AIFF20 WINNERS
The Team @ the Australia Independent Film Festival congratulate the Winners of AIFF20.
BEST Australian Short Film
KAPArA Director Steven Hudson
An Indigenous police officer has a date with the devil.
BEST International Short Film
ANNA Director Dekel Berenson
Living in war-torn Eastern Ukraine, Anna is an aging single mother who is desperate for a change. Lured by a radio advertisement, she goes to party with a group of American men who are touring the country, searching for love.
BEST QUEENSLAND SHORT FILM
Dry Director Melanie Poole
A bed-wetting boy desperate to go to scout camp learns a valuable life lesson from his irascible grandfather.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
FACING THE SKY Director Celine Lochmeier
We are all part of one big colorful painting.
BEST Animation
Nothing to say Director Aubry Mintz
TA Turtle challenges the zookeeper and other animals by not speaking on command to receive his food. By revealing his story to the others, the turtle exposes themes of exile and being a refugee in a land that provides for the body at the cost of the soul.
BEST STUDENT FILM
In Bardo Director Travis Vetier
His people still in exile, his country forgotten, Tibetan musician Tenzin Choegyal retraces his stripped past and reminds us of his nation's enduring perseverance through his greatest gift, his voice.
BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
KAPArA Director Steven Hudson
An Indigenous police officer has a date with the devil.
JURY AWARD
THE TON Director Simon Tait
A journey through the epic love of a 99 year old cricket tragic and an 87 year old sky diving pilot on a veritable collision course with their own sunsets.
CRACK Directors Jake Leskarac & Sophie McDuff
Douglas Hayes, a drug taking funeral home employee finds himself in a precarious situation after his stash finds its way into one of the bodies, and he’ll do anything to get it back.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Dry Director Melanie Poole
A bed-wetting boy desperate to go to scout camp learns a valuable life lesson from his irascible grandfather.
