MELBOURNE CINEVERSE WINNERS

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SEASON 7 — MAY 2024

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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AWARD WINNERS

  • BEST PICTURE (FEATURE) - REMNANT // Mike Horan

  • BEST AUS SHORT FILM - Announced at the Event

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM - Announced at the Event

    BEST ACTOR - Announced at the Event

  • BEST DIRECTOR - Announced at the Event

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Announced at the Event

  • BEST MELBOURNE FILMMAKER - Announced at the Event

  • BEST THRILLER - Announced at the Event

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Announced at the Event

  • BEST STUDENT FILM - Announced at the Event

NEW SEASON TICKETS

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This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering. What more could you want?

• Front: Embroidered Logo + Festival of the Year / Back: Official Selection Laurels
• 100% Profits go back to Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

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SEASON 6 — AUGUST 2023

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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AWARD WINNERS

  • BEST PICTURE (FEATURE) - BELLY OF THE BEAST // DIR. John Teague

  • BEST AUS SHORT FILM - THE WIND // DIR. Nikolas Gelios

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM - REVERSE // DIR. Christophe Lenoir

  • BEST THRILLER ACTOR - MAXINE GATT // Broken Chrysalis

  • BEST ACTOR - RUPERT RAINERI // The Solitary Cell

  • BEST DIRECTOR - Forgiving // DIR. Joseph McKenna

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - MOTHER // DIR. Lester Jones

  • BEST MELBOURNE FILMMAKER - Don't Come In... Yet // DIR. Isaac Dean Elliott

  • BEST THRILLER - A LITTLE GLASS OF RUM // DIR. Lauren Keller

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO - TIKA MAREE - High // DIR. Cesar Salmeron

  • BEST STUDENT FILM - Sucker Punch // DIR. Archie Beaumont

VIMEO ANTHOLOGY FINALISTS

Top Finalists will go through to the Vimeo Powered Anthology for BEST IN SHOW — Watch Here

  • The Intruder

  • The Deal

  • Flight

  • The Solitary Cell

  • Phoenix Incident

  • Lost Souls Archive

  • The Princes

  • In corpus

  • VERTIGO

  • Echoes

  • Misophonia

  • Metropolis

  • Disconnected

  • Time Spent

  • Pesto - VESPA

  • For child never born

  • Static

  • Rigor Mortis

  • Phone Booth

  • Parasomniac

  • Follow the Light

  • Raptus

  • Death and Margaret

  • Flo

  • Sometin Deadlock

  • Declin

  • The Train at 5pm

  • Solitaire

  • Lucid

  • Jeanne's Audition

  • A Little Glass of Rum

  • CATHARSIS

  • The Blow Up

  • Deep Clean

  • Broken Chrysalis

  • Mirage

  • I'm Good

  • Uncut

  • A2042

  • Manure

2023 SEASON TICKETS

AWARD NOMINEES

All Winners will be annoucned at the live events!

  • BEST PICTURE (FEATURE)

    • N/A

  • BEST AUS SHORT FILM

    • The Wind

    • Two Dollars

    • Fractured Paradise

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

    • REVERSE

    • FATHEAD

    • All The Waves

  • BEST ACTOR

    • The Solitary Cell - Rupert Raineri

    • Forgiving - Jack Wong

    • Grown Up - Giulia Modonese

  • BEST DIRECTOR

    • Forgiving - Joseph McKenna

    • The Rest is Noise - Lotte Sweeney

    • Faultline - Ella Mikayelyan

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Mother

    • The Saboteur

    • YANGZI'S CONFUSION

  • BEST MELBOURNE FILMMAKER

    • Don't Come In... Yet

    • The Saboteur

    • COLD

  • BEST THRILLER

    • Nominees will be announced soon.

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO

    • TIKA MAREE - High

    • Snapped Up (By The Boss)

    • Forest Claudette - 'Goodbye'

  • BEST STUDENT FILM

    • Sucker Punch

    • Knock Knock

    • Stepping on Cracks

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Limited Edition

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This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering. What more could you want?

• Front: Embroidered Logo + Festival of the Year / Back: Official Selection Laurels
• 100% Profits go back to Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

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SCRIPT FINALISTS

Winners:

BEST AUSTRALIAN FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • Libertis — Solene Emilie Maillard

BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • Outed — Matthew Kerr

BEST AUSTRALIAN WRITER

  • Snatchers — Craig Alexander

Finalists:

  • Breakthrough

  • Outed

  • Billy Boudinot

  • Freesia

  • Angie

  • Voyager

  • Matinoïa

  • The Key of Seas

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • EAST OF JAVA — CV Herst

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • A Bridge of Faith — Josh Rabalais

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

  • Elliot Stanton — Out Of Adversity

  • The Forgotten Sea

  • EAST OF JAVA

  • Robot Asteroid

  • Red Road

  • Out Of Adversity

  • A Family Dinner

  • Carnegie's Call

  • A Bridge of Faith

  • Crazy Things

  • THE CRANIAL EQUITY LOAN

  • SNATCHERS

  • Libertis

  • SVEN

  • Done By Five

  • FIELDS OF GREEN

  • Mabel

SEASON 5 — MARCH 2023

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Official Selections for BEST IN SHOW — Watch Here

  • Twitch

  • Dancing Rhythm Life

  • Professional Development

  • You're a Star Now

  • Gotcha

  • Host Destination

  • Stepping Out

  • Wormgirl - Nujrah

  • Behind the Mask

  • Convergence

  • PARAMETERS

  • The Rebirth

  • CAPTCHA

  • Broken Butterfly

  • Le Devenir de Pierrot

  • Yannis

  • Sunflower

  • The Lawless

  • Ghosts of the Outback

  • PLAY ON

  • Shadows

  • Gist

  • Mirror

Official Selections for QUEER AF — Watch Here

  • Twin Cities Pride 2020

  • Masquerades of Research: Part I & Part II

  • SOMETHING HAS DIED IN THE FOREST

  • The Sound Of Identity

  • Magma

  • The Sugarcane

  • She's Not Alone

  • Remember Me

  • Ragdoll

AWARD WINNERS

All awards will be annoucned at the live events — TICKETS FOR RISING STAR SHOW & BEST SHORTS SHOW are sold out

  • BEST PICTURE (FEATURE) - Echo 8 / Maria Tran, Takashi Hara

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY - Behind the Mask / Paul Trotman

  • BEST AUS SHORT FILM - Human Bean / Clayton Smith

  • BEST NZ SHORT FILM - A Taste of Strawberry / Luka Tomic

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM - Dead Dreams Falling / Craig Murray

  • BEST SERIES - An Alien in Sydney / Charlie Falkner

  • BEST ACTOR - Nikki Tarling / Arawa (ft Rully Shabara)

  • BEST DIRECTOR - Clayton Smith / Human Bean

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Human Bean / Jesse Lane

  • BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMMAKER - Randa Ali / Kingdom of Strangers

  • BEST MELBOURNE FILMMAKER - The Grand Scheme / Matt Mirams

  • BEST ANIMATION - Descend / Darcy Woodbridge

  • BEST THRILLER - Suburbia Blue / Ben O'Sullivan

  • BEST COMEDY - HIT / Zachary Benn, Sebastian Benn

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Honey / Harrison Gilbert

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR - Arawa (ft Rully Shabara) / Thuy Vy

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Honey / Harrison Gilbert

  • BEST WRITER (FILM) - Kingdom of Strangers / Randa Ali

  • BEST SCREENPLAY (FILM) - The Grand Scheme / Matt Mirams

  • BEST QUEER FEATURE - Masquerades of Research: Part I & Part II / Padraig Robinson

  • BEST QUEER DIRECTOR - The Sound Of Identity / James Kicklighter

  • BEST INTL QUEER SHORT - Minns Mig / Aila Stefansdotter-Franck, Linnéa Duran, Elin Örneholm

  • BEST AUSTRALIAN QUEER SHORT FILM - Ragdoll / Alexander Zachary Hodge

  • BEST RISING STAR DIRECTOR - Pius Kung / The People You Meet

  • BEST STUDENT FILM (TERTIARY) - The People You Meet / Pius Kung

  • BEST STUDENT CINEMATOGRAPHY - Parks / Jackson Hayat

  • BEST STUDENT DRAMA - It's On Me / Sameed Rabbani

  • BEST STUDENT THRILLER - The Shack / Ben Raschella, Harry Kellaway

  • BEST STUDENT COMEDY - Datenappers / Chloe Kemp

  • BEST STUDENT EXPERIMENTAL - The Tyrannical Skyscraper / Balram Veeragoo Naidu

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Limited Edition

Limited Edition

Celebrate your OFFICIAL SELECTION at the CINEVERSE with the Limited Edition: CinéCiné Film Festival of the Year — Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival — Official Selection, T-Shirt.

This t-shirt is everything you've dreamed of and more. It feels soft and lightweight, with the right amount of stretch. It's comfortable and flattering. What more could you want?

• Front: Embroidered Logo + Festival of the Year / Back: Official Selection Laurels
• 100% Profits go back to Melbourne CINEVERSE Film Festival
• 100% combed and ring-spun cotton (Heather colors contain polyester)
• Fabric weight: 4.2 oz/yd² (142 g/m²)
• Pre-shrunk fabric
• Side-seamed construction
• Shoulder-to-shoulder taping

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SCRIPT FINALISTS

Winners:

BEST AUSTRALIAN FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • Mia You've Lost a Lot of Blood // Paul Bird

BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • The Fundamental Question // Timothy Wilde

BEST AUSTRALIAN WRITER

  • Pheromone City // Bruno Starrs

Semi Finalists:

  • Pheromone City

  • Happily Never After

  • Raid On Columbus

  • The Road Ahead

  • Anathema: Transfiguro

  • Simon Says

  • Enter the Room

  • Deadline To Death

  • Anathema: Scurra

  • The Upside of Down

  • Strange Love (or how I learnt to stop worrying and love talking dirty)

  • Fifteen dinars

  • Hatched

  • Heal & Prey

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY

  • Pilotus: A Tale of Anathema // Bob Singleton

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY

  • Deadline To Death // Elliot Stanton

BEST INTERNATIONAL WRITER

  • The Garden of Earthly Delights // Steven Howard

  • CODE 10

  • Mia You've Lost a Lot of Blood

  • The Garden of Earthly Delights

  • Anathema: Pilotus

  • The Fundamental Question

  • Brotherly Hate

  • The scheme

  • Mallory

Quarter Finalists:

  • Crackerbox

  • HERO

  • Rich In Faith

  • Suitable

  • Giovanni

  • Hail of Bullets

  • Atrophy

  • Anathema: Syreni

  • The Epsilon Sphere

  • Seven Moments in Time

  • SUN

  • Bad Day

  • Luck Be A Lady

  • All the Mornings After
    Not a Creature Was Stirring, Not Even a Louse

  • The Parliament Of Ebrill Roberts

  • Tight Corners

  • Yellow Curtains

SEASON 4 — AUGUST 2022

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Award Winners

  • BEST PICTURE (FEATURE) - Canvas (Criss Gidas)

  • BEST DIRECTOR - James Di Martino (City of Salt)

  • BEST ACTOR - Natasha Herbert (Solace)

  • BEST SHORT FILM - City of Salt (James Di Martino)

  • BEST SUPER SHORT FILM - Coolguy (Nicky Murphy, Zeïna Thiboult)

  • BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM - Hellbender (Gregory Kelly)

  • BEST SOLO ARTIST MUSIC VIDEO - Nicole McKinney - Hollywood Girls (Phoebe Faye)

  • BEST BAND MUSIC VIDEO - Far Away Man - The Dalmatians (William (Wil) Bryant Allen)

  • BEST STUDENT MUSIC VIDEO - Clouds - Mondeo (Lachlan Anderson-Schmidt)

  • BEST STUDENT FILM (TERTIARY) - Solace (Stepanka Cervinkova)

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SEASON 3 — APRIL 2022

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Award Winners

Official Selections

  • BEST DIRECTOR - Built Lands (Arturo Dueñas Herrero)

  • BEST WRITER - Piano (Jhaz Bullen-Williams)

  • BEST SHORT FILM - AnnA (Éric PINÉDA)

  • BEST FEATURE FILM - How to Hack Your Boss (Fabrício Bittar)

  • BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM - The Desert (Michael Dockery)

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO - Wildflower - Hannyta (Jerry Housen)

  • BEST SCREENPLAY - The Great Emu War (Jagger Waters)

  • AnnA - dir. Éric PINÉDA

  • Piano - dir. Steven Clarke

  • When I Go - dir. Olivia O’Brien

  • The Desert - dir. Michael Dockery

  • Age of Winter - dir. Andy Sutton

  • Perfection - dir. Gregory Kelly

  • Wildflower - Hannyta - dir. Jerry Housen

  • How to Hack Your Boss - dir. Fabrício Bittar

SEASON 2 — MAY 2021

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Ecdysis

  • NOAH

  • Lieve

  • HEARTBREAKER

  • One Word Sawalmem

  • Q: ghostly remote effect

  • What Lies Within

  • Kiss the Ground

  • ALESTORM - Shit Boat

  • The Boy Who Cried Mud

  • Cupcake

  • Friendly Neighbourhood Poltergeist

  • The Charge

 

FILM WINNERS

  • What Lies Within - Best Horror

  • NOAH - Best Student Film

  • The Boy who cried mud - Judges Choice Award

  • Lieve - Best Drama

  • Cupcake - Best Art Direction

  • Friendly Neighbourhood Poltergeist - Best Music Video

  • Q: ghostly remote effect - Best Director

  • Kiss the Ground - Best Picture

  • Ecdysis - Best Australian Short

  • One Word Sawalmem - Best International Short

  • The Charge - Best Cinematography

  • Ecdysis - Best Performance

 

SCRIPT SEMI-FINALISTS

  • REGALIA

  • South of Main Street

  • Only My Sister

  • Bones of Ribbon

  • Razortooth

  • Miss. 45: Lady Vengance

  • The Klingsor Initiates

  • The Spear Carrier

  • THE LAST 12 HOURS OF JESUS

  • Vol et Nocturne

  • Murdock

  • New Moon 5280

  • A COUNTERFEIT PRIEST

  • One for Three

  • DANDELION WISHES

  • Life and Times of a Retired Suicide Bomber

  • ad prarsenti

 

SCRIPT FINALISTS

  • Gullun Drift

  • Going for Broke

  • The Manor

  • A Dinner with Money

 

TOP SCRIPT WINNERS

  • Gullun Drift - Best Screenplay

  • Going for Broke - Best Writer: Alec Cuddeback

  • The Manor - Judges Choice Award

SEASON 1 — MAY 2020

WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

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OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

  • Toprak

  • I grew a statue

  • Calibre

  • Pulpe Fiction

  • Chronic Dreams

  • Cargo

  • Mummy's Boy

  • Le Songe de B. Soares

  • Stories from the smoke

  • Horrorscope

  • The Swing

  • Ben and Mimi

  • After the Beep

  • Black Heart, Red Hands

  • Blood Rule

  • Carina's Groove

  • A Waltz in the Woods

  • OHD - vooDO

 

FILM WINNERS

  • I grew a statue - Best Intl Short

  • Calibre - Best Student Film

  • Pulpe Fiction - Best Intl Comedy

  • Chronic Dreams - Best Aus Webseries

  • Cargo - Best Intl Thriller

  • Mummy's Boy - Best Aus Feature

  • Le Songe de B. Soares - Best Intl Animation

  • Stories from the smoke - Best Super Short Aus

  • Toprak - Best Intl Feature

  • Horrorscope - Best Intl Horror

  • The Swing - Judges Choice Award

  • Ben and Mimi - Best Intl Production Design

  • After the Beep - Best Super Short Intl

  • Black Heart, Red Hands - Best Aus Short

  • Blood Rule - Best Aus Thriller

  • Carina's Groove - Best Aus Comedy

  • Waltz in the Woods - Best Nz Short

  • OHD - vooDO - Best Music Video

 

SCRIPT SEMI-FINALISTS

  • Saving Joey

  • Mein Bruder

  • One and no one

  • First Date, Third Date

  • The Blossoms

  • Flea Bag Blues

  • Back to Sleep

  • The Brother

  • Warren and the Wheelie Bins

  • Overgrown

  • Nefretete

  • MMA

  • Superior Being (PART 1)

  • Superior Being (PART 2)

  • Copland in Self Defence

  • Donkey-Head

  • A World Turned Upside Down

  • Characterization

 

SCRIPT FINALISTS

  • Memories of the Meadow

  • The Real Thing

  • Imbroglio

  • American Luchador

  • The Choice

  • ARGHHH!

  • Flood of Lies

  • Last Thursday

  • Crashing Jenny's Wedding

  • The Dogwalker's Club

  • The terrorist

  • The Future is in BugZ!

  • On A Wing and A Prayer

  • Spirit of The Anzacs

  • In Bluebell Wood

  • Alta California

  • The Thursday whaler

  • Modern Art

  • Velleity

  • Timeless

  • Bloody Buckley

  • Frangipani Rain

  • The Santa-Man

  • Touch Gloves

  • The Federal Hotel

  • In Lock Down in Road Town

 

SCRIPT WINNERS

  • The Thursday whaler

  • The terrorist

  • Spirit of The Anzacs

  • Crashing Jenny's Wedding

  • In Bluebell Wood

  • The Federal Hotel

  • Alta California

  • Timeless

  • The Real Thing

  • Touch Gloves

  • Memories of the Meadow

  • Velleity

 

TOP SCRIPT WINNERS

  • On A Wing and A Prayer - Best Screenplay

  • Frangipani Rain - Best Writer: Les McDiarmid

  • Spirit of The Anzacs - Judges Choice Award