PAST WINNERS

2020
Ron Cobb Best Feature Film: SCALES (Dir: Shahad Ameen; U.A.E); Best Lead Actress (Feature Film): DENISE TANTUCCI in Darkness (Dir: Emanuela Rossi; Italy); Best Lead Actor (Feature Film): JAVIER BOTET in The Queen of the Lizards (Dirs: Juan González, Nando Martínez; Spain); Best Director (Feature): BAPTISTE ROUVERE for Anonymous Animals (France); Best Short Film: THE FABRICATED (Dir: Ali Katmiri; Iran); Best Lead Actress (Short Film): SONYA ESMAEELI in The Fabricated (Dir: Ali Katmiri; Iran); Best Lead Actor (Short Film): VERNON WELLS in Starspawn Overture (Dir: Travis Bain; Australia); Best Director (Short Film): YUICHI KONDO for Ryoko’s Qubit Summer (Japan); Audience Award Winner: MONSTERS OF MAN (Dir: Mark Toia; Australia)

2021
Ron Cobb Best Feature Film: VERA DE VERDAD (Dir: Beniamino Cantena, Italy); Best Lead Actress (Feature Film): HAYDEE CARCERES for Moon Heart (Dir: Aldo Salvini; Chile); Best Lead Actor (Feature Film): BEN TEDESCO in No Tomorrow (Dir: Ben Tedesco; USA); Best Director (Feature): CARSON YOUNG for The Blazing World (U.S.A.); Best Short Film: DAILY DRIVER (Dir: Jonathan Adams; Australia); Best Lead Actress (Short Film): JESSICA TANNER in Today (Dir: Andrew Jaksch; Australia); Best Lead Actor (Short Film): DENIS HUBLEUR in Causa Sui (Dir: Quentin Richard; France); Best Director (Short Film): RYAN ANDREWS for Hiraeth (U.K.); Audience Award Winner: Feature Film - RISEN (Producer: Eddie Arya), Short Film - ELLIPSIS (Producer: Jorge Corpi); ADAM LEE Memorial Honouree: JONATHAN STRAHAN (Official Website)

2022

Ron Cobb Best Feature Film: LANDLOCKED (Dir: Paul Owens; USA); Best Lead Actress (Feature Film): VIVA LEE in Polaris (Dir: Kirsten Carthew; Canada)
Special Jury Prize for Innovation and Originality: WESENS (Dir: Derick Mueller; South Africa); Special Jury Prize for Technical Prowess and Intellectual Rigour:
MONGREL (Producer: Jennifer van Gessell); Best Lead Actor (Feature Film): ANDREW RIDDLE for Sight Extended (Dir ; USA); Best Director (Feature): IULI GERBASE for The Pink Cloud (France); Best Short Film International: Viewers: 1 (Japan; Producers: Daigo Hariya, Yosuke Kobayashi); Best Short Film Australian: ERASED (Producers: Gabriela Loza, Ruth Sligo, Harriett McKern); Best Lead Actress (Short Film): KLAUDIA GARCIA-GUERRERO for GOLEM (Spain); Best Lead Actor (Short Film): GRAHAM DICKSON for The Operator (UK); Best Director (Short Film): ARATI KADAV for The Astronaut & The Parrot (India); Best Student Short Film: THE RISE (Dir: Alesja Suzdaltseva; Estonia); Best Animated Film: THE SPRAYER (Dir: Farnoosh Abedi; Iran); Audience Award Winner: POLARIS (Dir: Kirsten Carthew; Canada); Career Achievement Award: AGEE (Polar Bear Actor – Polaris); ADAM LEE Memorial Honouree: NICOLA SCOTT

2023

Ron Cobb Best Feature Film: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE FUTURE: 2121 (D: Serpil Altin; Turkiye); Best Lead Actress (Feature Film): NIAMH CAROLAN (Wintertide; Canada); Best Lead Actor (Feature Film): SEANN WALSH (The Bystanders; UK); Best Director (Feature): THEODORE USHEV (Phi 1.618; Bulgaria); Best Short Film International: LOST IN THE SKY (D: Simon Öster; Sweden); Best Short Film Australian: ECHO PINES (D: Stephanie Begg); Best Lead Actress (Short Film): JULIA VYSHNEVSKA (The Orb; Ireland); Best Lead Actor (Short Film): BLAIR REDFORD (The Many Worlds of George Goodman; USA); Best Director (Short Film): LIA TSALTA (Magma; Greece); Best Student Short Film: THE DEEP LOVE (D: Jiamin Jiao; China); Best Animated Film: STARSHIP (D: Christian Debney; Australia); Audience Award Winner: THE BYSTANDERS (D: Gabriel Foster Prior; UK); Special Mentions for Profoundly Representing Humanity within the Fantasy Genre: RESIDENTS OF NOWHERE (D: Shahab Hosseini; Iran) and DISTANT THUNDER (D: Takayuki Ohashi; Japan); ADAM LEE Memorial Honouree: MAKE-UP EFFECTS GROUP