2018 Short Film Award Nominations

We’re thrilled to announce the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival award nominees. These talented filmmakers are in the running for more than $50,000 worth of cash and prizes across 17 categories.

This year’s winners will be announced at the St Kilda Film Festival’s Closing Night Awards on Saturday 26 May at the St Kilda Town Hall.

Best Short Film

• The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Director: Shaun Perry, Jay Perry
  • Producer: Rhys Sherring
• Lost Property Office
  • Director: Daniel Agdag
  • Producer: Liz Kearney
• Mrs McCutcheon
  • Director: John Sheedy
  • Producer: Andre Lima, Jenny Vila
• Eye Contact
  • Director: Stuart Mannion
  • Producer: Naomi Mulholland

Craft Award

• The Land Will Eat You
  • Director: Darcy Tuppen
    Producer: Robert Frantzeskos
• Eye Contact
  • Director: Stuart Mannion
  • Producer: Naomi Mulholland
• Cooee
  • Director: Toby Morris
  • Producer: Sam Burnett

Best Director

• Alex Ryan – Red Ink
• John Sheedy – Mrs McCutcheon
• Shaun Perry & Jay Perry – The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Daniel Agdag – Lost Property Office

Best Achievement in Indigenous Filmmaking

• A Life Together
  • Director: Simon Direen
  • Producer: Simon Direen
• Coat of Arms
  • Director: Dylan River
  • Producer: Rachel Clements, Trisha Morton-Thomas
• Welcome to Country
  • Director: Dean Gibson
  • Producer: Helen Morrison

Best Documentary

• A Life Together
  • Director: Simon Direen
  • Producer: Simon Direen
• One Shot
  • Director: Jo-Anne Brechin
  • Producer: Jo-Anne Brechin
• The Ryan James Project
  • Director: Clayton Jacobson
  • Producer: Deb Fryers
• Mister Herschell
  • Director: Lauren Broeren
  • Producer: Tegan Rodgers

Best Comedy

• Carnal Privilege
  • Director: Quentin Curzon
  • Producer: Hannah Ngo
• The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Director: Shaun Perry, Jay Perry
  • Producer: Rhys Sherring
• Partners
  • Director: Henry Inglis
  • Producer: Cath Trimboli
• For Your Sins
  • Director: Julian Lucas
  • Producer: Nicholas Cox

Best Animation

• Lost Property Office
  • Director: Daniel Agdag
  • Producer: Liz Kearney
• I’m Still Here
  • Director: Steve Baker
  • Producer: Steve Baker, Leanne Tonkes
• Ambulance
  • Director: Lylah D’Souza
  • Producer: Lylah D’Souza, Letoya Muraru
• Last Tree Standing
  • Director: Agnes Peel-McGregor
  • Producer: Agnes Peel-McGregor, Zachary Peel-McGregor

Best Actor

• David Smith – Partners
• Oscar Redding – Red Ink
• Matilda Ridgway – Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
• Eliza Scanlen – Grace

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• James L Brown – Black Lips
• Ryan Alexander Lloyd – Eye Contact
• Warwick Thornton – Coat of Arms
• Sky Davies – Mrs McCutcheon

Best Achievement in Screenplay

• Ben Young – Mrs McCutcheon
• Dylan River – Coat of Arms
• Raphael Elisha – Girl of the Sky
• Shaun Perry & Jay Perry – The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Best Achievement in Editing

• Marcus D’Arcy – Coat of Arms
• Simon Direen – A Life Together
• Sophia Bender – Behind Barres
• Toby Morris and Ben Zemanek – Cooee

Best Achievement in Visual Effects

• 3 Block Studio and Jongsu Oh – Pilè
• Alt VFX – Fysh
• Bertrand Polivka – How The Light Gets In
• ZPM Film – Last Tree Standing

Best Young Actor

• Alex Kis – Disco Dykes
• Asal Shenaveh – Waterfall
• Bethany Whitmore – Mwah
• Wesley Patten – Mrs McCutcheon

Best Achievement in Sound Post Production

• Chris Goodes –Lost Property Office
• Liam Egan – Coat of Arms
• Markus Kellow – Fysh
• Matt Read – The Intentions of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Best Original Score

• Dami Summers – Partners
• Haydn Walker – Girl of the Sky
• Michael Yezerski – Fysh
• Red Ink

Best Youth Short Film

• Cardiac Relations
  • Director: Jamie Barry
  • Producer: Sam Fellowes
• Don’t Call Me Beautiful
  • Director: Jill Robinson
  • Producer: Tara Wise
• iRony
  • Director: Radheya Jegatheva
  • Producer: Radheya Jegatheva