The AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "written directly and originally for the screen".[1] Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards).[2] It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978-1979, 1983-1987, 1989, 1993-2006, and then from 2008-present.[2]
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and screenwriters in bold and in yellow background have won are the winners. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning screenplay first and then the other nominees.[3]
Winner marked in a separate colour
Year |
Film |
Screenwriter(s) |
AFI Awards |
1970s |
1978
(20th) |
Newsfront |
Anne Brooksbank, Bob Ellis and Phillip Noyce |
1978
(20th |
Mouth to Mouth |
John Duigan |
1978
(20th |
Patrick |
Everett De Roche |
1978
(20th) |
The Last Wave |
Tony Morphett, Petru Popescu and Peter Weir |
1979
(21st) |
In Search of Anna |
Esben Storm |
1979
(21st) |
Kostas |
Linda Aronson |
1979
(21st) |
Mad Max |
James McClausand and George Miller |
1979
(21st) |
Palm Beach |
Albie Thoms |
1980s |
1983
(25th) |
Buddies |
John Dingwall |
1983
(25th) |
Man of Flowers |
Paul Cox and Bob Ellis |
1983
(25th) |
Phar Lap |
David Williamson |
1983
(25th) |
The Clinic |
Greg Millin |
1984
(26th) |
My First Wife |
Paul Cox and Bob Ellis |
1984
(26th) |
Fast Talking |
Ken Cameron |
1984
(26th) |
Silver City |
Sophia Turkiewicz and Thomas Keneally |
1984
(26th) |
Street Hero |
Jan Sardi |
1985
(27th) |
Fran |
Glenda Hambly |
1985
(27th) |
A Street to Die |
Bill Bennett |
1985
(27th) |
The Boy Who Had Everything |
Stephen Wallace |
1985
(27th) |
Unfinished Business (1985 Australian film) |
Bob Ellis |
1986
(28th) |
Malcolm |
David Parker |
1986
(28th) |
Short Changed |
Robert J. Merritt |
1986
(28th) |
The More Things Change |
Moya Wood |
1986
(28th) |
Young Einstein |
Yahoo Serious and David Roach |
1987
(29th) |
The Year My Voice Broke |
John Duigan |
1987
(29th) |
Belinda |
Pamela Gibbons |
1987
(29th) |
Ground Zero |
Mac Gudgeon and Jan Sardi |
1987
(29th) |
High Tide |
Laura Jones |
1989
(31st) |
Sweetie |
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee |
1989
(31st) |
Georgia |
Ben Lewin and Joanna Murray-Smith |
1989
(31st) |
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead |
Gene Conkie, Evan English and John Hillcoat |
1989
(31st) |
Island |
Paul Cox |
1990s |
1993
(35th) |
The Piano |
Jane Campion |
1993
(35th) |
The Nostradamus Kid |
Bob Ellis |
1993
(35th) |
On My Own |
Gill Dennis, Antonio Tibaldi and John Frizzell |
1993
(35th) |
This Won't Hurt a Bit |
Chris Kennedy |
1994
(36th) |
Bad Boy Bubby |
Rolf de Heer |
1994
(36th) |
Muriel's Wedding |
P. J. Hogan |
1994
(36th) |
Roly Poly Man |
Kym Goldsworthy |
1994
(36th) |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
Stephan Elliott |
1995
(37th) |
Angel Baby |
Michael Rymer |
1995
(37th) |
All Men Are Liars |
Gerard Lee |
1995
(37th) |
Mushrooms |
Alan Madden |
1995
(37th) |
Vacant Possession |
Margot Nash |
1996
(38th) |
Shine |
Jan Sardi |
1996
(38th) |
Children of the Revolution |
Peter Duncan |
1996
(38th) |
Floating Life |
Eddie L. C. Fong and Clara Law |
1996
(38th) |
Love and Other Catastrophes |
Yael Bergman, Emma-Kate Croghan, Helen Bandis |
1997
(39th) |
The Castle |
Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy and Rob Sitch |
1997
(39th) |
Doing Time for Patsy Cline |
Chris Kennedy |
1997
(39th) |
Kiss or Kill |
Bill Bennett |
1997
(39th) |
Road to Nhill |
Alison Tilson |
1998
(40th) |
The Interview |
Craig Monahan and Gordon Davie |
1998
(40th) |
Amy |
David Parker |
1998
(40th) |
Dance Me to My Song |
Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl and Rolf de Heer |
1998
(40th) |
Dead Letter Office |
Deborah Cox |
1999
(41st) |
Two Hands |
Gregor Jordan |
1999
(41st) |
Siam Sunset |
Max Dann and Andrew Knight |
1999
(41st) |
Soft Fruit |
Christina Andreef |
1999
(41st) |
Strange Fits of Passion |
Elise McCredie |
2000s |
2000
(42nd) |
Russian Doll |
Stavros Kazantzidis and Allanah Zitserman |
2000
(42nd) |
Better Than Sex |
Jonathan Teplitzky |
2000
(42nd) |
Me Myself I |
Pip Karmel |
2000
(42nd) |
My Mother Frank |
Mark Lamprell |
2001
(43rd) |
The Bank |
Robert Connolly |
2001
(43rd) |
La Spagnola |
Anna-Maria Monticelli |
2001
(43rd) |
Mullet |
David Caesar |
2001
(43rd) |
Yolngu Boy |
Chris Anastassiades |
2002
(44th) |
Walking on Water |
Roger Monk |
2002
(44th) |
Beneath Clouds |
Ivan Sen |
2002
(44th) |
The Man Who Sued God |
Don Watson |
2002
(44th) |
The Tracker |
Rolf de Heer |
2003
(45th) |
Japanese Story |
Alison Tilson |
2003
(45th) |
Crackerjack |
Mick Molloy and Richard Molloy |
2003
(45th) |
Gettin' Square |
Chris Nyst |
2003
(45th) |
Travelling Light |
Kathryn Millard |
2004
(46th) |
Somersault |
Cate Shortland |
2004
(46th) |
Love's Brother |
Jan Sardi |
2004
(46th) |
The Finished People |
Khoa Do, Rodney Anderson, Joe Le, Jason McGoldrick |
2004
(46th) |
Tom White |
Alkinos Tsilimidos |
2005
(47th) |
Look Both Ways |
Sarah Watt |
2005
(47th) |
Little Fish |
Jacquelin Perske |
2005
(47th) |
The Proposition |
Nick Cave |
2005
(47th) |
Wolf Creek |
Greg McLean |
2006
(48th) |
Ten Canoes |
Rolf de Heer |
2006
(48th) |
2:37 |
Murali K. Thalluri |
2006
(48th) |
Kenny |
Shane Jacobson and Clayton Jacobson |
2006
(48th) |
Suburban Mayhem |
Alice Bell |
2008
(50th) |
The Black Balloon |
Elissa Down and Jimmy the Exploder |
2008
(50th) |
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger |
Cathy Randall |
2008
(50th) |
The Jammed |
Dee McLachlan |
2008
(50th) |
The Square |
Joel Edgerton and Matthew Dabner |
2009
(51st) |
Samson and Delilah |
Warwick Thornton |
2009
(51st) |
My Year Without Sex |
Sarah Watt |
2009
(51st) |
Cedar Boys |
Serhat Caradee |
2009
(51st) |
Mary and Max |
Adam Elliot |
2010s |
2010
(52nd) |
Animal Kingdom |
David Michôd |
2010
(52nd) |
Beneath Hill 60 |
David Roach |
2010
(52nd) |
Bright Star |
Jane Campion |
2010
(52nd) |
Daybreakers |
Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig |
AACTA Awards |
2011
(1st) |
Griff the Invisible |
Leon Ford |
2011
(1st) |
The Loved Ones |
Sean Byrne |
2011
(1st) |
Mad Bastards |
Brendan Fletcher |
2011
(1st) |
Red Hill |
Patrick Hughes |
2012
(2nd) |
Wish You Were Here |
Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price |
2012
(2nd) |
Burning Man |
Jonathan Teplitzky |
2012
(2nd) |
Mental |
PJ Hogan |
2012
(2nd) |
Not Suitable for Children |
Michael Lucas |
2013
(3rd) |
The Rocket |
Kim Mordaunt |
2013
(3rd) |
100 Bloody Acres |
Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes |
2013
(3rd) |
Drift |
Morgan O'Neill and Tim Duffy |
2013
(3rd) |
Mystery Road |
Ivan Sen |
2014
(4th) |
The Babadook |
Jennifer Kent |
2014
(4th) |
52 Tuesdays |
Matthew Cormack and Sophie Hyde |
2014
(4th) |
Charlie's Country |
Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil |
2014
(4th) |
The Water Diviner |
Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight |
2015
(5th) [5] |
Paper Planes |
Robert Connolly and Steve Worland |
2015
(5th) [6] |
Cut Snake |
Blake Ayshford |
2015
(5th) [7] |
Kill Me Three Times |
James McFarland |
2015
(5th) [8] |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris |
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/5th-aacta-awards.aspx
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- ↑ http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/5th-aacta-awards.aspx
- ↑ http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/5th-aacta-awards.aspx
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