Nominees revealed for the 2023 WA Screen Culture Awards, winners announced 26th Nov
Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of the local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from new, established and emerging screen practices.
Now in its fourth year the WASCAs will be held on Sunday 26 November at Luna Cinemas Leederville hosted by comedian and YouTuber Ethan Marrell AKA Ozzy Man.
“The WASCAs are dedicated to acknowledging innovation and achievement across the entire screen sector in WA,” says Revelation Film Festival Director Richard Sowada.
“The event is unique on the national cultural scene in its approach in platforming and unifying all moving image forms in the one event to show the depth and diversity of the local sector. In doing this, we look toward not just platforming and rewarding these forms but encouraging their development in building a fully integrated cultural environment.”
With a background in filmmaking, host Ethan Marrell created the character Ozzy Man back in 2014 focussing on the world of social media. Ozzy Man Reviews has amassed 12M followers on Facebook, 5.81M subscribers on Youtube and 3.6M followers on TikTok.
Marrell has taken selfies with a Hemsworth, cuddled Jack Black and now he’s flinging out WASCA awards and of the upcoming event says, “I’m absolutely thrilled to be part of something in an industry I quit about 10 years ago!”
WASCAs look forward to announcing the winners from the following outstanding nominees across 21 categories and two Special Industry Awards:
Innovation Awards
Narrative Feature Film with budget under $1m
o Frank and Frank
o Rampage Electra
o Sweet Rhythm
o Violett
Narrative Feature Film with budget over $1m
o He Ain’t Heavy
o It Only Takes A Night
Feature Documentary / Non Fiction
o Black Cockatoo Crisis
o Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?
o The Last Song
Short Film / Animation
o An Origin of Rape Culture
o Bird Drone
o Making Waves
o Max Pam: The Freddie Incident
o Tee Ken Ng
o The Grey Line
Student Film
o Dare to Dream
o Diary of Death
o Injustice
o Melody of Life
o School Makes Me…
o Tea’s Ready
Television
o Claremont – A Killer Among Us
o New Leash on Life
o Ningaloo Nyinggulu
Music Video
o Anna Schneider – Lyrebird
o Booxkid – The Battle
o Bad Weather – Flowers in Your Room
o Moana – Kingdom and Temple
o Studio Orange – Healthy Hygiene Behaviours
Game Design
o Nekograms
o Tactical Response: PVP, Apocalypse and Genesis
Commercial Content
o 2023 Certified Organic Vintage – Voyager Estate, Margaret River
o Kaleep
o Raith Skateboards – World Record Attempt
o Real Good Honey – Nothing to Hide
o Wizard Pharmacy: Xmas Rap!
o World Transplant Games 2023
Moving Image and Installation
o A Leap of Faith
o LightWaves
Virtual Reality, 360° or Augmented Reality
o Bidi Walbraaniny – Path to Healing
o BoodjAR
o Tactical Response: PVP, Apocalypse and Genesis
o The Careful Project – Kiera Jas – Thoughts
o Wiluna Martu Ranger VR – Protecting Culture and Country
Web Series or Online Content
o Dr Russell’s World of Curiosities
o Love Me Lex
o Puntukurnu – Smoking Aware
o Cool Mum
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Directing
o Claremont – A Killer Among Us – Anthony Barwell
o He Ain’t Heavy – David Vincent Smith
o I’m Not a Nurse – Jessica Bailey
o Making Waves – Christian Horgan
o Raising Thunder – Kaleb McKenna
o Tee Ken Ng – Ella Wright
Cinematography or Visualisation
o Bird Drone – Radheya Jegatheva
o He Ain’t Heavy – Lewis Potts
o I’m Not a Nurse – Damian Fasolo
o Marlu Man – Christian Kennedy
o Tee Ken Ng – Rhys Jones
Writing
o Bird Drone – Clare Toonen
o Good Fortune – Lata Periakarpen
o He Ain’t Heavy – David Vincent Smith
o It Only Takes A Night – Callan Durlik
o Love Me Lex – Sanja Katich
o Ningaloo Nyinggulu – Tim Winton, Peter Rees
Performance
o Frank and Frank – Myles Pollard
o He Ain’t Heavy – Greta Scacchi
o He Ain’t Heavy – Sam Corlett
o I’m Not a Nurse – Christine Ayo
o It Only Takes A Night – Ana Ika
o Love Me Lex – Sarah Light
Performance Under 18s
o A Novel Christmas – Koko Kelemete
o Raising Thunder – Chloe Brink
o Violett – Valentina Blagojevic
o When Doves Fly – Lauren Campbell
Production Design (incl. costume, set design, hair and makeup etc)
o A Novel Christmas – Casey Renzullo, Kayleigh Lux
o He Ain’t Heavy – Emma Fletcher
o It Only Takes A Night – Johnny Ma
o The Redemption – Stephanie Davis
o Violett – Helena Polley
Editing
o Good Fortune – Saxon Wright
o He Ain’t Heavy – Antony Webb
o Love Me Lex – Oliver Dear
o Tee Ken Ng – David Vincent Smith
o The Grey Line – Scott Quayle
Sound or Sound Design
o Claremont: A Killer Among Us – Ben Morris, Kim Lord
o I’m Not a Nurse – Ben Morton
o It Only Takes A Night – Nick Gallagher
o Ningaloo Nyinggulu – Ric Curtin, Xoe Baird, Glenn Martin, Brett Stayt, Elizabeth Parer-Cook, Marcus Lorenz
o Raising Thunder – Brad Habib, Holly Miller, Jake Isard, Tam Glover, Brendan Hill, James Brock
Original Music
o A Novel Christmas – Andrew James Bartlett
o An Origin of Rape Culture – Nicholas Gardiner
o I’m Not a Nurse – Ben Morton
o Raising Thunder – Robert Woods
o Violett – Steven J. Mihaljevich, Ben Chase
Two Special Industry Awards will also be announced at the event – the Independent Spirit Award and the Contribution to the Industry, presented by the Revelation Perth International Film Festival.
The awards night includes the official awards presentation, followed by post-event celebration into the night at Luna Cinemas Leederville. Tickets are $50 and are available online at https://lunapalace.com.au/m/special-events+5167+wa-screen-culture-awards.
The WASCAs are proudly presented and produced by the Revelation Perth International Film Festival in collaboration with the WA screen industry.