Australian Film Festival Awards 2006
by Andre Soares
2006 Australian Film Festival Awards
2006 Australian Film Festival: October 21-30, 2006.
The Golden Spotlight Award is given to the Best Feature Film and Best Short Film. The Silver Spotlight Award is given to winners in the other core categories.
Best Feature Film: Self-Medicated (US) Monty Lapica
Best Australian Film: Puppy (Australia) Kieran Galvin
Best International Film: Beautiful Dreamer (US) Terri Farley-Teruel
Best Debut Feature: Johnny Montana (US) John Daniel Gavin
Best Director: Jaume Balagueró for Fragile (Spain)
Best Actor: Paddy Considine for Stoned (UK) Stephen Woolley
Best Actress: Diane Venora for Self-Medicated (US) Monty Lapica
Best Cinematography: Nic Sadler for Intellectual Property (US) Nick peterson
Best Editing: Rick Ray for 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (US) Rick Ray
Best Short Film: Le génie de la boîte de raviolis / The Genie of the Ravioli Box (Switzerland) Claude Barras
Special Citations:
Best Drama (Feature): Comfort the Disturbed, Disturb the Comforted (UK) Arran de Moubray
Best Documentary: Future by Design (US) William Gazecki
Best Animation: First Flight (US) Cameron Hood and Kyle Jefferson
Audience Award: Jesus Can’t Skate (Australia) Jayson Sutcliffe
Best Multicultural Film: Silma’s School (Australia) Jane Jeffes
Most Innovative Film: Start Up (US) Claire Armstrong Parod and Joel Parod (Animation Directors); Andrew Douglas (Live Action Director)
Best Ensemble Direction: No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail (US) Timothy Rhys and Brian O’Hare
Human Rights Award: Binta y la gran idea / Binta and the Great Idea (Spain) Javier Fesser
Best Commercial Marketability: The Virgin of Juarez (US) Kevin James Dobson
Most Likely to Succeed: Staten Island (India) Aditya Chandora
Best Overseas Market: Space Chase (UK) Daniel Duncan and Jonathan Pearson
Best Student Film: Deck Heads (Australia) Andrew Faulks
New Media Awards:
Best Memory Chip Submitted Work: End of Level (Sweden) Victor Blanke
Best Flash Animation: The Wagalak Sisters (Australia) Dave Jones
MySpace.com Award - Best Use of New Media: Missing Pages (amended version) (Japan) Jerome Olivier
35mm Transfer Award: Performer (UK) Olaf Wendt
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