MELBOURNE CINEVERSE WINNERS
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SEASON 9 — MAY 2025
WINNERS AND NOMINEES
BEST DIRECTOR - TBA
BEST ACTRESS - TBA
BEST HORROR - TBA
BEST FANTASY - TBA
BEST SCI-FI - TBA
BEST COMEDY - TBA
BEST MUSICAL - TBA
BEST HISTORICAL - TBA
BEST DRAMA - TBA
BEST SHORT - TBA
BEST DIRECTOR - TBA
BEST ACTOR - TBA
BEST THRILLER - TBA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - TBA
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NOMINEE - TBA
NOMINEE - TBA
NOMINEE - TBA
ROUND 1
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Missing // Peixuan Liu
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Wake up... // Steffen Haavik Taylor
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Crescendo // Faith Concepcion Cruz
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Love is Dead // Dylan Poihipi
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - TOW // Taylor Nixon
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Bad Bagels // Tim Hamilton
NEW ZEALAND FINALIST - Opia // Cosmo Calman
ROUND 1
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Re-Do // Dylan Burrows
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Closed Casket // James Michael Griffiths
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - People Like You // Kiko Wayne Jr
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Chip on the Shoulder // James Fagan
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - The Perfect Recipe // Anders Reagan McCoy
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Beating Blues // Lea Savannah Phillips
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - ADVENTURESS // Joel Stephen Fleming
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Born To Hustle // Grace Anna Cardona
REGIONAL VIC FINALIST - Sink or Swim // Brie Bartleet
SEASON 8 — OCT 2024
WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BEST GENRE DIRECTOR - The Dam // Andrew Sully
BEST ACTRESS - Remi // Sally Cheung
BEST HORROR - Blinded // Blake Hay
BEST FANTASY - Tales of the Hunted // Téa Mancini
BEST SCI-FI - Remi // Justin Evans
BEST COMEDY - Weasel // Hisham Iyad Hajir
BEST MUSICAL - Napalm Roses // Jyo Miyaji
BEST HISTORICAL - Faded Soldier // Richard Kubli, Michael Kubli, Boki Stanisic
BEST DRAMA - Toxic Shock // Anna Warwick
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GENRE SHOW NOMINEE - ABSUMO // Emile BIEGEL
GENRE SHOW NOMINEE - Not Alone // Maryam Imogen Ghouth
GENRE SHOW NOMINEE - Launch at Paradise // Carrie Ann Quinn
GENRE SHOW NOMINEE - Sleepwalker // Brandon Auman
GENRE SHOW NOMINEE - Overclocking // Alexander Vikulov
BEST SHORT - The Three Wise Men // Kirk Mihelakos
BEST DIRECTOR - IN-LAW OUTLAWS // Adam Copeland
BEST ACTOR - Rostrum // Daniel Kuberek
BEST THRILLER - Finding Light // Nirvana Nagi
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FOTOAUTOMAT // Rémy Mégard
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NOMINEE - For a Moment // Darryl Koh Yuan Jie
NOMINEE - Sablewood // Courtney Spencer
NOMINEE - Taste // Derrick Lui
SEASON 7 — MAY 2024
WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
AWARD WINNERS
BEST PICTURE (FEATURE) - REMNANT // Mike Horan
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM - DAISY // Alyssa Scott
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM - THE GARDEN // Julian Wang
BEST ACTOR - CASSIDY KRYGGER // from ‘Daisy’
BEST DIRECTOR - KEN KIMURA // from ‘The Other Guy’
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - HARD TO SWALLOW // Claire Riverland
BEST MELBOURNE FILMMAKER - LONELINESS // Caity Jean Amos, Danien Gabriel Berends
BEST THRILLER - YARDBIRDS // Daniel Shin
BEST DRAMA - ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS AND TWO WEEKS // Matthew Cantone
BEST MUSIC VIDEO - WOULD YOU BE MINE // Annabel Mactaggart
BEST RISING STAR DIRECTOR - HARD TO SWALLOW // Claire Riverland
BEST STUDENT FILM - INFLUENCE // Nick Vidler
BEST STUDENT COMEDY - TRUE BLUE // Kate Beales
BEST STUDENT THRILLER - 10 SECONDS TILL MIDNIGHT // Harrison Ewart-Dart
BEST STUDENT DRAMA - BOXING DAY // Leigh Schilling
BEST STUDENT GENRE - TALES OF THE HUNTED // Téa Mancini
BEST STUDENT CINEMATOGRAPHY - WITH EVERYTHING I AM. // Lindsay Davies
NEW SEASON TICKETS
Limited Edition
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• 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
SEASON 6 — AUGUST 2023
WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
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
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
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
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 LouseThe Parliament Of Ebrill Roberts
Tight Corners
Yellow Curtains
SEASON 4 — AUGUST 2022
WINNERS AND OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
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)
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
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
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