The Dendy Awards 2012 Deadline
Entry to the Dendy Awards 2012 closes on Monday 27 February. Submission of Australian short fiction films (either animation or live action, less than 40 minutes in length) requires filmmakers to complete an online submission form and payment, and send four copies of their film to the Sydney Film Festival office in Sydney.
Cash prizes are awarded in three categories: Best Live Action Short ($5 000), The Yoram Gross Animation Award ($4 000) and The Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director ($5 000). Past winners include many of Australia’s most respected film-makers such as festival patrons Jane Campion, Phillip Noyce and Gillian Armstrong and in 2011 The Palace won the Dendy Award for Best Live Action Short.
The Award is part of the Sydney Film Festival and are recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and therefore winners in the animation and live action category are eligible for Academy Awards consideration. Recent Dendy Award winners that have gone on to be Academy-nominated include Miracle Fish (SFF Dendy Live Action 2009/82nd Academy Awards) and The Lost Thing (SFF Yoram Gross Animation 2010/83rd Academy Awards).
