The Setting Sun Film Festival

The Setting Sun Film Festival

The Setting Sun Film Festival

Setting Sun Film Festival

Finalists and winners 2023

Finalists 2023

Highly commended awards and winners to be announced on Opening night.
People’s Choice, will be an Opening Night film, as selected by the Opening Night audience.

BEST FILM 2023
Green Fit, Dir. Maxime Pistorio

HIGHEST SCORED AUSTRALIAN  FILM
Declutter, Dir. Jackson Hayat

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
The Soft Skinned, Dir. Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe

BEST INTERNATIONAL
Chicken, Dir. Mikael Gaudin
Green Fit, Dir. Maxime Pistorio
Transfarming Switzerland, Dir. Thomas Machowicz, Sabina Diethelm
Mulaqat/ Sandstorm, Dir. Seemab Gul

BEST AUSTRALIAN DRAMA
The Soft Skinned, Dir. Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
Thallium Enthusiasts, Dir. Madeleine Neate
Ghost, Dir. Pernell Marsden

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Sineang, Dir. Claudine Ocampo
Declutter, Dir. Jackson Hayat
Transfarming Switzerland, Dir. Thomas Machowicz, Sabina Diethelm

BEST FILM BY A FEMALE FILMMAKER
She’s The Protagonist, Dir. Sarah Carlot Jaber
Thallium Enthusiasts, Dir. Madeleine Neate – Winner
The Midwife, Anne-Sophie Bailly
The Soft Skinned, Dir. Dir. Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe
Ghost, Dir. Pernell Marsden

BEST EMERGING
Declutter, Dir. Jackson Hayat  – Winner
Dream Again, Dir. Gaden Sousa
Host Destination, Dir. Eleni Modinos

BEST WEST
India’s New Game, Dir. Mark Hellinger
Sineang, Dir. Claudine Ocampo
The Soft Skinned,  Dir. Nicky Tyndale-Biscoe  – Winner

BEST ACTING PERFORMANCE
Hannah Monson, The Soft Skinned  – Winner
Felise Lyon, Ghost
Yiana Pandelis, Host Destination

BEST SECONDARY
Going Home – Về Nhà, Dir. Han Nhi Ngo  – Winner 
The Trials and Tribulations of Being Jordan, Dir. Will Calleja – Highly Commended
Beachcomber Blues, Dir. Evie Taylor-Constable
Earl Dreams of Apples, Dir. Emile Feik

CALD
Declutter, Dir.Jackson Hayat
Lady Priest, Dir. Eva Justine Torkkola
Farmer at 91, Dir. Sara Glaoua
Sineang, Dir. Claudine Ocampo  Winner

BEST COMEDY
Green Fit, Dir. Dir. Maxime Pistorio  Winner
Lady Priest, Dir. Eva Justine Torkkola
Victims of Monty, Dir. Oscar Axel Thorborg, Ayesha Gibson  – Highly Commended

BEST ANIMATION
Beachcomber Blues, Dir. Evie Taylor-Constable
Elena, Dir. Birutė Sodeikaitė  Winner
Mechanical Dreams, Dir. Luca Di Natale

BEST PRIMARY
Selma, Dir. Harrison J Thomas   – Winner
The Magic in Liberia, Dir. Oliver Hamm