Lost Thing gets found at MIFF
Andrew Ruhermann and Shaun Tann (The Lost Thing), Ashlee Page (The Kiss), Hannah Hilliard (Franswa Sharl) and Mathew Bate (Mystery of the Flying Kicks) were the winners at the Melbourne International Film Festival Shorts Awards, held last nihgt.
Almost 100 shorts participated in the official competition; winners are eligible to submit their work for Academy Award consideration.
The winners are:
- Emerging Australian Filmmaker: Ashlee Page, South Australia, The Kiss – $5,000 cash and an airfare to the Berlinale 2011.
- Best Experimental Short Film: Nicolas Provost, Belgium, Long Live The New Flesh – $3, 000 cash.
- Best Documentary Short Film: Director Matthew Bate and producer Viron Papadopoulos, South Australia, The Mystery of Flying Kicks – $3,000 cash.
- Best Animation Short Film: Anita Killi, Norway, Angry Man – $3000 prize.
- Best Fiction Short Film: Director Jonas Selberg Augustsén and producer Freddy Olssonwas, Sweden, Autumn Man from Sweden – $3,000 cash.
- Erwin Rado Award for Best Australian Short Film: Director Hannah Hilliard and producer Linda Micsko, NSW, Franswa Sharl – $5,000 cash.
- Grand Prix for Best Short Film: Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, Victoria, The Lost Thing – $7,000 cash.
- Jury Special Mention: Birgitte Staermose, Denmark, Out Of Love by Birgitte Staermose.
