On Tuesday 11th June, students, staff, and friends of JMC Academy gathered at the Astor Theatre in St Kilda, Melbourne, to celebrate the 11th Martini Film Awards.

The 11th Martini Film Awards, was a resounding success on Tuesday 11th June 2019 at The Astor Theatre, St Kilda, Melbourne. The night was filled with nostalgia, as we went back to the future, bringing back many of our Martinis alumni to present awards and inspire our current students and recent alumni. The event was supported by the musical brilliance of our student band About Time as well as the dulcet tones of our voiceover artists. We are extremely appreciative of all our sponsors and their generous prizes bestowed upon students on Tuesday night.
We are very proud of all our students – past and present and everyone who has contributed to the Martinis over the years – the legacy continues, as we connect past and present via our alumni, contemporary student work and heightened creativity and technical delivery. We also look to the future as we launch a new batch of film, television and screen media professionals into the stratosphere. Now…It’s Your Time…!
WINNERS
Best Sound Recording
Chloe Connolly - Swashbuckling
Sponsored by JMC Academy
Best Mocktail
Bethany Alex – To be a Volunteer
Sponsored by JMC Academy
Best Screenplay
Lachlan Bedford – I swear I wasn’t Peeking
Sponsored by Australian Writers' Guild
Best Sound Design / Mix
Andrew Alcock & Michael Zacharious – Swipe
Sponsored by Australian Screen Sound Guild & Soundfirm
Best Documentary
Mimi Libro – Be a Man
Samuel Häde & Mimi Libro – Beyond Ballet
Sponsored by Screen Producers Australia & SUNSTUDIOS
Best Musical Score / Song
Lachlan Bedford & Daniel Lee – I swear I wasn’t Peeking
Sponsored by APRA AMCOS & Austrlian Guild of Screen Composers
Best Music Video
Tim Eather, Dina Aprillia, Raddit Akbar, Dylan King – Clean Up Man by Creature Fear
Fox Shead, Madeleine Ryan, Jordan Smith, Gaby Simmons, Hadi Arefi – T-section by Honest Lives
Sponsored by Ozflix, DITTO & Screen Producers Australia
Best Actress
Emma Annand plays Everly – Invisible
Sponsored by CastingNetworks International & Howard Fine Acting Studio
Best Actor
Tom Atkinson plays Max – I swear I wasn’t Peeking
Sponsored by CastingNetworks International & Howard Fine Acting Studio
Best Production Design
Ali Teasdale – Worship
Sponsored by Australian Production Design Guild & Screen Hub
Best Cinematography
Maëlle Raluy – Blur
Sponsored by Australian Cinematographers Society, John Barry Sales & Screen Hub
Best Post Production
Esther Yong, Bill Zairofi – Swipe
Sponsored by Ozflix & Screen Hub
Best Direction
Tim Eather – Worship Me
Sponsored by Australian Directors' Guild, Ozflix & Screen Hub
Best Animation
Tenille May, Siobhan Nolan, Aeon Devlin, Heidi Carolan, Jonathon Ross – Twisted Fairytales
Sponsored by miaf & Screen Producers Australia
Best Short Film
Esther Yong, Carly Bullen, Ali Teasdale – Swipe
Sponsored by Screen Producers Australia, OzSNAX & Dragon Image Red
Best Overall Picture
Julia Dawson, Tess Emmerson, Anna Charalambous – Home Safe
Sponsored by Screen Producers Australia & Alchemy Audio Post Production
The Wellness Award
Julia Dawson, Tess Emmerson, Anna Charalambous – Home Safe
Sponsored by Steph Power, ENIGMA Film & Tv & Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
A special thank you to Steph Power and Enigma Film & TV Assist for sponsoring The Wellness Award in the form of career counselling and mentorship to the team from ‘Home Safe’. This year, in the continued wake of the #MeToo, #TimesUp movements we wanted to take the time out to draw wider attention to issues facing the mental health and wellbeing of our broader creative industries and to acknowledge that we all need to do more to support our staff / teams / collaborators and spread the message of wellness in all that we do. This forum proved a timely opportunity to keep the industry-wide mental health conversation going. The Wellness Award has been created to acknowledge students whose films proactively focus on social issues and successfully impart an important message.
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