nudie Short+Sweet Gala Final Award Winners 2008
The AFC Award
Perfect
Writer: Aaron Scully
Director: James Winter
Movie Extra Award
Duet with a Dictionary
Writer: Noelle Janaczewska
Director: Jessica Tuckwell
Best Actress
Helen Tonkin (Terror on the Northside)
Best Actress runner-up –
Kate Worsley (Stallion of Death)
Best Actor
Duncan Fellows (The Diver)
Best Actor runner-up
Gibson Nolte (Stallion of Death)
Best Script
Venetia Taylor (Terror on the Northside)
Best Director
James Winter (Perfect)
Best Independent Theatre Company
Platform 19 (for The Diver, written by Melita Rowston, directed by James Beach with Duncan Fellows)
The Alex Broun Best New Talent Award
Venetia Taylor (for Writing and Acting in Terror on the Northside)
The Peoples Choice Award (Presented by Peter Garrett)
Stallion of Death (Written by Drew Fairley, Directed by Jo Turner with Gibson Nolte and Kate Worsley. Presented by Dojo.)
Short+Sweet Award for Best Overall Production (Presented by Peter Garrett)
Terror on the Northside (Written by Venetia Taylor, directed by Boris Ivanoff, with Brett Nevill, Beejan Olfat, Venetia Taylor and Helen Tonkin. Presented by Rag and Bone Productions).
Our judges were:
Denise Roberts (Director of Screenwise)
Dennis Watkins (Head of Public Programmes, Sydney Opera House)
Robert Love (Director, Parramatta Riverside Theatres)
Justin MacDonnell (Arts Administrator)
Lori Flekser (Australian Film Commission)
Mark Cleary (Artistic Director, Short+Sweet International)
Alex Broun (Artistic co-ordinator, Melbourne Short+Sweet)
Adam Gelin (Writer, actor and director)
Chris Peken (City Hub)