Sandfly is very pleased to announce the following awards and prizes.

* Best of Sandfly – Sandfly Trophy, $500 worth of Film Hire Equipment from Metroscreen, $300 cash, Shorts Judge at next year’s Sandfly, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
(This category was made up of all finalists from the best Australian and best International films below)
WINNER: Zero, directed by Christopher Kezelos, produced by Christine Kezelos.

* Best Australian Film – $300 worth of Film Hire Equipment from Metroscreen, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
FINALIST: TGIF, directed by Brian Lien, produced by Secret Film Society.
FINALIST: Home, directed by Thomas Baricevic, produced by Michael De Robbio.
FINALIST: Valley of Shadows, directed and produced by Lara Del Arte.
WINNER: Zero, directed by Christopher Kezelos, produced by Christine Kezelos.

* Best International Film – $300 Website Hosting / Development / Consulting Package from Marshmallow Productions, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
FINALIST: Parking Lot (Colombia), directed and produced by Alvaro D. Ruiz.
FINALIST: Unfed (New Zealand), directed by David Cowlrick & Ashley Pitman, produced by Cal Jefferson Productions.
WINNER: Camera Obscura (Portuguese/Australian), directed by Marta Maia, produced by Sydney Film School.

* Best Music Video – $300 Website Hosting / Development / Consulting Package from Marshmallow Productions, Music Video Judge at next year’s Sandfly, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
FINALIST: Ain’t in That Grave – Nighttown, directed and produced by Louella Pleffer.
FINALIST: Science of the Heart – Falloe, directed by Natasha Pincus, produced by Stark Raving Productions.
FINALIST: We are walking Out – Little Scout, directed and produced by Byron Quandary.
FINALIST: Goldmine – Tobias Cummings, directed by David Brand, produced by B Media.
WINNER: Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra, directed by Natasha Pincus, produced by Stark Raving Productions.

* Best Animation – Animation Judge at next year’s Sandfly, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
FINALIST: Camera Obscura, directed by Marta Maia, produced by Sydney Film School.
FINALIST: Bunty’s Tree, directed by Jasraj Singh Bhatti, produced by Mad Arts / Jaspal Bhatti Film School.
FINALIST: Spoonbill, directed by Jonathon Chong, produced by Dropbear Digital.
FINALIST: Ain’t in That Grave – Nighttown, directed and produced by Louella Pleffer.
WINNER: Zero, directed by Christopher Kezelos, produced by Christine Kezelos.

* Best Performance – Performance Judge at next year’s Sandfly, Free entry and attendance next year’s festival.
FINALIST: Kevin Healy (Valley of Shadows)
FINALIST: Michael McClennan (Why We Trade)
FINALIST: Austin Turner (Home)
FINALIST: Jan Langford-Penny (Distant Thunder)
WINNER: Sarah Jane Coombe (Reflection).

A big thanks to our judges that watched all the nominations, scored each category and gave us our winners.

Each session at Sandfly 2011 also had an Audience Vote. First and second in each session were as follows.
* Session 1: 1st – Family Values, 2nd – Study Hard Anthem.
* Session 2: 1st – The Good Neighbour, 2nd – Garbo.
* Session 3: 1st – Why We Trade, 2nd – Ain’t in That Grave – Nighttown.
* Session 4: 1st – Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye featuring Kimbra, 2nd – Valley Of Shadows.
* Session 5: 1st – Zero, 2nd – TGIF.