Awards - Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) - 1994-2003

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Destino (Dominique Monfery)

Best Australian Short Film

• Harvie Krumpet (Adam Elliot)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Captive, Waiting (Mohamad Ahmadi)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• Der Plan des Herrn Thomaschek (Ralf Westhoff)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• Fast Film (Virgil Widrich)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• How to Cope with Death (Ignacio Ferreras)

Most Popular Feature Film

• The Rage In Placid Lake

Most Popular Documentary

• Spellbound

FIPRESCI Prize

• Undead (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• The Projectionist (Michael Bates)

Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values

• (A)Torzija (Stefan Arsenijevic)

Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values - Honorable Mention

• En ausencia (Lucía Cedrón)

Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award

• Cris Jones (Excursion)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Palace II (Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles)

Best Australian Short Film

• Roundabout (Rachel Griffiths)

Best Student Production

• Męska sprawa (Sławomir Fabicki)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Tomer Ve-Hasrutim (Tomer Heymann)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• The Cosmonaut (Stefan Faldbakken)
• Mule (John Hardwick)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• Dream Work (Peter Tscherkassky)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• Donkey Town (Sam Morrison)

Most Popular Feature Film

• Samsara

Most Popular Documentary

• My Voyage to Italy

FIPRESCI Prize

• Thung lung hoang vang (Pham Nhue Giang)

FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention

• A Wedding in Ramallah (Sherine Salama)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Angus (Nick Moore, Ann Nolan)

Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values

• Palace II (Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles)

Emerging Australian Filmmaker Award

• Nerida Moore (Avoca)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Muakah (Hadar Friedlich)

Best Australian Short Film

• Mr. Wasinski's Song (Aidan Fennessy)

Best Australian Short Comedy

• Vitalogy (Greg Williams)

Best Student Production

• Krav tarneqolim (Sigalit Lipshitz)
• Operation YY (Oded Lotan)
• Raw Dates (Shira Behar)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Helgoland (Karin Westerlund)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• Chambre froide (Olivier Masset-Depasse)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• Poste restante (Anna Melikyan)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• In Absentia (Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay)

Most Popular Feature Film

• Lantana

Most Popular Documentary

• We Sold Our Souls for Rock 'n Roll

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Fallen Together (Yen Ooi Chi)

Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values

• Beach Story (Kathy Drayton)

Best Achievement in a Video Production

• Victoria Batchelor (Broken)
• Safina Uberoi (My Mother India)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Wildlife (Kate de Pury)

Best Australian Short Film

• Lost (Jo Kennedy)

Best Student Production

• Friday (Jodi Gibson)
• Joy (Cate Shortland)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• The Alcohol Years (Carol Morley)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• El paraíso perdido (Jaime Marques)
• Accidents (Paul Swadel)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• La Comtesse de Castiglione (David Lodge)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• Ring of Fire (Andreas Hykade)

Most Popular Feature Film

• My Mother Frank

Most Popular Documentary

• The Diplomat

OCIC Award

• Mike Daly (Intransit)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• The Etiquette of Letter-Writing (Lucy Lehmann)

Best Achievement in a Video Production

• Bruce Petty (The Mad Century)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• The Picnic (Il-gon Song)

Best Short Film

• Tempo (Laurits Munch-Petersen)

Best Australian Short Film

• Sadness (Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon)

Best Australian Short Comedy

• Above the Dust Level (Carla Drago)

Best Student Production

• Mißbrauch wird bestraft (Ulrike Schweiger)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Glass Box (Dominika Ferenz)
• Matti Ke Lal - Fils de la terra (Elisabeth Leuvrey)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• Roadblock (Rebecca Dreyfus)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• Rotation (Paul Winkler)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• Silence (Sylvie Bringas, Orly Yadin)

OCIC Award

• Richard Frankland (Harry's War)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Slim Pickings (Anthony Lucas)

Best Achievement in a Video Production

• Peter George, Bronwyne Smith, Maciek Wszelaki (Original Schtick)
• Rachel Landers (Whiteys Like Us)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• The Storekeeper (Gavin Hood)

Best Australian Short Film

• Two/Out (Kriv Stenders)

Best Australian Short Comedy

• Fetch (Lynn-Maree Danzey)

Best Student Production

• The Man from the Deep (Martin Hagbjer)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• P.1. Snaps (Monica Sharf)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• De suikerpot (Hilde Van Mieghem)
• The Sheep Thief (Asif Kapadia)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• The Persistence of Memory (Anthony Atanasio)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• Flatworld (Daniel Greaves)

Most Popular Feature Film

• Radiance

Most Popular Documentary

• Waco: The Rules of Engagement

OCIC Award

• Rachel Griffiths (Tulip)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Relative Strangers (Rosemary Hesp)

Best Achievement in a Video Production

• Richard Knew (Come Dancing)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• At Sea (Penny Fowler-Smith)

Best Australian Short Comedy

• Franz & Kafka (Matthew Saville)

Best Student Production

• One Sunday Morning (Manu Kurewa)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• A Healthy Baby Girl (Judith Helfand)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• 81 (Stephen Burke)
• Little Man (Amyn Kaderali)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• His Mother's Voice (Dennis Tupicoff)

OCIC Award

• Penny Fowler-Smith (At Sea)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• His Mother's Voice (Dennis Tupicoff)

Best Achievement in a Video Production

• Jan Bruck (Low Job)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Baka (Thierry Knauff)

Best Australian Short Film

• The Mini-Skirted Dynamo (Rivka Hartman)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• I'll Be Your Mirror (Edmund Coulthard, Nan Goldin)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• L'enfant de la Ciotat (Arnaud Debrée)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• A Temporary Arrangement (Phillip Barker)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• Quest (Tyron Montgomery)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• The Birds Do a Magnificent Tune (Chris Windmill)

Special Prize

• Trinity (Eric Fleming, Jeffrey Lerner, Thomas W. Roush)

Special Citation

• Elke Rosthal
• Elliott Halpern (Jesus in Russia)
• Stuart McDonald (My Second Car)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Twilight (Tengai Amano)

Best Australian Short Film

• Writer's Block (Leon Cmielewski)

Best Documentary

• Ne znam ni gde ni kad ni kako (Zelimir Gvardiol)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Hello Photo (Nina Davenport)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• The Salesman and Other Adventures (Hannah Weyer)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• The Smell of Burning Ants (Jay Rosenblatt)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• The Big Story (David Stoten, Tim Watts)

OCIC Award

• Sarah Watt (Small Treasures)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Teenage Portraits (Greta Morton)

Grand Prix - Best Short Film

• Only the Brave (Ana Kokkinos)

Best Australian Short Film

• Only the Brave (Ana Kokkinos)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Documentary

• Livet vil leves... breve fra en mor (Jon Bang Carlsen)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Fiction

• Avondale Dogs (Gregor Nicholas)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Experimental

• Girl from Moush (Gariné Torossian)

City of Melbourne Award - Best Short Animation

• His Comedy (Paul Bush)

Creative Excellence in an Australian Short Film

• Eternity (Lawrence Johnston)