AWARD WINNERS
BEST FILM ($1000 from FILEF):
Journey
Director and Producer: Radheya Jegatheva
All alone and lost in space, luckily the astronaut finds someone else going through the same difficulty and they join forces to travel the Universe together.
The Jury: A young filmmaker with a great technical grasp of animation combined with a sensitive, imaginative and moving message about the future of humanity
SECOND PRIZE ($500 from FILEF):
Rafiullah Khan Speech for Kamil Hussein
Director Alfred Pek
Producer/s Alfred Pek, in association with People Just Like Us
A reading of the speech from Rafiullah Khan, one of Australia’s asylum seekers offshore detainees. Rafiullah is grieving for his friend Kamil Hussein who has taken his own life in Manus Island Detention Centre, and he pleads to Australia to accept the offshore detainees and end their suffering
The Jury: This emotionally engaging film about one – of a number of – morally challenging subjects for all Australians has a powerful and moving message.
UNDER 18 ($100 Apple Gift Voucher):
We Are All in This Together
Director Giulio Robilliard
Four school girls, two Iranian refugees and two Aussies from Maroubra, show us what happens when we open our heart to each other.
The Jury: A great yet simple idea for a film – usually the best – shows how kids accept each other through contact and exchange – something adults should be doing more of!
BEST INTERPRETATION (Camera 101, a course on acting in front of a camera, from Actors Centre of Australia):
Gerard O’Dwyer in Anaconda
Director Jerome Pearce
Producer Information and Cultural Exchange
Gerard O’Dwyer has a growing reputation as a performer, leading man and one of the ambassadors for the ‘Don’t Dis My Ability’ campaign. In ‘Anaconda’ we get a glimpse of Gerard backstage as he practices to overcome his stutter before walking onstage to tell his story.
The Jury: directed by Jerome Pearce about rehearsals by actor Gerard O’Dwyer, Anaconda is a clever and subtle film about overcoming a disability, his stutter before a performance