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The IF Awards, formerly known as the Inside Film Awards, Lexus Inside Film Awards, Kodak IF Awards, and Jameson IF Awards, was an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry. Its name derives from its origins at Inside Film magazine, and changed over the years under different sponsorship. The event was held in Sydney in November each year, apart from between 2006 and 2008, when for three years it was held on the Gold Coast in Queensland. The last awards event was held in 2011.

History

The Inside Film Awards were created by the founders of Inside Film magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, The awards were determined by a national audience poll, which differentiated it from the Australian AACTA Awards, which are judged by industry professionals.

The IF Awards were first held in 1999, and until 2006 were also known as the Lexus Inside Film Awards, in recognition of its principal sponsor Lexus. The event was held in Sydney in November each year, and was broadcast on SBS Television and Showtime Movie Channels. Guests over this period included Nicole Kidman, Laurence Fishburne, Baz Luhrmann, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Bryan Brown.

In 2007, the Rising Talent and Indy Spirit Awards were open to public entries.

Event partners changed over the years. In 2006, the event moved from Sydney to the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland, after a contract was signed with the Queensland Government. At that time, Angie Fielder was the general manager of Inside Film Awards. In 2008, the promotional trailer for the event was directed by Bonnie Elliott. In that year, the event was hosted by Julia Zemiro at the Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, with Yumi Stynes welcoming the stars. Kate Miller-Heidke performed an acoustic version of her hit song "Can't Shake It" at the event, which was broadcast live on SBS TV.

In 2009, Kodak acquired naming rights for the awards, maintaining the partnership until 2010. Returning to Sydney, the event was variously known as the Kodak Inside Film Awards Sydney, Kodak IF Awards Sydney, or just Kodak IF Awards. Other partners in 2010 included GHD, Jameson Irish Whiskey, M.A.C. Cosmetics, OK! Magazine, SBS Television, and Screen Australia, among others.

In 2011 Jameson Irish Whiskey acquired naming rights, with the event held at Luna Park. Eddie Perfect hosted the event, with presenters including Callan McAuliffe, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Sophie Lowe, Dan Wyllie, and Xavier Samuel. Individual awards were named after various sponsors, such as Showtime IF Award for Best Feature Film; Destination NSW IF Award for Best Actor; Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Actress; Fox Studios Australia IF Award for Best Direction; AVID IF Award for Best Editing; Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design; ARRI IF Award for Best Cinematography; South Australian Film Corporation IF Award for Best Sound; and many others. The IF Awards for Best Music, Best Script, Best Film Festival, and Best Short Animation were not named. The lifetime achievement award was called the Jameson Living Legend IF Award.

In April 2012, it was announced that the IF Awards would be put "on hold", owing to changing economic circumstances, and competition with the AACTA Awards, which had moved to Sydney in 2011. Living Legend award recipient, film critic Margaret Pomeranz, said about the loss of the awards: "It's a tragedy. They were wonderfully different, focussing not only on our film successes but on emerging talent like Andrew Dominik, Kath Shelper, Ryan Corr, and Anthony Maras. They were irreverent when necessary but also a lovely reflection of Australian audiences' engagement with our films. And it was always the best party in town!".

Nominations and winners

2007 nominees

The nominees in 2007 were:

IF Award for Best Feature Film

The Home Song Stories – directed by Tony Ayres and produced by Michael McMahon & Liz Watts
The Jammed – directed by Dee McLachlan and produced by Sally Ayre-Smith, Andrea Buck & Dee McLachlan
Lucky Miles – directed by Michael James Rowland and produced by Jo Dyer & Lesley Dyer

Animal Logic IF Award for Best Director

Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor

InStyle IF Award for Best Actress

Kodak IF Award for Best Cinematography

The Home Song Stories – Nigel Bluck
The Jammed – Peter Falk
Lucky Miles – Geoff Burton, ASC

IF Award for Best Music

The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos
The Jammed – Grant Innes McLachlan
Noise – Bryony Marks

Australian Film Commission IF Award for Best Script

The Jammed – Dee McLachlan
The Home Song Stories – Tony Ayres
Lucky Miles – Michael James Rowland & Helen Barnes

Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film

Crocodile Dreaming – directed by Darlene Johnson & produced by Sue Milliken
Nana – directed by Warwick Thornton & produced by Kath Shelper
Soul Mates – directed by Naomi Rossdeutscher & produced by Rachel Clements and Paul Howard

Lab Sydney IF Award for Best Short Animation

The Goat That Ate Time – directed & produced by Lucinda Schreiber
Richard – directed & produced by Mick Elliott
Sweet & Sour – directed by Eddie White & produced by Sam White and The People's Republic of Animation

SBS IF Award for Best Short Documentary

Flour, Sugar, Tea – directed by Lee Willis & produced by Gina Twyble
My Brother Vinnie – directed by Steven McGregor & produced by Sarah Bond
Nigger Lovers – directed by Rhonda Hagan & produced by Daryl Sparkes & Stephen Hagan

IF Award for Best Documentary

Bomb Harvest – directed by Kim Mordaunt & produced by Sylvia Wilczynski
4 – directed by Tim Slade & produced by Joanna Buggy
Unlikely Travellers – directed by Michael Noonan & produced by Michael Noonan and John Hart

3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video

God Told Me To – directed by Natasha Pincus. Artist: Paul Kelly
Hearts a Mess – directed by Brendan Cook. Artist: Gotye
I Thought About You – directed by Kiku Ohe. Artist: The Beautiful Girls

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design

Clubland – Nell Hanson
The Home Song Stories – Melinda Doring
Lucky Miles – Pete Baxter

Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing

The Jammed – Anne Carter & Dee McLachlan
Lucky Miles – Henry Dangar, ASE
Noise – Geoff Hitchins

Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound

Clubland – Liam Egan, Ian McLoughlin, Andrew Neil & Steven Jackson Vaughan
The Home Song Stories – Craig Carter, John Wilkinson, James Harvey & Andrew Neil
Noise – Emma Bortignon, Doron Kipen & Philippe Decrausaz

Independent Spirit IF Award

Cross Life – Claire McCarthy
Searching 4 Sandeep – Poppy Stockell
Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story – Julian Shaw

Atlab IF Award for Rising Talent

Philippa Campey
Bonnie Elliott
Ben Hackworth
Erin White

ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay

The Adventures of Abigail Storm – Luke Preston
The Farm – Peter Dai Evans
Intersection – Robin de Crespigny

2008 nominees and winners

(Winners in each category are listed first, with nominees in alphabetical order following):

Showtime IF Award for Best Feature Film

MEN'S GROUP – Michael Joy & John L. Simpson
The Black Balloon - Elissa Down & Tristram Miall
Son of a Lion – Benjamin Gilmour & Carolyn Johnson

Screen Australia IF Award for Best Director

PETER DUNCAN – Unfinished Sky
Elissa Down – The Black Balloon
Andrew Traucki & David Nerlich – Black Water

Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor

IF Award for Best Actress

Screen Australia IF Award for Best Script

MEN'S GROUP – Michael Joy & John L. Simpson
The Black Balloon – Elissa Down & Jimmy The Exploder
Unfinished Sky – Peter Duncan

Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography

JULES O’LOUGHLIN ACS – September
Denson Baker ACS – The Black Balloon
Robert Humphreys ACS – Unfinished Sky

Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music

Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing

SURESH AYYAR – Unfinished Sky
Veronika Jenet ASE – The Black Balloon
Rodrigo Balart – Black Water

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design

LAURIE FAEN – Unfinished Sky
Nicholas McCallum – The Black Balloon
Sam Hobbs – September

Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound

SAM PETTY, ROB MACKENZIE, YULIA AKERHOLT, PETER GRACE & MICHAEL MCMENOMY – The Square
Paul Pirola & Ben Osmo – The Black Balloon
Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin, Will Ward & John Scheifelbein – Unfinished Sky

IF Award for Box Office Achievement

The Black Balloon

SBS IF Award for Best Documentary

THE BURNING SEASON – Cathy Henkel (director/producer), Jeff Canin (producer) & Trish Lake (producer)
The Oasis – Ian Darling (director/producer) & Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director)
Playing in the Shadows – Sascha Ettinger Epstein (director/producer) & Marco Ianniello (director/producer)

St Arnou IF Award for Best Short Documentary

UNDRESSING VANESSA – Matthew Pond (director) & Tina Lymberis (producer)
Mad Morro – Kelrick Martin (director) & Tom Zubrycki (producer)
Rare Chicken Rescue – Randall Wood (director) & Vickie Gest (producer)

Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film

fOUR – Erin White (director) & Zyra McAuliffe (producer)
Spider – Nash Edgerton (director) & Nicole O'Donohue (producer)
You Better Watch Out – Steve Callen (director) & Jules Callen (producer)

Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation

THE COVENANT OF MR KASCH – Joshua Beahan (director/producer) & Ruwan De Silva (director/producer)
Dog with Electric Collar – Steve Baker (director) & Damon Escott (producer)
Mutt – Glen Hunwick (director) & Beth Frey (producer)

3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video

JUST A BOY by Angus & Julia Stone – Angus & Julia Stone (directors), Josh Groom (director), Andrew Yoole (director), Madeleine Milasas (producer) & Jodie Passmore (producer)
Emergency! Emergency! by The Hot Lies – Luke Eve (director) & Simon Ritch (producer)
If You Keep Losing Sleep by Silverchair – Stephen Lance (director), Damon Escott (director) & Leanne Tonkes (producer)

ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay