The Drowning wins NFSA Orlando Short Film Award

Craig Boreham, writer/director of short film The Drowning, starring Xavier Samuel, who starred in A Few Best Men and the Twilight films, has won the NFSA Orlando Short Film Award. Presented by the National Film and Sound Archive, the award is presented to the best Australian, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex short film with a cash prize of $5000.

The announcement:

The 2012 NFSA Orlando Short Film Award has been awarded to Craig Boreham, writer and director of Drowning (2009). The NFSA Orlando award is presented to the winner of the best Australian lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex short film, receiving a cash prize of $5,000 and a place in the National Audiovisual Collection.

The Award was presented by NFSA Chair Chris Puplick AM on Sunday 25th of March at the closing night of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival at the Australian Centre for Moving Image, as part of the NFSA’s recognition of Australia’s cultural diversity and the role screen culture plays within the broader community.