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Awards

* Golden Spotlight Award, the ''Best Feature Film'' and ''Best Short Film'' * Silver Spotlight Award, winner in other core categories

October 2006

In 2006 it was held at Hoyts Melbourne Central on 21–30 October under the direction of Tim. K. Ali and Cameron R. Male. * Best Feature Film: Self-Medicated (US), directed by Monty Lapica * Best Australian Film: Puppy (Australia) Kieran Galvin * Best International Film:

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(US), directed by Terri Farley-Teruel * Best Debut Feature: Johnny Montana (US), directed by John Gavin * Best Director: Jaume Balagueró for Fragile (Spain) * Best Actor: Paddy Considine for Stoned (UK), directed by

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* Best Actress:

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for Self-Medicated (US) directed by Monty Lapica * Best Cinematography:

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for Intellectual Property (US), directed by

Nicholas Peterson Nicholas Peterson is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) where he developed skills in stop-motion animation. In 1998 Peterson crewed on the first ever stop-motion IMAX filMore later nominated for an Academy Award for Be ...

* Best Editing: Rick Ray for 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (US), directed by Rick Ray * Best Short Film: Le génie de la boîte de raviolis / The Genie of the Ravioli Box (Switzerland), directed by Claude Barras

References

External links

*
2006 List of Award Winners
* Film festivals in Melbourne Film festivals established in 2006 {{Melbourne-stub