JURY PRIZES

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WINNER: ISTINA (TRUTH)  / Tamara Denić / Fiction / 28' 25" / Germany / 2023

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Fiction (International Award):   $2000 AUD

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WINNER: Oyum / Aidai Askarova / Documentary / 06' 21" / Kyrgyzstan / 2022

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary (International Award):  $2000 AUD

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WINNER: MumLife / Ruby Challenger / Fiction / 15' 00" / Australia / 2022

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Fiction (National Tertiary Award):   $1000 AUD

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WINNER: SHE; Who Lives! / Ayesha Farooq / Documentary / 10' 00" / Australia / 2022

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary (National Tertiary Award):  $1000 AUD + one 20 flexipass (20 screenings) for the Antenna Documentary Film Festival 

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WINNER: Friendly Fire / Tom Koryto Blumen / Animation / 06' 14" / Israel / 2022

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Animation (Open):  $1000 AUD

Special Mention: Do Not Feed The Pigeons / Antonin Niclass / Animation / 08' 40" / United Kingdom / 2021

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WINNER: Bird of Prey / Muriel Sago, Lucas Gingles / Experimental / 10' 00" / Argentina / 2023

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Experimental (Open):  $1000 AUD

Special Mention: OUTCRY? / yuan geng zhang / Experimental / 09' 58" / China / 2022

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WINNER: The Ways We Cook / Juno Shean / Fiction / 05' 06" / Australia / 2023

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Fiction (National Secondary Award): $500 AUD 

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WINNER: Just Listen / Sienna Chitoni / Documentary / 05' 39" / Australia / 2023

Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary (National Secondary Award): $500 AUD + one 10 flexipass (10 screenings) for the Antenna Documentary Film Festival 

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SPECIAL JURY PRIZES

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WINNER: Thinking About The Weather / Gardar Thor Thorkelsson / Documentary / 21' 03" / Iceland/UK / 2020

Special Jury Prize for Contribution to Social &/or Environmental Awareness (Open): $1000 AUD

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WINNER: Ardent Other / Alice Brygo / Documentary / 16' 13" / France / 2022

Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound (International Award): $1,500 AUD

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WINNER: Beneath The Surface / Charlie Peter McGovern / Documentary / 03' 51" / Australia / 2023

Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Sound (National Secondary Award): Sennheiser MKH 416 (SRP $1,379) +  Sennheiser HD 25 (SRP $348 AUD)

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AUDIENCE AWARD

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WINNER: Friendly Fire / Tom Koryto Blumen / Animation / 06' 14" / Israel / 2022

Audience Award for Best Screen Production (Open):  $1000 AUD

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Special Mentions:

Sinking Ships / Regie Andreas Kessler / Fiction / 21' 25 / Germany / 2020

Do Not Feed The Pigeons / Antonin Niclass / Animation / 08' 40" / United Kingdom / 2021

OUTRY? / yuan geng zhang / Experimental / 09' 58" / China / 2022

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AUDIO FICTION CATEGORY

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WINNER: Driftwood Stories by Celia Morton, Student of College of the Atlantic, Maine, USA, 2022

Best Fiction Audio for Podcast and Radio Pieces: Sennheiser Profile Streaming Set (SRP $349 AUD) +  Sennheiser HD 25 (SRP $348 AUD)

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NOMINEE: Guardian by Phan Dieu Linh (Liz) To, Master of Creative Industries, Macquarie University, Australia, 2022

NOMINEE: The Devil’s Advocate by Megan Hayward, Master of Arts, The University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, 2021

NOMINEE: Yours Artificially by Lachlan Hudson, Bachelor of Arts, Macquarie University, Australia, 2023

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AUDIO NON-FICTION CATEGORY

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WINNER: The Sounds of Silence by Phan Dieu Linh (Liz) To, Masters of Creative Industries from Macquarie University, Australia, 2022

Best Non-Fiction Audio for Podcast and Radio Pieces: Sennheiser Profile Streaming Set (SRP $349 AUD) +  Sennheiser HD 25 (SRP $348 AUD)

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NOMINEE: Rebel with a Cause by Carys Wall, Masters Student from Barreira Arte + Diseño (Barreira Art and Design, Valencia, Spain, 2023

NOMINEE: The Bello Tolls for Thee by Nadia Mehdi, PhD candidate from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2023

NOMINEE: When I look into your Eyes by Arsa Guo, Master of Creative Industries, Macquarie University, Australia, 2023

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Audio Special Mentions:

Amongst the Sheep by Kieran Davis, student of University of Salford, United Kingdom

Love in the Clown House by Aubrey Calaway, student of Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at Maine College of Art & Design

Every library in my life by Maria Cristina Marisa, student of In the Dark School 

A Moonlit Memory by Taqwa Sadiq, United Kingdom

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