2010 Inside Film (IF) Awards for Australian film - winners announced

Last night in Sydney, the teen action flick Tomorrow When The War Began dominated the Inside Film (IF) Awards, winning each of the four categories for which it was nominated - Best Film, Best Actress, Best Script and Best Music. It bested Animal Kingdom and Mao's Last Dancer, even though both of those films led with seven nominations each. Animal Kingdom managed wins for Best Director and Best Actor, but Mao's Last Dancer failed to win any of its nominated categories and only took the Box Office Achievement Award for receipts totaling $15.5 million.

The Inside Film Awards are the people’s choice awards for Australian films. The awards were created in 1999 by IF Media, and votes are tallied from audiences attending one or more of the 20 major film festivals and cinema screenings, and from IF eligible DVD releases.133,000 votes were cast this year. The exceptions are in the categories of Living Legend Award (won by actor-producer Bryan Brown), the Independent Spirit Award (Caught Inside), and the Rising Talent award (Ariel Kleiman) which are decided by industry panels.

On December 10 and 11, 2010, the Australian Film Institute gives out their awards at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne.
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complete list of 2010 Inside Film Award winners:

BEST FEATURE FILM
Tomorrow When The War Began

BEST ACTOR
Ben Mendelsohn - Animal Kingdom

BEST ACTRESS
Caitlin Stasey - Tomorrow When The War Began

BEST SCRIPT
Tomorrow When The War Began - Stuart Beattie

BEST MUSIC
Tomorrow When The War Began - Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil

BEST DIRECTION
Animal Kingdom - David Michôd

BEST SOUND
Beneath Hill 60 - Robert Sullivan, Liam Egan, Mark Cornish and Tony Murtagh

BEST EDITING
The Waiting City - Veronika Jenet

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bright Star - Janet Patterson

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Waiting City - Denson Baker

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD
Caught Inside

RISING TALENT
Ariel Kleiman

BEST SHORT FILM
Celestial Avenue

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Lost Thing

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
From Dope to Dalai Lama

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Strange Birds in Paradise

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Kiku Ohe for Big Jet Plane by Angus & Julia Stone

BEST FILM FESTIVAL
Mardi Gras Film Festival, My Queer Career

CONTRIBUTION TO TV (NEW AWARD CATEGORY)
Penny Chapman

OUT OF THE BOX (NEW AWARD CATEGORY)
Ryan Corr - The Sleepover Club, Packed to the Rafters

BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Mao's Last Dancer - Producer Jane Scott, director Bruce Beresford, writer Jan Sardi

LIVING LEGEND
Bryan Brown.