2011 Inside Film (IF) Awards for Australian film - winners

Tonight, Inside Film held their 2011 Jameson IF Awards at the Big Top at Luna Park in Sydney, Australia. The big winner of the night was box-office hit Red Dog which took home seven awards. It won for Best Feature Film, Best Director (Kriv Stenders) and Best Actor (Josh Lucas), Best Script (Daniel Taplitz), Best Cinematography, Best Music, and the IF Award for Best Box Office Achievement. Koko, the canine star of the family film, attended the ceremony with the film's producers Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan.

Red Dog had been up against fellow Best Feature Film nominees The Eye of the Storm, Oranges and Sunshine and Face to Face in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories as well. Oranges and Sunshine picked up Best Actress (Emily Watson) as well as Best Production Design. The Eye of the Storm went home empty-handed.

Eyebrows were raised when critically-acclaimed Snowtown was shut out of the acting in its five nominations. It won for Best Editing (Veronika Jenet).

The Jameson IF Awards are the people’s choice awards for Australian films and created in 1999 by IF Media. Votes are tallied from audiences attending one or more of the 20 major film festivals and cinema screenings, and from IF eligible DVD releases.

Last year's IF Awards were dominated by Tomorrow When The War Began.

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Complete list of winners for the 2011 Jameson IF Awards

Best Feature Film
Red Dog, Director: Kriv Stenders, Producer: Nelson Woss & Julie Ryan

Best Direction

Kriv Stenders, Red Dog

Best Actor
Josh Lucas, Red Dog

Best Actress
Emily Watson, Oranges and Sunshine

Best Script
Daniel Taplitz,  Red Dog

Best Cinematography
Geoff Hall, Red Dog

Best Production Design
Melinda Doring, Oranges and Sunshine

Best Music
Cezary Skubiszewski, Red Dog

Best Editing
Veronika Jenet, Snowtown

Best Sound
Wayne Pashley, Polly McKimm, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

The Out of the Box IF Award
Anna McGahan

IF Award for Rising Talent
Anthony Maras

Living Legend IF Award
Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton

IF Award for Contribution to Television
Rachel Perkins

Independent Spirit IF Award
Mad Bastards, Director: Brendan Fletcher, Producers ; David Jowsey, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram & Brendan Fletcher

Best Music Video
"Magic" by Olivia Newton-John and WACCI, Director: Dan Murphy, Producer: WACCI

Best Short Documentary
Umoja: No Men Allowed, Director: Elizabeth Tadic, Producer: Elizabeth Tadic & Selene Alcock

Best Short Film
When the Wind Changes; Director: Alethea Jones, Producers: Richard Davies & Veeran Naran

Best Short Animation
The Missing Key, Director: Jonathan Nix, Producer: Anna McFarlane & Garth Nix

Best Documentary
I Am Eleven, Director/Producer: Genevieve Bailey

Best Film Festival
Dungog Film Festival

IF Award for Best Box Office Achievement
Red Dog