Nominees Revealed for the 5th annual WA Screen Culture Awards, Sunday 1 December at Luna Leederville. Hosted by comedian Emma Krause
Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from new, established and emerging screen practices.“We’re so proud to play such a central role in the development a screen sector through Awards as well as our other year-round initiatives,” says Revelation Perth International Film Festival Director Richard Sowada.
“From a place where one feature film was produced in WA every three years to becoming one of the strongest independent production sectors in the country, the WASCAs acknowledges and rewards that phenomenal achievement and embraces the convergence of screen-based forms.”
Now in its fifth year the WASCAs will be held on Sunday 1 December at Luna Cinemas Leederville hosted by comedian Emma Krause.
Emma burst onto the Perth comedy scene in 2017, quickly making her way through to the 2017 Next Gen Comedy Grand Final and 2 State RAW Comedy Grand Finals (2017, 2018) before becoming a finalist on Channel Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent in 2019.
Since then, she has gone from strength-to-strength touring Oz with comedy trio The Motherhood, adopting the role of Sue Finlay in the current Oz Lotto ads and winning awards including Best Comedy at the Perth Fringe World Festival earlier this year.
Speaking of her upcoming role as host, Emma says “I’m most looking forward to celebrating the uniqueness of storytelling in the industry. I think storytelling is such a powerful force – it transcends borders, connects cultures and brings out the emotions that remind us of our shared humanity.”
We look forward to announcing the winners from the following outstanding nominees across 21 categories and two Special Industry Awards!
Narrative Feature Film with budget under $1m presented by Limitless Studios
- I Hope This Will Fix Me
- In Sect
- Lint
- Shed
- Stubbornly Here
Narrative Feature Film with budget over $1m presented by Spinifex Brewing
- Before Dawn
- Kid Snow
- Runt
Feature Documentary / Non Fiction presented by Zarephath Wines
- Does Sound Heal
- Genocide in the Wildflower State
- Green: The Fight for Rock and Roll
- Renee Gracie: Fireproof
- Sunlight: YES
Short Film presented by AFTRS and Edith Cowan University
- Bathers
- Imposter
- Joan
- Re-Imagining Our Futures
- Story Time: A Film About Dementia
- They Were Wage Slaves
- Student Film presented by SAE
- Chookas
- Eat The Meat
- Esperance to Fremantle
- Santa Duties
- Teenage Dick: The Making Of
Television
- Maggie Beer’s Big Mission
- Our Medicine
- Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr. Michael Mosley
Web Series or Online Content presented by RevStream
- Backstage WA
- Fat Crackers: Bang Bang Pilot
- Life in Leederville
- Time-Rone
- Yhonnie Scarce: The Light of Day
Animation
- Bird Drone
- Chomp
- Last Quokka – Cost of Living
- Re-imagining Our Futures: Birthing
- Wadjemup Wirin Bidi
Music Video
- Can’t Get Enough by Electric State – Rob Viney
- Cry Baby by Complete – Steve Browne
- Crush by Anna Schneider – Alex Power
- Psycho by Alyssa Dalao, featuring Wiz – Joshua Black
- The Epic of Gilgamesh: Live in the Goldfields – Injured Ninjas
Game Design presented by Nostalgia Box
- Courier Tale
- Pie in the Sky
Commercial Content presented by Broadcast Gurus
- Crescendo Collection
- Drive The Dream
- ECU School of Education Research
Alternative Content (including Moving Image, Installation Art, Virtual Reality, 360°, Augmented Reality etc) presented by PAV
- 3SDC to the Power of 4 Screens
- AVHD
- Faux-gue
- Video Difficult
- Wadjemup Wirin Bidi
Directing presented by City of Vincent
- Before Dawn – Jordon Prince-Wright
- Genocide in the Wildflower State – Franko Rijavec
- Green: The Fight for Rock and Roll – Luke C. Griffiths
- Maggie Beer’s Big Mission – Laki Baker
- Stubbornly Here – Taylor Broadley
- They Were Wage Slaves – Maziar Lahooti
Cinematography or Visualisation presented by Camera Electronic
- Before Dawn – Daniel Quinn
- Esperance to Fremantle – Joe Henderson
- Farm Block A67 – Tim Fitzgerald
- The Hug – Elliott Nieves
- Yhonnie Scarce: The Light of Day – Jim Frater, Darren McCagh, Dan Murphy
Writing
- Bathers – Theresa Roberts
- Farm Block A67 – Nicholas Harle, Simone Detourbet
- Genocide in the Wildflower State – Franko Rijavec, Steve Mickler
- Mingler – Emma Thomason
- Renee-Gracie: Fireproof – Frances Elliott, Samantha Marlowe
- Runt – Craig Silvey
Performance presented by PAC Screen Workshops
- Before Dawn – Myles Pollard
- Genocide in the Wildflower State – Kelton Pell
- Kid Snow – Tasma Walton
- Stubbornly Here – Cleo Meinck
- They Were Wage Slaves – Lauren Campbell
- They Were Wage Slaves – Luke Ledger
Performance Under 18s presented by Filmbites
- Crown of Flowers – Oliver O’Toole
- Shed – Mani Shanks
Production Design (incl. costume, set design, hair and makeup etc) presented by Perth Property Co
- I Hope This Will Fix Me – Brittney Tammisto
- Joan – Kylie Clifford
- Kid Snow – Clayton Jauncey, Terri Lamera, Karen Sims
- Runt – Clayton Jauncey, Terri Lamera
- The Roadhouse Blues – Tegan Weir, Alzbeta Rekosh
Editing presented by Sandbox
- Genocide in the Wildflower State – Franko Rijavec
- Re-imagining Our Futures – Elaine Smith
- The Recipe for Jam – Ryan Silvey
- Time-Rone – Luna Laure
- Wadjemup Wirin Bidi – Dr. Damian Fasolo
- Yhonnie Scarce: The Light of Day – Steve Alyian
Sound or Sound Design
- 200% Wolf – Xoe Baird, Nick Gallagher, Benjamin Morris, Les Fiddess, Terri Bellem, Sean Rogers
- Before Dawn – Brad Habib, Colin Graham, Cate Cahill, John Simpson, Alexander Blocher, Tam Glover, Holly Miller, Joanne Carwardine, Sean Tinnion
- Does Sound Heal – Joe Branco
- No Man’s Land – Mishna Nagda
- The Roadhouse Blues – Scott Montgomery, Josh Hogan, Terri Bellem, Les Fiddess
Original Music presented by Soundbyte
- Before Dawn – Sean Tinnion
- Farm Block A67 – Sean Tinnion
- No Mans Land – Mason Vellios
- Runt – Iain Grandage
- The Roadhouse Blues – Ned Beckley
Two Special Industry Awards will also be announced at the event – the Independent Spirit Award, presented by the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, and the Contribution to the Industry, presented by Feisty Dame Productions.
The awards night includes the official awards presentation, followed by post-event celebration into the night at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Tickets are $60 (with a discount for students) and are available online at https://lunapalace.com.au/m/special-events+5167+wa-screen-culture-awards.
The WASCAs are proudly presented and produced by the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in collaboration with the WA screen industry and thanks to the support of the City of Vincent.
Find out more online at www.wascreencultureawards.com.au.
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