Andrew Pearce for 'Fractures' > BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Vu Thang for 'Ol Blue Eyes' > BEST SOUND DESIGN Gary Sofarelli for 'Ol Blue Eyes' > COURAGE CURIOSITY COMPASSION AWARD Lee Launay for 'Hir' SCREENPLAYS & ESSAYS AWARDS > BEST UN-PRODUCED SCREENPLAY Part 1 (Dean Schneider Award) Matt Cooney > BEST UN-PRODUCER SCREENPLAY Part 2 (Spirited Film Award) 'Drowning' by Ludvig Hedlund > BEST PRODUCED SCREENPLAY 'Donald, Duck!' by Bhargav Chattopadhyay > BEST ESSAY (The Richard Franklin Award) James Cowie SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION AWARD Jonathan Tyler Vitaliano Rave Alexis Scipione CHAIRMAN'S AWARD Richard Van Der Male for "The Little Bush Sprite" Thijs Jaspaert for "Meet the Songbirds" AUDIENCE AWARDS > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 1) 'Clean Up on Aisle 9' (Thesis) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 2) 'The Balloon Man' (Documentary) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 3) 'The Art of Walking' (Part 1 Major Drama, dir: Gary Sofarelli) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 4) 'Tarzan the Deaf' (Part 2 Major Drama) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 5) 'Is This It?' (Documentary) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 6) 'Tree of Hurt' (Thesis) > AUDIENCE AWARD (Screening 7) 'The Art of Walking' (Part 1 Major Drama, dir: Julian Knysh) The biggest THANK YOU to our 12th SFS Festival sponsors! As you know without you life would be tough.
