We are delighted to announce the award winners of the festival:
BEST FILM AWARD
One Less God
Director: Lliam Worthington
BEST DRAMATIC FEATURE
Jungle
Director: Greg McLean
Honourable Mention: An American in Texas
Director: Anthony Pedone
BEST SURF FILM
Heavy Water
Director: Michael Oblowitz
BEST ANIMATION
Loving Vincent
Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Blue
Director: Karina HoldenYOUNG AUSTRALIAN FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Nina Buxton
BEST BYRON FILM
Church of the Open Sky
Director: Nathan Oldfield
BYRON BAY INTERNATIONALSCREENPLAY AWARD (new category)
Broken Head
Writer: Clare Sladden
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Radio Dreams
Director: Babak Jalali
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
A Dragon Arrives
Director: Mani Haghighi
BEST SHORT FILM
Uncanny Valley
Director: Federico Heller
BEST INTERACTIVE VR
Hue
Director: Nicole McDonald
BEST CINEMATICVR
Miyubi
Director: Felix Lajeunesse, Paul Raphaël
BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY (new category)
RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Director: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Love is a Lonely Dancer
Artist: Antony & Cleopatra
Director: Alan Masferrer