South Australian Screen Awards 2024
Presented in association with
The South Australian Screen Awards (SASA) sponsored by Principal Partner RAA, return in 2024 to celebrate
South Australia’s best screen works
Key dates
Submissions open: Friday April 5, 2024
Submissions close: Monday April 29, 2024
Extended deadline: Monday May 6, 2024
Nominees & Prizes Announced: early June, 2024
Nominee Screenings: June 17 – 21, 2024
SASA Red Carpet Gala Ceremony & Winners Announcement: Saturday June 22, 2024
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The Mercury is pleased to announce the return of the South Australian Screen Awards (SASA) sponsored by Principal Partner RAA, with submissions closing Monday 29 April, and the highly-anticipated SASA’s and associated red carpet gala ceremony on Saturday June 22, 2024.
Celebrating and promoting the best screen works from South Australia’s film industry, the SASA’s has run annually for over 20 years.
The SASA’s provide a vital platform for South Australian screen practitioners to showcase their work, recognising emerging talent and celebrating the people and projects created by the local screen industry.
A combination of cash and in-kind awards will be presented across a number of genre and craft categories, with two new award categories introduced in 2024; Best First Nations Film and Best Experimental.
Applicants will have the opportunity to be judged under the following categories:
| MAIN CATEGORIES | CRAFT CATEGORIES |
| Best Drama | Best Screenplay |
| Best Web Series | Best Directing |
| Best Comedy | Best Performance |
| Best Documentary | Best Cinematography |
| Best Animation | Best Editing |
| Best Music Video | Best Production Design |
| Best Experimental (NEW) | Best Sound Design |
| Best Game | Best Hair & Make-up |
| Best Feature Film | Best Costume |
| Best Student Film | Best Music Composition |
| Best Emerging First Nations Screen Practitioner | |
| Best First Nations Film (NEW) | |
| Young Filmmaker Award | |
| Best Emerging Producer Award | |
| Mercury Rising Award | |
| Mercury Legend Award | |
| Grand Jury Prize | |
| Audience Award |
For more information email sasa@themercury.org.au
