Red Dog, Oranges and Sunshine and Face to Face among IF Awards nominees
Red Dog, Oranges and Sunshine, Face to Face and The Eye of the Storm have received nominations for Best Feature Film at this year’s IF Awards.
Red Dog won the most nominations, appearing in nine categories, with Oranges and Sunshine nominated in eight and Face to Face in six categories.
Nominated in the Best Direction category is Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Kriv Stenders for Red Dog and Justin Kurzel for Snowtown while Best Script nominees are Michael Rymer for Face to Face, Rona Munro for Oranges and Sunshine and Daniel Taplitz for Red Dog.
Best Documentary nominees are Mrs Carey’s Concert directed by Bob Connolly, I Am Eleven directed by Genevieve Bailey and Orchids: My Intersex Adventure directed by Phoebe Hart.
With its strong ensemble cast the Face to Face actors are up against David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine, Josh Lucas for Red Dog and Geoffrey Rush for The Eye of the Storm, while the actresses are up against Emily Watson for Oranges and Sunshine, Rachael Taylor for Red Dog and Judy Davis for The Eye of the Storm.
The awards are on Wednesday 16 November.
The nominees:
Best Feature Film
• Face to Face
• Oranges and Sunshine
• Red Dog
• The Eye of the Storm
Best Actor
• Vince Colosimo, Luke Ford, Christopher Connelly, Matthew Newton, Robert Rabiah and Josh Saks – Face to Face
• David Wenham – Oranges and Sunshine
• Josh Lucas – Red Dog
• Geoffrey Rush – The Eye of the Storm
Best Actress
• Sigrid Thornton, Ra Chapman, Laura Gordon, Lauren Clair – Face to Face
• Emily Watson – Oranges and Sunshine
• Rachael Taylor – Red Dog
• Judy Davis – The Eye of the Storm
Best Script
• Face to Face – David Williamson
• Oranges and Sunshine – Rona Munro
• Red Dog – Daniel Taplitz
Best Music
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – David Hirschfelder
• Oranges and Sunshine – Lisa Gerrard
• Red Dog – Cezary Skubiszewski
Best Direction
• Face to Face – Michael Rymer
• Red Dog – Kriv Stenders
• Snowtown – Justin Kurzel
Best Sound
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole – Wayne Pashley
• Oranges and Sunshine – Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh, James Currie and John Hughes
• Snowtown – Frank Lipson
Best Editing
• Face to Face – Sasha Dylan Bell
• Oranges and Sunshine – Dany Cooper
• Red Dog – Jill Bilcock
• Snowtown – Veronika Jenet
Best Production Design
• Oranges and Sunshine – Melinda Doring
• Red Dog – Ian Gracie
• Snowtown – Fiona Crombie
Best Cinematography
• Red Dog – Geoff Hall
• Red Hill – Tim Hudson
• Snowtown – Adam Arkapaw
Independent Spirit IF Award
• Breaking the News
• I Am Eleven
• Mad Bastards
Rising Talent
• Julietta Boscolo
• Zak Hilditch
• Anthony Maras
Best Short Film
• Dik
• Toot Toot
• When the Wind Changes
Best Short Animation
• Nullabor
• Polo’s Robot
• The Missing Key
Best Short Documentary
• Murder Mouth
• Umoja: No Men Allowed
• We Were Here: The Map My Summer Film
Best Documentary
• I Am Eleven
• Mrs Carey’s Concert
• Orchids: My Intersex Adventure
Best Music Video
• Cameo Lover by Kimbra – directed by Guy Franklin
• Magic by Olivia Newton-John and WACCI – directed by Dan Murphy
• Overpass by The John Steel Singers directed by Josh Groom
Best Film Festival
• To be announced on the night of the Awards
The Out of the Box IF Award
• Alison Bell
• Blake Davis
• Todd Lasance
• Annie Maynard
• Anna McGahan
• Jessica Tovey
Contribution to Television
• Peter Andrikidis
• Mikael Borglund
• Ewan Burnett
• Michael Cordell
• John Holmes
• Claudia Karvan
• Des Monaghan
• David Mott
• Rachel Perkins
• Roger Simpson
Living Legend IF Award
• To be announced on the night
Best Box Office Achievement
• To be announced on the night
How does “The Eye of The Storm” get a nod for Best Picture but nothing in the directing, writing, cinematography, editing, production design categories? The film directed and wrote itself?
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What about Robin McLeavy for best actress for The Loved Ones? That was a tour de force performance but maybe not enough people saw it.
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What a big fat joke. Australians do the WORST job at awards shows. Where’s Schepisi? Judy Morris? Charlotte Rampling? So typical everyone goes nuts over a sentimental dog movie. Cringe.
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