AFIN 2020 WINNERS
Congratulations to all winners in our 2020 season
The Reckoning
Feature Film (UK)
BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST DIRECTOR (NEIL MARSHALL)
BEST ACTRESS (CHARLOTTE KIRK)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
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"A woman is falsely accused of witchcraft in England in 1665, the year of the Great Plague. While enduring a brutal trial in which she is tormented by demons both real and spiritual, her persecutors attempt to break her will , while she plots violent revenge against them."
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Director:
Writers:
Edward Evers-Swindell, Charlotte Kirk, Neil Marshall
Stars:
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The Mirror
Short Film (Australia)
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST YOUNG ARTIST - INGRID TORELLI
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST SOUND
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR - MATT DAY
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
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"When a young girl discovers a mysterious antique mirror in the basement of her ailing grandmother’s house, she accidentally opens a window between time that allows her to cross over into war-torn Nazi-occupied Poland.
With wonderful performances from two remarkable newcomers - Ingrid Torelli (Suzi) and Amelia Westlake (Young Hilda)."
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Torn: Dark Bullets
Feature Film (Canada)
BEST ACTOR - SAM VINCENT
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A raw and unapologetic look into a police shooting, racism, and the connections they share. Without stating that we know the answers, but not being afraid to ask the direct questions.
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Stars:
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Wienerland
Feature Film (Austria)
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER - JAN WOLETZ, STEFAN POLASEK
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"Atalja is chased by Kramer and the imperial forces and has to flee Motherstown. Accompanied by Gruben and Keona she sets forth on a journey through a world full of mysterious creatures, rivaling gangs and dark secrets."
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Stars:
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For Our Children
Feature Documentary (Poland)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
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"We would rummage through the rubbish for any secondary raw materials, any waste that could be sold. I smuggled goods for sale across the border, sold sweets, lollipops. We were hungry, we slept anywhere and everywhere, on bare ground. We had no money, we had to beg," said one of the victims of the exodus of refugees in Venezuela, a country that, as a result of dictatorship, has been plunged into a deep humanitarian and economic crisis. In the documentary, Dominika Kulczyk together with Kulczyk Foundation learns the stories of Venezuelans crossing the Simón BolÃvar bridge, which is located on the border between Venezuela and Colombia, and is often referred to as "the bridge of desperation"
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Directors:
Marek Klosowicz, Dariusz Twaróg
Writer:
Star:
Kia Kaha
Short Documentary (Australia)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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"A documentary film about a proud Maori father living in Perth, Australia, who draws upon his personal struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts to encourage other men to choose life."
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TKG: The Kids Of Grove
Feature Film (Australia)
BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS - ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO
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"Wrapping up a long week of work employees are in a fight for survival against a local gang who are out for blood - but who is justified? A thrilling look into the consequences experienced by trying to do the "right thing" by society."
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Residual Noise
Short Film (Israel)
BEST STUDENT FILM
BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR - TOVA DORFMAN
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"Drama\ Thriller short film- A young woman’s life is forever changed as a result of a traumatic event. She loses control of her life, and begins to lose distinction between reality and illusion, until she reaches a breaking point, looking down and trying to decide whether to jump or continue living with her scars."
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Hospital Show
Web Series (Canada)
BEST WEB SERIES
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"Hospital Show is a work place comedy about the broken, deluded, narcissistic, addicted, and lovable actors who play TV's most respected doctors."
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Stars:
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Nadisko ft. Henning - On It
Music Video (Australia)
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
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In the drought stricken and burning Australian landscape, faith is all but lost as no end to the harsh times seems to be in sight. In a bid of desperation, a girl dances to a higher power to bring the rain and ultimately end these relentless, unforgiving conditions.
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The Case of the Notorious Roboticist
Feature Screenplay (Australia)
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
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"Set in a future where matriarchy has toppled patriarchy, Moroz is a flawed, old-fashioned gumshoe fighting for equality in a society where human-form androids are the norm.
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Notorious roboticist and artificial intelligence whiz Isadora is h inis greatest adversary yet his only hope to restore justice between the sexes. Yet her own plans are to keep men under her thumb.
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When Isadora is charged with murder, Moroz must consider the cost of trying to solve the case: something that could cost him his family, any chance of true equality and his very life. Additionally, footage of Isadora committing the crime makes the task seem a fool’s errand. In a world where the lines between human and robot love are blurred, Moroz must also find a way to stop a pending contract that threatens to enable a new rise of the robots."
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Writer:
David Hearne
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Castle
Short Screenplay (United States)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
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"A young autistic girl, Raegan, finds haven in the game of chess at her school’s club led by popular Kennedy. When a devastating meltdown puts their relationship to a heightened test, the bitter truth of reality sets in."
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Writer:
Rachel Doman
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XCT: Breakout
Comic Book (Australia)
BEST COMIC BOOK
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"Histories greatest figures of myth and legends have been brought back to life - to fight and die!
In the year 2069 the Xtreme Champion Tournament (XCT) has cloned some of the pasts greatest heroes, villains and monsters. Caged and forced to comply, they have only one choice - to compete in the most brutal sport in the world as a part of the XCT.
After an explosion rocks the XCT arena Spartacus and his team find themselves the only barrier between the bloodthirsty monsters and villains, and the world outside of the arena.
Can they stop the fiends from escaping, or will the villainous cloned warriors be free to once again wreak havoc on the
world?"
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Writer:
Shaun Keenan
2020 Nominees & Semi-Finalists
BEST FEATURE FILM
Nominees
Wienerland (Austria)
Torn - Dark Bullets (Canada)
The Reckoning (United Kingdom)
Sweet Taste Of Souls (United States)
TKG: The Kids Of Grove (Australia)
​Semi-Finalists
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Toprak (Turkey)
Maze of Fate (United States)
Daytime Nightmare (United Kingdom)
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BEST SHORT FILM
Nominees
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The Mirror (Australia)
If We Had Tomorrow (Ukraine)
Circus Sam (Japan)
Manasanamaha (India)
Juicy Girl (Korea)
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Semi-Finalists
Behind the Door (France)
Bucket List (Australia)
Augustus (United States)
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BEST ACTOR
Nominees
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Sam Vincent (TORN - Dark Bullets) (Canada)
David Wurawa (WIENERLAND) (Austria)
William 'Big Sleeps' Stewart (TORN - Dark Bullets) (United States)
Viraj Ashwin (Manasanamaha) (India)
Jack Erdie (Tics) (United States)
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Semi-Finalists
Jason R. Moore (Honor Among Thieves) (United States)
Mark Casamento (TKG: The Kids of Grove) (Australia)
Mal Kennard (Dusters) (Australia)
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BEST ACTRESS
Nominees
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Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning) (United Kingdom)
Karen Holness (TORN - Dark Bullets) (Canada)
Ellery Sprayberry (Circus Sam) (America)
Barbara Kaudelka (WIENERLAND) (Austria)
Viki Cohen (Residual Noise) (Israel)
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Semi-Finalists
Cheongmi Lee (Juicy Girl) (Korea)
Alexandra Adornetto (TKG: The Kids of Grove) (Australia)
Stacey Farber (THE DESECRATED) (United States)
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BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees
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Neil Marshall (The Reckoning) (United Kingdom)
Joel Kohn (The Mirror) (Australia)
Deepak reddy (Manasanamaha) (India)
Dan Rizzuto (Torn - Dark Bullets) (Canada)
Rayner Wang (Circus Sam) (Japan)
Semi-Finalists
Anastasiya Yevchenko (If We Had Tomorrow) (Ukraine)
Tova Dorfman (Residual Noise) (Israel)
Sevgi Hirschhäuser (Toprak) (Turkey)
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BEST EMERGING FEMALE DIRECTOR
Nominees
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Anastasiya Yevchenko (If We Had Tomorrow) (Ukraine)
Tova Dorfman (Residual Noise) (Israel)
Sevgi Hirschhäuser (Toprak) (Turkey)
Angeline Wu (Bucket List) (Australia)
Katrina Grey (Daytime Nightmare) (United Kingdom)
Semi-Finalists
Terry Ross (Sweet Taste of Souls) (United States)
Leila Murton Poole (Le Miroir) (Australia)
Honey Lauren (Wives Of The Skies) (United States)
BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Nominees
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Anastasiya Yevchenko (If We Had Tomorrow) (Ukraine)
Dan Rizzuto (Torn - Dark Bullets) (Canada)
Rayner Wang (Circus Sam) (Japan)
Tova Dorfman (Residual Noise) (Israel)
Jan Woletz, Stefan Polasek (WIENERLAND) (Austria)
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Semi-Finalists
MJ KIM (Juicy Girl) (Korea)
Julien Pestel (Behind the Door) (France)
Angeline Wu (Bucket List) (Australia)
BEST YOUNG ARTIST
Nominees
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Ingrid Torelli (The Mirror) (Australia)
Burak Aydin (Toprak) (Turkey)
Ari Newman (Tommy) (Australia)
Jaiden WIlliams (Calibre) (Australia)
Charlotte Stent (White Rabbit) (Australia)
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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nominees
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The Reckoning (United Kingdom)
TORN - Dark Bullets (Canada)
Maze of Fate (United States)
Wienerland (Austria)
Behind the Door (France)
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Semi-Finalists
Hospital Show (Canada)
TKG: The Kids Of Grove (Australia)
The Mirror (Australia)
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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nominees
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The One and Only Jewish Miss America (United States)
When the River Runs Dry (Australia)
For Our Children (Poland)
The Unbelievable Plight of Mrs. Wright (United States)
The Last Day on Duty (Spain)
Semi-Finalists
The Art Of Dissent (United States)
Rony Roller Circus, Life & Magic (Italy)
We to Me (United States)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nominees
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The Reckoning (United Kingdom)
The Mirror (Australia)
If We Had Tomorrow (Ukraine)
Manasanamaha (India)
Augustus (United States)
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Semi-Finalists
Tics (United States)
Symmetry (Australia)
Residual Noise (Israel)
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BEST FILM EDITING
Nominees
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Circus Sam (Japan)
The Mirror (Australia)
The Reckoning (United Kingdom)
Manasanamaha (India)
Sweet Taste of Souls (United States)
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Semi-Finalists
TORN - Dark Bullets (Canada)
If We Had Tomorrow (Ukraine)
Symmetry (Australia)
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BEST SOUND
Nominees
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The Reckoning (United Kingdom)
The Mirror (Australia)
If We Had Tomorrow (Ukraine)
TORN - Dark Bullets (Canada)
Circus Sam (Japan)
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Semi-Finalists
Behind the Door (France)
Tics (United States)
Residual Noise (Israel)
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BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nominees
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The Mirror (Australia)
Wienerland (Austria)
The Desecrated (United States)
Faraway (United States)
Peter Pan (United States)
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Semi-Finalists
Sweet Taste of Souls (United States)
Scarlet Storm (United Kingdom)
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BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTRESS
Nominees
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Alexandra Adornetto (TKG: The Kids Of Grove)
Simone Ball (Tommy)
Anna Ng (Bucket List)
Rachel Giddens (Le Miroir)
Tracie Filmer (Last Graveyard Shift)
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BEST AUSTRALIAN ACTOR
Nominees
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Mark Casamento (TKG: The Kids Of Grove)
Mal Kennard (Dusters)
Nick Cain (Before I Go)
Stephen Degenaro (Tommy)
Matt Day (The Mirror)
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BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
Nominees
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The Mirror
Bucket List
TKG: The Kids Of Grove
Tommy
Before I Go
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Semi-Finalists
Black Heart, Red Hands
Nineteen Ninety Nine
Display Home
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BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Nominees
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Kia Kaha (Australia)
For The Team (United States)
TERROR AND HOPE, The Science of Resilience (United States)
ETOA: A Kokoda Track Story (Papua New Guinea)
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BEST STUDENT FILM
Nominees
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Residual Noise (Israel)
Kia Kaha (Australia)
Gone (Australia)
Symmetry (Australia)
Le Miroir (Australia)
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Semi-Finalists
Typing (Australia)
Jackpot (New Zealand)
Faraway (United States)
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BEST WEB SERIES
Nominees
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After Forever (Season 2) (United States)
Hospital Show (Canada)
Sydney Sleuthers (Australia)
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Semi-Finalists
The Computer Lab (Episode 4 "Shadowplay") (United States)
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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Nominees
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Little Big - "Go Bananas" (Russian Federation)
Nadisko Ft. Henning - "On It" (Australia)
Devotchka "Done With Those Days" (United States)
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Semi-Finalists
Highland Home (United States)
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BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Nominees
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The Romance Plot (Canada)
Outback Of The Dead (Australia)
The Case of the Notorious Roboticist (Australia)
Community Resources (United States)
In Bad Company (Australia)
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Semi-Finalist
The Keepsakes Of My Mind (United States)
Matchsticks 2.0 (Australia)
Guns & God (United States)
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BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Nominees
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Surface Tension (Australia)
The Computer Lab : Episode 3 (United States)
Castle (United States)
Sunset Strip (United Kingdom)
Uncomfortably Numb (Australia)
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Semi-Finalist
Writer's Block (Australia)
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BEST COMIC
Nominees
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The Last Exorcist (Saudi Arabia)
Monitor (United States)
XCT: Breakout (Australia)
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Semi-Finalists
Maurice & The Metal (Australia)