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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.

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History

The Inside Film Awards were created by the founders of Inside Film magazine, Stephen Jenner and David Barda, [1] [2] [3] The awards were determined by a national audience poll, which differentiated it from the Australian AACTA Awards, which are judged by industry professionals. [1]

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. [1] The event was held in Sydney in November each year, and was broadcast on SBS Television and Showtime Movie Channels. [1] Guests over this period included Nicole Kidman, Laurence Fishburne, Baz Luhrmann, Toni Collette, Geoffrey Rush, Jacqueline McKenzie, and Bryan Brown. [4]

In 2007, the Rising Talent and Indy Spirit Awards were open to public entries. [5]

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. [4] In 2008, the promotional trailer for the event was directed by Bonnie Elliott. [6] 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. [7]

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. [8]

In 2011 Jameson Irish Whiskey acquired naming rights, [1] 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. [9] 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. [10]

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!". [11] [1]

Categories

The IF Awards included, among others, the following categories over the years: [1]

Nominations and winners

2007 nominees

IF Award for Best Feature Film

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

IF Award for Best Music

Australian Film Commission IF Award for Best Script

Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film

Lab Sydney IF Award for Best Short Animation

SBS IF Award for Best Short Documentary

IF Award for Best Documentary

3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design

Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing

Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound

Independent Spirit IF Award

Atlab IF Award for Rising Talent

ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay

2008 nominees and winners

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

Showtime IF Award for Best Feature Film

Screen Australia IF Award for Best Director

Queensland Events Corporation IF Award for Best Actor

IF Award for Best Actress

Screen Australia IF Award for Best Script

Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography

Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music

Cutting Edge IF Award for Best Editing

Production Book IF Award for Best Production Design

Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound

IF Award for Box Office Achievement

SBS IF Award for Best Documentary

St Arnou IF Award for Best Short Documentary

Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film

Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation

3 Mobile IF Award for Best Music Video

ZTudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay

EFILM IF Award for Rising Talent

Post Op Group IF Award for Independent Spirit

V Australia IF Award for Living Legend

Inside Film Magazine IF Award for Festival of the Year

2010 winners

The winners of the 2010 Kodak IF Awards were:

Autodesk IF Award for Best Short Animation

Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film

FACB IF Award for Best Short Documentary

SBS Best Documentary IF Award

SAE Institute IF Award for Best Music Video

AFTRS IF Award for Best Direction

Jameson IF Award for Best Script

Events NSW IF Award for Best Actor

IF Award for Best Actress

Showtime Movie Channels IF Award for Best Feature Film

SA FILM IF Award for Best Sound

Dinosaur Designs IF Award for Best Music

CineAlta by Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography

Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design

AVID IF Award for Best Editing

National Film and Sound Archive Independent Spirit IF Award

EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent

Media Super Out of the Box IF Award

Docklands Studios Melbourne IF Award for Contribution to TV

2011

In 2011, My Tehran for Sale , the debut feature by Iranian-Australian filmmaker Granaz Moussavi, won the Independent Spirit IF Award. [13]

References

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  4. 1 2 "Coast to host IF Awards". Business News Australia . 30 November 2006. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  5. "IF Awards launch Rising Talent and Indy Spirit". IF Magazine. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  6. Turk, Rachael (22 February 2008). "Bonnie Elliott choice for IF Awards trailer". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. "Stars collide for IF Awards gala". IF Magazine. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. "Kodak takes on naming rights for Inside Film Awards". IF Magazine. 25 October 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  9. "One week left until the 2011 Jameson IF Awards Sydney". IF Magazine. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  10. "And the nominees are..." 2012. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012.
  11. "IF Awards cancelled for 2012". tvtonight.com.au. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  12. "ifawards.com". www.ifawards.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  13. Ford, Hamish (17 October 2011). "A story that tells us as much about Australia as Iran". ABC News . Retrieved 24 July 2025.