2020 Festival

4 – 6 September

The eighth annual Melbourne WebFest will celebrate storytelling and creative entrepreneurs. Over the course of three days, you will experience the best in digital series entertainment from around the globe. From industry panels, development workshops, web series on demand, networking opportunities and a live pitching competition with ABC iview, Melbourne WebFest 2020 is sure to be an incredible experience, accessible to everyone online!

2020 OFFICIAL SELECTION

Animation

Meta Runner (AUS)
Moments of Clarity (AUS)
Nurry Brothers Adventure World (AUS)
Deluxe Motion (S2) (CAN)
Dead End (ISR)
Forest League (BRA)

Australian Comedy

Robbie Hood
Girl, Interpreted
Pet Killer
Australia’s Best Street Racer
Pull My Finger
Bible Writers’ Room
Carpark Clubbing
KGB
Phi and Me
Fairy Floss
Content

Australian Drama

Sex & Death
Discontent
Nevernight
Without A Tracey
Help

International Comedy

The Rule of Three (CAN)
Epic NPC Man (NZL)
Adulthood (S3) (CAN)
Adulting (PER)
How To Buy A Baby (S2) (CAN)
Slippers (CHE)
Connecting (S2) (CAN)
The Florists (CAN)
We Are Einsteins (CHE)
Hospital Show (CAN)

International Drama

La Panne (CAN)
Genre Humaine (S2) (FRA)
Dominos (S2) (CAN)
Home Turf (CAN)
The Square Root (USA)
I, Celebrity (BRA)
After Forever (S2) (USA)
Anomalie (DEU)
The Multiverse At 13 Hill Ave (SGP)
Like Me, Like A Joker (S2) (ITA)
Public Writer (S3) (CAN)
One Woman (ISR)
Love Shop (SGP)
Misadventures of a Pacific Professional (NZL)

Australian Non-Fiction

Sheilas
The Common Thread
The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story
Youth On Strike!
Bananas
Biogenesis

International Non-Fiction

Section, Marche! (CHE)
Cypher (CAN)
Italia Sicilia Gela (ITA)
Who Killed Lucy the Poodle? (NZL)

2020 SPOTLIGHT & STUDENT SHOWCASE

International Spotlight

Stu, My Name is Stu (GBR)
Loner (NZL)
Right Now (GBR)
W. (LUX)
Exiliados (CAN)
Housing Unit (ARG)
The Last YouTuber (URY)
Sworn Frenemies (USA)
Gorillaville (USA)
Slug Seeks Shell (USA)

Australian Spotlight

The Art of Making Art
Density By Design
Drunk Movies
Bondi Slayer
Welfare
How Deadly
Undergarment Odysseys
Paramedics SUV
Supertramps

Student series

Pandas Don’t Cry (DEU)
After the Lockout (AUS)
Williams Explains (AUS)
Uplift (AUS)
Forest of Light (BRA)

2020 NOMINATIONS

Best Cinematography

The Rule of Three Simon Villeneuve
Meta Runner Matthew Peckham
Robbie Hood Drew English
Dominos (S2) Zoé Pelchat Ouellet
Home Turf Mara Joly
Adulthood (S3) Olivier Laberge
La Panne: Étienne Boilard
The Common Thread Caleb Graham

Best Directing

Genre Humaine (S2) Amaury Dequé
The Common Thread Darius Devas
Dominos (S2) Zoé Pelchat Ouellet
The Square Root Misti Boland, Jeremy Osbern
Adulthood (S3) Guillaume Lonergan
The Boy in the Blue Cap: The Gerard Ross Story Kristin Shorten
Public Writer (S3) Eric Piccoli
Robbie Hood Dylan River

Best Lead Actor or Ensemble

Home Turf Sarah Cantin “Sahara”
One Woman Nili Tserruya “Sharon, Sara, Mor, Adam, Liza”
Bible Writers’ Room Troy Larkin “Matthew”, David Gannon “John”, Nathan Strauss “Mark”, Natalie Bond “Luka”
Australia’s Best Street Racer Dylan Hesp “Taylor James”
La Panne André Kasper “Jonathan”, Kelly Dépeault “Marie-Noëlle”, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie “Fernand”, Emi Chicoine “Mahée”, Mathieu Drouin “Mathieu”
Pet Killer Charles Cottier “Brooks”
Girl, Interpreted Jenny Zhou “Lillian”
How To Buy A Baby (S2) Meghan Heffern “Jane ”, Marc Bendavid “Charlie”
Public Writer (S3) Emmanuel Schwartz “Mathieu”
Adulthood (S3) Sarah Anne Parent “Lucille-Maude”, Guillaume Lambert “Tom”, Mickaël Gouin “Alex”, Mylène Mackay “Amélie”, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy “Virginie”, Fayolle Jean Jr. “Max”, Leïla Donabelle-Kaze “Shanel-Magali”, Richard Fréchette “Léonard”, Jean-Carl Boucher “Victor Soulières”

Best Production Design

Nevernight Jessie Bolton-Bound
Epic NPC Man James Goldenthal
Sheilas Karla Milat
Hospital Show Caitlin Byrnes
Home Turf Ludovic Dufresne
Like Me, Like A Joker (S2) Francesco Foti, Chiara Mirabella
Deluxe Motion (S2) Marie-Pier Fortier, Clélia Brissaud, Alexandre Paquet
Carpark Clubbing
Emma Bourke

Best Original Score

Home Turf Maxime Fortin
Forest League Rogerio Naccache
Robbie Hood Andy Golledge & The Andy Golledge Band
Anomalie Stephan Böhl, Thomas Meudt
Cypher Derek Christoff
Square Root Nathan Towns
Meta Runner AJ Dispirito
The Rule of Three Paul-Étienne Côté

Best Sound Design

Meta Runner Sarah Baradhi & Michael Barbagallo
Deluxe Motion (S2) Michael Binette
Content Luke Mynott
Pull My Finger Mario Hannah
Dead End Ori Kadishay
Sheilas Yossi Levine, Gavin Marsh, Evan Horton, Dave Perry
Dominos (S2) Francis Gauthier, Alexis Pilon Gladu
Epic NPC Man Adam King, Alan Morrison, Rowan Bettjeman
Slippers Victor Colelough

Best Supporting Actor or Ensemble

The Rule of Three Marc Labrèche “Papa”
The Florists Said Benyoucef “Akmar Bensalem”
KGB Mark Coles Smith “William”, Jesse Phillips “David”, Genevieve Morris “Captain Stokes”, Aaron L. McGrath “Roland”
Nevernight Jordi Webber “Tric”
Sex & Death Jonathan Schuster “Pat”, Robin Brown “Damian”, Isabella Giovinazzo “Tanya”
Connecting (S2) Tayna V. Lavoie “Lili”
Slippers Laura Chaignat “Simone”
Public Writer (S3) Sandrine Bisson “Jojo”
Without A Tracey Caroline McQuade “Cindy Kimmel”