Libby Segal

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AWARDS & NOMINATIONS *2025 - WINNER - Rising Star - Stellar Film Festival (The Meaningless Daydreams...) *2025 - WINNER - Best Actor - Peninsula Film Festival (The Meaningless Daydreams...) *2024 - WINNER - Best Actress (National) - Canberra Short Film Festival (The Meaningless Daydreams...) 2023, 2024 - FINALIST - Alliance Francaise Berthe Mouchette Poetry Competition 2018 - WINNER - First Prize for original song "Pop the Popcorn!"(age 6) - Australian Children's Music Foundation National Songwriting Competition JURY STATEMENTS - The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste dir. Pernell Marsden ‘The performances delivered by the young cast are impressive, and the short film manages to deliver a powerful message about the expectations placed on girls and young women in Australian society today while also offering some hope for change.’ - MIFF Shorts Awards 2024 'For wonderfully expressing how intense childhood fantasies and friendships can feel so real they can make you question your reality. Fantastic performances, deftly filmed, and artfully edited.' - Fantastic Fest Shorts Awards 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival - WINNER - Erwin Rado Best Australian Short Fantastic Fest by Alamo Drafthouse - WINNER Best Fantastic Short Sydney Film Festival - WINNER - Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director Uppsala Short Film Festival - NOMINEE - Grand Prix ​Slamdance - NOMINEE - Grand Jury Prize Stellar Film Festival - WINNER - Best Film Peninsula Film Festival - WINNER - Second Prize Wench Film Festival India - WINNER - Best Short Film Melbourne Women in Film Festival - WINNER - Best Short Film (Victoria) RealGood Film Festival - WINNER - Best Short Film Hallucinations Collective Film Festival - WINNER - Best Short Film