2017 Winners
CSFF 2017 Awards and Certificates
National Category
Best National Film: Late Moves - Thomas Hudson and Cameron James
Best Director: Wandering Soul - Josh Tanner
Best Cinematographer: The Dam - Joshua Flavell
Best Editing: Somersault Pike - Kate Lefoe
Best Screenplay: Red Ink - Duncan Graham
Best Actress: Serving Joy - Andrea Swifte
Best Actor: Late Moves - Cameron James
Best Comedy: Venice - Venetia Taylor
Best Sound Design: Wandering Soul - Jade van der Lei
International Category
Best International Film: 3 Kinds of Fear - Bruno Bini
Best Director: They Live in forests They are very shy - Saeed Taji Farouky
Best Cinematography: No Ghosts - Magnus Atli Magnusson
Best Editing: Energy - Martin Gerigk
Best Screenplay: 3 Kinds of Fear - Bruno Bini
Best Sound/Score: Misimpressions - Salina Fisher
Best Actor: They live in Forests - Tom E Lewis
Best Actress: No Ghosts - Lísbet Freyja Ýmisdóttir
Best Art Direction: Nation Down - Liam Hendrix Heath
Best Comedy: Suicide Hotline - Jon Cordiner
Canberra Category
Best Canberra Film: The Yak Herder’s Son - Tenzin Phuntsho
Best Director: Wake - Michael Ridley and Callum Bodman
Best Editing: The Big Appeal - Hana Tow
Best Cinematography: Brothers in Alms - Sebastian Chan, Luke Paterson
Best Screenplay: Hologram - Christian Doran
Best Score: Jingle Man - Peter Casey
Best Actress: The Big Appeal - Nikki Rossendell
Best Actor: The Flow Down - Hayden Splitt
Music Video Category
Best Music Video: 10 Years - Thomas Hudson
Highly Commended: Big Foot’s Love Slave - Heather Tom
Animation Category
Best Animation: The Full Story - Daisy Jacobs
Highly Commended: Tete a tete - Natasha Tonkin
Highly commended: Love On The Line - Nicole McKinnon
Indigenous Category
Best Indigenous Film: Welcome to Country - Helen Morrison
Runner Up: Life in Black - Richard Jamieson
Runner Up: John and Mary - James Morgan
Under 18 Category
Best U/18 Film: The Games People Play - Shannon Kowalick
Highly Commended: Eagle Feather - Pasquale Encell
Documentary Category
Best Documentary: Familiar Tale - Sumie Garcia
2 Minute Film Category
Best 2 Minute Film: Care - Katherine Bramston
Highly Commended: The Haunted Lake - Jason Macqueen