IF I were a rich man…
We got our hopes up about the IF Awards, as they seemed to have a transparent philosophy of counting the percentage of positive votes and rather than the total number of votes for a film. It seems a natural assumption that seeing as we had only a few screenings and mostly positive responses, that we stood a good chance to get a nomination. Over the last few weeks I had wondered if we would hear about the nominations early, but it was all quiet on the awards front.
This arvo I learned that we had not been nominated, buggar it. Fair enough, but I then noticed that according to IF, the nominations were made to;
“A host of the industry’s brightest came together this morning to hear Pia Miranda announce the nominees for the 2007 Inside Film Awards. MCs Lisa Hensley and Michael Adams welcomed the guests, including Brenda Blethyn, Brendan Cowell, Veronica Sywak, Jack Thompson, Kenneth Moraleda, Sam Worthington, and actors and filmmakers from throughout the film industry, waiting breathlessly for Pia to utter the words ‘And the nominees are:’…”
Now… I really don’t mind not getting a nomination, but I didn’t realise that the whole thing operated on a who you know basis. Clearly not being amongst ‘the industry’s brightest’ is the problem! My faux-naivety about the event has been shattered! When I see who the nominees actually are, my suspicions grow about the selection process…
Then again, maybe it’s like sport and we can play again next year? TR
¡Viva El Streetsweeper!
