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