Bird in the Wire played in over 100 festivals across 50 countries and was the first short film to go viral on the internet due in part because of its brevity and lack of dialogue. It also played a theatrical season for 4 months in cinema’s across Australia. The 1 minute film was picked up by 4 distributors including 3 online distributors in the US, Europe and Australia.
Here are a selection of key awards and festivals.
2001 - Festival de Cannes, nominated Best Shortfilm
2001 – AFI Award, Best Cinematogr. in a Non-feature Film
2001 - Australian Cinematographers Society Awards
2001 - Tiburon International Film Festival, USA
2001 - Venice International Film Festival; IT
2001 - Sao Paulo International Film Festiva, BRA
2001 – Aspen Shortsfest, USA
2001 – Tampere International Short Film Festival, FIN
2001 - Uppsala International Short Film Festival, SWE
2001 - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, CZE
2001 – Interfilm Berlin
2000 – Flickerfest Int. Short Film Festival, Best Kurzfilm
2000 - Best Picture – Cinema Sprints 2000
2000 - Best Film – NESCAFE short film awards