Still Searchin' Productions is proud to announce the nominees for this year’s individual category awards!
20 finalist films in the Official Selection are 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 list of Awards & Prizes to see the awesome 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 the VIP filmmaker audience on the night!
Decided by a room (half) full of your filmmaker peers, this glorious award will be a particularly sweet victory for one lucky finalist. And before you can say 'Where’s the afterparty?', we'll tally the scores and announce the winner.
But don’t forget, there’s still one final award to be announced after the final screening!
Join us at Made in the West Online Film Festival one week later and we’ll be asking YOU to vote for your favourite film! We’ll gather the votes from our audience across the globe then announce the winner of the inaugural People’s Choice Award online for everyone to see. We can't wait for this Made in the West first!!
So, is the suspense killing you yet? Well, we won’t keep you waiting any longer!
Made in the West is proud to announce the nominees for the 2020 individual awards:
BEST DIRECTOR NOMINEES
Codependent - Cat Sole & Carmen Smith
Golem - Ryan Cauchi
Khana Khazana - Arka Das
Olga’s Self Insert Fanfiction - Georgette Stefoulis & Ella Sanderson
The 11:59 to Washington Square - Cat Sole
The Distance Between Me and Death - Jing Yu
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Joanna Beveridge
Tomorrow: JamarzOnMarz - Shaun Parker
BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEES
Codependent - Cat Sole & Carmen Smith
GOD: The Performance Review - Allan West
Golem - Ryan Cauchi
Halal Gurls - Sara Mansour & Vonne Patiag
Khana Khazana - Arka Das
Pick Me Up - Tom McGill
The Distance Between Me and Death - Jing Yu
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Joanna Beveridge
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER NOMINEES
1Conversation: Boulevarde feat. Little Green - Luke Walker
A Momentary Yearning - Justin Latimer
Golem - Tim Glastonbury
Khana Khazana - Jack McAvoy
The 11:59 to Washington Square - Rasmus Callmer
The Intruders - Rah Sharma
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Diamond Tat
Tomorrow: JamarzOnMarz - Daniele Cernera
BEST EDITOR NOMINEES
1Conversation: Boulevarde feat. Little Green - Luke Walker
Golem - Ryan Cauchi
Khana Khazana - Alex Ross-Edwards
Olga’s Self Insert Fanfiction - Georgette Stefoulis & Ella Sanderson
The Distance Between Me and Death - Jing Yu
The Eradication of Love - Chris Yip
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Joanna Beveridge
Tomorrow: JamarzOnMarz - Daniele Cernera
BEST SOUND DESIGN NOMINEES
Black Cat - Alan Phan Nguyen
Body - Wenbai Xue
GOD: The Performance Review - Mark Edwards
Golem - Georgia Collins
Khana Khazana - Declan Diacono
Olga’s Self Insert Fanfiction - Timothy Cheeseman
The 11:59 to Washington Square - Simon Allen
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Joanna Beveridge
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE NOMINEES
1Conversation - Boulevarde feat. Little Green
A Momentary Yearning - Luna Pan
Body - Paolo Sevilla
Golem - Me-Lee Hay
Halal Gurls - Ahmed Kamal
Olga’s Self Insert Fanfiction - Timothy Cheeseman
The Intruders - Anisha Thomas
Tomorrow - JamarzOnMarz
BEST ACTRESS NOMINEES
A Momentary Yearning - Mathilde Anglade
Body - Melissa Riley
Codependent - Carmen Smith
Halal Gurls - Aanisa Vylet
Hollow Hands - Rhiann Marquez
The 11:59 to Washington Square - Eleanore Knox
The Intruders - Melissa Brattoni
The Takedown of Melanie Sprottle - Gemma Dart
BEST ACTOR NOMINEES
Black Cat - Anthony Wong
Derek: Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse - Gary Boulter
GOD: The Performance Review - Linal Haft
Hollow Hands - Jack Ellis
Khana Khazana - Pranam Janney
P’s Get Degrees - Cheng Tang
The 11:59 to Washington Square - Googoorewon Knox
The Intruders - Julian Ramundi
Congratulations to all of the great filmmakers and finalists involved in producing this year's top 20 films and best of luck to all the individual award category nominees!
Gather your crew for a fun group ‘bubble’ and join us at the 7pm VIP Premiere Awards Night (by invitation only) or 8pm Made in the West MARATHON for a full night of Western Sydney-made films on the big screen.
See you on the red carpet!