2009 Festival Award Winners

The calibre of films selected for this year's festival were quite simply fantastic. Thanks to our judges for their thoughtful debates and difficult decisions regarding the festival's winners.

(For a full list of all films that screened at the festival, see the 2009 program.)

FESTIVAL JUDGES:
Antony I. Ginnane (SPAA, IFM World Releasing)
Brian Trenchard-Smith (Director: BMX Bandits, The Man From Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot)
Simon Foster (Sunday Night at the Movies, 2UE, SBS)
Jon Hewitt (Director: Acolytes, Darklovestory, Redball)
Jack Sargeant (Writer, Programmer: Revelation Perth International Film Festival)
Claire Absolum (Producer: Insight, SBS TV)

SHORT FILM AWARDS:







FEATURE FILM AWARDS:








SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Special thanks to all of the competitions readers and particularly our special guest judge Tony Morphett; the competition's screenplay judging partner and prize sponsor the Australian Writers Guild, and additional prize partner Celtx.



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FEATURE LENGTH SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Finalists:
The Bottle Tree, written by David Yoon
Elegantus, written by F. Mijmark
First World, written by Mark Lund
Five Thousand Years, written by Jim Grieco
Last Haven, written by Greg Austin
The Moebius Strip, written by Christopher Brockway
Oneironaut, written by Alejandro Sesma
Saardu: The Adventure Begins, written by Carma Dillon
Space Milkshake Apocalypse 2047, written by Armen Evrensel
Time And Again, written by Stuart Creque

Winners:
1st Place: Time And Again, written by Stuart Creque
2nd Place: The Moebius Strip, written by Christopher Brockway
3rd Place: Last Haven, written by Greg Austin


SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

Finalists:
Bucklebury's Forest, written by Marcarthur Baralla
The Cinema, written by HsinYin Sung
Evase, written by George Fisher
Incarnation, written by Aaron Trout
The John Smith Conference, written by James McLellan
Kitten, written by Magail Rennes
Last of the Free, written by Michael Ozias
Low-Grade Chocolate, written by Jennifer Bogush
A Man's World, written by Chad Gilkison and Scott Parrish
Me & Al Jolson, written by Kyra Johnson
Photo Finish, written by Charles Hall

Winners:
1st Place: Kitten, written by Magail Rennes
2nd Place: Bucklebury's Forest, written by Marcarthur Baralla
3rd Place: The John Smith Conference, written by James McLellan


Congratulations to all of the festival winners, and thanks to each and every filmmaker and screenwriter that submitted to the inaugural Fantastic Planet Film Festival!