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Live Action Short Award
Subcategory of Sydney Film Festival Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2022

winner form y separately published work icon The Moths Will Eat Them Up Tanya Modini , ( dir. Luisa Martiri et. al. )agent Australia : 2021 25088626 2021 single work film/TV

'A woman’s ordinary train ride home at night turns into a terrifying game of cat and mouse with a stranger until an unforeseen force is summoned.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2021

winner form y separately published work icon Peeps Sophie Somerville , ( dir. Sophie Somerville ) Australia : 2020 23435180 2020 single work film/TV

'A peek into the inner world of a group of turbulent teenagers on an after-school shopping trip.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2019

winner form y separately published work icon All These Creatures Charles Williams , ( dir. Charles Williams ) Australia : Charles Williams , 2018 14004117 2018 single work film/TV

'An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.' (Production summary)

Year: 2018

winner form y separately published work icon Second Best Alyssa McClelland , Simone Moessinger , ( dir. Alyssa McClelland ) Australia : 2018 14366339 2018 single work film/TV

'Velika and Nouchka are identical twins, but their overbearing mother and their individual fortunes may just sever their connection forever.'

Source: Melbourne International Film Festival.

Year: 2017

winner form y separately published work icon Adele Mirene Igwabi , ( dir. Mirene Igwabi ) Australia : 2016 16834002 2016 single work film/TV

'In the face of an African family tradition imposed on her in Australia, fourteen-year-old Adele is torn between high school and home where she is a wife from an arranged marriage and a mother-to-be.'

Source: Screen Australia.

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