CRC Dendy Short Film Award

Each year at the Sydney Film Festival the Community Relations Commission presents a short film award.

Films where content reflects the multicultural experience in Australia are eligible for the CRC Dendy Short Film Award.

The film must meet all of the following criteria:

contains material of a language which celebrates the cultural and linguistic diversity of Australia; and
is a treatment of issues arising from the Australian immigration and settlement process; and,
is a treatment of general issues in one or more cross-cultural settings.

The Award is valued at $5,000.

The 2011 Award recipient was Pauline Chan who won the prize for her film titled “33 Postcards” which was inspired by real life stories, explores how two individuals come together despite two different cultures, ages and unexpected circumstances.

2010
Bad Language
Directed by Viron Papadopoulos

2009
Missing Water
Directed and produced by Khoa Do

2008
296 Smith Street
Directed by John Evagora

2007
Chekpoint
Directed by Ben Phelps

2006
Switch on the Night
Directed by Alejandra Canales

2005
Jewboy
Written and directed by Tony Krawitz

2004
So Close To Home
Directed by Jessica Hobbs

2003
The Mascot
Directed by Lina Caneva

2002
Mother India
Saphena Uberoi

2001
The Last Pechenuik
Nessa Alexandra

2000
Dust
Ivan Sen

1999
Your Turn
Greg Woodland

1998
A Breath
Christopher Tuckfield

1997
The Butler
Anna Kannava

1996
Round Up
Rima Tamou

1995
Fifty Years of Silence
Carol Ruff and Ned Lander

1994
Motherland
Kriv Stenders

1993
Bread
Nicolina Caia

1992 (inaugural award)
Maria
Barbara Chobocky