Noise (2007 Australian Film) - Awards and Reviews

Awards and Reviews

Noise was met with critical acclaim.

It was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards—Best Film, Best Director for Matthew Saville, Best Actor for Brendan Cowell, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Production Design, and winning Best Sound.

It was nominated for four Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards – Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year, Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Recording and won Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Mixing and Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Design.

It was nominated for the Awgie Award of the Australian Writers' Guild.

For the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, it won the Best Film, Best Director for Matthew Saville, Best Actor for Brendan Cowell, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Music Score Awards and was nominated for Best Screenplay. Australian Film Critics Association Chairman Peter Krausz said Noise was voted the best film by the AFCA membership because it stepped outside the norm for Australian films. "I think because it was such an unusual film in many respects; it stood out from all the other Australian films this year because of its very strong storyline, because it was very well directed indeed, the performance by Brendan Cowell, and it went against the grain of what is regarded as a typical Australian film."

At the Inside Film Awards, it won the Best Editing and Best Sound and was nominated for Best Director for Matthew Saville, Best Actor for Brendan Cowell and Best Music.

It won a Special Mention at the Leeds International Film Festival. It was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

Margaret Pomeranz gave the film four and a half stars out of five and David Stratton four out of five on At the Movies.