FESTIVAL PRIZES (For films produced by John Kassab)

2019 Women in Film and Television Atlanta (WFTA) Confab: Best Short Film, Best Actress & Honorable Mention for Best Director for “Nobody’s Darling” 

2019 Oxford Film Festival: Best Short Film & Best Foreign Language Film for “Debris”.

2018 Nashville Film Festival: Best Narrative Short for "Debris".

2018 Sidewalk Film Festival: Best Narrative Short for "Debris".

2018 Festival Du Court Métrage De Clermont-Ferrand: Special Mention for “Debris”

2018 Mostra De Cinema Latinoamerica De Catalunya: Special Mention for "Debris".

2018 Mindfield Film Festival: Best Sci-Fi Film, Best Cinematography and Best Score for "They Wait for Us".

2018 Nightmares Film Festival: Nominated for Best Short, Best Thriller and Best Director for ‘They Wait For Us”

2016 Atlanta Film Festival: Nominated for Best Narrative Feature for "Like Lambs".

2014 Byron Bay International Film Festival: Best Documentary for "12 O'clock Boys".

2014 Cinema Eye Honors Award, Nominated for Outstanding Debut Feature Film and Outstanding achievement in Cinematography for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 South by South West (SXSW), Nominated for Competition Award (Documentary Feature) for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 Chicago International Film Festival, Nominated for Audience Choice Award for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Won Emerging Artist Awards and Nominated for International Documentary Prize for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 Milwaukee Film Festival, Honorable Mention and Best Film Nomination for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 Philadelphia Film Festival, Honorable Mention for "12 O'clock Boys".

2013 Vimeo Staff Pick for "The End".

2012 HollyShorts Film Festival, USA, Best SciFi for "The End".

2012 Lucerne International Film Festival, Switzerland, Award of Merit for "The End"

2012 Vimeo Awards, Semi Finalist: Best Fashion Film for “Full Circle”

2012 Vimeo Staff Pick for "Full Circle"

2012 The Taste Awards, Finalist, Best Fashion or Design (Web Program or Video) for "Full Circle".

SOUND AWARDS

2023 Canberra Short Film Festival, Best Sound Design for ‘Breathe’.

2016 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound in a Short Film for "Lorne". 

2010 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound in an Animated Film or Program for "The Lost Thing".    

2010 Anima Mundi Film Festival (Brazil), Soundtrack of the Year for "The Lost Thing"

2009 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound in a Short Film for "The Distance Between".

2008 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Best Achievement in Sound in an Animated Film or Program for "Monkeynaut".

SOUND NOMINATIONS

2022 St Kilda Film Festival, Nominated for Best Achievement in Sound for "Breathe".

2018 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Nomination for Best Achievement in Sound for a Short Film for "They Wait For Us"

2011 Australian Screen Sound Award, Nomination for Best Achievement in Sound in an Animated Film or Program for "The Tortoise"

2011 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Nominated for Best Achievement in Sound for a Television Commercial or Program for "What's on Your Mind?" (Traffic Accident Commission).

2011 St Kilda Film Festival, Nominated for Best Achievement in Sound for "Deeper Than Yesterday".

2010 Australian Screen Sound Guild Award, Nominated for Best Achievement in Sound in a Short Film for "Deeper Than Yesterday".  

2009 Desktop Create Award, Nominated for Best Design for Post-Production (multi-discipline) for "The Distance Between".

GRANTS

2023 Screen Australia Documentary Development Fund grant awarded to develop the documentary film “Clutch Gang” (Working Title).

2021 Screen Australia Enterprise People Fund, a two year initiative to support my development as a TV producer.

2021 Screen Australia Generate Development Fund grant awarded to develop the TV series “Dirty Thirties”.

2020 Screenrights Cultural Fund Grant awarded to develop and facilitate a program to bridge access to industry for filmmakers of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

2020 Screen Australia Generate Development Fund grant awarded to develop the TV series “Dirty Thirties”.

2019 Cinespace Social Change on Screen Writer’s Fellowship to create a written body of work aimed at bringing social change through screen narratives.

2010 Ian Potter Foundation Cultural Trust Grant to study advanced Film Sound techniques at Fox Studios, Los Angeles, USA.  

2009 Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to research innovation in Film Sound in London, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Wellington.  

2006 South Australian Film Corporation, Sound Post Production Attachment to the feature film ‘December Boys’.