2008 Nominees
(winners in each category are listed first, with nominees in alphabetical order following):
SHOWTIME IF Award for Best Feature Film
- Men's Group- Michael Joy & John L. Simpson
- The Black Balloon - Elissa Down & Tristram Miall
- Son of a Lion - Benjamin Gilmour & Carolyn Johnson
Screen Australia IF Award for Best Director
- PETER DUNCAN - Unfinished Sky
- Elissa Down - The Black Balloon
- Andrew Traucki & David Nerlich - Black Water
Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor
- GRANT DODWELL - Men's Group
- Rhys Wakefield - The Black Balloon
- William McInnes - Unfinished Sky
IF Award for Best Actress
- MONIC HENDRICKX - Unfinished Sky
- Gemma Ward - The Black Balloon
- Maeve Dermody - Black Water
Screen Australia IF Award for Best Script
- Men's Group - Michael Joy & John L. Simpson
- The Black Balloon - Elissa Down & Jimmy The Exploder
- Unfinished Sky - Peter Duncan
Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography
- JULES O'LOUGHLIN ACS - September
- Denson Baker ACS - The Black Balloon
- Robert Humphreys ACS - Unfinished Sky
Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music
- AMANDA BROWN - Son of a Lion
- Michael Yezerski - The Black Balloon
- Haydn Walker - Men's Group
Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing
- SURESH AYYAR - Unfinished Sky
- Veronika Jenet ASE - The Black Balloon
- Rodrigo Balart - Black Water
The Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design
- LAURIE FAEN - Unfinished Sky
- Nicholas McCallum - The Black Balloon
- Sam Hobbs - September
The Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound
- SAM PETTY, ROB MACKENZIE, YULIA AKERHOLT, PETER GRACE & MICHAEL MCMENOMY - The Square
- Paul Pirola & Ben Osmo - The Black Balloon
- Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin, Will Ward & John Scheifelbein - Unfinished Sky
IF Award for Box Office Achievement
- The Black Balloon
SBS IF Award for Best Documentary
- The Burning Season - Cathy Henkel (director/producer), Jeff Canin (producer) & Trish Lake (producer)
- The Oasis - Ian Darling (director/producer) & Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director)
- Playing In The Shadows - Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director/producer) & Marco Ianniello (director/producer)
St Arnou IF Award for Best Short Documentary
- UNDRESSING VANESSA - Matthew Pond (director) & Tina Lymberis (producer)
- Mad Morro - Kelrick Martin (director) & Tom Zubrycki (producer)
- Rare Chicken Rescue - Randall Wood (director) & Vickie Gest (producer)
Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film
- fOUR - Erin White (director) & Zyra McAuliffe (producer)
- Spider - Nash Edgerton (director) & Nicole O'Donohue (producer)
- You Better Watch Out - Steve Callen (director) & Jules Callen (producer)
Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation
- THE COVENANT OF MR KASCH - Joshua Beahan (director/producer) & Ruwan De Silva (director/producer)
- Dog With Electric Collar - Steve Baker (director) & Damon Escott (producer)
- Mutt - Glen Hunwick (director) & Beth Frey (producer)
3 mobile IF Award for Best Music Video
- JUST A BOY BY ANGUS & JULIA STONE - Angus & Julia Stone (directors), Josh Groom (director), Andrew Yoole (director), Madeleine Milasas (producer) & Jodie Passmore (producer)
- Emergency! Emergency! by The Hot Lies - Luke Eve (director) & Simon Ritch (producer)
- If You Keep Losing Sleep by Silverchair - Stephen Lance (director), Damon Escott (director) & Leanne Tonkes (producer)
ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay
- MEMORIAL DAY - Kieran Darcy-Smith
- Get Black - Matthew C Vaughan
- Red Light Revolution - Sam Voutas
Efilm IF Award for Rising Talent
- LEON FORD
- Amy Gebhardt
- Cris Jones
Post Op Group IF Award for Independent Spirit
- BENJAMIN GILMOUR & CAROLYN JOHNSON - Son of a Lion
- Jason Byrne - Rats & Cats
- Christopher Weekes - Bitter & Twisted
V Australia IF Award for Living Legend
- Hugo Weaving
Inside Film magazine IF Award for Festival of the Year
- Flickerfest International Film Festival
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