Award Winners
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The Veterans Film Festival award winners over the years, bringing you the best in festival entertainment.
2020
Red Poppy Award Best Feature Film – U311 CHERKASY
Red Poppy Award Best Short Film Award – Trust Frank
Special Mention – L’ALLEATO (The Ally)
Best Female Actor – Brenda Palmer (Trust Frank)
Best Male Actor – John Flaus (Trust Frank)
Special Mention to Radosław Pazura – The Day of Wrath
GoE Bridging the Borders Award – Trust Frank
Best Film School – London Film School – Meidagen (Days of May)
Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson Award for Best Music – Meidagen (Days Of May)
Harry Julius Animation Award – I Am Not Alice But Here Is Wonderland
Best Student Film – Meidagen (Days Of May)
2019
Red Poppy Award for Best Feature Film presented by Westpac – Danger Close, The Battle of Long Tan
Red Poppy Award for Best Short Film presented by Westpac – #3 Normandy Lane
Special Commendation – Milk
GoE Bridging the Borders Award – The Sea Swells
Beyond Blue Award – Escape and Evasion
Best Female Actor – Scottie Thompson (#3 Normandy Lane)
Special Commendation – Jodie Hillock (Milk)
Best Male Actor – Josh McConville (Escape and Evasion)
Special Commendation – Olivier Treiner Sursis (Borrowed Time) and Daniel Webber (Danger Close, The Battle of Long Tan)
Harry Julius Animation Award – The Swallows of Kabul
Sergeant Joseph Cecil Thompson Award for Best Music – Danger Close, The Battle of Long Tan
Best Film School – Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
Best Student Short Film – Escape by Sea
2018
Red Poppy Award for Best Film – TransMilitary
Red Poppy Award for Best Short Film – Irish Good Bye
Best Animation – Sgt Stubby: An Unlikely Hero
Best Female Actor – Marta Kozlova (Anna’s War)
Best Male Actor – Sam Claflin (Journey’s End)
Best Music – Atsugi Matsumoto and Vladimir Komarov (Anna’s War)
Special Award Beyond Blue Prize – An Unbeaten Path
2017
Red Poppy Award for Best Feature Film – Darkest Hour directed by Joe Wright
Red Poppy Award for Best Indie Feature Film – And We Were Young by Andy Smetanka
Red Poppy Award for Best Short Film
Best Australian Short Film – Miro by Victoria McIntyre
Best International Short Film – She Will Be Loved by Chadwick Pelletier
Best Animation – All The Winters I Haven’t Seen by Omid Koshnazar
Best Female Actor – Constance Brenneman (She Will Be Loved)
Best Male Actor – Mark Coles Smith (Miro)
Best Music/Sound – Petra Salsjö (Miro)
Special Awards
Best Young Filmmaker Award – Miles Gibson (Homeward Bound)
2016
Red Poppy Award for Best International Feature Film – Hyena Road (Canada)
Red Poppy Award for Best Australian Feature Film – The Crater (Australia)
Red Poppy Award for Best Australian Short Film – The Raven
Red Poppy Award for Best International Short Film – Darryl (USA)
Red Poppy Award for Best Male Actor – Michael E. Knight for Darryl (USA)
Red Poppy Award for Best Female Actor – Indianna Gregg for The Ravens (Australia)
Red Poppy Award for Best Music – Red Line (Iran)
Red Poppy Award for Best Animation – The Little Boy (Iran)
Red Poppy Special Award Commemorating WWI or WWII – Patient 39 (UK)
2015
Red Poppy Award for Best Australian Short Film – Brass Razoo
Red Poppy Award for Best International Short Film – Birthday (USA)
Best Director Chris King – Birthday (USA)
Best Cinematography – The Last Night (New Zealand)
Best Editing – Birthday (USA)
Best Script – Brass Razoo (Australia)
Best Music/Sound – 100 Years (Australia)
Best Male Actor Chris Gouchoe – Birthday (USA)
Best Female Actor Mandy Moody –Birthday (USA)
Varsity Best Film from a Film School, University or College – Haircut (USA)
Best Film Student Award – Haircut (USA)
Best Animation – Dad’s Fragile Doll (Iran)
Best Machinima – No Man’s Land (Finland)
Best Documentary – A Soldier’s Story (USA)
Best Film Commemorating WWI – No Man’s Land (Finland)
Best Film Commemorating ANZACs in WWI – Trench (Australia)
Special Award White Feather an Encouragement Award, to all the young people involved
2014
Project Homeless Parramatta Prize Best Film – Peacekeeper