WRITING AWARDS
THE IVAN HUTCHINSON AWARD FOR BEST LONG-FORM WRITING
Winner: Gabrielle O’Brien for The Art of Meta-Morphosis: Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto (published in Metro Magazine)
THE BEST REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL AUSTRALIAN FILM
Winner: Andrew F Pierce for West of Sunshine (published in The Curb)
THE BEST REVIEW OF AN INDIVIDUAL NON-AUSTRALIAN FILM
Winner: Glen Falkenstein for Disobedience (published in Falkenscreen)
FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM
Sweet Country
Breath
Cargo
Ladies In Block
Strange Colours
WINNER: Sweet Country
BEST DIRECTOR
Simon Baker – Breath
Bruce Beresford – Ladies In Black
Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country
Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke – Cargo
Alena Lodkina – Strange Colours
WINNER: Warwick Thornton for Sweet Country
BEST ACTOR
Lucas Hedges – Boy Erased
Damien Hill – West of Sunshine
Hamilton Morris – Sweet Country
Shane Jacobson – Brother’s Nest
Martin Freeman – Cargo
WINNER: Hamilton Morris for Sweet Country
BEST ACTRESS
Kate Cheel – Strange Colours
Angourie Rice – Ladies In Black
Abbie Lee – 1%
Kate Mulvaney – The Merger
Julia Ormond – Ladies In Black
WINNER: Angourie Rice for Ladies In Black
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Neill – Sweet Country
Ewen Leslie – Sweet Country
Russell Crowe – Boy Erased
Ryan Corr – Ladies In Black
Bryan Brown – Sweet Country
Simon Baker – Breath
WINNER: Sam Neill for Sweet Country
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lynette Curran – Brother’s Nest
Elizabeth Debicki – Breath
Natasia Gorey-Furber – Sweet Country
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Susie Porter – Cargo
WINNER: Nicole Kidman for Boy Erased
BEST SCREENPLAY
Jamie Brown – Brother’s Nest
Steven McGregor and David Tranter – Sweet Country
Gerard Lee and Simon Baker – Breath
Jason Raftopolous – West of Sunshine
Leigh Whannell – Upgrade
WINNER: Steven McGregor and David Tranter for Sweet Country
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Marden Dean and Rick Rifici – Breath
Peter James – Ladies In Black
Michael Latham – Strange Colours
Geoffrey Simpson – Cargo
Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country
WINNER: Warwick Thornton for Sweet Country
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES (IN ENGLISH)
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Leave No Trace
A Star Is Born
You Were Never Really Here
WINNER: You Were Never Really Here
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Custody
Cold War
Roma
Insult
Shoplifters
WINNER: Roma
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Backtrack Boys
Gurrumul
Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy
RBG
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
WINNER: Gurrumul