Writing and film award recipients were celebrated at the Overlook, Astor Theatre on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.
WRITING AWARDS
Key industry figures externally judged the writing awards –Kristian Connelly (General Manager, Cinema Nova), Richard Sowada (Festival Director of St Kilda Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival), Russell Edwards (Film Critic, SBS Movies/FCCA), and Jane Freebury (Film Critic / FCCA).
THE IVAN HUTCHINSON AWARD FOR BEST LONG-FORM WRITING
Winner: Adrian Martin for Dog Day, Every Day: Gillian Leahy’s Baxter and Me and the Essay Film”(published in Metro (Australia), no. 192 (May 2017) )
AWARD FOR BEST REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL AUSTRALIAN FILM
Winner: Luke Buckmaster for David Wenham’s delightful debut sparkles with Sydney and joie de vivre (published in The Guardian)
AWARD FOR BEST REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL NON-AUSTRALIAN FILM
Winner: Glenn Dunks for Laura Poitras’ Risky Business (published in The Film Experience, published 03/10/2017)
FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM
Hounds Of Love
Ali’s Wedding
Berlin Syndrome
Don’t Tell
Lion
WINNER: Hounds Of Love
BEST DIRECTOR
Garth Davis – Lion
Cate Shortland – Berlin Syndrome
Rachel Perkins – Jasper Jones
Jeffrey Walker – Ali’s Wedding
Ben Young – Hounds Of Love
WINNER: Garth Davis for Lion
BEST ACTOR
Dev Patel – Lion
Stephen Curry – Hounds Of Love
Sunny Pawar – Lion
Aaron Pederson – Killing Ground
Osamah Sami – Ali’s Wedding
WINNER: Dev Patel for Lion
BEST ACTRESS
Emma Booth – Hounds Of Love
Alice Foulcher – That’s Not Me
Teresa Palmer – Berlin Syndrome
Helana Sawires – Ali’s Wedding
Sara West – Don’t Tell
WINNER: Emma Booth for Hounds Of Love
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jack Thompson – Don’t Tell
Don Hany – Ali’s Wedding
Hugo Weaving – Jasper Jones
David Wenham – Lion
WINNER: Jack Thompson for Don’t Tell
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman – Lion
Toni Collette – Jasper Jones
Ashleigh Cummings – Hounds Of Love
Jacqueline McKenzie – Don’t Tell
Magda Szubanski – Three Summers
WINNER: Nicole Kidman for Lion
BEST SCREENPLAY
Luke Davies – Lion
Andrew Knight/Osamah Sami – Ali’s Wedding
Shaun Grant – Berlin Syndrome
Anne Brooksbank/Ursula Cleary/James Greville – Don’t Tell
Ben Young – Hounds of Love
WINNER: Luke Davies for Lion
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Stefan Duscio – Jungle
Donald McAlpine – Ali’s Wedding
Germain McMicking – Berlin Syndrome
Simon Chapman – Killing Ground
Greig Fraser – Lion
WINNER: Stefan Duscio for Jungle
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Local or International)
I Am Not Your Negro
All For One
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Mountain
Zach’s Ceremony
WINNER: I Am Not Your Negro
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES (IN ENGLISH)
Moonlight
Call Me By Your Name
Get Out
God’s Own Country
Manchester By The Sea
WINNER: Moonlight
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Toni Erdmann
Frantz
Land Of Mine
Raw
The Innocents (Les Innocentes)
WINNER: Toni Erdmann