2019 Winners
Primary School Category
First - Bloody Mary
BY JESSICA GERGER
A community consultation on how to Re-Vamp Sunshine takes a turn for the spooky. Hmm, wonder if the vampires and werewolves had anything to do with that?Second - The Scary Secret of Sunshine Heights
BY SUNSHINE HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADE 5A MULTIMEDIA
Five friends discover a secret buried long ago at their school. Is history repeating itself?Third - Monster School
BY SUNSHINE HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL GRADE 6A MULTIMEDIA
Don’t press strange buzzers on Halloween; otherwise, you might just raise the evil dead, and then you are going to be in so much trouble as these students find out.
Secondary School Category
First - Milk
BY CLANCY TATE
Gotta check the expiration date on those milk containers. Dave doesn’t and see what happens to him!Second - Kool Wizards
BY ORLANDO CATTOGGIO AND SAMUEL ROBERG
Orlando and Samuel take part in the Grand Wizards’ Challenge. Danger abounds. Will they get that very grand prize?Third - The Patch
BY JORDAN LENTINI
Genelle and her father, John, love their veggie patch. Hell hath no fury when a dastardly villain attempts to step on their patch.
Open Category
First - The Starey Bampire
BY DANIEL FARMER AND ADAM BIGUM
3-year-old Elvie Farmer has her very own take on a scary vampire story. Sunscreen!! Why has nobody thought of sunscreen before?Second - Quick Bite
BY LUKE PYE, RON BROWN AND DREW DRAGO
Sunshine gamer girl has a sweet day of gaming day planned, but when her Papa comes to visit plans change and so will your perception of Sunshine.Third - Stranger Encounters
BY OLIVER CRAWFORD SMITH AND OLIVER BAILY
In a dystopian future, renowned poet Teddy Brown shares two illuminating conversations, one with his chauffeur and the other with a wise bartender.
Judge’s Award
BEST FILM
The Starey Bampire by Daniel Farmer and Adam Bigum
FUNNIEST FILM
The Starey Bampire by Daniel Farmer and Adam Bigum

SSFF became an award winning festival in 2019!
About The 2019 Theme
We were looking for comedy on a Halloween theme: scary comedy.
Ghost stories, stories of mystery and magic, of the bizarre and the imaginative.
We were particularly interested in stories from different cultures; folklore, myths and legend. Give Halloween a particularly Australian, multicultural spin.
2019 Prize Pool
