The Revelation Perth International Film Festival proudly presents the inaugural WA Screen Culture Awards on Sunday 13 December (7pm) at Luna Cinemas Leederville hosted by actor/singer/comedian/dancer, WAAPA graduate and self-proclaimed ‘Australia’s 1st Attractive Comedian’, Elouise Eftos.
The event caps off the 23rd annual film festival and marks the first time in five years that the Western Australian screen industry has had an official awards platform. “It’s been a pleasure and an honour for our judges and the Festival team to have had the opportunity to be part of the life of all the films entered, and to explore the depth and diversity of the local screen industry across all its forms,” says Revelation Film Festival director Richard Sowada.
“Our focus on innovation and achievement across games, art, immersive and traditional forms has worked to unite what is often a compartmentalised sector – so if we can, in some way, highlight the exciting critical mass and surprising connections across the breadth of the sector, the awards have done their job,” Sowada continues.
The WA Screen Culture Awards embrace all screen forms from new, established and emerging screen practices across 18 categories acknowledging outstanding innovation, independent spirit and contributions in contemporary short, feature and documentary filmmaking, computer games, VR, AR, gallery-based moving image, installations, projections and other intersections with screen and moving image forms.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival has assembled an outstanding jury comprised of national and internationally-based professionals in their specific fields and looks forward to announcing the winners from the following outstanding nominees:
Innovation in Narrative Feature Film
- 100% Wolf
- An Ideal Host
- I Met A Girl
Innovation in Feature Documentary/Non-Fiction
- Laura’s Choice
- The Beloved
- Wild Butterfly
Innovation in Short Film or Animation
- Carmentis
- Judas Collar
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Innovation in Music Video
- Break Thru
- Leaving LA
- Like The Stars
Innovation in Game Design
- First Contact
Innovation in Virtual Reality, 360° or Augmented Reality
- First Contact
- I Am Mother
- Inside Earthship Freo
Innovation in Moving Image and Installation Art
- The Light of the Star We Are Now Seeing
Innovation in Web Series or Online Content
- KGB
- Molly and Cara
- Normal Place
Outstanding Achievement in Directing
- Calling
- Judas Collar
- Laura’s Choice
Outstanding Achievement Cinematography or Visualisation
- Judas Collar
- The Quiet
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music
- Below
- Everybody Gets Stabbed
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Outstanding Achievement in Writing
- Judas Collar
- The Quiet
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Outstanding Achievement Performance (incl voice)
- Antecedents
- Carmentis
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design
- 100% Wolf
- Carmentis
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
- Abduction
- I’m Not Hurting You
- Judas Collar
Outstanding Achievement Sound
- Abduction
- The Quiet
- Yulubidyi – Until The End
Also presented will be two Special Industry Awards for Contribution to the Industry and the Independent Spirit Award. The introduction of the WA Screen Culture Awards fits with Revelation’s long-standing commitment to local screen practitioners and industry.
The night caps off two weeks of cross-media celebration with the XR:WA conference and expo (3-6 December) and the Revelation Perth International Film Festival (9-13 December, continuing online with RevOnDemand until 20 December).
The evening includes pre-event drinks for nominees and prize supporters, the official awards presentation, followed by post-event celebration into the night at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Tickets are $50 available online at www.wascreencultureawards.com.au.
