IF Awards: Red Carpet / Winners

Spoilers: Sydney’s Luna Park turned it on for the 11th annual Kodak Inside Film Awards last night, on a warm spring night against the glorious backdrop of the harbour. There were plenty of television stars in attendance, and two TV titles even walked away with a prize.

The ABC feature film Samson & Delilah took out the Best Film Award while first timers Marissa Gibson and Rowan McNamara won acting awards against serious contenders. The film airs this Sunday night on ABC1.

The ABC also won Best Documentary for The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, the story of an Irish penal convict who was hanged in Hobart in 1824 for murder and cannibalism.

Baz Luhrmann was named the Kodak IF Award Living Legend recipient.

Versatile performer and host Eddie Perfect wrote two songs for the show.

Presenters included Sam Worthington, Jan Chapman, Kirk Pengilly, Peter O’Brien, Jacqueline McKenzie, Megan Gale, Adam Elliot, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Scott Hicks.

Winners:

The SHOWTIME IF Award for Best Feature Film
Samson & Delilah – Warwick Kath Shelper

The TIME OUT IF Award for Best Actor
Rowan McNamara – Samson & Delilah

The IF Award for Best Actress
Marissa Gibson – Samson & Delilah

The Jameson IF Award for Best Script
Samson & Delilah – Warwick Thornton

The Dinosaur Design IF Award for Best Music
Samson & Delilah – Warwick Thornton

The National Film & Sound Archive IF Award for Best Direction
Samson & Delilah – Warwick Thornton

The Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound
Balibo – Sam Petty, Emma Bortignon, Phil Heywood, Ann Aucote

The AVID IF Award for Best Editing
Balibo – Nick Meyers

The Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design
Mary & Max – Adam Elliot

The Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography
Beautiful Kate – Andrew Commis

The Resolution Design Independent Spirit IF Award
My Tehran For Sale – Director: Granaz Moussavi Producers, Julie Ryan, Kate Croser, Granaz Moussavi

The EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent
Dominic Allen

The Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film
Ralph – Director Deborah Mailman, Producers Jessie Mangum and Kylie Du Fresne

The Autodesk IF Award for Best Animation
The Cat Piano – Directors Eddie White & Ari Gibson, Producer Jessica Brentnall

The Production Book IF Award for Best Short Documentary
Mankind is No Island – Jason Van Genderen

The FACB IF Award for Best Documentary
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce – Michael James Rowland, Producer Nial Fulton

The Chaotic Pictures IF Award for Best Music Video
Sway Sway Baby – Short Stack – Dan Reisinger

The Cutting Edge IF Award for Box Office Achievement
Australia – Baz Luhrmann, G.Mac Brown and Catherine Knapman

The Kodak Living Legend IF Award
Baz Luhrmann

The TDC IF Award for Best Film Festival
Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival

The 2009 Kodak Inside Film Awards will be broadcast:
SBS ONE, 10pm Thursday 19th November
Showcase, 11:30pm Friday 20th November
Showcase, 5:40pm Saturday 21st November
SHOWTIME, 10:25pm Tuesday 24th November
SHOWTIME, 9:25am Wednesday 25th November