And the Nominees Are...

29th January 2009

FTI has been abuzz with judging panels for the last couple of weeks. Here is the full list of nominees:

The Early Career Nominees are…

Original Music Composition
Christopher de Groot – The Director’s Cut
Ben Collins – Eternus
Alex Archer & Todd Pickett – Every Little Thing
Zaalen Tallis – Til 3 Knocks

Actor
Wayne Davies – Crossroad
TJ Power – Iris
Nick Simpson Deeks – Shades of Grey
Keagan Kang – The Making of a Dead Guy
Nathan Coenen – Tinglewood

Actress
Amy Hudson – Bad Thinks
Elise Jansen – Misconception
Alexandra Fisher – Spirited
Michelle Phillips – Victims

Cinematography
Ivan Davidov – The Director’s Cut
Sarah Clarke and Mikael Bones Olsen – The People’s Plot
Jacob P McCallum – Strings
Daniel McColl – Thinking When Speaking
Anthony Hanson – Til 3 Knocks

Editing
Maziar Lahooti – Crossroad
Noah Joseph James – The Director’s Cut
Maggie Bruk – Every Little Thing
Grant Sputore & Sam Price – Legacy
Chantel Allen – Passenger

Production Design
Jodie Bonomini – Bridgetown
Melissa Hoppe – Chroma
Louise Brady – Deep End
Maddy Renel – Every Little Thing

Special mention to The Planet Lonely for costume design.

Sound
Tara Webb – Bridgetown
Palko Juhas – Commodity Fetish
Michelle Tate – The Director’s Cut
Ben Beverley – Tinglewood
Aron Hendry – Trixie Club

Visual Effects
Josh Weeks – Deep End
Wil Manning – Tinglewood

Secondary Film
Destined to Date
Seven

Tertiary Film
Ace Neally
Duty of Care
Every Little Thing
Shades of Grey

Special Mention: Taxi

Documentary
Taxi
Til Death Do Us Bark
Where’s My Lolly Bag?

Best Director
Maziar Lahooti – Crossroad
Paul Komadina – The Director’s Cut
Grant Sputore – Legacy
Noah Norton – Til 3 Knocks
Alex von Hofmann – Tinglewood

Special mention to Mat de Koning for Punmu Stories.

Best Drama
Crossroad
The Director’s Cut
Legacy
Til 3 Knocks
Tinglewood

Screenwriting
Michael Hoath – Crossroad
Damien Spiccia & Robbie Studsor – Deep End
Robbie Studsor – The Making of a Dead Guy
Scott Eathorne – Mockingbird
Jasmine Marie Adams – The Note

The Open Category Nominees are…

Cross Platform Media
Cut & Paste
Hurt
mY Generation

Short Animation
A Marvelous Gift
The Visitor

Music Video
The Anonymous ‘Exclusive’
End of Fashion ‘Dying For You’
Screwtop Detonators ‘In First Place’
God Spelt Backwards ‘See For’
Snowman ‘We Are The Plague’

Industry Nominees are…

Genre Award for Documentary
Spirit Stones
The Fabulous Flag Sisters
The Hunt for HMAS Sydney
Gallipoli Submarine
Desperately Seeking Doctors
Who Do You Think You Are

Craft Award for Cinematography
Ulrich-Stephan Krafzik – The Fabulous Flag Sisters
Ulrich-Stephan Krafzik – The Hunt for HMAS Sydney
Ian Batt – Gallipoli Submarine
Ian Pugsley – Desperately Seeking Doctors

Craft Award for Directing
Franco di Chiera – The Fabulous Flag Sisters
Janine Boreland – Y Dwell
Max Walker – Desperately Seeking Doctors
Franco Di Chiera and Andrew Saw – Who Do You Think You Are

Craft Award for Editing
Beckett Broda – The Fabulous Flag Sisters
Matthew Clifton, Lawrie Silvestrin, Sam Wallin – The Hunt for HMAS Sydney
Nicholas Dunlop – Gallipoli Submarine
Merlin Cornish – Y Dwell
David Fosdick – Desperately Seeking Doctors

Craft Award for Music Composition
Ash Gibson Greig – The Fabulous Flag Sisters
Tim Count and Keith Van Geyzel, Music Design Systems – The Hunt for HMAS Sydney
Ash Gibson Greig – Gallipoli Submarine
Ash Gibson Greig – Desperately Seeking Doctors
Ash Gibson Greig – Who Do You Think You Are?

Craft Award for Screenwriting
Barry Strickland /Franco di Chiera – The Fabulous Flag Sisters

Craft Award for Production Design
Emma Fletcher – Gallipoli Submarine

Craft Award for Sound
Glenn Martin and Ric Curtin – Gallipoli Submarine
Ric Curtin and Laurie Chlanda – Who Do You Think You Are?

Craft Award for Visual Effects
Beckett Broda and Steve Drew – The Fabulous Flag Sisters
Mike Dunn – The Hunt for HMAS Sydney
Mike Dunn – Gallipoli Submarine

Good luck to all the nominees. Winners will be announced at the 22nd WA Screen Awards, Saturday 21st March 2009 at The Octagon Theatre. Tickets available now.