SWIFF is a win for women in film.

Announcement posted by SWIFF 07 Dec 2020

Sydney Women's International Film Festival Award winners and nominees

The Sydney Women’s International Film Festival (SWIFF), supported by the City of Sydney, had its inaugural Grand Opening event last week at United Cinemas Opera Quays.

Attendance included MAFS favourites Natasha Spencer and Ivan Sarakula, Champion SURFER Layne Beachly, Actor Andrew Steel (WISHMAN), Actor and Writer George Basha (THE COMBINATION, CONVICT, COMBINATION REDEMPTION), Shaka Cook (The Flood, Top End Wedding, Hamilton), Carmel Rose (BETTER MAN) and footballer Kyle Lovette (West Tigers).

The event was hosted by award winning Actress, Writer, Singer, Dancer and Director Clare McCann (BENEFITED, CHANNEL [V]), who is also known for savings the Roxy theatre and launching the famed Marquee Sydney at Sydney’s casino The Star.

The event was well received by attendees who enjoyed a line up of self identifying female stories that showcased some of the very best films made my production teams that have female filmmakers in key creative roles. The coveted winning trophies were handmade of stone and clay of a mother goddess totem.

AWARDS & NOMINEES

Best Feature Film

Winner: The Other Lamb starring Raffey Cassidy and Michiel Huisman, Directed by Malgorzata Szumowska. POLAND.

(Nomination: The Flood starring Alexis Lane and Shaka Cook, Directed by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre).

Best Short Film

Winner: Handscape Directed by Yiru Chin. CHINA.

(Nominations: Anna Directed by Dekel Berenson & Daughters of Mine Directed by Carmen Antón García.)

Best Actress

Winner: Alexis Lane in The Flood. AUSTRALIA

(Nominations: Victoria Haralabidou in I Want To Make A Film About Women & Natasha Kaminsky in The Audition.)

Best Actor

Winner: Michiel Huisman in The Other Lamb. United Kingdom.

(Nomination: Shaka Cook in The Food & Justin Sense in The Audition).

Best Australian Film

Winner: The Flood by Victoria Wharfe McIntrye. AUSTRALIA.

(Nominations: The Witch of Kings Cross by Sonia Bible & I Want To Make A Film About Women by Karen Pearlman.)

Best Director

Winner: Victoria Wharfe McIntyre for The Flood. AUSTRALIA.

(Nominations: Malgorzata Szumowska for The Other Lamb & Karen Pearlman for I Want To Make A Film About Women).

Best Documentary Feature

Winner: When Women Won by Anna Rodgers. IRELAND.

(Nominations: The Witch of Kings Cross by Sonia Bible, Safezone by Jodie Livingston & 46 Years Later by Lelaini Siaosi.)

Best Feature Script

Winner: Encore by Mellisa Giancarlo.

(Nominations: Artemisia by Georgina Love & I Was Born Greek by Melina Chiaverini.)

Best Short Script

Winner: Possum by Lyndal Simpson.

(Nominations: Banana Split Club by Heather McDonald & Roses by Alexandra Buckalew.)

TO INTERVIEW CLARE MCCANN email info@victoriajackson.com or call Victoria Jackson 0402 473 079 About SWIFF

The Sydney Women's International Film Festival (SWIFF) is a film festival created to support and promote the work of female (self-identified) film-makers. SWIFF is a female-run, not-for-profit organisation forged from a desire to create a platform to address gender inequity in the film industry. The goals of SWIFF are to enhance professional opportunities, and recognition and exposure for women in film, while simultaneously improving audience access to cinematic stories about women, as told by women. SWIFF launched in 2020 and has welcomed film and screenplay entries across a diversity of categories from both Australian and international female film-makers.

#SWIFF2020 video and photos available HERE SWIFF media is available:

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1_jYRtWFmwUesidnTU3Eo8X6LggFxvQts

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