and the winners are...
CANBERRA
Best Film: The Power of Love - Jordan Kirk
Best Director: Stephanie Begg - Echo Pines
Best Cinematography: Cameron Dunlop - Dust Cloud
Best Editing: The Power of Love - Jordan Kirk
Best Production Design: Barry Jarrott - Echo Pines
Best Script/Screenplay: Maura Pierlot - Fragments Series
Best Score: Not Everything’s About You - Max Jasinski
Best SFX: Violet Daze
Best VFX: Echo Pines
Best Actor: Jacob Brede - BLOOMIN’ (alex’s monologue)
Best Actress: Danielle King - Echo Pines
Best Comedy: Not Everything’s About You - Max Jasinski
Best TV/Web Series: Fragments Series - Dan Sanguineti
Emerging Talent: Zain Oskar Brown - Concrete Cylinders
Highly Commended: A Letter Home - Tobias Thorne
Highly Commended: BLOOMIN’ (alex’s monologue) - Nii Adjei
NATIONAL
Best Film: Amissa Anima - Katrina Mathers & Bernie Clifford
Best Director: Tatiana Doroshenko - Amissa Anima
Best Cinematography: Petra Leslie – Acts for the Invisible
Best Editing: Raymond J Evans - Mars
Best Production Design: Barry Jarrott - Hermit
Best Script/Screenplay: Ismail Khan - Sunnies
Best Sound Design: Nest
Best Comedy: Hatchback
Best SFX/VFX: Shudder
Best Actor: Mitchell Brotz - Animal Work
Best Actress: Claudia Hruschka - Jungle
Emerging Talent Award: The Party Job - Raechelle Banno
Highly Commended: Laughter Club - Adam Ciancio
Highly Commended: Inspire Me - Sophie Saville
Highly Commended: Sunset Country - Petra Leslie
INTERNATIONAL
Best Film: Safe As Houses
Best Director: Kohei Hirota - Falling in Love with A#
Best Cinematography: Hunros Jorna
Best Editing: Jean-Baptiste Guignot - Freefall
Best Production Design: Carlos Flores - Distance of Time
Best Script/Screenplay: Fabien Ara - Fairyocious
Best Sound Design: Mohammad K Alavi - Silence Again
Best Art Direction: Fishwife
Best Actress: Lauren Corah - Jackson
Best Score: Martin Gerigk - Once I Passed
Best SFX: INCUBUS
Innovation & Creativity Award: Once I Passed - Martin Gerigk
Human Rights Award: Water, Wind, Dust & Bread - Mahdi Zamanpoor Kiasari
Highly Commended: The Savior - Soheila Pourmohammadi
Highly Commended: Mamma - Aslak Danbolt
Highly Commended: The Finding - Rebecca Tansley
Highly Commended: Split Ends - Alireza Kazemipour
Highly Commended: Silence Again - Mohammad K Alavi
CSFF 2022 - BEST OF THE FEST
Acts for the Invisible - Kate Vinen
SCHOOLS/UNDER 18s
Best Film: The Rock Pool Waltz - Marlon Denning
Highly Commended: Faithful Street - Liz Baroulina
Highly Commended: The Multigrain Murders - Patrick Sullivan
Highly Commended: Pandemonium - Himalaya Joshi
Highly Commended: The Call - Indianna Thompson
FIRST NATIONS STORIES
Best Film: Mikayla - Nevanka McKeon
Highly Commended: Mourning Country - Andrew Kaineder
Highly Commended: Háldi - Ann Holmgren
Highly Commended: Mungo - Leonie Kelly
Highly Commended: The Yapas - Nevanka McKeon
DOCUMENTARY
Best National: Acts For The Invisible - Kate Vinen
Best International: Just Like You - Sebastien Rabas
Best U18s: The Rock Pool Waltz - Marlon Denning
Highly Commended: Scars - Alex Anna
Highly Commended: Inspire Me - Sophie Saville
Highly Commended: Pandemonium - Himalaya Joshi
MUSIC VIDEO
Best Film: Ain’t Many Like Lennie (CJ Shaw) - Eleanor Evans & Giovanni Aguilar
Best National: Make a Baby (The Maes) - Emily Dynes
Best International: David Lindmer // Omen - DRUST
Highly Commended: Hippo - Reuben Smith
Highly Commended: Alaska – Holly George
Highly Commended: Mess of Iguanas - Entangled
Highly Commended: Metal Bruises – Effie Li
2-MINUTE FILM
Best CBR: How to do Laundry - Samual Maynard
Best National: Kudzu - Felix Lovell
Best International: Leo - Moein Rooholamini
Highly Commended: Lucky Dumplings - Jaromír Plachý
Highly Commended: Defy the Odds - Corry Wiens
Highly Commended: Strictly Bathroom - Yin Fu
Highly Commended: Methane: An Underdog Villain of Global Warming - Himalaya Joshi
ANIMATION
Best Film: Saturation - Lucija Bužančić
Best CBR: Ain’t Many Like Lennie (CJ Shaw) - Eleanor Evans & Giovanni Aguilar
Best National: Anxiety - Jeremy Le & Maximilian Cao
Highly Commended: Our Photo Memento - Samaneh Lashgari
Highly Commended: Memento Mori - Paul O'Flanagan
Highly Commended: Pebble - Anastasia James
Highly Commended: Blow Out - Lucas Fraga Pacheco
Highly Commended: The Statue (Peykareh) - Mohsen Salehi Fard
EXPERIMENTAL
Best Film: the cost - Nicci Haynes
Best National: 101 Days of Lockdown - Jelena Sinik & Nicolette Axiak
Best International: Once I Passed - Martin Gerigk
Highly Commended: The One Who Went South - Steiní Kristinsson
Highly Commended: Earthquake without richter - Farid Nikkhah
Highly Commended: Demi-Gods - Martin Gerigk