
Award Winners 2016
Best Film
BY ANY MEANS - Directed by Leighton Spence


Synopsis
Mimi Wyatt – a C-list celebrity famous for her kiss and tell stories - gets kidnapped after a night-club appearance. Her kidnapper, Frank Watson, holds her hostage for a ransom of $123,000. He is a desperate man in need of cash to save his terminally ill daughter. Mimi must work out how to raise the money, but will the police believe her version of events?

Best Director
GEMMA DOORLY
The Fireman & Nurse

Synopsis
It's 1994 and teenagers Anna and Paul lock eyes and lips at their local school disco but it is a long way from then to the day-to-day of a suburban marriage. Twenty years later they seek some assistance to save their crumbling marriage and it leads them to play roles they had long dreamed of. Funny and poignant, 'The Fireman and the Nurse' explores the nature of marriage and the lengths people will go to save their
Jimmy is a big fan of Johnny Rocco's radio slot " The Midnight Show " on WXLR.After a chance meeting with an old acquaintance Jimmy revisit's a dark period in his childhood and then set's about creating his own midnight show.
Synopsis

Best Short Film
MIDNIGHT SHOW
by Philip Cullen

Best Actor
JOHN CONNORS - Breathe


Synopsis
Breathe follows Patrick (29), a bare knuckle fighting Traveller (JOHN CONNORS) who becomes increasingly concerned with his young son Francie’s femininity.
The film questions how far a man is willing to defend his family name when the one threatening his legacy is his own son. Does he have the capacity to change and accept him?
Best Actress
BROOKE BURFITT - By Any Means


Synopsis
Mimi Wyatt – a C-list celebrity famous for her kiss and tell stories - gets kidnapped after a night-club appearance. Her kidnapper, Frank Watson, holds her hostage for a ransom of $123,000. He is a desperate man in need of cash to save his terminally ill daughter. Mimi must work out how to raise the money, but will the police believe her version of events?
Best Screenplay
TELEMACHUS'76 by Kevin C. Wilson
