film list

Feature film/animation

	$9.99 Feature film/animation Director: Tatia Rosenthal Starring: Josef Ber, Tom Budge, Joel Edgerton, Leon Ford, Samuel Johnson, Claudia Karvan, Jamie Katsamatsas, NominatedActor: Geoffrey Rush Nominated Actress: Leanna Walshman	$9.99 is an animated feature film which offers slightly less than a $10 worth about the meaning of life. Have you ever wondered What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist? The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! Youll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain; in easy to follow; simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.
	Acolytes Feature film/animation Director: Jon Hewitt Starring: Joel Edgerton, Michael Dorman and Hanna Mangan Lawrence. NominatedActor: Joel Edgerton Nominated Actress: Hanna M Lawrence	James Tresswick and Mark Vincent are victims of a brutal bully Gary Parker who has maltreated both boys, marking their bodies and spoiling their young lives. In their last year of high school, James and Mark find a way to stop being victims. They're going to kill Gary; Wandering alone around an isolated forest - the suspected site of the disappearance of a local girl - 17 year old Mark strays upon an adult male filling in a trench. It's suspicious and tantalizing.
	Australia Feature film/animation Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, Brandon Walters, Ursula Yovich and David Gulpilil NominatedActor: Hugh Jackman Nominated Actress: Nicole Kidman	Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.
	Bad Bush Feature film/animation Director: Samuel Genocchio Starring: Chris Sadrinna, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor, Malcolm Kennard, Michael Labram, Viva Bianca and Belinda Cott NominatedActor: Chris Sadrinna Nominated Actress: Viva Bianca	A young mother, Ophelia, with her newborn goes to remote farmhouse to find her sister and a peaceful haven, her sister however is deeply disturbed and Ophelia gets a night of horror, terror and bloodshed.
	Balibo Feature film/animation Director: Robert Connolly Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Nathan Phillips, Damon Gameau, Gyton Grantley and Tom Wright. NominatedActor: Anthony Lapaglia Nominated Actress: Bea Viegas	BALIBO is the true story of the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor in 1975 in the lead up to the invasion by Indonesia. Juliana Da Costa was nine years old when Indonesia invaded Dili. For the first time since that tragic day, she returns to Dili to give evidence to the Timor-Leste Commission For Truth and Reconciliation. The revelations of her testimony frame BALIBO as Juliana describes the day of the invasion and the massacre that unfolded on the Dili Wharf in 1975.
	Beautiful Feature film/animation Director: Dean O'Flaherty Starring: Sebastian Gregory, Peta Wilson, Deborra-Lee Furness, Liam Goodes, Aaron Jeffery and Asher Keddie. NominatedActor: Sebastian Gregory Nominated Actress: Peta Wilson	Daniel is an introverted 14 year old whose two main obsessions are photography and Suzy, a sixteen year old femme fatale in training, a dangerous combination of youth and sexuality. Using his crush to her advantage, Suzy demands of Daniel that, in exchange for her friendship, he has to get secrets and photographs of the neighbours and houses that surround them. Thus begins a journey into the underbelly of suburbia, taking them on the trail of a killer.
	Beautiful Kate Feature film/animation Director: Rachel Ward Starring: Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown and Maeve Dermody. NominatedActor: Ben Mendelsohn Nominated Actress: Sophie Lowe	Beautiful Kate is the story of Ned Kendall, his relationship as a teenager with his twin sister Kate, and the emotional aftermath of her death in a car accident at the age of sixteen. Told in parallel narratives of past and present, the story follows adult Ned’s return home after an absence of twenty years. The impetus for his visit is that his father Bruce is dying and has demanded his return. Along for the ride with Ned is his 21-year old fiancée, Toni, a sexy waitress/wannabe actress.
	Being In Heaven Feature film/animation Director: Michael Domeyko Rowland Starring: Sydney: Chauvel Cinema; Melbourne: Palace George; Brisbane: Palace Barracks	A journey of revelation and awakening that reveals the truth about our search for meaning, freedom and personal happiness.
	Best Actor Feature film/animation Director: Best Actor	Anthony LaPaglia, Hugo Weaving and Rowan McNamara.
	Best Actress Feature film/animation Director: Best Actress	Best Actress
	Best Animation Feature film/animation Director: Best Animation	Best Animation
	Best Direction Feature film/animation Director: Best Direction	Best Direction
	Best Doco Feature film/animation Director: Best Doco	Best Doco
	Best Film Feature film/animation Director: Best Film	Best Film
	Best Independant Spirit Feature film/animation Director: Best Independant Spirit	Best Independant Spirit
	Best Script Feature film/animation Director: Best Script	Best Script
	Best Short Doco Feature film/animation Director: Best Short Doco	Best Short Doco
	Best Short Film Feature film/animation Director: Best Short Film	Best Short Film
	Bitter and Twisted Feature film/animation Director: Christopher Weekes Starring: Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers, Leeanna Walshman, Matthew Newton and Rhys Muldoon. NominatedActor: Steve Rodgers Nominated Actress: Noni Hazlehurst	The Lombard family has been steadily disintegrating since the death of oldest son Liam three years before. The descent is slow and soft, manifesting itself in a personal crisis for each family member. Obese father Jordan is caught in a vicious cycle of depressed overeating, and his boss at the car dealership is threatening to fire him if he doesn't make a sale. Mother Penny harbors a hysterical false hope that she may be pregnant and suffers a rude awakening.
	Blessed Feature film/animation Director: Ana Kokkinos Starring: Miranda Otto, Frances O'connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sophie Lowe and Tasma Walton.	During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey. But not all of them will find their way home. Dawn breaks and it's the same day, but now we experience the journey from their mothers point of view.
	Bran Nue Dae Feature film/animation Director: Rachel Perkins Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy NominatedActor: Rocky McKenzie Nominated Actress: Jessica Mauboy	In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
	Bright Star Feature film/animation Director: Jane Campion NominatedActor: Ben Wishaw Nominated Actress: Abbie Cornish	London 1818: a secret love affair begins between 23 year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw), and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), an out-spoken student of high fashion.
	Cedar Boys Feature film/animation Director: Serhat Caradee Starring: Les Chantery, Rachael Taylor, Waddah Sari, Buddy Dannoun, Martin Henderson and Bren Foster. NominatedActor: Les Chantery Nominated Actress: Rachael Taylor	Tarek, a young Lebanese-Australian panel-beater, struggling to realise his dreams, is offered a chance to set himself up for life. All he has to do is follow a plan to outsmart the cops and a gang of serious criminals. He wants the prize but is he ready to pay the price.
	Charlie and Boots Feature film/animation Director: Dean Murphy Starring: Paul Hogan, Shane Jacobson and Morgan Griffin.	After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula. They overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the norther most tip of Australia.
	Children of the Silk Road (Children of Huang Shi) Feature film/animation Director: Roger Spottiswoode Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Radha Mitchell. NominatedActor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers Nominated Actress: Radha Mitchell	Based on real events, Children of the Silk Road is a story set in wartorn China in the 30s. The film centres on a young English journalist, an American nurse and the leader of a Chinese partisan group who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey, across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through mountains and desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.
	Closed For Winter Feature film/animation Director: James Bogle Starring: Tony Martin and Natalie Imbruglia. NominatedActor: Tony Martin Nominated Actress: Natalie Imbruglia	When her sister disappears off a suburban beach, a young girl is left to piece together her life. Twenty years on and she is continually drawn back into the past. She and her mother must face dark family secrets that have remained unspoken for so long.
	Coffin Rock Feature film/animation Director: Rupert Glasson	In a remote fishing town, happily married Rob and Jess have been trying to have a baby for three long years and she is becoming desperate. In a drunken mistake, she sleeps with Evan, a young stranger come to town whose interest in her borders on the obsessive. The day she discovers she is pregnant, Jess' guilt turns to horror as Evan begins a terrifying transformation from stalker to psychopath, determined to prove paternity of the child and claim Jess for his own. In the vein of Fatal Attractio
	Crooked Business Feature film/animation Director: Chris Nyst Starring: Teo Gebert and Kelly Atkinson. NominatedActor: Teo Gebert Nominated Actress: Kelly Atkinson	Crooked Business is a fast-paced comedy of errors, set on the glitzy Gold Coast. Two likeable crooks find themselves in a corner that’s going to take all their street smarts to get out of – because ‘if you’re gonna do crooked business, you’ve gotta do it straight’. Small time hustler Elmo, and his best mate ‘Stand-Up’ Stevie are just a couple of knockabouts trying to make an easy buck on the Gold Coast. They’re not exactly criminals, but then again they’re not mugs either.
	Crush Feature film/animation Director: John V Soto, Jeff Gerritsen Starring: Chris Egan and Emma Lung. NominatedActor: Chris Egan Nominated Actress: Emma Lung	After being seduced by the mysterious and beautiful anna (Emma Lung) university student Julian (Chris Egan) finds his life unravelling in a series of increasingly strange and dangerous events as her infatuation with him turns deadly.
	Darklovestory Feature film/animation Director: Jon Hewitt	This film takes place over one night in the Sydney inner city suburb of Kings Cross and tells the story of a couple utterly immersed in the criminal milieu, apparently drowning even as they search for an escape.
	Daybreakers Feature film/animation Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig Starring: Ethan Hawk, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill	In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.
	Death Defying Acts Feature film/animation Director: Gillian Armstrong Starring: Guy Pearce, Saorise Ronan and Catherine Zeta Jones. NominatedActor: Guy Pearce Nominated Actress: Saorise Ronan	When famous escape artists Harry Houdini arrives in Edinburgh and offers a $10,000 reward to anyone who can contact his mother from beyond the grave, a beautiful but deceptive psychic and her young 'sidekick' daughter take the challenge. As Houdini spends time with this mysterious woman, he is beguiled by her charms, and what begins as a con evolves into a far more complicated and dangerous affair.
	Disgrace Feature film/animation Director: Steve Jacobs Starring: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney and Fiona Press. NominatedActor: John Malkovich Nominated Actress: Jessica Haines	Disgrace takes place in modern day, post-apartheid South Africa. David Lurie, a twice-divorced professor at a Cape Town technical university is fired from his job for a passionate but brief affair with a student who is ambivalent about his embraces. This disgrace cause him to retreat to his daughter Lucy's isolated farm in the east. This peaceful rural life until it is ripped apart by a traumatic and violent attack which forces them both to re-evaluate their beliefs.
	Dreamland Feature film/animation Director: Ivan Sen	Dreamland is the second feature film by award-winning director Ivan Sen (Beneath Clouds). The film is reminiscent of Sen's early short-film work, using an arresting visual style that tells as much of a story as the spoken narrative. The film is best described as an existential, extraterrestrial mood piece. It follows Dan Freeman (Dan Roberts), a career military man who experiences life anew searching the night sky at some of the most famous UFO-sighting areas in the American West. With a mast
	Dying Breed Feature film/animation Director: Jody Dwyer Starring: Nathan Phillips and Mirrah Foulkes. NominatedActor: Nathan Phillips Nominated Actress: Mirrah Foulkes	Four friends go in search of the supposedly extinct Tasmanian Tiger only stumble into the domain of the legendary convict Alexander Pearce 'The Pieman' Australia's first cannibal. When they discover they are being hunted by Pearce's decendents, who have inherited his taste for flesh, our foursome soon realise; some species are better off dead!
	Family Demons Feature film/animation Director: Ursula Dabrowsky Starring: Alex Rasalowicz and Cassandra Kane. NominatedActor: Alex Rasalowicz Nominated Actress: Cassandra Kane	Family Demons is a horror film about Billie, an abused teenage girl who murders her alcoholic mother. Billie is then horrified to discover that her mother's evil, vengeful spirit returns to haunt her. Even in death, her mother is hell bent on denying Billie her freedom.
	Four of a Kind Feature film/animation Director: Fiona Cochrane Starring: Leverne McDonnell, Gail Watson, Nina Landis, Louise Siversen and Peta Brady. Nominated Actress: Leverne Mcdonnell	Four different women, each with a well-hidden secret that, if revealed, could slash the fabric of their lives. Though a veil of lies all four flirt with the truth as they experience betrayal, ambition, lonliness, pain and anger. But the lies they tell themselves might be the ones that hurt the most.
	Hobby Farm Feature film/animation Director: Brad Diebert Starring: Paul Murphy and Jess Turner. NominatedActor: Paul Murphy Nominated Actress: Jess Turber	Set in the late 1970s HOBBY FARM tells the story of an unlikely moral hero who gets caught up in a criminal underworld rife with illegal gambling, prostitution and sex-slavery.
	I know how many runs you scored last summer Feature film/animation Director: Stacey Edmonds & Doug Turner Starring: Jai Koutrae, Stacey Edmonds, Az Jackson.	There’s a game so torturous, so excruciating, so disturbing, so boring, you’ll wish you were already dead. There are many ways to die, but none more unpleasant than being ripped apart by some nutter in his cricket kit! In the heady Australian summer of ’86, a young cricketer is hospitalised by his bullying team mates. Twenty years later he returns to his homeland to wreak his bloody revenge
	Lake Mungo Feature film/animation Director: Joel Anderson Starring: David Pledger, Rosie Traynor, Steve Jodrell and Talia Zucker. NominatedActor: David Pledger Nominated Actress: Rosie Traynor	Sixteen-year-old Alice Palmer drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned , her grieving family buries her.
	Last Ride Feature film/animation Director: Glendyn Ivin Starring: Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell and Anita Hegh. NominatedActor: Hugo Weaving Nominated Actress: Anita Hegh	Hugo Weaving has the role of his career as an ex-con in whom quick violence and gruff charm reside side by side. He's a brutal man but in some curious way, a loving father. When he takes his ten year old son, Chook, on the run after a violent crime, the scene is set for a memorable road movie.
	Little Deaths Feature film/animation Director: Sian Davies, Fin Edquist, Melanie Brunt, Geoff HItchins, Jarrah Gurrie, Genevieve Bailey, Chris Benz, Giula Sandler, Ben Chessell, James Teh and The Man With No Name	Eleven emerging filmmakers team up to create a unique feature film told from the perspective of two lonely tollbooth operators dreaming about the lives of their customers as they drive by. Each story explores sex, love and modern relationships.
	Lucky Country Feature film/animation Director: Kriv Stenders Starring: Aden Young, Pip Miller, Hanna Mangan-Lawrence and Toby Wallace. NominatedActor: Aden Young Nominated Actress: Hanna Mangan-Lawrence	1902....the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom's beloved father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat's dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father, believes they are providence. But their presence becomes more menacing when one of them reveals a secret: he's found gold.
	Mao's Last Dancer Feature film/animation Director: Bruce Beresford NominatedActor: Chi Cao	A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet.
	Mary & Max Feature film/animation Director: Adam Elliot Starring: Philip S Hoffman and Toni Collette. NominatedActor: Philip S Hoffman Nominated Actress: Toni Collette	A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York
	Monkey Puzzle Feature film/animation Director: Mark Forstmann Starring: Ryan Johnson and Ella Scott Lynch. NominatedActor: Ryan Johnson Nominated Actress: Ella Scott Lynch	MONKEY PUZZLE follows five intrepid friends on an adventure into New South Wales' Blue Mountains on a search for one of the world's rarest trees, the Wollemi Pine. After abseiling down into the rainforest canyons, a series of mishaps delay their adventure. Tensions in the group surface quickly. As the friends become engulfed by the harsh terrain, they come face-to-face with their most personal secrets and fears on a journey which will test their perceptions of intimacy and nature.
	My Tehran for Sale Feature film/animation Director: Granaz Moussavi Starring: Amir Chegini and Marzieh Vafamhr NominatedActor: Amir Chegini Nominated Actress: Marzieh Vafamehr	My Tehran for Sale is a groundbreaking film, revealing fresh truths behind the facade of contemporary Iran. Marzieh is an actress living in Tehran where, like most young people, she is forced to lead a secret life to express her art. At an underground rave party she meets Saman, now an Australian citizen, who offers her a way out- until things go terribly wrong.
	My Year Without Sex Feature film/animation Director: Sarah Watt Starring: Matt Day, Sacha Horler, Jonathan Segat and Portia Bradley. NominatedActor: Matt Day Nominated Actress: Sacha Horler	In the follow-up to her debut feature Look Both Ways, writer/director Sarah Watt again teams with producer Bridgit Ikin to explore the surprises of daily life. My Year Without Sex extends Watt's concerns with the capricious ways that gods can reach out into suburbia and strike you down.
	Newcastle Feature film/animation Director: Dan Castle Starring: Lachlan Buchanan and Gigi Edgley NominatedActor: Lachlan Buchanan Nominated Actress: Gigi Edgley	Seventeen year old JESSE lives in the shadow of his older brother VICTOR's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. A momentous weekend away with his mates, that includes first love and tragedy, leads him to discover what's really important.
	Offside Feature film/animation Director: Gian Carlo Starring: Charlie Caruso, Frank Carus, Katie Wilson, Mark Ivic	Coach Frank Caruso and his team of amateur soccer hopefuls are on their way to winning the league cup... except they can't win a game and their worst enemies are themselves. But with the Socceroos on their way to victory in Germany, maybe the boys can leave their problems behind them as they battle towards the Grand Final. With hope, luck and a little cunning on their side, they just might make it. As long as jobs, girlfriends and wives don't get in the way!
	Prey Feature film/animation Director: Osacar D'roccster Starring: Ben Kermode and Natalie Bassingwaighte. NominatedActor: Ben Kermode Nominated Actress: Natalie Bassingwaighte	Three couples on a 4-wheel-drive holiday wander into an Aboriginal sacred site and awaken a 5000 year old curse.
	Prime Mover Feature film/animation Director: David Caesar Starring: Michael Dorman and Emily Barclay. NominatedActor: Michael Dorman Nominated Actress: Emily Barclay	A long haul truckie who finds that the reality of his existence is far removed from his youthful dreams of owning and driving his own prime mover.
	Restraint Feature film/animation Director: David Denneen Starring: Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer, Stephen Moyer, Philip Holder. NominatedActor: Travis Fimmel Nominated Actress: Teresa Palmer	Two young lovers, Ron and Dale, on the run from the law. Take refuge in a country estate with a hostage in tow. And there begins our journey. Starring: Travis Fimmel and Teresa Palmer.
	Salvation Feature film/animation Director: Paul Cox Starring: Bruce Myles, Wendy Hughes, Natasha Novak,Kim Gynell NominatedActor: Bruce Myles Nominated Actress: Wendy Hughes	Salvation is the tale of Irina, Gloria and Barry. Irina has left her native Russia to support her mother and daughter. She has found herself involved in a life of prostitution, but regards her new-found occupation as a means towards a better life. Gloria is a tele-evangelist with a thriving church business. Barry, a biblical scholar, has been supporting and advising his wife Glora for many years but now he needs out. He craves human warmth, intimacy and love. By confiding and trusting in Irina,
	Samson and Delilah Feature film/animation Director: Warwick Thornton Starring: Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson. NominatedActor: Rowan McNamara Nominated Actress: Marissa Gibson	Samson gets through his days by sniffing, while Delilah is the caregiver for her Nana before taking a moment for herself to listen to Latino music. Their journey ranges across many of the most urgent issues concerning indigenous people in Australia, but it does so with tenderness, dignity, and even humour.
	Shadows Of The Past Feature film/animation Director: Warren Ryan Starring: David Barry , Cassandra Ryan, Billy Wilson, Red Wilson NominatedActor: David Barry Nominated Actress: Cassandra Ryan	Shadows of the Past is about Steve Kelly, a retired rodeo champion, who accepts a rematch with notorious bucking bull, 'Black Friday', the same bull that ended his career several years ago. Steve also must deal with the return of estranged wife Dannii. We see him battle with the prospects of a fading career and the chance to love again.
	Stone Bros. Feature film/animation Director: Richard Frankland Starring: Luke Carroll, Sarah Lawrence, Leon Burchill NominatedActor: Luke Carroll Nominated Actress: Sarah Lawrence	City based Eddie, sets off to reconnect with his blackfella roots by taking a sacred stone back to his hometown...
	Storage Feature film/animation Director: Michael Craft Starring: Matt Scully, Saskia Burmeister, Damien Garvey, Robert Mammone NominatedActor: Matt Scully Nominated Actress: Saskia Burmeister	STORAGE tells the story of 17-year-old Jimmy who goes to live with his Uncle Leonard, an ex SAS officer.
	Subdivision Feature film/animation Director: Sue Brooks Starring: Ashley Bradnam, Brooke Satchwell, Gary Sweet and Steve Bisley. NominatedActor: Ashley Bradnam Nominated Actress: Brooke Satchwell	Subdivision is a comedy/drama which is based on the change a community goes through when hotshot upper class developers take over. The plot centers around Digger Kelly (Gary Sweet) and his son Jack (Ashley Bradnam), both whom are carpenters that work and build homes in Hervey Bay. Their work is turned upside down when a city property developer led by hot young executive Tiffany (Brooke Satchwell) moves into town.
	Sweet Marshall Feature film/animation Director: Eva Archarya NominatedActor: Paul Winchester Nominated Actress: Mikaela Franco	Marshall has it all; money, women, designer suits and sports cars! But one thing tops the list: his high-paying job. A job most people in the world would love to have but one that places him on the criminals' most wanted list. With a flip of a coin, it all comes crashing down; Marshall is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit. For a master chameleon, jail becomes his playground; weaving his master plan. Strings are pulled and Marshall gains his freedom. He is a man with 26 million reasons to b
	The Boys Are Back Feature film/animation Director: Scott Hicks Starring: Clive Owen, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, George MacKay, Nicholas McAnulty, Julia Blake, Chris Haywood, NominatedActor: Clive Owen Nominated Actress: Emma Booth	Based on the memoir by Simon Carr, story of fatherhood set in South Australia.
	The Combination Feature film/animation Director: David Field Starring: George Basha, Clare Bowen,Firass Diran NominatedActor: George Basha Nominated Actress: Clare Bowen	Set in the maligned western suburbs of Sydney, Lebanese-Australian John gets out of gaol to discover his younger brother Charlie is caught up with drugs, hookers and crime. Charlie oscillates between the streets and school. Daily clashes between Scott and Charlie's gang escalate. This feud spills into the streets in a territory and identity battle that turns bloody.
	The Dinner Party Feature film/animation Director: Scott Murden Starring: Lara Cox, Ben Seton, Kai Harris, Sam Lyndon NominatedActor: Lara Cox Nominated Actress: Ben Seton	What would you do if you found yourself at a dinner party where people were planning on killing themselves afterwards? What if there was more to it than that and you were not sure what the plan was, who knew the plan or even if the plan was actually going to eventuate? Maybe you only know half the story…
	The Horseman Feature film/animation Director: Steven Kastrissios	Adapted from the 2006 QNFA-winning short film of the same title, this feature-length version provides more carnage, plot twists, and bone-breaking tools than was feasible in the original fifteen-minute drama. The story follows Christian Forteski (Peter Marshall) as he investigates the suspicious death of his daughter. Haunted by the fact that his daughter's last living images are forever caught on a pornographic video, Forteski begins a campaign of revenge throughout rural Queensland, stopping a
	The Identity Project Feature film/animation Director: Rob Marchand	A manager is employed as a caretaker of a mysterious institution after a change of government.
	The Marriage Of Figaro Feature film/animation Director: Chris Moon NominatedActor: Tony Hill Nominated Actress: Jacqueline Cook	The film is about a kind-hearted Australian biker who finally proposes to the mother of his two children and then struggles to prevent the wedding from wrecking their perfectly good relationship.
	The Matilda Candidate Feature film/animation Director: Curtis Levy	One man’s quest to change the world (with bluetack). One candidate in the last Federal election who may have escaped your attention – as he did everyone else’s – was the elder statesmen of Australia’s documentary community, Curtis Levy (the man who brought you Hephzibah and The President versus David Hicks).
	The Sculptor Feature film/animation Director: Christopher Kenworthy Starring: Paul David-Goddard, Melanie Vallejo, Georgina Andrews NominatedActor: Paul David-Goddard Nominated Actress: Melanie Vallejo	A brilliant young sculptor goes to extreme lengths to find success. When he has everything he ever wanted, he is haunted by the terrible deeds that brought him fame. Desperate for a normal life, he fights to keep his dark secret from the women he loves.
	The Tender Hook Feature film/animation Director: Jonathan Ogilvie Starring: Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne. NominatedActor: Hugo Weaving Nominated Actress: Rose Byrne	The Tender Hook charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle, as she is faced with the competing desires of two very different men, in 1920's Sydney.
	The View From Greenhaven Feature film/animation Director: The MacRae Brothers NominatedActor: Chris Haywood Nominated Actress: Wendy Hughes	A retired couple living in an idyllic coastal town has the perfect life - but Dash, the husband, just can't see it. On their wedding anniversary their daughter and son-in-law surprise them with a mystery train tour. But when the destination turns out to be their own town, Dash is forced to confront the disturbing possibility that everything he could ever want is already right there on his doorstep.
	Three Blind Mice Feature film/animation Director: Matthew Newton Starring: Ewen Leslie, Gracie Otto, Matthew Newton and Toby Schmitz. NominatedActor: Ewen Leslie Nominated Actress: Gracie Otto	Three young Navy officers hit Sydney for one last night on land before being shipped over to the Gulf to fight. Throughout the night the boys lose each other, find themselves and along the way discover courage, friendship and redemption.
	Twin Rivers Feature film/animation Director: Mathew Holmes NominatedActor: Darren Holmes Nominated Actress: Robyn Dickinson	Two brothers are on a long journey across New South Wales, Australia in 1939. Travelling on foot, they trying to reach the city of Melbourne to start their own business. However, a series of events on the road lead them to the township of Riverton, where the brother's loyalty to each other is challenged when new dreams are discovered.
	Two Fists One Heart Feature film/animation Director: Shawn Seet NominatedActor: Daniel Amalm Nominated Actress: Jessica Marais	This is a contemporary story set in Perth Western Australia . Anthony Argo is a young Italian/Australian boxer, being pushed to the limit by his Sicilian father-trainer, Joe,. Joe wants Anthony to achieve the success in the ring that he was denied as a young man.
	Van Diemen's Land Feature film/animation Director: Jonathan auf der Heide Starring: Oscar Redding. NominatedActor: Oscar Redding	Van Diemen's Land was a dreaded penal settlement, a point of no return at the end of the earth. A work party of eight convicts escape into the beautiful and brutal wilderness. As their food runs out tensions escalate, they find themselves contemplating the unthinkable. God wields an axe and there can be only one survivor.