Spotlight Categories NOMINATIONS 


Spotlight Country - Best Australian Project

Wins automatic Official Selection to Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival with a Q&A at Backlot Studios in Melbourne, with a distribution offer from either CinéCiné Lo* and CineShort.

Too Tough Terry - Directed By Reid McManus

On Shift - Directed By April Clayton

These Men Did - Directed By Lachlan Stephens

Upsodown - Directed By Nathan Ceddia

Farmers - Directed By Tim Carlier

Hellbender - Directed By Gregory Kelly


 

Best Short Screenplay

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY will win a Final Draft digital software download and a 1hour exclusive 1 on 1 screenplay coaching session* with award winning Film & TV Writer Kathryn Burnett from Beginners guide writing workshop.

and BEST STUDENT SHORT SCREENPLAY win A Final Draft Digital Software Download

The End of Us - Written By Lorena Chiles - USA

Spectral Delivery - Written By Becca Barnes - New Zealand

The Ghostodians - Written By Leila Murton Poole - New Zealand

The Crossing - Written By Tom Levesque - New Zealand

Coloured Less - Written By Alex de Vries - New Zealand

Spotlight Genre - Best Science Fiction Project

Wins automatic Official Selection to Hybrid Genre Australia with Q&A at BackLot Cinema in Melbourne, with a distribution offer from either Teyatro Sydney or ZuzFilms.io and CineShort.

ZERO - Directed By Tim Hamilton - New Zealand  

Unnecessary things - Directed By Dmytro Lisenbart - Ukraine

Holding South - Directed By Keren Green - New Zealand

The Machine - Directed By Isaac Bell - New Zealand

Noctuidae - Directed By Alexandra (Ali) Mauritz - Germany

Transfert - Directed By Jonathan Degrelle - France

 

Spotlight technique - Best Stop Motion Animation 

Scarlet Red - Directed By Toon Loenders - Belgium

Jeijay - Directed By Petra Stipetic, Maren Wiese - Germany

Davey's Lullaby - Directed By Adam Deyoe - USA

Soapless Soap - Directed By Tamar Sharvit, Bar Vaknine - Israel

The Dark Odyssey - Directed By Michael Lavine - USA

She Was Crying Sugar - Directed By Tommy Simms - USA

Best New Zealand Student Work

Ellie - Directed By Yuanting (Tina) Luo 

Killing the Parson Bird - Directed By Peter McCulley

Nature of Passing - Directed By John McMyler

Asterias - Directed By Leighton Young

Finding the Lighthouse - Directed By Michael Cox

Plight of the Penguins - Directed By Caomh Browne-Scott - New Zealand

Inherited - Directed By Nikodim Trashkov

Secret Places - Directed By Nicole Chen

Hot Chips - Directed By Stella Taylor

Night Light - Directed By Miguel Gierran

 
 

Best International Live Action Student Work

Stargazer - Directed By Arvind Jay - UK

The Scent Of A Forest - Directed By Servaes Dewispelaere - Belgium

Beth - Directed By Ava Bounds - UK

Smile Or Die - Directed By Kristin Jakubek, Alena Kroker - Germany

Real World - Directed By Mathew Panayiotou - Australia

Best International Animated Student Work

Contretemps - Directed By Claire Sun, Chloé Maingé, Lise Légier, Laurine Baille, Gabriel Gérard - France

Tales Of The Salt Water - Directed By Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo Goulão De Sousa, Alexandra Petit, Martin Robic - France

The Child And The Goose - Directed By Jade Chastan, Alice Failla, Justine Hermetz, Sophie Lafleur, Vincent Lenne - France

Vr The World - Directed By Pravin J - India

Shadows - Directed By Charlotte Connolly - Ireland

Under The Dark Clouds - Directed By Kangmin Lim  - USA

Beyond Masks - Directed By Letícia Lopez Rangueri, Lucas Brassanini Flores, Carolina Bonformagio Da Silva - Brazil