WASA Awards 2013
These are the feature film nominations for the WA Screen Awards 2013. I haven't yet found out what the criteria are, particularly with regard to date. Red Dog was awarded Best Film at the Astor Theatre, Friday 2 August 2013.
Nominees for Best Feature Film
Blame (Michael Henry, 2010) prod. Melissa Kelly; Damian de Montemas, Kestie Morassi, Sophie Lowe; Roleystone, WA
Needle (John V. Soto, 2010) wr. Anthony Egan, John V. Soto; prod. Deidre Kitcher, dp Stephn F. Windon; Ben Mendelsohn, John Jarratt, Khan Chittenden, Luke Carroll, Michael Loney, James Hagan; horror; WA; 90 min.
Manuscript, The (Debbie Thoy, 2013) wr. prod. Debbie Thoy, dp Brodie Butler; Priscilla-Anne Forder, Matt Zappala, Matt Elverd; comedy adventure; WA; 49 min.
Red Dog (Kriv Stenders, 2011) wr. Daniel Taplitz, Louis de Bernieres (novel) prod. Nelson Woss; Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor
Winners and Prizes
ScreenWest Outstanding Contribution Award
WINNER: SUE TAYLOR
Central Institute of Technology Young Filmmaker of the Year - $5000
WINNER: KEIR WILKINS
Nominees: Tenille Kennedy, Cassandra Nguyen, David Vincent Smith
ECU Best Feature Film – Drama - $2000
WINNER: RED DOG – NELSON WOSS
Nominees: Blame – Melissa Kelly, Ryan Hodgson and Michael Robinson, Needle – Deidre Kitcher, The Manuscript – Debbie Thoy
ECU Best Short Film – Drama - $500
WINNER: THE OWL – PETER GURBIEL AND WADE K. SAVAGE
Nominees: One Night Only – Michael Facey, Bush Basher – Ross Hutchens and Tenille Kennedy, Perished - Aaron McCann & Stefan Androv Radanovich
Central Institute of Technology Best Director – Long Form - $2000
WINNER: KELRICK MARTIN – YAGAN
Nominees: Hunter: For The Record – Sam Bodhi Field, MAL.COM - Episode 3 Free Stuff – Steve Peddie, Man Who Jumped – Russell Vines
Central Institute of Technology Best Director – Short Form - $500
WINNER: HEAVEN – MAZIAR LAHOOTI
Nominees: One Night Only – Peter Gurbiel, Crosshairs – Mike Hoath, Bush Basher – Ben Young
MadFish Best Performance by an Actress - $500
WINNER: FERN NICHOLSON - POTATO PEELERS
Nominees: Bonsai – Abby Earl, In the Air – Ngaire Pigram, Transmission – Angourie Rice
Cooper's Best Performance by an Actor - $500
WINNER: WAYNE DAVIES - HEAVEN
Nominees: Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom - Become Heroes – James Helm, One Night Only – Michael McCall, Similiar's EVILog - How to Evil Genius for Idiots – David Smyth
ECU Best Feature Film – Factual - $2000
WINNER: HUNTER: FOR THE RECORD – ALICE ROSS
Nominees: On a Wing and a Prayer – Leighton De Barros and Jodie De Barros, More 4 Me – Lincoln Fenner, Yagan – Kelrick Martin
ECU Best Short – Factual - $500
WINNER: HARVEST – ROB MCGLYNN
Nominees: Container Savers – Jacob Fjord and Liz Sideris, Wadumbah – Kelrick Martin, The Disappearance – Ali Winters
QCumber Best Animation – Short Form - $500
WINNER: JENEFER LOVED SWIMMING – DEREK WINCHESTER
Nominees: Jog On – Andrew Buckley, Cannibal Story – Ngayurnangallin – Erin Coates and Gabrielle Sullivan, What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle! – Bridget Curran
UWA Best Student Film - $500
WINNER: THE PRESENCE IN THE ABSENCE – MICHELLE WILLIAMSON
Nominees: Adult Fiction – Liam Murray, In View – Lewis Russell, Smitten – Warra Spraggon
RTRFM 92.1 Best Music Video - $500
WINNER: THE CHEMIST – SILVER & GOLD – STEPHEN LLOYD AND DOMINIC PEARCE
Nominees: Emperors – Ready When I Say Go – Ben Young and Adam Livingston, Kucka – Rewind – Julia Ngeow and Steve Hughes, Voyager – The Meaning Of I – Natalie Lewis and Ben Berkhout
FTI Best Game - $2000
WINNER: FREEDOM FALL – LISA RYE
Nominees: Square Off – Aranda Morrison, Deviator – Kate Neylon, Orbeats – Jason Wong
Curtin University Best Television Production – Factual - $2000
WINNER: THE MAN WHO JUMPED – JULIA REDWOOD AND ED PUNCHARD
Nominees: Eric Smith: Not Finished Yet – Kirrilly Brentnall, Desert War – Andrew Ogilvie, Andrewa Quesnelle and Phil Craig, Student Shorts – Ruben Pracas, Tom Fonder and Mitch Ryan
Frog Management Best Live Television Production - $2000
WINNER: FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE – WTV
Nominees: The Buzz – WTV, Beyond Gardens Live – WTV, Perth Town Hall Election Debate - WTV
Burswood Honda Best Script – Short Form - $500
WINNER: THE LAKE – ALEXANDER FISHER
Nominees: Perished – Aaron McCann & Stefan Androv Radanovich, George Jones & the Giant Squid – Vincenzo Perrella and Dan Osborn, The Things My Father Never Taught Me – Burleigh Smith
Canon Best Cinematography – Short Form - $500
WINNER: BUSH BASHER - ANDREW MCLEOD
Nominees: Crosshairs - Jim Frater, Voltaire Twins - Animalia – David Le May, The Little Astronaut - Lewis Potts
Canon Best Cinematography – Long Form - $500
WINNER: BLAME – TORSTEIN DYRTING ACS
Nominees: On a Wing and a Prayer – Leighton De Barros, The Precipice - Torstein Dyrting ACS, Desert War – Jim Frater
FTI Best Production Design – Short Form - $500
WINNER: GEORGE JONES & THE GIANT SQUID – EMMA FLETCHER
The Life of Cardboard – Phoebe Bennett, I Love You Fish – Emily Stokoe, Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom - Ride the Coattails – Perrie Taylor
RTRFM 92.1 Best Sound – Short Form - $500
WINNER: GEORGE JONES & THE GIANT SQUID – OWEN HUGHES AND NATHAN GOULD
Nominees: Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom - Ride the Coattails – Xoe Baird, Perished – Adrian Jolly, The Door – Richard Termini
RTRFM 92.1 Best Sound – Long Form - $500
WINNER: DESERT WAR – RIC CURTIN AND GLENN MARTIN
Nominees: Blame – Ric Curtin, Jandamarra's War – Ric Curtin and Glenn Martin, The Precipice – Nathaniel Gould
Artcom Best Editing – Short Form - $500
WINNER: ELEVEN THIRTY – TIM WHITTINGSTALL
Ruby Boots - Wise Up – Noah Joseph James, Perished – Stefan Androv Radanovich, Henry & Aaron's 7 Steps to Superstardom - Ride the Coattails – Antony Webb
Artcom Best Editing – Long Form - $500
WINNER: DESERT WAR – LAWRIE SILVESTRIN
Outback Truckers – Jonathan Rowdon, Blame – Meredith Watson Jeffrey, MAL.COM - Episode 2 Secrets - Meredith Watson Jeffrey
Creative Legal Best Original Music – Short Form - $500
WINNER: THE ARGENTINIAN ESCAPE – SAM CUTRI
Nominees: Life in Red String – Alex Brittain, George Jones & the Giant Squid – Ash Gibson Greig, What a Debacle, Freddy Farkle! – Zaalen Tallis
Creative Legal Best Original Music – Long Form - $500
WINNER: JANDAMARRA'S WAR – ASH GIBSON GREIG AND JINUNYILI
Nominees: Jack the Ripper - Ash Gibson Greig, Desert War - Ash Gibson Greig, The Manuscript – Jamie Murgatroyd
QCumber Best Use of Visual FX - $500
WINNER: RUBY BOOTS - WISE UP – DAVID MCDONNELL, JULIUS JEPPE AND CLINT DAVIS
Nominees: The Argentinian Escape – Stuart Bender, George Jones & the Giant Squid – Double Barrell FX, Perished - Dominic Pearce and Rob Woods
ScreenWest Outstanding Achievement in Script - Long Form - $2000
AWARDED TO: MISEDUCATION - KEIR WILKINS
ScreenWest Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Narrative - $2000
AWARDED TO: SOUND CHAMBER - YVETTE COYNE
ScreenWest Outstanding Achievement in Television Drama - $2000
AWARDED TO: THE GREAT MINT SWINDLE - RUSSELL VINES
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