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New York Film Academy Australia Notable Alumni
Stephen Osborne
Bio
WRITER | DIRECTOR
Stephen Osborne is a graduate of the Filmmaking program offered on the Gold Coast, Australia. His short film Jane, completed during his studies at New York Film Academy, has received a swag of international accolades including Best 1st Time Director at the Oniros Film Awards and as a Semi-Finalist at Los Angeles CineFest and the European Cinematography Awards. His feature, Strangeville, had its World Premiere at the Sydney Sci-fiction Film Festival.
An official GCFF 2021 selection, Osborne was also invited to screen his film Strangeville and compete in the Best Australian Indie Film category. The sci-fi dramedy centres in on an outback town, plagued with alien abductions, that must battle unknown forces and dismantle a law enforcement cover-up in the process. The dystopic had its world premiere at the Sydney Sci-fiction Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Feature Film and was hailed by Blunt Magazine as a “well-earned break for your viewing schedule.”
• European Cinematography Awards – Semi-Finalist (Best cinematography and Best First Time Director)
• Short and Sweet Film Festival – Official Selection
• Eurasia International Film Festival – Award Winner
• The Norwegian International Seagull Film Festival – Official Selection
• Roma Cinema DOC – Official Selection
• Global Film Festival – Official Selection
• Oniors Film Awards – Award Winner (Best 1st Time Director and Best Poster)
• Lost Angeles CineFest – Semi-Finalist
• Los Angeles CineFest – Semi-Finalist (Best Script)
• Los Angeles CineFest – Award Winner (Best Short)
• Rome Independent Prisma Awards – Award Winner (Best Script)
• MedFF – Official Selection (Best Script)
• Santiago Independent Film Awards – Official Selection (Best Short)
• AFIN – Finalist (Best Short)
• Dumbo Film Festival – Official Selection (Best Short)
• Independent Talents International Film Festival – Official Selection (Best Fiction)
• Miami Independent Film Festival – Official Selection (Best Short)
• 52 Weeks Film Festival – Award Winner (Best International Short)
• Oniros Film Awards New York – Finalist (Best Short)
• TMFF – Award Winner (Best Script, Best Actress, Best Writer)
• Rome Independent Prisma Awards – Finalist (Best Short)
• Luleå International Film Festival – Winner (Best Feature Film)
• World Film Carnival – Winner (Best Feature Film)
• Gold Coast Film Festival – Nominated (Best Australian Independent)
• Anatolia International Film Festival – Nominated (Best Low Budget Film)
• Alvsbyn Film Festival – Winner (Best Feature Film)
SNAPSHOT
Program Studied at NYFA Australia: Filmmaking
Program Type: Diploma of Screen and Media
Year Attended/Graduated: 2017
Credits: Dome House Six, Jane, Wait, Static, The Peculiar and Uncanny Augustin Hotel, Strangeville, House of Inequity, Growing Pains
