The Lexus IF (Inside Film) Awards celebrate the key areas of filmmaking with awards presented in nineteen categories for feature films, shorts, animations and documentaries.
There are 20 awards presented in total, ten of which are rated by audiences in the national scoring circuit. A panel of industry professionals and past Lexus Inside Film Award winners selects the remaining ten craft and special category award winners.

LEXUS IF AWARDS 2005 NOMINATIONS
Gray & Perkins Lawyers IF Award for Best Short Film:
• Greenbush
Writer/Director Warwick Thornton. Producer Kath Shelper
• Jewboy
Director Tony Krawitz. Producers Liz Watts and Libby Sharpe
• Out On The Tiles
Writer/Director Alex Holmes. Producer Rosie Travers
Digital Pictures IF Award for Best Animation:
• After Dolly
Animator/Producer Mick Elliott
• Medusa – First Date
Director Pierce Davison. Producer Jacob Fjord
• The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello
Director and Co-Producer Anthony Lucas. Producers Julia Lucas, Susie Campbell and Mark
Shirrefs
Animal Planet IF Award for Best Short Documentary:
• Not In Front Of The Kids
Writer/Director/Producer bRitt Arthur
• Sentences
Director Sascha Ettinger Epstein. Producer Marco Ianniello
• Wirriya: Small Boy
Writer/Director/Producer Beck Cole. Producer Citt Williams
Discovery Channel IF Award for Best Documentary:
• Girl In A Mirror
Writer/Director Kathy Drayton. Producer Helen Bowden
• In The Shadow of the Palms
Director/Producer Wayne Coles-Janess.
• Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life
Writer/Director Janet Merewether. Producers Deborah Szapiro and Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
Glenfiddich Independent Spirit IF Award:
• Blacktown – Kriv Stenders, Tony Ryan, Niki Owen and Gabriella Muir
• In The Shadow of the Palms – Wayne Coles-Janess
• The Magician – Scott Ryan, Michele Bennett and Nash Edgerton
Ztudio What IF? Award for Best Unproduced Screenplay:
• The Loved Ones – Sean Byrne
• All Flesh Must Be Eaten: The Movie– Ben C. Lucas and Anthony Vercoe
• Mozart Maulers – Dorian Mode and Richard Sutherlin
• The First – Byron Stone and Scott Spaulding
Moneypenny IF Award for Best Music:
• Little Fish – Nathan Larson
• Look Both Ways– Denise Haratzis and Amanda Brown
• The Proposition – Warren Ellis and Nick Cave
Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound:
• Little Fish – Sam Petty
• Look Both Ways – Toivo Lember, Andrew Plain and Pete Smith
• Wolf Creek – Pete Best, Pete Smith and Francois Tetaz
The LaB Sydney IF Award for Best Production Design:
• Oyster Farmer – Steven Jones-Evans
• The Proposition – Chris Kennedy
• Wolf Creek – Robert Webb
Inside Film magazine IF Award for Best Editing:
• Little Fish – Alexandre de Franceschi and John Scott
• Look Both Ways – Denise Haratzis
• The Proposition – Jon Gregory
Kodak IF Award for Best Cinematography:
• Oyster Farmer – Alun Bollinger
• The Proposition – Benoit Delhomme
• Wolf Creek – Will Gibson
Australian Film Commission IF Award for Best Script:
• Little Fish – Jacquelin Perske
• Look Both Ways – Sarah Watt
• The Proposition – Nick Cave
Animal Logic IF Award for Best Direction:
• Little Fish – Rowan Woods
• Look Both Ways – Sarah Watt
• The Proposition – John Hillcoat
• Wolf Creek – Greg Mclean
SBS IF Award for Best Actor:
• Little Fish – Hugo Weaving
• The Magician – Scott Ryan
• The Proposition – Guy Pearce
InStyle IF Award for Best Actress:
• Little Fish – Cate Blanchett
• Look Both Ways – Justine Clarke
• The Proposition – Emily Watson
SHOWTIME IF Award for Best Feature Film:
• Little Fish
Director Rowan Woods. Producers Liz Watts, Vincent Sheehan and Richard Keddie
• Look Both Ways
Director Sarah Watt. Producer Bridget Ikin
• The Proposition
Director John Hillcoat. Producers Chris Brown, Jackie O’Sullivan, Chiara Menage and Cat Villiers
Film Fincance Corporation Australia IF Award for Box Office Achievement:
• To be announced on the night
Lexus IF Award for Rising Talent:
• To be announced on the night
Freixenet Living Legend IF Award:
• To be announced on the night
Festival of the Year:
• To be announced on the night