Salt House Creative International Film Festival is a monthly festival. Selected winning films from each month will be screened in Sydney Australia, at Dendy Cinemas, Newtown.
SHCIFF is proud to be an IMDB listed event
Awards & Prizes
Each month the following awards are distributed:
BEST SHORT – Under 40 minutes
BEST FEATURE – Over 40 minutes
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST DIRECTION
Winners receive the official Salt House Creative laurel and the chance to be screened at the annual event.
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JUNE 2020 WINNERS
Best Actor: Phil Blevins
Best Actress: Diana Lovell
Best Short Film: Longer
Best Feature Film: Juvenile Delinquents
Best Director: Neil Goss
Due to COVID restrictions, the finalist films will be screened for our judges only on Saturday 13th June 2pm – 10pm.
Best Actor: Sean Astin, Edgar Garcia, & Michael Varde
Best Actress: Anggie Merdiante, Mao Stefansdotter, & Abbey Killin
Best Short Film: Crusher, Pepper, & The Fork
Best Feature Film: Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera, Beauty Brains and Personality, & Sockeye Salmon Red Fish
Best Director: Dekel Berenson for Anna, Sergiy Pudich for The Barber, & Shaun Lupton for Something Safe
MAY 2020 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – THE LEGEND OF THE PARAGUAY WAR
BEST SHORT FILM – GOOD THINGS WILL COME
BEST DIRECTOR – SHAUN LUPTON for SOMETHING SAFE
BEST ACTRESS – ABBEY KILLIN in A GOOD MAN
BEST ACTOR – SEBASTIAN HÖGELE in PAINT
APRIL 2020 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA
BEST SHORT FILM – FROM SHADOW
BEST DIRECTOR – KRISTIN ATWELL FORD for RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA
BEST ACTRESS – MAO STEFANSDOTTER in 1971
BEST ACTOR – EDGAR GARCIA in LA RÁFAGA (THE GUST)
MARCH 2020 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – SOCKEYE SALMON. RED FISH
BEST SHORT FILM – THE FORK
BEST DIRECTOR – JOHNNY K. for THE KILLER OF GRASSY RIDGE
BEST ACTRESS – SOPHIE MEISSNER in KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, SWEET PEA!
BEST ACTOR – KEVIN STEPHEN-JONES in LEFT BEHIND
FEBRUARY 2020 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – BEAUTY, BRAINS,AND PERSONALITY
BEST SHORT FILM – WILD DURMITOR
BEST DIRECTOR – SERGIY PUDICH for THE BARBER
BEST ACTRESS – JULIE MEGHAN BROWN in CERISE
BEST ACTOR – PHIL KRUSE in A WEEK WITH REBECCA
JANUARY 2020 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – YOU BET I DANCE
BEST SHORT FILM – PEPPER
BEST DIRECTOR – ANTOINE PANIER for MAKING MEN
BEST ACTRESS – ANGGIE MERDIANTI in FAKED
BEST ACTOR – MICHAEL VARDE in ODD BIRD
DECEMBER 2019 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – AFREEN
BEST SHORT FILM – CRUSHER
BEST DIRECTOR – DEKEL BERENSON for ANNA
BEST ACTRESS – NICOLE STARRETT in THE DIVISIBLE
BEST ACTOR – SEAN ASTIN in TWO DUMB MICKS