Better Man and The Narrow Road to the Deep North were the standout winners at the Australian Screen Sound Guild (ASSG) Awards, held last Saturday at The Ritz Cinema in Sydney. Both projects received multiple awards, with Better Man earning Best Sound in a Feature Film and Best Music Production, while The Narrow Road to the Deep North took home Best Sound in a Television Series and Best Production Sound.

The event presented a total of 16 awards, recognizing achievements across film, television, documentaries, commercials, interactive media, children’s and animation, and short-form content. The award for Best Sound for Interactive or Immersive Entertainment returned this year and was awarded to the documentary The Giants.

Due to an increase in children’s and animation entries, the committee introduced a separate category for Best Sound for an Animated Feature Film, which was won by Memoir of a Snail. Other notable winners included Yurlu | Country for Best Sound in a Documentary and The Way, My Way for Best Sound for an Independent Feature Film. Bring Her Back received the Best Sound Editing award, and The Order was recognized for Best Sound Mixing.

The Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award was shared by Stephen and Diana Smith of Tracks, and the late Oscar-nominated sound recordist Paul ‘Salty’ Brincat, who passed away in June.

• Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award: Paul ‘Salty’ Brincat, Stephen R Smith & Diana Smith
• Greg Bell Student Encouragement Award: Shiying Tashae Tay
• Best Sound for Children’s or Animation: Dead Beat Ends Meet (Ryan Granger, Johnsen Cummings, Joel Taylor)
• Best Sound for a Commercial or Promo: Sprout x Briggs: Munarra (Will Thackray, Guus Hoevenaars, Forrester Savell, Wade Keighran)
• Best Sound for Lifestyle, Reality or Factual Entertainment: Taniwha: Unleashed (Matt Perrott, Paul Reeves, Bel Cone, Leigh Krampe, Andrew Dean)
• Best Sound for Short Form Content: The Roadhouse Blues (Josh Hogan, Scott Montgomery, Les Fiddess, Terri Bellem, Izzy Turner)
• Best Sound for Interactive or Immersive Entertainment: The Giants (Thom Kellar, Jacob Gibson, Hayden Riley, Ben Stewart)
• Best Sound for a Documentary: Yurlu | Country / Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story (Sam Hayward, Cameron Grant, Stuart Melvey, Adam Roberts, Ash Charlton, Brett Stayt, Richard Hubbard, Tom Bannigan, Helena Czajka, Lauren Ligovich)
• Best Sound for a Television Series: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Andy Wright, Mick Boraso, Nick Emond, Aron Dyer, Gerry Nucifora, Pedrag Malesev, Wade Keighran, Glenn Newnham, Will Carroll, Beth Bezzina, Tara Webb, Dylan Burgess, Steve Burgess, Owen Grieve, Megan Howieson, Alexander Roberts)
• Best Sound for an Animated Feature Film: Memoir of a Snail (David Williams, Andy Wright, Owen Grieve, Alexander Roberts, Will Carroll, Lee Yee, Dylan Burgess, Steve Burgess)
• Best Sound for an Independent Feature Film: The Way, My Way (Wayne Pashley, Nick Emond, Gerry Nucifora, Derryn Pasquill, Daniel Hackett, Max Pashley, Blair Slater, Dan Johnston, Duncan McAllister, Luisa Hadley, Chloe Turner, Josh Pearson, Libby Villa)
• Best Sound for a Feature Film: Better Man (Paul Pirola, Tim Ryan, Will Files, Warren Hendricks, Sean McCormack, Guntis Sics, Jay Jennings, Ryan Cole, Andy Nelson, Luke Schwarzweller, Greg P Russell, Tom Marks, Sam Baker, Ray Beentjes, Sean Massey, Matt Lapthorne, Rowan Watson, Hayden Collow, Dave Esparza, Justin Davey, Craig Beckett, Liam Moses, Sam Rogers, Nataliia Syeryakova, Ryan Squires, Chris Campagna, Matthew Ault, Dan Giles, Liesl Pieterse, Justine Angus, Matt ‘Smokey’ Cloud, Sophie Norfolk, Elaine Beckett)
• Best Production Sound: The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Nick Emond, Aron Dyer, Gerry Nucifora, Pedrag Malesev, Wade Keighran)
• Best Sound Editing (Andrew Plain Award): Bring Her Back (Emma Bortignon, Cameron Grant, Hamish Keen, Justine Angus, Leah McKeown, Brendan Croxon, Roisin Gleeson, Effie Pashidis, Lachlan Harris, Lee Yee, Jennifer Leonforte, Matt Lapthorne, Sam Rogers, Ryan Squires, Lara Schneider)
• Best Sound Mixing: The Order (Andy Neil, James Ashton)
• Best Music Production: Better Man (Tim Ryan, Craig Beckett, Liam Moses, Elaine Beckett)

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