The IF Awards, formerly known as the Inside Film Awards, Lexus Inside Film Awards, Kodak IF Awards, and Jameson IF Awards, was an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the

Australian film industry The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recogni ...

. Its name derives from its origins at '' Inside Film'' magazine, and changed over the years under different sponsorship. The event was held in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

in November each year, apart from between 2006 and 2008, when for three years it was held on the Gold Coast in

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

. The last awards event was held in 2011.

History

The Inside Film Awards were created by the founders of ''Inside Film'' magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, The awards were determined by a national audience poll, which differentiated it from the Australian

AACTA Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the cinema of Australia, film and ...

, which are judged by industry professionals. The IF Awards were first held in 1999, and until 2006 were also known as the Lexus Inside Film Awards, in recognition of its principal sponsor

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. The event was held in

in November each year, and was broadcast on

SBS Television The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels ( SBS, SBS Viceland, SBS World Movies, SBS ...

and

Showtime Movie Channels Showtime Movie Channels was a group of Australian pay-TV movie channels, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms. The service consisted of five original channels (showtime premiere, showcase, showtime action, showtime comedy, showt ...

. Guests over this period included

Nicole Kidman Nicole Mary Kidman (born 20 June 1967) is an Australian and American actress and producer. Known for Nicole Kidman on screen and stage, her work in film and television productions across many genres, she has consistently ranked among the world ...

Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. List of awards and nominations received by Laur ...

Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian film director, producer, writer, and actor whose various projects extend from film and television into opera, theatre, music, and the recording industries. He is regarded by ...

Toni Collette Toni Collette (born Collett; 1 November 1972) is an Australian actress, singer, and songwriter. Known for her work in television, blockbusters and independent films, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, wit ...

Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. Known for often playing eccentric roles on both stage and screen, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Geoffrey Rush, numerous accolades, including an Academy Aw ...

Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney, New South Wales, North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymb ...

, and

Bryan Brown Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include '' Breaker Morant'' (1980), ...

. In 2007, the Rising Talent and Indy Spirit Awards were open to public entries. Event partners changed over the years. In 2006, the event moved from Sydney to the

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, after a contract was signed with the

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. At that time, Angie Fielder was the general manager of Inside Film Awards. In 2008, the promotional trailer for the event was directed by Bonnie Elliott. In that year, the event was hosted by

Julia Zemiro Julia Zemiro () (born 14 April 1967) is a French-born Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show ''RocKwiz''. Zemiro is a fluent E ...

at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, with

Yumi Stynes Yumi Tasma Stynes (born 2 June 1975) is an Australian feminist podcaster and author. She is the presenter of the ABC Radio podcast ''Ladies, We Need to Talk'' about female health and sexuality, and thSBS AudiopodcastSEEN where she talks with tra ...

welcoming the stars.

Kate Miller-Heidke Kate Melina Miller-Heidke ( ; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in t ...

performed an acoustic version of her hit song " Can't Shake It" at the event, which was broadcast live on SBS TV. In 2009, Kodak acquired naming rights for the awards, maintaining the partnership until 2010. Returning to Sydney, the event was variously known as the Kodak Inside Film Awards Sydney, Kodak IF Awards Sydney, or just Kodak IF Awards. Other partners in 2010 included GHD,

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, M.A.C. Cosmetics,

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, SBS Television, and

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, among others. In 2011

acquired

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, with the event held at

Luna Park Luna Park is a name shared by dozens of currently operating and defunct amusement parks. They are named after, and partly based on, the first Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903), Luna Park, which opened in 1903 during the heyday of large Coney Islan ...

Eddie Perfect Edmund Perfect (born 17 December 1977) is an Australian musician, comedian, writer and actor. Widely known for his role as Mick Holland in Channel Ten's TV series ''Offspring'' in which he performs his own music, he has recorded solo albums an ...

hosted the event, with presenters including

Callan McAuliffe Callan Ryan Claude McAuliffe (born ) is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles as Bryce Loski in '' Flipped'' and Sam Goode in ''I Am Number Four''. He appeared as young Jay Gatsby in the 2013 film ''The Great Gatsby''. From 2017 to 20 ...

Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including several AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards. He bega ...

David Wenham David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ' ...

Sophie Lowe Sophie Lowe (born 5 June 1990) is an Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for appearing in films such as '' Beautiful Kate'', '' Autumn Blood'', '' After the Dark'', '' Adore'', '' Road Kill'', '' Above Suspicion, Medieval'' a ...

Dan Wyllie Daniel Wyllie (born 1970) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. Wyllie began acting in theatre. Early life Wyllie grew up on Sydney's North Shore. He attended North Sydney Demonstration School and North Sydney Boys High School wh ...

, and

Xavier Samuel Xavier Samuel (born 10 December 1983) is an Australian film and theatre actor. He has appeared in leading roles in the feature films '' Adore'', ''September'', ''Further We Search'', ''Newcastle'', '' The Loved Ones'', ''Frankenstein'', '' A Fe ...

. Individual awards were named after various sponsors, such as Showtime IF Award for Best Feature Film; Destination NSW IF Award for Best Actor; Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Actress; Fox Studios Australia IF Award for Best Direction; AVID IF Award for Best Editing;

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IF Award for Best Production Design;

ARRI Arri Group () (stylized as "ARRI") is a German manufacturer of motion picture film equipment. Based in Munich, the company was founded in 1917. It produces professional motion picture cameras, lenses, lighting and post-production equipment. It ...

IF Award for Best Cinematography;

South Australian Film Corporation South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed ...

IF Award for Best Sound; and many others. The IF Awards for Best Music, Best Script, Best Film Festival, and Best Short Animation were not named. The lifetime achievement award was called the Jameson Living Legend IF Award. In April 2012, it was announced that the IF Awards would be put "on hold", owing to changing economic circumstances, and competition with the

, which had moved to Sydney in 2011. Living Legend award recipient, film critic

Margaret Pomeranz Margaret Pomeranz (born Margeret Anne Jones-Owen, 15 July 1944) is an Australian film critic, writer, producer, and television personality. Early life Pomeranz was born Margeret Anne Jones-Owen on 15 July 1944 in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney ...

, said about the loss of the awards: "It's a tragedy. They were wonderfully different, focussing not only on our film successes but on emerging talent like

Andrew Dominik Andrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the crime film '' Chopper'' (2000), the Western drama film '' The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' (2007), the neo-n ...

Kath Shelper Kath Shelper is an Australian film producer, known for '' Samson and Delilah''. Her production company is called Scarlett Pictures. Career Shelper's production credits include a number of short films and telemovies, including ''Confessions o ...

Ryan Corr Ryan Corr is an Australian actor. He is known for his roles in the Australian drama series ''Packed to the Rafters'', '' Love Child'' and '' Underbelly'', along with film roles in '' Wolf Creek 2'' (2013), '' The Water Diviner'' (2014), '' Holdi ...

, and

Anthony Maras Anthony Maras is an Australian filmmaker. He directed the 2018 film ''Hotel Mumbai'' and the short films ''Azadi (2005 film), Azadi'', ''Spike Up'' and ''The Palace (2011 film), The Palace''. Career Maras' first short film, ''Azadi (2005 f ...

. They were irreverent when necessary but also a lovely reflection of Australian audiences' engagement with our films. And it was always the best party in town!".

Nominations and winners

2007 nominees

IF Award for Best Feature Film *'' The Home Song Stories'' – directed by

Tony Ayres Tony Ayres (born 16 July 1961) is an Australian showrunner, screenwriter, director in television and feature film. He is most notable for his films '' Walking on Water'' and '' The Home Song Stories'', as well his work in television, including ...

and produced by Michael McMahon &

Liz Watts Liz Watts is an Australian film producer best known for '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010). In 1997, with Vincent Sheehan and Anita Sheehan, and she formed Porchlight Films. around 2008. The company ceased operations on 20 June 2020. In 2021 she struc ...

*'' The Jammed'' – directed by

Dee McLachlan Dee McLachlan (born Duncan McLachlan; January 1953) is a film director, producer and writer from St Kilda, Victoria. Under her assigned name, McLachlan directed such films as ''Scavengers (film), Scavengers'', ''The Double 0 Kid'', ''Running Wi ...

and produced by Sally Ayre-Smith, Andrea Buck &

*'' Lucky Miles'' – directed by

Michael James Rowland Michael James Rowland (born 15 January 1964) is an Australians, Australian film director. Early years Prior to his screen career, Rowland studied graphic design at the North Adelaide School of Art in South Australia and started his early worki ...

and produced by

Jo Dyer Jo Dyer (born 1969) is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022. She is known for the films '' Lucky Miles'' (2007) and '' Girl Asleep'' (2015). In 2021 she was involved in a legal case ...

& Lesley Dyer

Animal Logic Animal Logic (also known as Animal Logic VFX) is an Australian visual effects and computer animation digital studio based at Disney Studios in Sydney, New South Wales in Australia, Vancouver in Canada, and Rideback Ranch in Los Angeles, Califo ...

IF Award for Best Director *

– '' The Home Song Stories'' *

Matthew Saville Matthew Saville (born 1966) is an Australian television and film director, known for ''Noise'' (2007) and '' A Month of Sundays'' (2015). Early life and education Saville was born around 1966, the youngest of six children, and grew up in Ade ...

– ''

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'' *

Kriv Stenders Kriv Stenders is an Australian writer, film producer, and director, best known for his 2011 film '' Red Dog'' (2011) and the 2014 thriller film '' Kill Me Three Times''. His new film '' The Correspondent'', based on a memoir by Australian journ ...

– ''

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'' Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor *

Brendan Cowell Brendan Cowell is an Australian actor and writer. He is known for his lead role in 2024 television series ''Plum'' that he created, based on his 2021 novel of the same name. Early life and education Brendan Cowell was born in Sydney and grew u ...

– ''

'' * Richard Green – ''

'' * Joel Lok – '' The Home Song Stories''

InStyle ''InStyle'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine founded in 1994. It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith, and started originally as a brand extension of ''People (magazine), People'' before carving out its own ide ...

IF Award for Best Actress *

Brenda Blethyn Brenda Blethyn ( Bottle; born 20 February 1946) is an English actress. Known for her character work and versatility, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, as well as n ...

– '' Clubland'' *

Joan Chen Joan Chen (simplified Chinese; 陈冲; born April 26, 1961) is an American actress and film director. She made her film debut in the Chinese film ''Youth'' (1977) before starring in the film (1979). She came to the attention of American audien ...

– '' The Home Song Stories'' * Veronica Sywak – '' The Jammed''

Kodak The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated i ...

IF Award for Best Cinematography *'' The Home Song Stories'' – Nigel Bluck *'' The Jammed'' – Peter Falk *'' Lucky Miles'' – Geoff Burton, ASC IF Award for Best Music *'' The Home Song Stories'' – Antony Partos *'' The Jammed'' – Grant Innes McLachlan *

– Bryony Marks

Australian Film Commission The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a product ...

IF Award for Best Script *'' The Jammed'' – Dee McLachlan *'' The Home Song Stories'' –

*'' Lucky Miles'' –

& Helen Barnes Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film *''Crocodile Dreaming'' – directed by Darlene Johnson & produced by Sue Milliken *''Nana'' – directed by Warwick Thornton & produced by Kath Shelper *''Soul Mates'' – directed by Naomi Rossdeutscher & produced by Rachel Clements and Paul Howard Lab Sydney IF Award for Best Short Animation * ''The Goat That Ate Time'' – directed & produced by Lucinda Schreiber *''Richard'' – directed & produced by Mick Elliott *''Sweet & Sour'' – directed by Eddie White & produced by Sam White and

The People's Republic of Animation The People's Republic of Animation (PRA) is an animation studio based in Adelaide, Australia. It began as a creator of music videos for Australian bands in 2003, and has since created award-winning short films and TV commercials, and developed f ...

SBS IF Award for Best Short Documentary *''Flour, Sugar, Tea'' – directed by Lee Willis & produced by Gina Twyble *''My Brother Vinnie'' – directed by Steven McGregor & produced by Sarah Bond *''Nigger Lovers'' – directed by Rhonda Hagan & produced by Daryl Sparkes & Stephen Hagan IF Award for Best Documentary *'' Bomb Harvest'' – directed by

Kim Mordaunt Kim Mordaunt is a well known Australian director, cinematographer and actor who comes from a documentary background. He graduated from UTS (University of Technology, Sydney) and got a diploma in acting from LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dra ...

& produced by Sylvia Wilczynski *''4'' – directed by Tim Slade & produced by Joanna Buggy *''Unlikely Travellers'' – directed by Michael Noonan & produced by Michael Noonan and John Hart 3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video *''

God Told Me To ''God Told Me To'' (released in some theatrical markets as ''Demon'') is a 1976 science fiction horror film written, directed, and produced by Larry Cohen. Like many of Cohen's films, it was shot on location in New York City and incorporates as ...

'' – directed by Natasha Pincus. Artist: Paul Kelly *'' Hearts a Mess'' – directed by Brendan Cook. Artist:

Gotye Wouter André De Backer (; born 21 May 1980), known professionally as Gotye ( , , ), is a Belgian-born Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known for his 2011 single "Somebody That I Used to Know" (featuring Kimbr ...

*''

I Thought About You "I Thought About You" is a 1939 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Background It was one of three collaborations Van Heusen and Mercer wrote for the Mercer-Morris publishing company started by Mercer and form ...

'' – directed by Kiku Ohe. Artist:

The Beautiful Girls The Beautiful Girls are an Australian Traditional music, roots music group founded in Sydney in 2001 by Mat McHugh, Clay MacDonald, and Mitchell Connelly. They have released three extended plays, ''Morning Sun (EP), Morning Sun'' (2002), ''Goo ...

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design *'' Clubland'' – Nell Hanson *'' The Home Song Stories'' – Melinda Doring *'' Lucky Miles'' – Pete Baxter Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing *'' The Jammed'' – Anne Carter & Dee McLachlan *'' Lucky Miles'' – Henry Dangar, ASE *''

'' – Geoff Hitchins Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound *'' Clubland'' – Liam Egan, Ian McLoughlin, Andrew Neil & Steven Jackson Vaughan *'' The Home Song Stories'' – Craig Carter, John Wilkinson, James Harvey & Andrew Neil *''

'' – Emma Bortignon, Doron Kipen & Philippe Decrausaz Independent Spirit IF Award *''Cross Life'' –

Claire McCarthy Claire McCarthy is an Australian screenwriter, director, producer, and visual artist. Early life McCarthy was born in Sydney, the daughter of Christine, an author and concert pianist, and John McCarthy KC. She attended Meriden School in ...

*''Searching 4 Sandeep'' – Poppy Stockell *''Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story'' – Julian Shaw Atlab IF Award for Rising Talent *Philippa Campey * Bonnie Elliott *

Ben Hackworth Ben Hackworth (born 12 July 1977) is an Australian writer and film director. He is best known for his work on the films ''Martin Four'', ''Corroboree'' and ''Celeste (2018 film), Celeste''. Biography Ben was born in Brisbane, Queensland. His fa ...

*Erin White ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay *''The Adventures of Abigail Storm'' – Luke Preston *''The Farm'' – Peter Dai Evans *''Intersection'' – Robin de Crespigny

2008 nominees and winners

(Winners in each category are listed first, with nominees in alphabetical order following): Showtime IF Award for Best Feature Film *'' MEN'S GROUP'' – Michael Joy & John L. Simpson * '' The Black Balloon'' -

Elissa Down Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker, who in 1999 and 2000, was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards. Her major works are a number of award-winning short films, ''Summer Angst'', ''The Cherry Orchard'', ''Her Ou ...

& Tristram Miall *'' Son of a Lion'' – Benjamin Gilmour & Carolyn Johnson

IF Award for Best Director * PETER DUNCAN – ''

Unfinished Sky ''Unfinished Sky'' is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. William McInnes stars as John Woldring, an Australian farmer living in self-imposed exile after his wife's death, who rescues and protects Tahmeena, played by Monic ...

'' *

– '' The Black Balloon'' * Andrew Traucki & David Nerlich – '' Black Water'' Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor *

GRANT DODWELL Grant Radnor Dodwell is an Australian actor, producer, writer, director, voice artist, and drama teacher. He is best known for his roles in television soap operas including as an original cast member in ''A Country Practice'', '' Willing and Ab ...

– '' Men's Group'' *

Rhys Wakefield Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor and director, known for his roles in Australian TV series ''Home and Away'', the feature film ''The Black Balloon'' (2008) and in season 3 of HBO's ''True Detective'' in 2019. Wakefield's debut feature f ...

– '' The Black Balloon'' *

William McInnes Darryl William McInnes (born 10 September 1963) is an Australian film and television actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Senior Constable Nick Schultz in ''Blue Heelers'', as Max Connors in '' SeaChange'', and more recently as ...

– ''

'' IF Award for Best Actress *

MONIC HENDRICKX Monic Hendrickx (born 3 December 1966 in Sint Anthonis) is a Dutch actress. She has won several awards during her career including four Golden Calf awards for Best Actress at the Nederlands Film Festival, the Jury Award at the 2001 Newport Be ...

– ''

'' *

Gemma Ward Gemma Louise Ward (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Ward was first scouted at the age of 14, and made her Australian Fashion Week debut aged 15. She later became one of the youngest mo ...

– '' The Black Balloon'' *

Maeve Dermody Maeve Dermody ( ; born 2 November 1988) is a UK-based Australian actress. After a film appearance at 5 years old, her adult acting career has included work in Australian and British television, theatre, short films and movies. Early life She ...

– '' Black Water''

IF Award for Best Script *'' MEN'S GROUP'' – Michael Joy & John L. Simpson *'' The Black Balloon'' –

& Jimmy The Exploder *''

'' – Peter Duncan Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography * JULES O’LOUGHLIN ACS – ''

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'' *Denson Baker ACS – '' The Black Balloon'' *Robert Humphreys ACS – ''

'' Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music * AMANDA BROWN – '' Son of a Lion'' *

Michael Yezerski Michael Yezerski is an Australian composer known for his scores for feature films such as '' The Waiting City'', '' The Black Balloon'' (for which he won an APRA Award and a Screen Music Award), ''Newcastle'', and ''Thursday's Fictions'', as wel ...

– '' The Black Balloon'' *Haydn Walker – '' Men's Group'' Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing * SURESH AYYAR – ''

'' * Veronika Jenet ASE – '' The Black Balloon'' * Rodrigo Balart – '' Black Water'' Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design *LAURIE FAEN – ''

'' *Nicholas McCallum – '' The Black Balloon'' *Sam Hobbs – September Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound *SAM PETTY, ROB MACKENZIE, YULIA AKERHOLT, PETER GRACE & MICHAEL MCMENOMY – '' The Square'' *Paul Pirola & Ben Osmo – '' The Black Balloon'' *Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin, Will Ward & John Scheifelbein – ''

'' IF Award for Box Office Achievement *'' The Black Balloon'' SBS IF Award for Best Documentary *'' THE BURNING SEASON'' –

Cathy Henkel Cathy Henkel is a South African documentary filmmaker who lives and works in Australia. Her works have typically focused on subjects of environmental activism, and to a lesser extent, the performing arts. Career Her career in documentary film ...

(director/producer), Jeff Canin (producer) & Trish Lake (producer) *''The Oasis'' – Ian Darling (director/producer) & Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director) *''Playing in the Shadows'' – Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director/producer) & Marco Ianniello (director/producer) St Arnou IF Award for Best Short Documentary *''UNDRESSING VANESSA'' – Matthew Pond (director) & Tina Lymberis (producer) *''Mad Morro'' – Kelrick Martin (director) & Tom Zubrycki (producer) *''Rare Chicken Rescue'' – Randall Wood (director) & Vickie Gest (producer) Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film *''fOUR'' – Erin White (director) & Zyra McAuliffe (producer) *''Spider'' –

Nash Edgerton Nash Edgerton (born 19 January 1973) is an Australian film director, stuntman and actor, and a principal member of the movie-making collective Blue-Tongue Films. Early life Edgerton was born in Blacktown, New South Wales and grew up in Dural ...

(director) & Nicole O'Donohue (producer) *''You Better Watch Out'' – Steve Callen (director) & Jules Callen (producer)

Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that provides software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquarte ...

IF Award for Best Short Animation *''THE COVENANT OF MR KASCH'' – Joshua Beahan (director/producer) & Ruwan De Silva (director/producer) *''Dog with Electric Collar'' – Steve Baker (director) & Damon Escott (producer) *''Mutt'' – Glen Hunwick (director) & Beth Frey (producer) 3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video *''JUST A BOY'' by

Angus & Julia Stone Angus & Julia Stone are an Australian Folk music, folk and indie pop group, formed in 2006 by brother and sister Angus Stone, Angus and Julia Stone. Angus & Julia Stone have released five studio albums and a soundtrack album: ''A Book Like Thi ...

– Angus & Julia Stone (directors), Josh Groom (director), Andrew Yoole (director), Madeleine Milasas (producer) & Jodie Passmore (producer) *''Emergency! Emergency!'' by The Hot Lies – Luke Eve (director) & Simon Ritch (producer) *'' If You Keep Losing Sleep'' by

Silverchair Silverchair was an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...

– Stephen Lance (director), Damon Escott (director) & Leanne Tonkes (producer) ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay *''MEMORIAL DAY'' –

Kieran Darcy-Smith Kieran Darcy-Smith is an Australian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring in the films '' The Cave'', '' The Square'', '' Animal Kingdom'', and '' The Reef''. He made his feature film directing debut with 2012 f ...

*''Get Black'' – Matthew C Vaughan *''Red Light Revolution'' – Sam Voutas EFILM IF Award for Rising Talent *

LEON FORD Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Cooks'', ''Changi'' and the telemovie ''Stepfather of the Bride''. Early life Ford att ...

*Amy Gebhardt *Cris Jones Post Op Group IF Award for Independent Spirit * BENJAMIN GILMOUR & CAROLYN JOHNSON – ''Son of a Lion'' *Jason Byrne – ''Rats & Cats'' *Christopher Weekes – ''Bitter & Twisted''

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IF Award for Living Legend *

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Born in Colonia ...

Inside Film Magazine IF Award for Festival of the Year *

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2010 winners

The winners of the 2010 Kodak IF Awards were:

IF Award for Best Short Animation *

The Lost Thing ''The Lost Thing'' is a picture book written and illustrated by Shaun Tan that was also adapted into an Academy Award-winning animated short film. Plot Set in a dystopian Melbourne, Australia, in the near future, ''The Lost Thing'' is a story ...

– Directors: Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann, Producer: Sophie Byrne Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film * Celestial Avenue – Directors: Colin & Cameron Cairnes, Producer: Scott Alexander FACB IF Award for Best Short Documentary * From Dope to Dalai Lama – Director: Jason Raftopoulos, Producer: Jason Raftopoulos SBS Best Documentary IF Award * Strange Birds in Paradise – Director: Charlie Hill-Smith, Producer: Jamie Nicolai, John Cherry

SAE Institute The SAE Institute (SAE) and SAE University College (in Australia), formerly the School of Audio Engineering and the SAE Technology College and badged SAE Creative Media Education, is a network of colleges around the world that provides creativ ...

IF Award for Best Music Video *" Big Jet Plane" –

– Director: Kiku Ohe, Producer: Richard Halstead

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IF Award for Best Direction *'' Animal Kingdom'' –

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Jameson IF Award for Best Script *'' Tomorrow, When the War Began'' –

Stuart Beattie Stuart Beattie (born 4 August 1971) is an Australian filmmaker. His screenplay for '' Collateral'' (2004) earned him nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay and Saturn Award for ...

Events NSW IF Award for Best Actor *'' Animal Kingdom'' –

Ben Mendelsohn Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his break-out role in '' The Year My Voice Broke'' (1987). He gained international attention for his starring role in the crime d ...

IF Award for Best Actress *'' Tomorrow, When the War Began'' –

Caitlin Stasey Caitlin Jean Stasey (born 1 May 1990) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her role as Rachel Kinski in ''Neighbours''. Previously she played Francesca Thomas in '' The Sleepover Club'', although her breakthrough film role cam ...

IF Award for Best Feature Film *'' Tomorrow, When the War Began'' SA FILM IF Award for Best Sound * Beneath Hill 60 – Robert Sullivan, Liam Egan, Mark Cornish, Tony Murtagh Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music * Tomorrow, When the War Began –

Johnny Klimek Johnny Klimek (born 18 August 1962) is an Australian musician, music producer, and composer, best known for his innovative work in the underground electronica music scene and for his film scores. Life and career Klimek was born in Melbourne, ...

Reinhold Heil Reinhold Heil (born 18 May 1954) is a German musician, producer, and film and television composer. He initially achieved success in Germany as a member of the post-punk and Neue Deutsche Welle groups Nina Hagen Band, Spliff and Nena, and later ...

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by Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography * The Waiting City – Denson Baker

IF Award for Best Production Design * Bright Star –

Janet Patterson Janet Patterson (12 August 1956 – 21 October 2016) was an Australian costume designer and production designer. She is best known for her collaborations with directors Gillian Armstrong and Jane Campion. She has been nominated for the Academy Aw ...

AVID IF Award for Best Editing * The Waiting City – Veronika Jenet

National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national c ...

Independent Spirit IF Award * Caught Inside – Directed by Adam Blaiklock, Produced by Paul S Friedman EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent * Ariel Kleiman Media Super Out of the Box IF Award *

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IF Award for Contribution to TV *

Penny Chapman Penny Chapman is an Australian television producer. Her work includes the award-winning '' Brides of Christ,'' '' RAN Remote Area Nurse'' and ''My Place''. Penny received the Maura Fay Award for Services to the Industry at the 2013 Screen Produc ...

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