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

SEASON 1 WINNERS

BEST FEATURE FILM – AFREEN

BEST SHORT FILM – CRUSHER

BEST DIRECTOR – DEKEL BERENSON for ANNA

BEST ACTRESS – NICOLE STARRETT in THE DIVISIBLE

BEST ACTOR – SEAN ASTIN in TWO DUMB MICKS