IF Awards 2010 winners

First published on 15 Nov 2010. Updated on 11 Mar 2011.

Teen action movie Tomorrow, Where the War Began has defeated Animal Kingdom for the top prize in the 2010 Kodak Inside Film Awards.

In another major upset Tomorrow’s young star, Caitlin Stasey, beat the hotly tipped Jacki Weaver to win best actress in the awards, which were given out on Sunday night at the City Recital Hall, Angel Place.

Stuart Beattie’s film based on John Marsden’s popular book for young readers has been a major hit in Australia, approaching $15 million in box office receipts.

It scored Beattie the award for best screenplay, as well as best music for composers Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil.

Animal Kingdom did not go home empty handed. Star Ben Mendelsohn was named best actor while David Michôd won the award for best director.

Tomorrow’s triumph reflects the voting system for the IF Awards, which are voted on by the general public.

The film’s younger, net-savvy fanbase would not have been intimidated by the idea of going online to vote for their favourite film as much as fans of, say, best film nominee Mao’s Last Dancer, whose demographic skews older.

Mao’s Last Dancer did pick up the box office achievement award for its takings of over $15 million.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS

The SHOWTIME MOVIE CHANNELS IF Award for Best Feature Film
Tomorrow When The War Began– Stuart Beattie (Director), Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen (Producers)

The AFTRS IF Award for Best Director
David Michôd–Animal Kingdom

The Events New South Wales IF Award for Best Actor
Ben Mendelsohn – Animal Kingdom

The IF Award for Best Actress
Caitlin Stasey – Tomorrow When The War Began

The Jameson IF Award for Best Script
Tomorrow When The War Began– Stuart Beattie

The Dinosaur Design IF Award for Best Music
Tomorrow When The War Began– Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil

The SA Film IF Award for Best Sound
Beneath Hill 60– Robert Sullivan, Liam Egan, Mark Cornish, Tony Murtagh

The AVID IF Award for Best Editing
The Waiting City– Veronika Jenet

The Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design
Bright Star– Janet Patterson

The CineAlta by SONY IF Award for Best Cinematography
The Waiting City– Denson Baker

The NSFA Independent Spirit IF Award
Caught Inside – Adam Blaiklock (Director), Paul S Friedmann (Producer)

The EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent
Ariel Kleiman

The Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film
Celestial Avenue – Colin and Cameron Cairnes (Directors), Scott Alexander (Producer)

The Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation
The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann (Directors), Sophie Byrne (Producer)

The FACB IF Award for Best Short Documentary
From Dope to Dalai Lama – Jason Raftopoulos (Director and Producer)

The SBS IF Award for Best Documentary
Strange Birds in Paradise – Charlie Hill-Smith (Director), Jamie Nicolai and John Cherry (Producers)

The SAE IF Award for Best Music Video
Big Jet Plane – Angus and Julia Stone – Kiku Ohe (Director), Richard Halsted (Producer)

The Resolution IF Award for Box Office Achievement
Mao’s Last Dancer
Producer Jane Scott
Director Bruce Beresford
Writer Jan Sardi

The Kodak Living Legend IF Award
Bryan Brown

The Four Cows & Otto Empire IF Award for Best Film Festival
Mardi Gras Film Festival, My Queer Career

The Media Super Out of the Box IF Award
Ryan Corr

The Docklands Studios Melbourne IF Award for Contribution to TV
Penny Chapman