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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