The Australian independent feature film Bad Girl is celebrating today after taking home two awards last night at the 28th Annual Western Australia Screen Awards.
Directed by Fin Edquist, the film stars Samara Weaving (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Mystery Road) and Sara West (Ash vs Evil Dead, The Daughter). It’s a thriller that sees a rebellious daughter returning home to her adopted parents after a stint inside a youth corrections facility. Warren Ellis (the long time Nick Cave collaborator) provides a moody score to set the tone.
Bad Girl is quite the departure from Edquist’s past scriptwriting experiences for Blinky Bill: The Movie and House Husbands. The thriller won Best Long Form Drama at the 28th Annual Western Australia Screen Awards, as well as being recognised for its achievement in Best Sound.
Producer, Steve Kearney (Oddball) said, “It’s an honour to have received this recognition from the WA Screen Awards and it validates the film’s fearless next generation of talent. The performances they have crafted will keep audiences on the edge of their seats for years to come.”
Kearney also revealed, “It was a thrill to make Bad Girl given we worked on authentic Australian locations with young and exciting filmmakers.” This will be one to look out for come August 2016.
Bad Girl premieres at the Melbourne International Film Festival, screening on 11 and 13 August 2016. You can grab more details about it HERE.
Here’s a look at all the winners of from the awards:
REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- SHORT FORM
We Were Here – Lewis Potts
REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – LONG FORM
Bngvel – Owen Beck & Cameron Frost
SANDBOX
BEST EDITING – SHORT FORM
Flushed – Richard Eames
SANDBOX
BEST EDITING – LONG FORM
Who Do You Think You Are, Series 7 (5) – Teresa Ashton-Graham
SCREENWEST
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE INDUSTRY
Lawrie Silvestrin
ULTIMO
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – SHORT FORM
Sol Bunker – Erika Jellis
HAPPS
BEST Visual FX
Kepler – Finding Home – Pu Peng & Andre Chang-Fane – Rockett Launch
SOUNDBYTE
BEST SOUND – SHORT FORM
Sol Bunker – Leo Murray
SOUNDBYTE
BEST SOUND – LONG FORM
Bad Girl – Ric Curtin, Scott Montgomery & Xoe Baird
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC – SHORT FORM
Sol Bunker – Benjamin Morton & Thomas ‘Soup’ Campbell
COLONIAL
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Sons Of Rico – What am I doing here? – Tara Fox
THE STANDARD
BEST GAME
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy – Paul Turbett, Anthony Sweet & Anthony Carriero
FTI
BEST INTERACTIVE PRODUCTION
Beneath the Waves –Sam Bodhi Field, Alice Ross, Hungry Sky & Clay Bryce
ADG
BEST DIRECTION – SHORT FORM
We Were Here – David Vincent Smith
ADG
BEST DIRECTION – LONG FORM
Bngvel – Owen Beck
AWG
BEST SCRIPT – SHORT FORM
Flushed – Richard Eames
MURDOCH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARTS
BEST STUDENT FILM
FAE – Michael Boyle & Reid Smith (Central Institute of TAFE)
WA SCREEN ACADEMY
BEST SHORT FORM – FACTUAL
Summer Blues – Renee Kennedy, Nicholas Dunlop & Lilly Radloff
WA SCREEN ACADEMY
BEST LONG FORM – FACTUAL
Who Do You Think You Are? Series 7 – Celia Tait, Brian Beaton, Margie Bryant
JAGUAR
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Alexandra Nell – We Were Here
JAGUAR
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Wayne Davies – Lola & Luis
CINEFEST OZ
BEST SHORT FORM – DRAMA
We Were Here – Joshua Gilbert, Simon Camp & David Vincent Smith
MEDIA SUPER
BEST LONG FORM – DRAMA
Bad Girl – Steve Kearney, Bruno Charlesworth, Tenille Kennedy & Fin Edquist
THE BACKLOT PERTH
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Flushed – Richard Eames
ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Entrants in the following award categories were eligible for an Outstanding Achievement Award at the 28th Annual West Australian Screen Awards:
Best Production Design – Long Form
Best Original Music – Long Form
Best Animation
Best Script – Long Form
Best Television Production – Live
WINNER: Outstanding Achievement For Animation – The Shapes – Lauren Elliott, Matt Lovkis & Henry Inglis
WINNER: Outstanding Achievement For Television Production – LIVE – Burswood Carols in the Park 2015 – Tibor Meszaros & Simon Hydzik – WTV
PSC MCEKNNA HAMPTON YOUNG FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Jess Black
Find out more about the WA Screen Awards here: https://www.fti.asn.au/WASA-2016
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