Salt House Creative International Film Festival is a quarterly event. Selected winning films from each quarter (3 months) will be screened in NSW Australia. We’re now in our 6th year.
SHCIFF is proud to be an IMDB listed event
Awards & Prizes
Each quarter the following awards are distributed:
BEST SHORT – Under 40 minutes
BEST FEATURE – Over 40 minutes
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST DIRECTOR
Winners receive the official Salt House Creative laurel and the chance to be screened at the annual event.

SEASON 29 WINNERS
Best Actress: Marisol Padilla Sánchez
Best Actor: Matt Schulze
Best Short Film: The Reach
Best Feature: APPology
Best Director: Craig Melville
Honourable Mention: Don’t Forget to Smile

SEASON 28 WINNERS
Best Actress: Mellony Ledo
Best Actor: Solomon Fezer
Best Short Film: In A Place Like This
Best Feature: Unlocking The Potential – The Vital Role of Specialist Education
Best Director: Kavi Varman
Honourable Mention: Tallulah Eden

SEASON 27 WINNERS
Best Actress: Rebecca Rose
Best Actor: Kieren Dawson
Best Short Film: For Thom
Best Feature: The Brattt
Best Director: Cameron Utiger

IRANIAN SEASON WINNERS
Best Actress: Hediye Zaman
Best Actor: Alireza Firoozi
Best Short Film: The Voice of Dogs
Best Feature: For the Sake of Ava
Best Director: Nima Valibeigi

SEASON 26 WINNERS
Best Actress: Selena Rosevelt
Best Actor: Alex Bar
Best Short Film: Mourning
Best Feature: Lola Blue
Best Director: Damian Chapa
Honourable Mention: The Old Man and the Demon Sword

SEASON 25 WINNERS
Best Actress: Megan Bell
Best Actor: Akshay Gajjar
Best Short Film: Demon Dog
Best Feature: Remnant
Best Director: Ferran Brooks
Honourable Mention: Immersion

SEASON 24 WINNERS
Best Actress: Alexandra Wingo
Best Actor: Yarno Rohling
Best Short Film: Sunlit Skies
Best Feature: The Wrong Crowd
Best Director: Craig Andrew Wyhoon

SEASON 23 WINNERS
Best Actress: Suzanne Webcke
Best Actor: Mauro Benedict Ferrari
Best Short Film: Everyone Writes Memoir
Best Feature: Mora is Here
Best Director: Mark Solter & Alexander Campbell
Honourable Mention: Cadmium Hollow

SEASON 22 WINNERS
Best Actress: Malie Aubin-Juteau (GRWM)
Best Actor: Ben Corlett (Awakened)
Best Short Film: Awakened
Best Feature: TAPE
Best Director: Greg Moran (White Lies)
Honourable Mention: Echoes

SEASON 21 WINNERS
Best Actress: Zhou Lingyi (Avenger)
Best Actor: Wu Mi (Wake Up With You)
Best Short Film: The Plan
Best Feature: People on the Edge of a Cliff
Best Director: Ding Haoran (The Death of the Hedgehog)

SEASON 20 WINNERS
Best Actress: Gezel Bardossi (The Naughty List)
Best Actor: Vladimir Kurtseba (The Muse)
Best Short Film: Culicidae
Best Feature: The Muse
Best Director: Michael Raso (My Gift)

SEASON 19 WINNERS
Best Actress: Melissa Jane Rodriguez
Best Actor: Rich Henkels
Best Short Film: Dragons and Warts
Best Feature: Surviving Sunset: An Actor’s Hollywood Journey
Best Director: Juliana Purnell

SEASON 18 WINNERS
Best Actress: Amelia Conway
Best Actor: Mitchell Bourke
Best Short Film: Invited
Honourable Mention: Springbound
Best Director: Jack Vernon

SEASON 17 WINNERS
Best Actress: Jennifer Scott
Best Actor: Jorge Guerrero
Best Short Film: Premonition
Best Feature Film: Finding Courage
Best Director: Joshua Belinfante
