SPAA NEWS
Monday November 2, 2009
Congratulations to the SPAA Members nominated in the 2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards and the Kodak IF Awards.
The nominees for the 2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards were announced on Wednesday 28 October 2009, at the Chauvel Cinema, Sydney. Each year hundreds of productions enter the AFI Awards and enter a rigorous judging process that inlcudes AFI member voting and industry professionals jury meetings.
Over 350 guests including entrants, media, sponsors and partners plus a diverse range of industry attended.
SPAA would like to congratulate the following members nominated:
Beth Frey, Once Bitten - Best Documentary Series
Jessica Redenbach, Liebermans In The Sky - Best Short Fiction Film
Leah Churchill-Brown & Bryan Brown, Beautiful Kate - Members' Choice Award and Best Film
Melanie Coombs, Mary & Max - Members' Choice and Best Film
Michael McMahon & Tony Ayres, Saved - Members' Choice Award
Philippa Campey, Bastardy - Best Feature Length Documentary
Chris Hilton, The Choir - Best Feature Length Documentary
Lizette Atkins, Lionel - Best Feature Length Documentary
Jennifer Peedom, Solo - Best Documentary Under One Hour
Jonathan M. Shiff, The Elephant Princess - Best Children's Television Drama
Sue Taylor, Time Trackers - Best Children's Television Drama and 3 Acts of Murder - Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
Noel Price, Classic Tales - Best Children's Television Animation
Avrill Stark, Zeke's Pad - Best Children's Television Animation
Rob Carlton, Chandon Pictures - Best Television Comedy Series
Peter Bain-Hogg & Joe Connor, RocKwiz - Best Light Entertainment Television Series
Andrew Walker & Roger Simpson. Satisfaction: Season 2 - Best Television Drama Series
Greg Haddrick, Des Monaghan & Bob Campbell, Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities - Best Television Drama Series
Click here to see the full list of nominees.
The nominees for the Kodak IF Awards 2009 were announced on 12th October at Sydney's Pavilion restaurant.
Samson & Delilah led the pack with nominations in eight categories, closely followed by Balibo with nominations in seven categories and Mary & Max with nominations in four categories. It was also a great year for the indigenous film community with audiences embracing both indigenous culture and stars.
SPAA would like to congratulate the following members nominated:
Mary & Max, Melanie Coombs - The Jameson IF Award for Best Script, The Dinosaur Design IF Award for Best Music, The National Film & Sound Archive IF Award for Best Direction and The Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design.
Beautiful Kate, Leah Churchill-Brown - The National Film & Sound Archive IF Award for Best Directio, The AVID IF Award for Best Editing and The Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography.
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, Essential Media & Entertainment - The FACB IF Award for Best Documentary.
Click here to see the full list of nominees.
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