AustLit
Subcategory of New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
History
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Awarded to the screenplay of a feature-length film or documentary, the script of a radio play or documentary, or the script of a work (fiction or non-fiction) especially made for television.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2023
Also shortlisted: The Australian Wars.winner form y Blaze ( dir. Del Kathryn Barton ) Australia : Causeway Films , 2022 13008260 2022 single work film/TV'After accidentally witnessing a woman being raped, a 12 year-old girl left catatonic with shock, struggles to make sense of what she saw and ultimately finds renewal in the inestimable world of her imagination.'
Source: Screen Australia funding approval.
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Year: 2022
winner form y Nitram ( dir. Justin Kurzel ) Australia : Stan , 2021 21974084 2021 single work film/TV'NITRAM looks at the events leading up to one of the darkest chapters in Australian history in an attempt to understand why and how this atrocity occurred. Currently in production in Victoria.'
Source: Stan.
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Year: 2021
winner form y Freeman ( dir. Laurence Billiet et. al. )agent Australia : General Strike Matchbox Pictures , 2020 20130131 2020 single work film/TV'A nation came together around Indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman who delivered when it mattered on the greatest stage on earth at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. 20 years on, this documentary sheds light on one of Australia's proudest moments.' (Production summary)
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Year: 2020
joint winner form y The Cry [Episode 2] ( dir. Glendyn Ivin ) United Kingdom (UK) Australia : Synchronicity Films , 2018 18090429 2018 single work film/TVjoint winner form y Missing Australia : SBS , 2019 18892000 2019 single work film/TV An interactive online documentary about the abduction, in 1966, of Wendy Jane Pfeiffer from Mylor in the Adelaide Hills, and her discovery by two Pitjantjatjara trackers. -
Year: 2019
winner form y Jirga ( dir. Benjamin Gilmour ) Australia : Felix Media Pty Ltd , 2018 14350660 2018 single work film/TV'A modern morality tale about a former Australian soldier, Mike, who returns to Afghanistan to find the family of a civilian he accidentally killed during the war. Seeking forgiveness, he puts his life in the hands of the village justice system – the Jirga.'
Source: Screen Australia.