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
SEASON 16 WINNERS
Best Actress: Bekefi Viktoria
Best Actor: Máté Szabó
Best Short Film: In A Whole New Way
Best Feature Film: Darking Way
Best Director: Katy-May Hudson
SEASON 15 WINNERS
Best Actress: Eileen Grubba
Best Actor: John Flaus
Best Short Film: Trust Frank
Best Feature Film: Sweethurt
Best Director: Denis Pavlov
SEASON 14 WINNERS
Best Actress: Vanessa Mghames
Best Actor: Suhaib Nashwan
Best Short Film: Shakwa
Best Feature Film: Lost In Berlin
Best Director: Farah Shaer
SEASON 13 WINNERS
Best Actress: Hanna Oldenburg
Best Actor: Jovan Luna
Best Short Film: Love, Blood, Pain
Best Feature Film: Mareld
Best Director: Dwight Steven-Boniecki
SEASON 12 WINNERS
Best Actress: Melissa Celikovic
Best Actor: Sergio Granados
Best Short Film: Resilience
Best Feature Film: La amable euforia de la danza
Best Director: Brando Benetton
SEASON 11 WINNERS
Best Actor: Christian Fox
Best Actress: Bridgette Armstrong
Best Short Film: Rubberneckers
Best Director: Elena Walter
SEASON 10 WINNERS
Best Actor: Tyrone Huggins
Best Actress: Jennifer Wesse
Best Short Film: Road to Nowhere
Best Feature Film: Alaska Long Hunters
Best Director: Guy Ross
SEASON 9 WINNERS
Best Actor: Sam Vincent
Best Actress: Karen Holness
Best Short Film: Display Home
Best Feature Film: Torn – Dark Bullets
Best Director: Dan Walls
SEASON 8 WINNERS
Best Actor: Kaleb Alexander Roberts
Best Actress: Anna Kiiima
Best Short Film: I am an American
Best Feature Film: Fixing Grandma
Best Director: Melo Viana
SEASON 7 WINNERS
Best Actor: Phil Blevins
Best Actress: Diana Lovell
Best Short Film: Longer
Best Feature Film: Juvenile Delinquents
Best Director: Neil Goss
SEASON 6 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – THE LEGEND OF THE PARAGUAY WAR
BEST SHORT FILM – GOOD THINGS WILL COME
BEST DIRECTOR – SHAUN LUPTON for SOMETHING SAFE
BEST ACTRESS – ABBEY KILLIN in A GOOD MAN
BEST ACTOR – SEBASTIAN HÖGELE in PAINT
SEASON 5 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA
BEST SHORT FILM – FROM SHADOW
BEST DIRECTOR – KRISTIN ATWELL FORD for RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA
BEST ACTRESS – MAO STEFANSDOTTER in 1971
BEST ACTOR – EDGAR GARCIA in LA RÁFAGA (THE GUST)
SEASON 4 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – SOCKEYE SALMON. RED FISH
BEST SHORT FILM – THE FORK
BEST DIRECTOR – JOHNNY K. for THE KILLER OF GRASSY RIDGE
BEST ACTRESS – SOPHIE MEISSNER in KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, SWEET PEA!
BEST ACTOR – KEVIN STEPHEN-JONES in LEFT BEHIND
SEASON 3 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – BEAUTY, BRAINS,AND PERSONALITY
BEST SHORT FILM – WILD DURMITOR
BEST DIRECTOR – SERGIY PUDICH for THE BARBER
BEST ACTRESS – JULIE MEGHAN BROWN in CERISE
BEST ACTOR – PHIL KRUSE in A WEEK WITH REBECCA
SEASON 2 WINNERS
BEST FEATURE FILM – YOU BET I DANCE
BEST SHORT FILM – PEPPER
BEST DIRECTOR – ANTOINE PANIER for MAKING MEN
BEST ACTRESS – ANGGIE MERDIANTI in FAKED
BEST ACTOR – MICHAEL VARDE in ODD BIRD
