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Acts for the Invisible - dir. by Kate Vinen
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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

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