2014 South Australian Screen Award Winners

52 Tuesdays and Welcome To Iron Knob were unsurprisingly the big winners at the 2014 South Australian Screen Awards, which were handed out at a gala event at the Mercury Cinema last Friday night (May 17). Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays took home the $3,000-prize for Best Feature Film, while David Wade’s short comedy Welcome To Iron Knob nabbed five awards, including Best Short Film. Other winners included Nathan March’s documentary Living On Country – Irrunytju, Aaron Schuppan’s short Pale Blue Dot and the ‘80s-inspired music video for Adelaide punk band’s I Think I Might Be Dying / Vision. The full list of winners can be found below. All nominated films are now screening in a mini film festival, Best of SASA Screenings, at the Mercury Cinema until Sunday May 25. Best Animation: Motorbike Short Nine Network Best Comedy: Welcome To Iron Knob AIDC Best Documentary: Living On Country – Irrunytju Cutting Room Best Drama: Pale Blue Dot Music SA Best Music Video: Beaver I Think I Might Be Dying / Vision MRC Best Short Film: Welcome To Iron Knob SAFC Best Feature: 52 Tuesdays Adelaide Film Festival Best Web Series: Peleda Samstag Museum of Art Best Non-Narrative: This Is Africa Pro AV Solutions Best Cinematography: Nima Nabili Rad (Pale Blue Dot) Adelaide Festival Centre Best Composition: Chris Larkin (Motorbike Short) Kojo Best Direction: Danny and Michael Philippou (Deluge) Footage Firm Inc. Best Editing: Benjamin Dowie (This Is Africa) Adelaide Artist Agency Best Performance: James Smith (Bird Bath) Anomaly Studios Best Production Design: Manda Webber (Carbon Daters) Australian Writers Guild and Storynerd’s Best Screenplay: Dave Wade (Welcome To Iron Knob) Best FX Sound Design: Russell Alexander (Welcome To Iron Knob) Independent Arts Foundation Emerging Producer: Alex Blue MRC Independent Vision Award: Peter Ninos and Trent Ninos Carclew Emerging Filmmaker: Stephen Packer Image: Andre Castelucci