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Flickerfest Announces Winners of Prestigious Awards

January 16, 2005

Featuring a diverse mix of entries in the Australian, International and Documentary programmes, judges were faced with a difficult task of picking the best from an exceptional list of films. Judges included Acquisitions Editor for the late night alternative arts series ZeD on the Canada Broadcasting Corporation, Sue Biely, host of SBS 'The Movie Show' Jamie Leonarder, award winning Producer Lousie Smith and Australian director Kriv Stenders who awarded the International prizes. Whilst the documentary decisions were made by judges, award winning independent filmmaker Curtis Levy, Producer/Director Anna Broinowski and director of numerous short films Catriona McKenzie.

The Australian films shone through at this years Flickerfest taking out almost all of the major awards showing the strength of the Australian short film production industry. THE SCREE directed by Paul McDermott won the Coopers Award for Best Film, a great honour that has not been achieved by an Australian since 2002.

It was another Australian film that was awarded with the Yoram Gross Award for Best Animation Film going to director Anthony Lucas for THE MYSTERIOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF JASPER MORELLO. Both of these films will now be eligible for Oscar nomination.

The prestigious Jameson Short Film Award for Best Australian Short Film, presented for the first time in Australia, was awarded to the highly commended short WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE, directed by Daniel Askill and produced by Christopher Seeto. The award carries a 6000-euro (approximately $AU10, 000) prize, one of the highest cash prizes awarded at any short film festival in Australia.

Festival director Bronwyn Kidd said "The quality of entries at this year's festival earmark a new plateau of excellence for the Australian short film industry. It shows the level of professionalism and respect in the short film industry is expanding and what we are doing is well received and recognised around the world" Kidd said.

International entries also received wide acclaim with the Miller Tripods Australia Award for Best International Cinematography awarded to cinematographer Bino Mersetti, from Denmark, for HAPPY NOW. Producer Radek Stys and director Maciej Adamek were presented with $AU1000, winning the National Geographic Channel Award for the Best Documentary for the inspiring A LIFE TO LIVE.

Bronwyn Kidd believes that "Flickerfest has continued to develop because of our movie patrons who remain passionate and committed to short film and without whom this festival would not be possible. The dedication by the community has helped Flickerfest be recognised as one of the most prestigious short film festivals in Australia" said Ms Kidd.

This was certainly reflected in the prestigious IF Media Award for Most Popular Film going to director Garth Davis for ALICE. Distinctly a crowd favourite, ALICE will now be entered into the 2005 Lexus IF Awards.

Such acclaim is widely acknowledged with the induction of Flickerfest by the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences in 2002, making winners of the major categories eligible for Oscar® nomination.

The festival will now embark on a national tour visiting 15 venues around Australia, including an inaugural visit to Parramatta, followed by Byron Bay and Melbourne amongst others.

For a full list of awards and award winners please see the following pages.

For further information about the awards and award winners or about the national tour log onto www.flickerfest.com.au

Flickerfest festival manager- Helen Maidens

Contact Email Address: manager@flickerfest.com.au