Still Searchin' Productions is proud to announce the nominees for this year’s individual category awards!
Every film we screen at Made in the West is in the running to win one of two major trophies – the ‘Best in the West’ Award (for independent films) or the ‘Best Student Film’ – awarded to those films that receive the top score overall from our panel of judges.
To make it even more interesting, each year we also ask our judges to nominate the films that demonstrate excellence in the following categories: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer, Best Editor, Best Sound Design, Best Original Score, Best Actress and Best Actor.
Check out our prize packages for details of the amazing loot up for grabs this year! We're giving away over $10,000 in prizes to Western Sydney filmmakers, thanks to our wonderful sponsors!
The third and final trophy – our highly coveted ‘Audience Choice Award’ – is voted for by our audience on the night. That's right, we're going to screen a two-and-a-half-hour marathon of short films and then we'll ask YOU to vote for your favourite film!
And before you can say 'Where’s the after party?', we'll tally them up and announce the winner, sending one lucky filmmaker home with a glitzy crystal trophy.
So, is the suspense killing you? Well, we won’t keep you waiting any longer!
Made in the West is proud to announce the nominees for the 2019 individual awards:
BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Ankara Pride - Emily Bui
Campesinos - Matias Bolla
Into the Rabbit Hole - Jessica Pabian
Larry Time - Daniel Krige
My name is Mohamed and Raghad, we don’t exist here anymore - Ali Mousawi
Tomorrow Mourning - Jack Crumlin
BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
Another Crack in the Wall - Bina Bhattacharya
Arlo - Wayne Tunks
Big Tony - Austen Watts
Larry Time - Daniel Krige
My name is Mohamed and Raghad, we don’t exist here anymore - Jessica Phoebe Hanna and Wesam Mojahed
Tomgirl - Vonne Patiag
Tomorrow Mourning - Tom Royce-Hampton
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER NOMINEES
Arlo - Nicholas Price
Audio Guide - Kym Vaitiekus
Campesinos - Miller Best
Larry Time - Danny Ruhlmann
My name is Mohamed and Raghad, we don’t exist here anymore - Ali Mousawi
The Brave - Michelle Kaldy
Tomgirl - Dimitri Zaunders
Tomorrow Mourning - Emma Elias
Toward the Rain - Zac Hardaker
BEST EDITOR NOMINEES
Aberration - David Page
Ankara Pride - Emily Bui and Thuy Nguyen
Campesinos - Matias Bolla
Huli Jing - Romain Mongin
Larry Time - JD Cohen
Sydney Sleuthers - Joanna Beveridge
BEST SOUND DESIGN NOMINEES
Arlo - Peter ‘PJ’ Johnson
Campesinos - Mireille Abbot
Larry Time - Nathaniel Watkins
Sydney Sleuthers - Joanna Beveridge
The Brave - Dave Smith
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE NOMINEES
Arlo - Miro Kepinski
Campesinos - Darren Lim
Larry Time - Michael Yezerski
The Brave - Shawna O'Neill
Tomgirl - Marcus Whale
Tomorrow Mourning - Max Royce-Hampton
Toward the Rain - Ian Cleworth
BEST ACTRESS NOMINEES
Another Crack in the Wall - June Holmes
Audio Guide - Emma Wright
Larry Time - Deborah Kennedy
My name is Mohamed and Raghad, we don’t exist here anymore - Raghad Sawari
Sydney Sleuthers - Gemma Dart
Tomorrow Mourning - Janine Watson
BEST ACTOR NOMINEES
Big Tony - Matias Klaver
Going Down - Andreas Toumbas
Larry Time - Larry Emdur
My name is Mohamed and Raghad, we don’t exist here anymore - Mohamed Sawari
Out of Time - Ryan Revere
Tomgirl - Marcus Rivera
Tomorrow Mourning - Tom Royce Hampton
Congratulations to all of the great filmmakers and finalists involved in producing this year's top 18 films and best of luck to all our nominees in their individual prize category awards!
We look forward to seeing you and your cast & crew on the red carpet at Made in the West 2019!
(And for those of you wondering, the after party kicks off as soon as the awards ceremony finishes - roughly 11pm at the Macquarie Hotel. We can't wait to toast to our 2019 winners at the end of the night and celebrate another great year of short films from Western Sydney!)
