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Title:
Festival:
Year:
- 2022
- 6 Festivals
  Won - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Top Five - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Delikado
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Donkey
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - AFTRS Craft Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Everybody's Oma
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five - 3rd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Evicted! A Modern Romance
  Won - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Top Five - 1st
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Keep Stepping
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five - 1st
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Moths Will Eat Them Up, The
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Dendy Rouben Mamoulian Award - Louisa Martiri and Tanya Modini
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Sissy
  Won - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Top Five - 4th
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2021
- Aboriginal Warrior
  Won - Best Indigenous Short Film
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Araatika: Rise Up!
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 5th
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ayaan
  Won - Best Short Film
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - Best Lead Actor - Babetida Sadjo
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - Best Director - Alies Sluiter
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Baltasar
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Blind Ambition
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 1st
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Burning
  Won - Sustainable Future Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson, The
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Earl's Town
  Won - Short Film Awards - Screen Queensland Short Film Award
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Freedom Swimmer
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Friends and Strangers
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 4th
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Here Out West
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 3rd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- I'm Wanita
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ithaka: A Fight to Free Julian Assange
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 5th
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Nitram
  Won - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Peeps
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Reptile
  Won - Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- River
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Strong Female Lead
  Won - 2021 Sydney UNESCO City of Film Award - Karina Holden
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Television Event
  Highly Recommended - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- tough
  Won - Dendy Rouben Mamoulian Award - Taylor Ferguson
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- When the Camera Stopped Rolling
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 3rd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Wyrmwood: Apocalypse
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2020
- Descent
  Won - Documentary Australia Film Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Doug the Human
  Won - Best Indigenous Short Film
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Egg, The
  Won - Short Film Awards - Best Australian Short Film
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Featherweight
  Won - Best WA Female Short Filmmakers award
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Firestarter - The Story of Bangarra
  Won - Feature Documentary Award
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Change Award
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- GNT
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- I Want to Make a Film About Women
  Won - Short Film Awards - Creative Achievement
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Director - Karen Pearlman
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Idol
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Moogai, The
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Mukbang
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Quiet, The
  Won - CineWest Best West Australian Short Film
  CinefestOZ Australia
- 2019
- All These Creatures
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Australian Dream, The
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Feature Documentaries - Audience Award - #1
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Buoyancy
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Narrative Feature Films - Audience Award - #5
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Egg, The
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Final Quarter, The
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- GO!
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- H is for Happiness
  Won - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Narrative Feature Films - Audience Award - #2
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Hearts and Bones
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Narrative Feature Films - Audience Award - #10
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 2nd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- In My Blood It Runs
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Feature Documentaries - Audience Award - #8
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Judy & Punch
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Kairos
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Narrative Feature Films - Audience Award - #6
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Lost Rambos
  Won - RMIT University Award for Best Documentary Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Martha: A Picture Story
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Feature Documentaries - Audience Award - #6
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 1st
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Measure for Measure
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- No Time For Quiet
  Won - MIFF 2019 Top 10 Feature Documentaries - Audience Award - #4
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Sanctuary
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 4th
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Sequin in a Blue Room
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 1st
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- She Who Must Be Loved
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top 5 - 3rd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Sohrab and Rustum
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Suburban Wildlife
  Won - Audience Award for Best Feature Top 5 - 3rd
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ties That Bind
  Won - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2018
- 1%
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Act of Love, An
  Special mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award - Lucy Knox
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- All These Creatures
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Art of The Game, The
  Won - Audience Award - Best Short Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Backtrack Boys
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ghosthunter
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Hotel Mumbai
  Won - Audience Award - Best Feature Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- 'I Used to be Normal': A Boyband Fangirl Story
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Island of the Hungry Ghosts
  Won - Flinders University Feature Documentary Award
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Jill Bilcock: Dancing The Invisible
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Jirga
  Won - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Judas Collar
  Special Mention - Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director - Alison James
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ladies in Black
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Lost & Found
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Merger, The
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Nursery Rhymes
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director - Tom Noakes
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Oyster
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- She Who Must Be Loved
  Won - Audience Award - Best Documentary
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Sweet Country
  Won - The Sydney-UNESCO City of Film Award - Warwick Thornton
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Tangles and Knots
  Special mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award - Renée Marie Petropoulos
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Teach A Man To Fish
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary Top Five
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Yulubidyi - Until The End
  Special mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award - Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2017
- Adele
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- After All
  Won - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Ali's Wedding
  Won - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
  
  Won - The Age Critics Award
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Australia Day
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Jill Bilcock: Dancing The Invisible
  Won - Audience Award - Best Documentary
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Jungle
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- Let's See How Fast This Baby Will Go
  Won - Swinburne Award and Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Lost Property Office
  Won - Special Jury Mention
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Mrs McCutcheon
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Oddlands
  Won - Audience Award - Best Short Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Pink House, The
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Roller Dreams
  Won - Foxtel Movie Audience Award for Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Sweet Country
  Won - Audience Award - Best Feature Fiction
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Three Summers
  Nominated - CinefestOZ Film Prize
  CinefestOZ Australia
- 2016
- Crossing, The
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- In the Shadow of the Hill
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Mrs. Metro
  Won - City of Melbourne Grand Prix for Best Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Slapper
  Won - Swinburne Award for Emerging Australian Filmmake
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Trespass
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Zach's Ceremony
  Won - Best Documentary (Audience Award)
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Foxtel Movie Audience Award for Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2015
- Bluey
  Won - Event Cinema Australian Short Screenplay Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Grace Under Water
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Monaco
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Nowhere Line: Voices From Manus Island
  Won - Best Documentary Short
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Only the Dead
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
  Won - Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Red Rover
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Single Body, A
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- When the Dogs Talked
  Won - Best Fiction Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Wide Open Sky
  Won - Audience Award for Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2014
- 35 Letters
  Won - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- I Want To Dance Better At Parties
  Won - Dendy Live Action Short Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Love Marriage in Kabul
  Won - Foxtel Movies Audience Award for Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Pocket Money
  Won - Special Mention - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Tender
  Won - Special Mention - Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Welcome to Iron Knob
  Won - Event Cinemas Australian Short Screenplay Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2013
- Blush Of Fruit
  Won - Flinders University Documentary Award
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Buckskin
  Won - Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Butterflies
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Charlie's Country
  Won - Most Popular Feature
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Crossing, The
  Won - Audience Award - Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Gallant Captain, The
  Won - Most Popular Short
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Once My Mother
  Won - Most Popular Documentary
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Perception
  Won - Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Record
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Rocket, The
  Won - People’s Choice Award: Feature Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Tau Seru
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- These Final Hours
  Won - The Age Critics Award
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- You Like It, I Love It
  Won - Swinburne Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- 2012
- Dumpy Goes To The Big Smoke
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Kin
  Won - Swinburne Award for Emerging Australian FilmmakerShort Fiction
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Maker, The
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Spine
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short FilmOutside the Law Shorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Yardbird
  Won - Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2011
- 33 Postcards
  Won - CRC Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- At The Formal
  Won - Best Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Common Purpose, A
  Won - Audience Award - Best Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Curse of the Gothic Symphony, The
  Won - Showtime Top Ten Awards
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Eye Of The Storm, The
  Won - Best Australian Feature
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Here I Am
  Nominated - Ten Evening News International Award for Best Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Life In Movement: The Tanja Liedtke Story
  Won - Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Nullarbor
  Won - Best Animation
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Palace, The
  Won - Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
  Nominated - Ten Evening News International Award for Best Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Snowtown
  Won - Audience Award
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Tall Man, The
  Won - Showtime Top Ten Awards
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- 2010
- Bad Language
  Won - 2010 CRC AwardDendy Shorts - live action
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Caught Inside
  Won - Audience Award: Best Fiction Feature
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Deeper Than Yesterday
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian AwardDendy Shorts - live action
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Franswa Sharl
  Won - Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Futility
  Won - Audience Favourite
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Kiss, The
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker AwardShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Dendy Award - Best live action shortDendy Shorts - live action
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Lost Thing, The
  Won - Grand Prix for Best Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Yoram Gross Animation AwardDendy Shorts - animation
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Mystery of Flying Kicks, The
  Won - Best Documentary Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Snowman, The
  Won - Foxtel Australian Documentary PrizeFeature
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2009
- Balibo
  Won - InterfaithAward for Promoting Humanitarian Values
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - FIPRESCI
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Behind Blue Eyes
  Won - Audience Choice AwardQueensland Short Film Competition
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Cat Piano, The
  Won - Audience Award - Best Short Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Animation Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Contact
  Won - Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize (joint award with A Good Man)Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Good Man, A
  Won - Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize (joint award with Contact)Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Mother Fish
  Won - CRC Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Necessary Games
  Won - Best Experimental Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Salt
  Won - Best Australia Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Samson & Delilah
  Won - Audience Award - Best Feature
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Two Men
  Won - Emerging Australian FilmmakerShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Yes Madam, Sir
  Won - Audience Award -Best Documentary
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- 2008
- 296 Smith Street
  Won - Performance AwardShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Australian Short FilmShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Short ScreenplayShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Ground Beneath, The
  Won - Best Australian Achievement in CinematographyShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Heart
  Won - Best DocumentaryShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Hell's Gates
  Won - Best Student ProductionShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker AwardShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- I Love Sarah Jane
  Won - Cinema Nova Creative Excellence Award in an Australian Short Film (joint award with Mutt)Shorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Jerrycan
  Won - Best Achievement in EditingShorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Mutt
  Won - Cinema Nova Creative Excellence Award in a Short Film (joint award with I Love Sarah Jane)Shorts
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Yoram Gross Best Short Animation
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Nine Miles Beautiful
  Won - Audience Favourite Award Queensland Short Film Competition
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Seize The Day
  Won - Critics Choice Award Queensland Short Film Competition
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Summer Breaks
  Won - Rouben Mamoulian Award - Best Short Film
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2007
- Bat and the Butterfly, The
  Won - Highly Commended Animation Award
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Boxing Day
  Nominated - Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
  
  Nominated - FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Butcher's Wife, The
  Won - Award for Best Student Production
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Checkpoint
  Won - CRC Award
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Clubland
  Nominated - FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Crossbow
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Radio Award for Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Dance Like Your Old Man
  Won - Nova Cinemas Award for Creative Excellence in Australian Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Documentary Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Home Song Stories, The
  Nominated - Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Lucky Miles
  Nominated - FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Feature (State Theatre)World Movies Channel Audience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Nana
  Won - Melbourne Airport Award for Emerging Australian Filmmaker
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Searching 4 Sandeep
  Won - Documentary (Satellite Venues)World Movies Channel Audience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Spider
  Won - Short film (Satellite Venues)World Movies Channel Audience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2006
- Balanda and the Bark Canoes, The
  Won - Most Popular DocumentaryDocumentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- End of Town
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker - Julius Avery45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Look Sharp
  Won - Best Student Production45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- My Brother Vinnie
  Won - Best Documentary Short Film45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Sexy Thing
  Won - Award for Creative Excellence in Australian Film45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Small Boxes
  Won - Best Australian Short Film45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Veiled Ambition
  Won - Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights45th MIFF Short Film Awards
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- 2005
- Appeal
  Won - Creative Excellence in Australian Film Award44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Blacktown
  Won - Best FeatureIndie Screen
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Blue Tongue
  Won - Best Australian Short FIlm44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
  
  Won - Best Student Production44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Dole-umentary, A
  Won - Best FilmFast Film Competition
  Brisbane International Film Festival Australia
- Endangered
  Won - Highly Commended Emerging Australian Filmmaker - Tracey Rigney44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Fish
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award - Eron Sheean44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- In My Day
  Won - Best Animated Short44th MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Look Both Ways
  Won - Most Popular Audience Award Feature
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- 2004
- Mona Lisa
  Won - Best Student Production43rd MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Mr Patterns
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award43rd MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- My Sister
  Won - Best Australian Short Film43rd MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- We Have Decided Not To Die
  Won - Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film Award43rd MIFF International Short Film Competition
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- 2003
- Clutch
  Won - Second Place, Short Films at the State TheatreAudience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Excursion
  Won - Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Harvie Krumpet
  Won - Best Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Molly and Mobarak
  Won - Third Place, Documentaries at the StateAudience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Old Man Who Read Love Stories, The
  Won - Audience Award - Rolf de Heer
  Adelaide Film Festival Australia
- Projectionist, The
  Won - Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Undead
  Won - FIPRESCI Award for Emerging Filmmakers from South-East Asian Region
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Wildness
  Won - First Place, Documentaries at the StateAudience Awards
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- 2002
- Angus
  Won - Creative Excellence AwardAustralian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Black Chicks Talking
  Won - Second PlaceTop Ten Documentaries at Dendy Opera Quays
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- In the Realm of the Hackers
  Won - Top Ten Most Popular Documentaries by the Audience
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Making Venus
  Won - Special Mention - FIPRESCI Jury
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Roundabout
  Won - Film Victoria Erwin Rado AwardBest Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Wedding in Ramallah, A
  Won - FIPRESCI Award - Special MentionAustralian Feature
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- 2001
- Beach Story
  Won - Award for Australian Short Film Promoting Human Values - Kathy Drayton
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Broken
  Won - Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Video Production - Victoria Batchelor
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Facing the Music
  Won - State Theatre Audience Vote - Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Mr Wasinski's Song
  Won - Award for Best Australian Short Film - Aidan Fennessy
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- My Mother India
  Won - Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Video Production - Safina Uberoi
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Vitalogy
  Won - Best Australian Short Comedy - Greg Williams
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- 2000
- Diplomat, The
  Won - Highest Audience Rating for a Documentary
  The Sydney Film Festival Australia
- Etiquette of Letter-writing, The
  Won - The Kino Cinemas Award for Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Gate
  Won - The Beyond Award for Best Australian Short Comedy
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Intransit
  Won - The International Catholic Film Organisation Award for Outstanding Australian Short Film Promoting Human Values
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Joy
  Won - The Melbourne International Film Festival Award for Best Student Production
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Lost
  Won - The Cinemedia Erwin Rado Award for Best Australia Short Film
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia
- Mad Century, The
  Won - Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Video Production
  Melbourne International Film Festival Australia

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