Elissa Down

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Elissa Down is an Australian filmmaker. In 1999 and 2000 Elissa was nominated for Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards.

Her major works comprise of a number of award winning short films, Summer Angst, The Cherry Orchard, Her Outback, The Bathers, Pink Pyjamas, HMAS Unicorn and Samantha Stewart, aged fourteen. They have screened at numerous festivals including Tampere, Locarno Aix-en-Provence, Montecatini, Milan, San Francisco Indie, St Kilda, Brisbane, Revelation, Women on Women, POV and Tropfest. These shorts have also been screened theatrically or broadcast nationally and overseas. Elissa was one of Australia’s upcoming artists featured in the In Progress spread in Vogue (2005).

Elissa Down's first feature film, the semi-autobiographical, The Black Balloon was released in Australian cinemas March 6, 2008. It stars Rhys Wakefield, Gemma Ward, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson and Academy Award Nominee Toni Collette. The world premiere was at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February 2008, where the film received a Crystal Bear as the best feature-length film in the Generation 14plus category.[1]

She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Curtin University.

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  • The Black Balloon Winner Best Feature Film - Berlin International Film Festival, Generation 14+ section, 2008
  • Summer Angst Winner Best Actor Female – Tropfest, 2004
  • The Bathers Winner Grand Prix Split International Festival of New Film, 2003
  • The Bathers Winner Best Fiction Montecatini International Short Film Festival, 2003
  • The Bathers Special Mention Youth Jury – Locarno International Film Festival, 2002
  • Her Outback Winner - State ACS Award (Gold) for Cinematography in a short documentary, 2002
  • Her Outback Winner Best Director and Best Cinematographer - Kaleidoscope Short Film Festival, 2002
  • Samantha Stewart, aged fourteen Winner Best Drama and Best Editing - WA Screen Awards, 2001
  • Samantha Stewart, aged fourteen Commended at the DENDY Awards for the under 15 minutes fiction category, 2001

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NAME Down, Elissa
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