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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCREEN AWARD 2021 NOMINEES




> SPECIAL AWARDS 

 

CITY OF ADELAIDE MERCURY AWARD 

ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT 

  

GRAND JURY PRIZE  

Sponsored by South Australian Film Corporation  

ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT  

 

EMERGING PRODUCER AWARD  

ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT 

 

FIRST NATIONS TALENT AWARD 

Sponsored by South Australian Film Corporation  

NOMINEES 

Natasha Wanganeen - Actor, Djaambi 

Edoardo Crismani - Director, The Panther Within  

Lilla Berry - Producer, Deadly Family Portraits: Sansbury Sisters 

Dylan Coleman & Staurme Glastonbury - Writers, Secret Pretty Things 

 

CARCLEW YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD 

NOMINEES 

Nicholas Frayne (cinematographer) 

Xiaohua (Alice) Yang (documentary filmmaker) 

Jai Ruciak (editor) 

 

 

> GENRE CATEGORIES  

 

BEST DRAMA  

 

No Running  

Producers: Ashley Webber, Peter Ninos 

Director: Peter Ninos  

Writer: Ashley Webber 

 

The Recordist 

Producers: Ashleigh Knott & Indianna Bell 

Directors: Indianna Bell & Josiah Allen 

Writer: Indianna Bell 

 

MYTH - The Go Between 

Producer: William Littleton 

Writer/Director: Alies Sluiter  

 

If I Quit Now  

Producer: Sam McSweeney 

Writer/Director: Luke Wissell 

 

BEST COMEDY  

 

Let's Make A Baby 

Producers: Robert Crowther & Tom Chalmers 

Director: Robert Crowther 

Writer: Roy Hampton 

 

Dirty Dishes 

Producers/Directors: Amy Goddard, James Roper & Manuel Ashman 

Writer: Manuel Ashman 

 

Happy Anniversary 

Producer: Lisa Bishop 

Writer/Director: Gareth Wilkes 

 

Nature Therapy 

Producer: Brendan Godfrey 

Writer/Director: James Adams 

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY  

 

Deadly Family Portraits: Sansbury Sisters 

Producer: Lilla Berry 

Director: Pearl Berry 

  

My Ba 

Producer/Director: Xiaohua (Alice) Yang  

  

Last Meal  

Producers: Danielle Tinker, Marcus McKenzie & Daniel Principe 

Directors: Marcus McKenzie & Daniel Principe 

 

BEST ANIMATION  

 

The Better Angels 

Producer: Richard Chataway 

Writer/Director: Michael Cusack 

 

Cacklin' Jack Betrayed Us 

Producer/Director: Sam McKenzie 

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO 

 

Forgetting Me | Dead Astronauts 

Producer/Director: Michael Williamson 

 

Went to Sleep Real | JJ 

Producer/Director: Michael Williamson 

 

alt. | Devil's Cut 

Producers: Ashley Pollard & Benjamin Powell 

Director: Ashley Pollard 

 

Relentless | Audio Reign 

Producer/Director: Eva Grzelak 

  

BEST WEB SERIES  

 

Dead Centre 

Producer: Kurt Roberts 

Writer/Director: Benno Thiel 

 

Cookingjust4me, my taste, no waste 

Producers: Carolyn Corkindale & Caroline Rowe 

Director: Caroline Rowe 

 

Love, Guns & Level Ups 

Producer: Jodie Kirkbride 

Directors: Andrew Shanks & Nicholas Cleary  

Writers: Andrew Shanks, Nicholas Cleary & Daniel Vink 

 

You Are Not Alone 

Producers: Lauren Hillman & Caroline Winter 

Director: Lyndal Redman 

 

BEST STUDENT PRODUCTION  

 

The Art of Autism 

Producer/Writer/Director: Isaac Doman 

 

Punchin' Out! 

Producer: Kirrily Snape 

Writer/Director: Tasman Colquist  

 

My Ba 

Producer/Director:  Xiaohua (Alice) Yang  

  

BEST GAME  

 

Mighty Kingdom - DreamWorks Gabby's Dollhouse 

Brewed Engagement Extended Reality Labs - Henosis 

Joy Everafter Stories - Frog's Princess Ch 1&2 

Mighty Kingdom - Ava's Manor 

 

 

> CRAFT CATEGORIES  

 

BEST SCREENPLAY  

 

Tom Cornwall – Stop 63 

Kate Bonney - Waiyirri 

Alexander Lloyd & Nicholas Muecke - Glasshouse 

Jonathon Vozzo - Séyoncè 

Gareth Wilkes – Happy Anniversary 

 

BEST DIRECTING   

 

Alies Sluiter - MYTH - The Go Between 

Michael Cusack - The Better Angels 

Joel Brown - Djaambi 

Indianna Bell & Josiah Allen - The Recordist 

  

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY   

  

Nicholas Frayne - Which Made This Place Home 

Nicholas Frayne - The Things We Leave Behind 

Richard Chataway ACS - The Better Angels 

Michael Tessari - Treasure 

Riley Scott - Possum 

  

BEST EDITING  

 

David Scarborough - Secret Pretty Things 

Josiah Allen - The Recordist 

Tania Nehme - MYTH - The Go Between 

Gareth Wilkes - Happy Anniversary 

 Xiaohua (Alice) Yang - My Ba 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE  

 

Alexander Lloyd - Glasshouse 

Brendan Rock - The Recordist 

David Daradan - Lead Locked 

Alex Devenney - Treasure 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE  

 

Kate Bonney - Lead Locked 

Natasha Wanganeen - Waiyirri 

Natasha Wanganeen - Djaambi 

Kavitha Anandasivam - Possum 

Jordan Cowan - The Recordist 

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN  

 

Brendan Homan & Natalie Homan - Last Meal 

Eliza Stafford - Waiyirri 

Maddie Grammatopoulos - Which Made This Place Home 

Emily Brockbank - Love, Guns & Level Ups 

  

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP  

 

Eliza Stafford - Lead Locked 

Bec Troisi - MYTH - The Go Between 

Hannah Pedley - Waiyirri 

  

BEST COSTUME  

 

Hannah Sitters - Secret Pretty Things 

Ailsa Paterson - MYTH - The Go Between 

Gigi D'Angelo - Love, Guns & Level Ups 

 

BEST SOUND DESIGN 

 

Indianna Bell – The Recordist 

Allison Chhorn – Blind Body 

Victor Ivchenko - Waiyirri 

Justin Astbury – The Better Angels 

 

BEST SCORE  

 

Jack Davis – The Recordist 

Hamish Keen & Alex Olijnyk - Circular 

Christopher Larkin- Last Meal 

Logan Watt – Everything All At Once 

 

Note: Nominee order randomised by randomizer.org 

  

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