Rhys Nicholson To Host The 2016 WA Screen Awards; Nominees Announced

Sydney comic Rhys Nicholson has signed on to host this year’s WA Screen Awards, the nominees of which have just been revealed.

The quick-witted favourite will take the lead at the 28th run, set to go down at Heath Ledger Theatre on Monday 4 July, and is already preparing material.

“Western Australia has such a bevy of smart and inventive artsy people. I hope I don’t look like an idiot around all of the clever people. Hopefully most of them will be distracted by my sparkly jacket and won’t ask me too many questions,” Nicholson said.

The FTI initiative was setup in an effort to shine a spotlight on WA achievement in film, short film, web series, music videos, television production, documentary, interactive productions and games.

28TH ANNUAL WEST AUSTRALIAN SCREEN AWARDS – NOMINEES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- SHORT FORM
We Were Here - Lewis Potts
Sol Bunker - Damian Fasolo
Swing In Seven - Arthur Bienkowski
The Luthier - Scott Summers

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - LONG FORM
Bad Girl – Gavin Head
The Pineville Heist – David Le May
Bngvel - Owen Beck
 
BEST EDITING - SHORT FORM
Sol Bunker - Merlin Eden
Outline - David Ellis
Flushed - Richard Eames
Reflection - Cris Broadhurst
 
BEST EDITING - LONG FORM
The Pineville Heist - Regg Skwarko
Who Do You Think You Are, Series 7 (5) – Teresa Ashton-Graham
Candidate Games - Nick Dunlop
Hotel Coolgardie - Pete Gleeson and Lawrie Silvestrin
                                                                                                        
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - SHORT FORM
Sol Bunker - Erika Jellis
DAFUQ? - Ruth Levi
Zauberberg - Bryan Woltjen
FAE - Jacqueline Pelczar
 
BEST SOUND - SHORT FORM 
Sol Bunker - Leo Murray
Reflection - Andy Parnell and Cris Broadhurst
DAFUQ? - Xoe Baird
Submarine - Ben Nockolds
 
BEST SOUND - LONG FORM 
Bad Girl - Ric Curtin and Scott Montgomery
The Legend of Gavin Tanner - Xoe Baird
Who Do You Think You Are, Series 7 (5) - Laurie Chlanda and Ric Curtin
 
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC - SHORT FORM
The Shapes - Matt Lovkis and Timothy Nelson
Sol Bunker - Benjamin Morton and Thomas ‘Soup’ Campbell
Outline - Mark Holdsworth
Submarine - Alex Ford
 
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Fait - Slow Glow – Matsu
Safe Sex - Most Beautiful Animal – Peter Cheng
Sons Of Rico - What Am I doing here? – Tara Fox
Moana – Vadar – Luna Laure

BEST VFX
Red Hood: The Fallen - Toby Bajrovic, David Ellis, Dean Musumeci, Anouk Ratnawibhushana, William Lark, Mitchell Charman, Jayden Beveridge
Bad Girl - Tony Bannan and Jaemie Manners from Sandbox
Broken Contract - Steve Vojkovic, Philip Hew and Joel Taylor from Boogie Monster
Kepler – Finding Home - Pu Peng and Andre Chang-Fane
 
BEST GAME
Roid Rage – Jeremy Eade and Kim-Saskia Risser-Eade
Black Market – Kate Neylon and Steve Bull
Starhammer: The Vanguard Prophecy – Paul Turbett and Anthony Sweet
World’s Fastest Pizza – Oscar Brittain
 
BEST INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION 
Shirtfront – Shelby Shaw, Briege Whitehead, Corey Booth, Chris Cox and Madeleine Ricketts
Blackmarket – Kate Neylon and Steve Bull
Beneath the Waves – Alice Ross, Sam Bodhi Field and Clay Bryce
Diggers VR Experience – Justin McArdle and Travis Badge
 
BEST SCRIPT - SHORT FORM
We Were Here - David Vincent Smith
DAFUQ? - Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis
Flushed - Richard Eames
Council - Hayden Fortescue
 
BEST DIRECTION - SHORT FORM
Outline - Cody Cameron Brown
Flushed - Richard Eames
We Were Here - David Vincent Smith
Marrow - Stevie Cruz Martin
 
BEST DIRECTION - LONG FORM
The Legend Of Gavin Tanner - Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 7 (5) - Kay Pavlou and Alan Carter
Hotel Coolgardie - Pete Gleeson
Bngvel - Owen Beck
 
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS 
Alexandra Nell - We Were Here
Adrianne Daff - Outline
Alex Malone - Zauberberg
Emily Rose Brennan - The Legend Of Gavin Tanner

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Wayne Davies - Lola and Luis
Clarence Ryan - We Were Here
Mike Djukic - Flushed
Daniel Monks – Marrow
Matt Lovkis - The Legend Of Gavin Tanner
 
BEST STUDENT FILM
My Love, Lilac – Elaine Smith and Jacqueline Pelczar (Central Institute of TAFE)
FAE – Michael Boyle and Reid Smith (Central Institute of TAFE)
Godot’s Clinic – Joshua Walker, Harriet Roberts and Lex Tyson (West Australian Screen Academy)
Bngvel – Owen Beck (Murdoch University)
 
BEST SHORT FORM - FACTUAL 
Summer Blues – Renee Kennedy and Lily Radloff
Spoonful Of Sugar – Angela McDonald, Harriet Roberts and Augustin Lobet
Swing In Seven – Dominic D’Leno and Caitlan O’Connor
Viva La Vincent – Jasmine Leivers, Thomas Baskerville and Ashleigh Nicolau
 
BEST LONG FORM - FACTUAL 
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 7 (5) – Celia Tait, Brian Beaton, Margie Bryant, Kay Pavlou and Alan Carter
Candidate Games - Alice Ross, Ella Wright and Sam Bodhi Field
Hotel Coolgardie – Kate Neylon, Melissa Heyward and Pete Gleeson
 
BEST SHORT FORM - DRAMA
Outline – Jess Parker and Cody Cameron-Brown
We Were Here – Joshua Gilbert, Simon Camp and David Vincent Smith
Lola and Luis –Jess Black and Miley Tunnecliffe
Flushed – Richard Eames
 
BEST LONG FORM - DRAMA
Bngvel – Owen Beck
Bad Girl – Steve Kearney, Bruno Charlesworth and Tenille Kennedy
The Legend Of Gavin Tanner – Lauren Elliott, Matt Lovkis and Henry Inglis
 
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
True Colours – Ben Croker and David Valent
Flushed – Richard Eames
Council - Hayden Fortescue, James Pentecost and Gabrielle Cole 
Absent – Tanya Dharmapala and Iain Appleyard