The WOW Film Festival, which will now tour in 2010 to over 18 destinations in Australia and to some international venues, closed its 16th edition.


WOW SHORT FILM COMPETITION WINNERS

PRIZES AWARDED

BEST AUSTRALIAN FICTION: DRAMA [ WINNER ]
JACOB
Rhea Stephenson (producer)
Dean Curtis (director)
Bonnie Elliot (cinematographer)
*$5,000 post production in Avid editing suite from Spectrum Films
*$1,500 Tresscox Lawyers - legal services for a film sponsored by Tresscox Lawyers
*1 session of use of cinema 1 at AFTRS sponsored by AFTRS
*A subscription to Inside Film sponsored by Inside Film

BEST AUSTRALIAN FICTION: COMEDY [ WINNER ]
TERROR ON THE NORTHSIDE
Venetia Taylor and Daniel Prypchan (producers)
Venetia Taylor (director)
*$5,000 worth of hire of film equipment from Panavision sponsored by Panavision
*$1,500 Tresscox Lawyers - legal services for a film sponsored by Tresscox Lawyers
*1 session of use of cinema 1 at AFTRS sponsored by AFTRS
*A subscription to Inside Film sponsored by Inside Film

BEST AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY [ WINNER ]
PALESTINE, BEER AND OCKTOBERFEST: UNDER OCCUPATION
Lara Van Raay (producer)
Lara Van Raay (director/writer)
*$1,500 Tresscox Lawyers - legal services for a film sponsored by Tresscox Lawyers
*$1,000 negative processing and telecine services from Atlab and EFLM sponsored by Atlab
*1 session of use of a meeting room at AFTRS sponsored by AFTRS
Australian Directors' Guild Membership for one year

BEST AUSTRALIAN STUDENT FILM [ WINNER ]
MY LITTLE MUSICAL
Amelie Sandstrom (producer)
Amelie Sandstrom (director)
*$600 value authoring of a DVD & 50 copies of the film sponsored by Art Resistance Production
*6 months of support with Amicko Films - an independent Film Marketing Business sponsored by Amicko Films
*$400 voucher toward short course from Metro Screen
*$500 of equipment hire sponsored by Videocraft
*A subscription to Inside Film sponsored by Inside Film

BEST AUSTRALIAN ANIMATION [ WINNER ]
INK
Selin Yaman (producer)
Justice Wallace (director)
*Intuos 4 graphics tablet sponsored by Wacom
Accepted by Selin Yaman

BEST AUSTRALIAN MUSIC VIDEO [ WINNER ]
HEAD TO TOES
Michelle Ford (producer)
Jennifer Treur (director/editor)
*One Zx1 HD Camera (Pink) sponsored by Kodak

BEST AUSTRALIAN WOMAN CINEMATOGRAPHER [ WINNER ]
Nicola Daley for work on THE PARTY SHOES
*$1,200 Miller Tripod sponsored by Miller Camera Support
*Tiffen lens package sponsored by Tiffen
*Australian Cinematographer Society membership sponsored by ACS
*1 Annual subscription to Australian Cinematographer Magazine

BEST AUSTRALIAN SCREENWRITER [ WINNER ]
Venetia Taylor
Writer of TERROR ON THE NORTHSIDE
*Weekend writer's retreat in the Blue Mountains sponsored by Film Mosaics

SBS AWARD [ WINNER ]
WARPAINT
Sarah Taghaode (producer)
Heather Phillips (director)
*Opportunity for SBS screening on Shorts on Screen

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM [ WINNER ]
OPEN YOUR EYES
Alisa Wiegers, Amy Sommer, David Newsom (producers)
Susan Cohen (director)
*6 month support with Amicko Films - an independent film marketing business
sponsored by Amicko Films

WINNER OF INDIE-FEST @ WORLD OF WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL ON-LINE FILM COMPETITION sponsored by IndieFlix Inc [ WINNER ]
PALESTINE, BEER AND OCKTOBERFEST: UNDER OCCUPATION
Lara Van Raay (producer)
Lara Van Raay (director)
*90.10 Distribution opportunity with IndieFlix Inc

Cutting edge on-line delivery of the World of Women Film Festival to registered viewers. Indie-Fest is a new streaming video site that lets users stream and vote for films selected by the WOW Film Festival for the on-line competition. Films from the WOW Festival were seen by the on-line audience from the 19th to 29th September. Users voted for their favourite film. IndieFlix.com was founded in 2005 and is a Seattle-based independent film distribution and discovery site founded on the principles of community, promotion, syndication and transparency.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS

One year membership of WIFT NSW

DIGI-MEDIA VODULE COMPETITION [ WINNER ]
STAIN
Emma Lagrutta (producer)
Emma Lagrutta (director)

Wed 14th October  • Session 1 [ WINNER ]
JACOB
Rhea Stephenson (producer)
Dena Curtis (director)

Wed 14th October  • Session 2 [ WINNER ]
MISCONNECT
Aloura Charles & Darryl Thoms (producer)
Aloura Charles (director)

Thurs15th October  • Session 1 [ WINNER ]
TWO DUCKS
Dominec Allen (Producer)
Shelley Lauman (Director)

Fri 16th October   • Session 1 [ WINNER ]
MAVERICK MOTHER
Janet Merewether (Producer)
Janet Merewether (Director)

Fri 16th October   • Session 2 [ WINNER ]
PALESTINE, BEER AND OCTOBERFEST: UNDER OCCUPATION
Lara Van Raay (Producer)
Lara Van Raay (Director)

Sat 17th October  • Session 1 [ WINNER ]
To be credited shortly (Director)
To be credited shortly (Producer)

We acknowledge and thank all our sponsors:NSW Film & Television Office, City of Sydney, JAM Directions, IndieFlix, Spectrum Films, Panavision, Tresscox Lawyers, Miller Camera Support, Atlab, Sony, Art Resistance, Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Metro Screen, d/Lux Media Arts, ARRI Australia, TVD Broadcast, The PHOTO Studio, iDRINX, Olive & Rose Cafe, Corban & Blair, Watershed Premium Wines, Ellenet Printers Korner, Mickey's Cafe, Chauvel Cinema, WIFT Victoria, Screenworks, Australian Director's Guild.

WIFT NSW acknowledges the support of Screen Australia for the WOW National Tour.