Awards

Andrew Kotatko

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69 wins & 65 nominations

Australian Screen Sound Guild

2025 Nominee ASSG Award
- Best Sound for a Television Series
- The Last Anniversary
Shared with: Francis Byrne · Adrian Medhurst · Phil Keros · Gary Hamden · Andy Maxwell · Brendan Croxon · Scott Bruce · Milo Fisher · Sam Hayward · Robert Mackenzie · Craig Beckett · Troy Mauri · Ruby Bonnett · Sam Okell · Liam Moses · Jeff Richardson · Emily Rogers Swanson
2024 Nominee ASSG Award
- Best Sound for a Documentary
- Skategoat
Shared with: Cameron Grant · Francis Byrne · Oren Yaacoby · Cate Cahill · Daniel Hackett · Craig Beckett · Blair Slater · Angus Robertson · Sam Hayward · Duncan McAllister · Dan Johnston

Australian Writers' Guild

2009 Nominee Monte Miller Award
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Canberra Short Film Festival

2016 Winner Festival Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Long Island International Film Expo

2017 Nominee Festival Prize
- Best Foreign Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Melbourne International Film Festival

2004 Nominee Best Australian Short Film
- Short Film
- Everything Goes

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

2005 Winner Centaur Award
- International Debut Competition
- Everything Goes

San Francisco International Film Festival

2005 Nominee Golden Gate Award
- Best Narrative Short
- Everything Goes

USA Film Festival

2017 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Narrative Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

WorldFest Houston

2017 Winner Platinum Remi Award
- Dramatic Adaptation
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

IF Awards

2004 Winner IF Award
- Best Short Film
- Everything Goes
Shared with: Colin Englert

New Jersey International Festival

2018 Winner Honorable Mention
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Anchorage International Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Short Narrative (Runner-Up)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 2nd Place Best Short Film
- Short Narrative
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Flickerfest International Short Film Festival

2016 Nominee Best Australian Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

The Indie Gathering International Film Festival

2017 Winner Honorable Mention
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Jackson Hole Film Festival

2005 2nd Place Rosemount Diamond Award
- World Program: Spotlight Australia
- Everything Goes

Cambridge Film Festival

2016 Nominee Crystal Punt Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition

2018 Nominee Golden Eagle
- Narrative Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Best Shorts Competition

2017 Winner Award of Excellence
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

International Film Festival of Wales

2017 Nominee Judges Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, UK

2017 Nominee Best Short
- Best Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Tirana International Film Festival, AL

2017 Nominee Best Short Fiction Film
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

ATOM Awards (Australian Teachers of Media Awards)

2016 Nominee ATOM Award
- Best Short Fiction
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

ODA Tetova International Film Festival

2016 Nominee Win Panorama Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Oregon International Film Awards, US

2017 Winner Platinum Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Winner Gold Award
- Best Foreign Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Cosi Fan Tutte Vienna Short Film Festival

2006 Winner Goldener Akkord
- Best Short Film
- Everything Goes
Shared with: Colin Englert

Sydney Indie Film Festival

2017 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Australian Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Los Angeles Cinefest

2017 Nominee Los Angeles Cinefest Award
- Semi-Finalist
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF)

2017 2nd Place June Award
- Film of the Month
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee June Award
- Director of the Month
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Nominee June Award
- Screenwriter of the Month
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest

2017 Winner Vittorio De Sica Award
- Best Narrative Short (International)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee Tarkovsky Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Short to the Point International Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

AACTA Social Shorts

2016 Winner Social Shorts Drama Category
- Social Shorts Award
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes

2016 Nominee Nicolas Baudin Award
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Southern Shorts Awards

2017 Winner Award of Excellence
- Best Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Winner Award of Merit
- Best Screenwriting
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Winner Award of Excellence
- Best Direction
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Winner Best of Show
- Best Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

International Monthly Film Festival

2018 Winner May Award
- Best Drama Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival

2017 Winner Lisbon International Film Award
- Best Short Feature
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Winner Lisbon International Film Award
- Best Directing
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Canada Shorts Film Festival

2017 Winner Award of Distiction
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

2026 Nominee AACTA Award
- Best Soundtrack
- Bring Her Back

Hollywood Verge Film Awards

2018 Winner Fall Award
- Best Short Film - International
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Fall Award
- Best Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Fall Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Hollywood Screenings Film Festival

2018 Nominee March Award
- Best Short Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Tally Shorts Film Festival

2018 Winner Favorite Award
- Best Short Film (Runner-Up)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Global Shorts, Los Angeles

2017 Winner Award of Excellence
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Social World Film Festival

2017 Nominee Jury Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee Jury Award
- Special Critics Prize
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Feel The Reel International Film Festival

2017 Winner December Award
- 2nd Best of the Fest
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee December Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Largo Film Awards

2017 Winner Jury Award
- Best Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee Jury Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest

2017 Nominee June Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Miglior Regia (Best Director)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Frostbite International Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Waco Independent Film Festival

2018 Nominee Festival Prize
- Best Foreign Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Special Jury Award
- Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Baretower Forge World Film Competition

2017 Winner Festival Prize
- Grand Jury Prize
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Winner Festival Prize
- Best Picture
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

The Howling Wolf International Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

New Renaissance Film Festival

2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Mystery / Thriller Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Story
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Raymond Carver
2018 Winner Award of Excellence
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Honourable Mention
- Award Of Excellence In Filmmaking
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Oniros Film Awards

2017 Nominee November Monthly Edition
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Winner November Monthly Edition
- Best Drama Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2017 Nominee November Monthly Edition
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Nominee November Monthly Edition
- Best First Time Producer
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Winner November Monthly Edition
- Best Screenplay
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Overcome Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director of an International Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque

2018 Winner Diamond Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Diamond Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Diamond Award
- Best Screenplay
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Ouchy Film Awards

2017 Nominee Jury Award
- Best Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Montreal International Wreath Awards Film Festival

2017 Nominee Wreath Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Filmstrip International Film Festival

2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2017 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards

2019 Nominee Annual Award
- Best Screenwriter of the Year
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Nominee July Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner July Award
- Best Screenwriter
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Nominee July Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Peekskill Film Festival

2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Short (Over 15 Minutes)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Short (Over 15 Minutes)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival

2017 Nominee November Award
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Queen Palm International Film Festival

2019 Winner Annual Queen Supreme "Best of Fest"
- Best Short Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2019 Nominee Annual Queen Supreme "Best of Fest"
- Best Director - Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Gold Award
- Best Director - Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Nominee August Award
- Best Producer - Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Gold Award
- Best Short Film - Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Video Hackers International Film Festival

2019 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Screenplay
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

South Film and Arts Academy Festival

2018 Winner Short Film Award
- Best Drama Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2018 Winner Short Film Cast and Crew Award
- Director Honorable Mention In A Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Short Film Cast and Crew Award
- Screenplay Honorable Mention In A Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Short Stop International Film Festival

2018 Winner Festival Award
- Best of the Fest
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Festival Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2018 Winner Festival Award
- Best Screenwriter
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Prison City Film Festival

2020 Nominee The Warden's Vanguard Award
- Best Overall Submission
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2020 Nominee The Desk Boss Award
- Best Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2020 Nominee The Captain's Award
- Best Director - Narrative Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Vienna Film Awards

2019 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Link International Film Festival

2019 Winner Best Oceania Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

NCCC Film & Animation Festival

2017 Nominee Best Drama
- Best Drama
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Maracay International Film & Video Festival

2018 Winner Festival Prize
- Best Drama Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival

2019 Winner Festival Prize
- Best Short Narrative
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Burien Film Festival

2017 Nominee Festival Prize
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Lonely Wolf International Film Festival

2023 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Directing
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2023 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Thriller
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
2023 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Film (Medium Length)
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Santorini Film Festival

2019 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Drama Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Nassau Film Festival

2018 Winner Princeton Tiger Award
- Excellence in Filmmaking
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Salto Independent Film Festival

2019 Winner Jury Prize
- Best Narrative Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival

2022 Winner February Award
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

FilmHaus: Berlin Film + New Media Competition

2023 Winner Festival Award
- Best Thriller
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight
2023 Nominee Festival Award
- Best Medium-Lenght Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Wales International Film Festival

2017 Nominee Festival Prize
- Best Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Seanema Film Festival

2019 Nominee Jury Special Mention
- Short Film Competition
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Elevation Indie Film Awards

2017 Winner The Pinnacle Award
- Short Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Athens Short Film Festival

2019 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Directing
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

Close:Up Reykjavík Film Festival

2019 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Drama Short
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight

Quercia Film Festival

2018 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best Director
- Whoever Was Using This Bed

First City Film Festival

2019 Nominee Jury Prize
- Best International Film
- Whoever Was Using This Bed
Shared with: Marie Slaight