Awards and Festivals
The Big House, 2001
Flickerfest
Sydney Australia January 2001
Best Australian Film
Sundance
Salt Lake City USA January 2001
Clermont-Ferrand
France January 2001
Aspen
Colorado USA April 2001
Saint Benoit
Reunion Island France April 2001
Jury Prize
St Kilda
Melbourne Australia May 2001
Best Achievement in Direction
Dendy Awards
Sydney Australia June 2001
Newport
Rhode Island USA June 2001
Arcipelago
Rome June 2001
American Cinemateque
LA June 2001
Outfest
LA July 2001
NZ - Wellington and Auckland
July 2001
Edinburgh
Scotland September 2001
AFI
Australia October 2001
Best Australian Short
Film Critics Circle
Australia December 2001
Best Australian Short
Atom Awards
Australia May 2002
Commonwealth Film Festival
Manchester UK June-July 2000
‘The Big House’ has been bought and screened by Channel 9 in Australia and Showtime USA.
Martha's New Coat, 2003
Awards and Nominations
Dendy Awards, Sydney Int’l Film Festival
Australia June 2003
Nomination, Best Drama over 15mins
ATOM Awards
Australia 2003
Winner ATOM Awards Best Short Fiction
AWGIE
Australia 2003
Nomination, Best Telemovie (Australian Writers Guild, Writer Elizabeth Mars)
APRA — AGSC Screen Music Awards
Australia 2003
Nomination, Best Music For A Mini-Series Or Telemovie, (Composer, Karen Leimbach)
IF Awards
Australia 2003
Nomination, Best Short Film
Australian Film Critic’s Circle Awards
Australia 2003
Winner, Best Australian Short Feature film
Rome Independent Film Festival
Australia 2004
Winner, “New Frontier” for First Time Direction
River Run International Festival
United States 2005
Winner Best Actress for Matilda Brown
Festivals
Melbourne International Film Festival
July 2003
Brisbane International Film Festival
August 2003
Montreal International Film Festival
August 2003
Sydney Travelling Film Festival
September 2003
“50minutes from Home – An Australian Film Festival” National theatrical tour
September 2003
Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo, Brazil
October 2003
Marco Island Film Festival USA
November 2003
Barbican London Australian Film Festival
2004
Rome Independent Film Festival
2004
Muestra De Cine Mexicano E Iberoamericano
Mexico 2004
Riverrun International Festival
2005