The jury went with Hunger, a film that's been racking up raves all season. Its hard to get a grip on the local faves as Sydney has a series of audience awards which mingle docs, shorts and features in an unholy alliance. It also seems that venue has as much to do with the popularity as the film itself. Here's the winners:
Dendy Award for Short Documentary: Rare Chicken Rescue
Director Randall Wood; Producers Trish Lake, Vickie Gest
Dendy Award for Short Fiction: Ali and the Ball
Director Alex Holmes; Producer Helen Panckhurst
Dendy Award for Most Innovative Short Film: Ephemeral
Directed and produced by Tony Radevski and Jongsu Oh
Yoram Gross Animation Award: Mutt
Director Glen Hunwick; Producer Beth Frey
CRC Award: 296 Smith Street
Director John Evagora; Producer Jorge Tsadilas
Rouben Mamoulian Award: Summer Breaks
Director Sean Kruck; Producer Caroline Barry
Audience Award: Documentary at State Theatre - Young@Heart
Audience Award: Documentary at Satellite Venues - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Audience Award: Feature at State Theatre - Fugitive Pieces
Audience Award: Feature at Satellite Venues - Red Like the Sky
Audience Award: Short Film at State Theatre - 'Green Porno'
Audience Award: Short Film at Satellite Venues - 'Frederikke'
Jury President Gillian Armstrong said, "We commend Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light for its highly poetic and creative use of sound and image and the honest treatment of its universal story of love and pain. The second film we commend is Matthew Newton's Three Blind Mice for its energy, passion, superb ensemble cast and as such a fine collaboration by a talented group of young filmmakers…The inaugural Sydney Film Prize is awarded to Steve McQueen's Hunger…for its controlled clarity of vision, its extraordinary detail and bravery, the dedication of its cast and the power and resonance of its humanity."
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