Sydney World Film Festival 2024 Award Winners Announced!

 

Yesterday marked the closing night of another great and well-attended edition of the Sydney World Film Festival. We'd like to thank all of our guests for coming out and enjoying four evenings of independent international and local cinema, hosted by film industry veteran John Samaha. The official selection featured 28 wonderful independent films, carefully selected out of over a thousand submissions from all over the world. (the OFF ON Selection, remains available for streaming until 9 June, more info on the website: www.sydneyfilmfest.com)

 

We are pleased to share with you today the 2024 Sydney World Film Festival award winners, chosen by the jury panel:

 

Best Narrative Feature Film: 

Coyote (Canada) by Katherine Jerkovic

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Best Narrative Short Film: 

The Fuse (Switzerland) by Kevin Haefelin

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Best Documentary Feature Film: 

One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction (United States) by Tim Searfoss

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Best Documentary Short Film: 

Thank you for your souvenir, UK! (United Kingdom) by Oushi Lin

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Best Animated Film: 

Nature Attack (France) by Erik Semashkin

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Best Experimental Film: 

The Lovers Of Avignon (Spain) by Manuel Fernández Ferro

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Best Music Video: 

Wood Dove (United States) by David Jonathan Orr

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Best Super Short Film: 

Kiss/Crash (United Kingdom) by Adam Cole

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Best Australian Film: 

Bi-Mok (Australia) by Baro Lee

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Congratulations to all!

 

The Sydney World Film Festival team would also like to thank Palace Cinemas and Velvet Room for their amazing continued support.

 

A new Call for Entries for Sydney World Film Festival 2025 has been launched on FilmFreeway, submit your film now: https://filmfreeway.com/SydneyWorldFilmFestival

 

See you back next year!