WATCH OUR 2022 AWARD WINNING FILMS!
We’re very proud of the films that won prizes and nominations at the 2022 Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival Awards Ceremony! Reviewed by a jury comprised of filmmaker Vanessa Gazy, writer/actor Sofia Abbey, programmer John Edmond and Noosa Film Society’s Holly Pittman, these incredible shorts shone amongst our 170 strong lineup of brilliant films from across the globe. Watch some of the winners, and review the full list of nominees below! Congrats to everyone - we love these films!
BEST SHORT FILM | LIKE THE ONES I USED TO KNOW DiR. ANNIE ST-PIERRE
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM | WHAT WAS IT LIKE? DiR. GENEVIEVE CLAY-SMITH
AUDIENCE CHOICE | THE INVENTION DiR. LEO MCGUIGAN
BEST STUDENT FILM | SUNBURN DiR. JASLYN MAIRS
JURY SPECIAL MENTION | JARLI DiR. CHANTELLE MURRAY & SIMON RIPPINGALE
BEST QUEENSLAND FILM | OUR GREATEST ESCAPE DiR. LOANI ARMAN
MOST INSPIRING TRUE STORY | A DEFIANTLY HAPPY STORY DiR. ALEX CUMMINGS
BEST SCRIPT | YOU AND ME, BEFORE AND AFTER wri. & Dir. MADELEINE GOTTLEIB
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | ZONDER MEER CINE. HARM DENS DIR. MELTSE VAN COILLIE
BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER (GYMPIE REGION) | MOVE IT GYMPIE FLEXI MEDIA
BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER (NATIONAL) | BACON DiR. ELIZABETH HOGAN
NOMINEES
BEST SHORT FILM ($3,000)
Grief (Rauw) Ben Brand
Gunter Falls in Love Josephine Lohoar Self
Like The Ones I Used To Know Annie St-Pierre
On My Mind Martin Strange-Hansen
Roy Tom Berkeley, Ross White
Theo & Celeste Hannah Dougherty
You and Me, Before and After Madeleine Gottlieb
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM ($2,000 + HOG Residency)
Jarli Chantelle Murray, Simon Rippingale
Our Greatest Escape Loani Arman
The Do's & Don'ts of Getting Married Karen Jackson
Theo & Celeste Hannah Dougherty
Two Sands Poppy van Oorde-Grainger
What Was It Like Genevieve Clay Smith
You and Me, Before and After Madeleine Gottlieb
JURY SPECIAL MENTION
Jarli Chantelle Murray, Simon Rippingale
BEST STUDENT FILM ($1,500)
SPONSORED BY AUSTRALIAN TEACHERS OF MEDIA, QLD
ARSENIC Callum Page
Before We're Gone Lilli Corrias-Smith
Dust Cloud Trudi Houston
Match Point Alisha Mehra
Sunburn Jaslyn Mairs
The Greatest Battle Lies Within Connor Price
BEST QUEENSLAND FILM ($500)
SPONSORED BY JOBMATCH
ARSENIC Callum Page
Before We're Gone Lilli Corrias-Smith
Losing It Alethea Beetson
Lost Contact Jaina Kalifa & Amelia Paxman
Our Greatest Escape Loani Arman
The Do's & Don'ts of Getting Married Karen Jackson
World Famous In Bundaberg James Latter
MOST INSPIRING TRUE STORY ($500)
SPONSORED BY THE JOHN FARRELL FAMILY TRUST
A Defiantly Happy Story Alex Cummings
Aboriginal Warrior Gary Hamaguchi
ARSENIC Callum Page
connectIRL Vonne Patiag
Freedom Swimmer Olivia Martin-McGuire
The Greatest Battle Lies Within Connor Price
The Queen of Basketball Ben Proudfoot
The Smith Street Dan Matteo Grasso
Where Is My Darling? Adam Finney
BEST SCRIPT ($500)
SPONSORED BY DIXON DENTAL
Close Ties to Home Country w.d. Akanksha Cruczynski (story by Felicia Ferrara)
Hear My Voice d. Daniele Guerra w. Alex Kassab
Like The Ones I Used To Know w/d. Annie St-Pierre (story by Annie St-Pierre & Daniel Schachter)
Mustachio (Snorrie) w/d. Victoria Warmerdam
Radical Honesty d. Tin Pang w. Suren Jayemanne & Neilesh Verma
Thea Goes to Town w/d. Georgia Temple
You and Me, Before and After w/d. Madeleine Gottlieb
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ($500)
'Black Moon' Trent Mitchell d. Robert Sherwood c. Robert Sherwood
Lifeblood d. Nicholas Tory c. the Ample Projects artistic team
Shiny One d. Viviana Petyarre c. Drew English
Thea Goes to Town d. Georgia Temple c. Elliot Deem
Zonder Meer d. Meltse Van Coillie c. Harm Dens
BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER ($500)
SPONSORED BY MAXWELL WALKER & AFTRS
Agricola 7101
IVY TUCKER - MATER CHRISTI COLLEGE
Downpour of Disappointment
KARENA DARWEN - MANSFIELD STATE HIGH
The Lost Art of Timekeeping
DENNIS HUNAG - HUNTING TOWER SCHOOL
A New Friendship
NEA RIVAMONTE - MANSFIELD STATE HIGH
The Atar Experience
JONATHON CHARLIE COPSON-PACAL - JOHN CURTIN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
The Green Granny
TAYLA HORSHAM - NAGLE CATHOLIC COLLEGE
Move It
ANDE FOSTER, REBECCA GRAINGER - GYMPIE FLEXI SCHOOL
Strings
MARKELLO SOUVLIS - MANSFIELD STATE HIGH
Bacon
ELIZABETH HOGAN - MANSFIELD STATE HIGH
Head In The Clouds
BEAU JAYE RITCHIE - WOLLONGONG HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS
Mum’s Bolognese
ISABELLA METSIOS - HUNTING TOWER SCHOOL
Yours Truly
ISABEL PARK - MANSFIELD STATE HIGH
