WRITING AWARDS
Key industry figures externally judged the writing awards – Debra Lawrance (actress of Home and Away and Please Like Me), Torre Deroche (author of Love With A Chance of Drowning), Richard Sowada (Festival Director of St Kilda Film Festival and Revelation Perth International Film Festival) and Ray Mooney (screenwriter of Everynight… Everynight).
THE IVAN HUTCHINSON AWARD FOR BEST LONG-FORM WRITING
Winner: Alexandra Heller-Nicholas for Shame (published in Metro Magazine)
THE AUSTRALIAN REVIEW AWARD
Winner: Travis Johnson for Hierarchies of Horror: The Violent Refrains of Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale (published in Metro Magazine)
THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW AWARD
Winner: Joanna Di Mattia for Pain & Glory (published in A Lonely Place)
FILM AWARDS
BEST FILM
Buoyancy
Hotel Mumbai
Judy and Punch
The King
The Nightingale
WINNER: The Nightingale
BEST DIRECTOR
Mirrah Foulkes – Judy and Punch
Jennifer Kent – The Nightingale
David Michod – The King
Rodd Rathjen – Buoyancy
Thomas H Wright – Active Misfortune
WINNER: Jennifer Kent for The Nightingale
BEST ACTOR
Baykali Ganambarr – The Nightingale
Sarm Heng – Buoyancy
Daniel Henshall – Active Misfortune
Damon Herriman – Judy and Punch
Dev Patel – Hotel Mumbai
WINNER: Baykali Ganambarr for The Nightingale
BEST ACTRESS
Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale
Lupita Nyong’o – Little Monsters
Teresa Palmer – Ride Like A Girl
Miranda Tapsell – Top End Wedding
Mia Wasikowska – Judy and Punch
WINNER: Aisling Franciosi for The Nightingale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sam Claflin – The Nightingale
Joel Edgerton – The King
Damon Herriman – The Nightingale
Ben Mendelsohn – The King
Sam Neill – Ride Like A Girl
WINNER: Sam Claflin for The Nightingale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Cobham-Hervery – Hotel Mumbai
Magnolia Maymurd – The Nightingale
Greta Scacchi – Palm Beach
Ursula Yovich – Top End Wedding
Yvonne Strahovski – Angel of Mine
WINNER: Magnolia Maymurd for The Nightingale
BEST SCREENPLAY
John Collee and Anthony Maras – Hotel Mumbai
Mirrah Foulkes – Judy and Punch
Jennifer Kent – The Nightingale
David Michod and Joel Edgerton – The King
Rodd Rathjen – Buoyancy
WINNER: Jennifer Kent for The Nightingale
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Arkapaw – The King
Stephan Discio – Judy and Punch
Radek Ladczuk – The Nightingale
Michael Lathan – Buoyancy
Ben Nott – Danger Close
WINNER: Radek Ladczuk for The Nightingale
BEST DOCUMENTARY
2040
The Australian Dream
The Eulogy
Mystify
Suzi Q
Island of The Hungry Ghosts
WINNER: The Australian Dream
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 11
For Sama
Free Solo
Hail Satan?
Pavarotti
WINNER: Apollo 11
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES (IN ENGLISH)
Joker
Knives Out
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The Irishman
Marriage Story
WINNER: The Irishman
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The Guilty
Portrait of A Lady On Fire
Parasite
Pain & Glory
Burning
WINNER: Parasite