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Honouring our screen legends


Film Victoria has announced two new Screen Leader Awards starting in 2016: The Film Victoria – Fred Schepisi Award for Achievement in Directing; and The Film Victoria – Jan Sardi Award for Achievement in Screenwriting. The Fred Schepisi Award is named in honour of the iconic director who continues t...
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2015 AWGIE Winners by category


2015 Major AwardThe Water DivinerAndrew KnightAndrew AnastasiosFeature Film - OriginalThe Water DivinerAndrew KnightAndrew AnastasiosFeature Film – Adaptation (two winners)1. Ruben GuthrieBrendan Cowell2. Holding the ManTommy MurphyTelevision Mini Series - OriginalDeadline GallipoliJacquelin PerskeS...
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Facts & Highlights of the 2015 AWGIE Awards


• 2015 marks the 48th Annual AWGIE Awards • Entries: ​​​486 • AWGIE categories: ​​24 • Number of nominations: ​76 • Special Awards:​​7 Feature Film Original & Major Award Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight’s The Water Diviner not only won Be...
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WRITING STARS SHINE FOR AWGIE AWARDS NIGHT


The brilliance of Australian writing for stage, radio and screen shone through at this year’s AWGIE Award ceremony.In what the Australian Writers’ Guild says is a sign of the depth, determination and dexterity of the nation’s performance writing industry, there is a tremendous amount of both writer-...
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Senate Inquiry Public Hearings - Why not in Sydney?


As we have previously reported (1), the Senate Inquiry into the impact of 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts was to hold one of its hearings in Sydney. This hearing was cancelled and the date reserved for Adelaide. While we are happy that our South Australian members will have ...
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