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Jeffory Asselin’s first commissioned Screenwest short film 'Little Man' 2003, which he produced for Cannes award winning director, Julius Avery, received four nominations in the 18th West Australian Screen Awards and won Best Actor. It also won the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Gold Award in Western Australia and the ACS National Distinction Award. In 2005 Jeff was selected for the producer's SHOWTIME Talent Assist Scheme at the Screen Producers of Australia (SPAA) conference on the Gold Coast. Jeff’s second commissioned Screenwest film ‘My Shout’, (2005) which he produced, went on to win the Best Drama Production and Best Production Design at the 20th West Australian Screen Awards. It also went on to win Best Production Design at 2007 Bondi Short Film Festival, Distinction at Adelaide Shorts, and Silver at the 2007 ACS Awards. In 2005 Jeff was also comissioned by the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts to direct 'Three to One’. The film scored a best Actor nomination at the 18th West Australian Screen Awards for Lachlan Chapman. Lead actor, Khan Chittenden, has gone on to feature in many feature films including West, Clubland, Endless Bummer and In Her Skin and Needle.. Jeff is currently in post-production with for his short film 'Happy Haven' which he wrote and directed in December 2008 and will be released in 2010. His most recent commissioned film ‘The Billabong’, which he directed/wrote is in post-production and will also be released in 2010. Jeff''s films have screened in many national and international film festivals including Revelation Perth International Film Festival, Shorts Film Festival Adelaide, St Kilda Film Festival, Snowyfest International Film Festival, Home Brewed International Film Festival, Canberra Short Film Festival, The Human Rights Arts & Film Festival, New York Independent Film and Video Festival, LA Shorts Fest, Jackson Hole Film Festival, International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Short Cuts Cologne, and London's Soho Shorts Festival. Jeff is currently developing, and collaborating on several feature film projects targeted to broad mainstream audiences. Updated May 2010
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