Yoram Gross Animation Award
Subcategory of Sydney Film Festival Awards
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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2024

winner form y separately published work icon Darwin Story Natasha Tonkin , ( dir. Natasha Tonkin ) United Kingdom (UK) : British Film Institute Chromatopia Films , 2023 28365067 2023 single work film/TV

'Lee returns to tropical Darwin from London when her mum is taken ill. There's a chance to revisit the past, but is she ready to think about the beautiful place she calls home?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2023

winner form y separately published work icon Teacups Alec Green , Finbar Watson , ( dir. Alec Green et. al. )agent Australia : and maps and plans , 2023 25790675 2023 single work film/TV

"For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff, 100ft from his home. Teacups explores Don’s (voiced by Hugo Weaving) surreal interactions with hundreds of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend."

Source: Flickerfest

Year: 2022

winner form y separately published work icon Donkey ( dir. Jonathan Daw et. al. )agent Australia : Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media , 2022 25088700 2022 single work film/TV

'Three Anangu women of different generations tell the story of how donkeys came to be valuable friends and helpers in the desert communities in the APY lands of northern South Australia.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2021

winner form y separately published work icon Freedom Swimmer Olivia Martin-McGuire , ( dir. Olivia Martin-McGuire ) Australia : No Thing Productions , 2021 23435122 2021 single work film/TV

'A hybrid, poetic documentary interweaving hand-drawn animation and film, which tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Year: 2019

winner form y separately published work icon Sohrab and Rustum ( dir. Lee Whitmore ) Australia : 2018 16831469 2018 single work film/TV

'Sohrab and Rustum is the story of a young English teacher reading a poem to a class of teenage girls in 1960s Sydney. Through the poem, the girls are transported to ancient Persia where they witness a legendary fight between two warriors. The girls are confronted with the reality of death.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

winner form y separately published work icon The Crossing Marieka Walsh , ( dir. Marieka Walsh ) Australia : Studio Balloon , 2016 16834592 2016 single work film/TV

'A tender fable of an ageing sea captain, who risks the lives of his men when he decides to change course, taking his ship through a violent storm.'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

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