Video awards and prizes

Always to my surprise and gratitude, several of my videos have picked up awards and prizes over and above various official selections and screenings.

The Life We Live Is Not Life Itself (2021, dur: 8:45) Video poem with Tasos Sagris (poetry / spoken word) and WhoDoes (music) …
Delluc Avant-Garde WinnerFotogenia Film Festival 2021, vol. 3 (Mexico City, November, 2021);
• official selection and overall winner, Poetry In Motion 2023 (Colorado, USA, November, 2023);
• official selection and Jury Award for Harmony Between Image, Poem and Music, 7° Festival Internacional Signes da Noite – Urbino (21st International Festival Signs of the Night – Italy) (Urbino, Italy, November, 2023);
• official selection and Winner SIGNS Award, 8. Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht (Signes de Nuit) / Berlin (Berlin, November, 2023);
•  finalist, International Video Poetry Award, screened at Bologna in Lettere 10th – BABEL: stati di alterazioneBologna In Lettere 2022 (Italy, March / May – June 2022);
•  short listed, 10th Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition (Cork, Ireland, November, 2022);
•  finalist, Best Experimental, Orion International Film Festival 2022 (Sydney, Australia, December, 2022);
•  finalist, Festival Internacional de Cine con Medios Alternativos – FICMA 7.0  (Mexico City, November, 2022);
• winner, Best Experimental Film, REELS International Film Festival 2021 (Aurangabad, India, February, 2022);
• honorable mention, 01 NFT | New Media | Experimental | Digital Arts Film Festival | United Kingdom 2022 (UK, July, 2022);
• Special Mention (Experimental Film), Ideal International Film Festival (Maharashtra, India, December, 2021);
• winner, Best Director (Video Poetry), Vesuvius International Film Festival XVI (Italy, November, 2021).

An Introduction to the Theory of Eclipses (2022, dur: 1:38) Video poem…
• official selection and Staff Favorite Film AwardAnother Hole in the Head – Warped Dimension (San Francisco, USA, May, 2022);
•  winner, Best Poetry Film, 8&halFilm Awards – Cannes 8th edition (Rome, May, 2023);
•  winner, Best Experimental Film, 8&halFilm Awards – Happy Birthday Federico edition (Rome, January, 2023)

dog daze (2017, dur: 4:03) Video poem …
• winner Best Video Poem, 2018 Film and Video Poetry Symposium (Los Angeles, April, 2018);
Honorable Mention for Best Animation,  Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival 2018 (Worcester, MA, USA, 2018);
official selection 2020 International Screening of Experimental Films and Videopoems AT THE FRINGE international arts festival with invited artist talk (Tranås, Sweden, October, 2020).

The Ferrovores (2019, dur: 5:30) Video poem …
• winner Best Australian Short Experimental, Newcastle International Short Film Festival (Newcastle, Australia, December, 2021).

MAGPIE (2022, dur: 3:34) Experimental documentary video …
•  winner, Kino Exceptional Award: Experimental: sound / image drivenKinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, September, 2023);
• finalist and official selection, AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival (February, 2024).

and furthermore (indexed) (2022, dur: 04:57) Poetry video …
•  official selection and runner-up, Kino Exceptional Award: Experimental: sound / image drivenKinoDrome: International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, September, 2023);
•  official selection and Highly Commended – Experimental, Canberra Short Film Festival (Canberra, Australia, November, 2023);
• honourable mention, Midwest Video Poetry Fest (Wisconsin, October, 2023);
•  finalist, La Poesia che si vede – Poetry Film Festival, 3rd edition (Ancona, Italy, June 2023);
• curated selection, Primarolia Festival – Glocalities (Video Art Miden; University of Patras, Greece, November – December 2023).

The Taken Path: a durational project with Catherine Truman. Video sequences, text and images recorded at Carrick Hill estate, Adelaide, through 2022-2023, as part of A Partnership for Uncertain TimesNewmarch Gallery, South Australia, 16 June to 15 July, 2023. 
• Short listed for The Ruby Awards 2023 – Outstanding Collaboration (South Australian Department of Premier & Cabinet / Arts SA, December 2023).

floodtide (2018, dur: 8:00) Video poem …
honorable mention, Best of Festival, 8th International Video Poetry Festival (Athens, December, 2019);
honorable mentionGlobal Indie Film Fest (USA, June-July, 2022).

future perfect (2019, dur: 4:32) Video poem …
• finalist, runner-up Poetry or Spoken Word Experimental Cinema, KinoDome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, September, 2022);
• finalist, La Poesia Che Si Vede – International Competition for Poetry Films at La Punta della Lingua International Poetry Festival (Ancona, Italy, June, 2022);
• Top Ten Best of Bologna selection, Bologna in Lettere 2021 – International Multidisciplinary Festival (Italy, May 2021);
•  Honorable Mention in Experimental Forum Film and Video Art Festival (Los Angeles, July, 2019).

Warranty & Conditions of Use (2020, dur: 5:26) Video poem …
• Top Ten Best of Bologna selection at Bologna in Lettere 2021 – International Multidisciplinary Festival – Arte-fatti Contemporanei (Italy, May 2021).

ISOLATION PROCEDURES (2020, dur: 6:22) Video poem …
• Best Experimental Film, Ashoka International Film Festival 2021 (Nawada, India, January, 2022);
• Special Mention (Lockdown Film), REELS International Film Festival 2021 (Aurangabad, India, February, 2022);
• Special Jury Award (COVID-19 Film), Ideal International Film Festival (Maharashtra, India, December, 2021).

The Long Slow effect of Gravity (2020, dur: 4:51) Video poem …
• Winner, Best Story Writer (Experimental Film), REELS International Film Festival 2021 (Aurangabad, India, February, 2022);
• finalist, Queensland Poetry Festival 2020 Film and Poetry Challenge (November, 2020).

colony collapse (2019, dur: 3:54) Video poem …
• finalist, XVII Hombres Videopoetry Award (Abruzzo, Italy, September, 2022);

The Exclusion Principle (2020, dur: 4:26) Video poem …
• finalist, runner-up in Poetry or Spoken Word Experimental Cinema, KinoDome International Motion Picture & Screenplay Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, September, 2022);
• runner-up, Best Experimental Film, Ideal International Film Festival (Maharashtra, India, December, 2021).

Leakage (2019, dur: 6:56) Video poem …
• finalist, Poetic Films, Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Wales, May, 2020).

these days (2018, dur: 3:40) Video poem …
• short-listed for 2019 Film Poetry Competition, Poetry Film Live.

hexapod (2018, dur: 4:23) Video poem …
• shortlisted, 5th Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film Competition (Cork, Ireland, 2017).

osteoporosis (2018, dur: 3:25) Video poem …
• shortlisted, First Newlyn International Film Festival (UK, 6-8 April, 2018).

Sensurious (2016, dur: 4:39) Video poem featuring drawings by Judy Morris …
• short listed for Red Room Company New Shoots Poetry Prize (2017).

SPSS (2015, dur: 3:35) Video poem …
• shortlisted, Rabbit Heart Poetry Film Festival 2017 (Worcester, MA, USA, 2017).