Notes
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Indexed selectively.
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Awarded separately until 1995. Subsequently rolled under a collective 'Arts Award', which might be given to film, poetry, drama, etc.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1995
winner form y
Angel Baby
( dir. Michael Rymer
)
Australia
:
Meridian Films
,
1995
Z1562682
1995
single work
film/TV
Angel Baby is a tragi-comedy of love, loss, and mental illness. Protagonists Kate and Harry are outpatients at a psychiatric clinic: Kate believes that her guardian angel, Astral, is sending her messages through the television game show Wheel of Fortune and Harry is schizophrenic. After they meet and fall in love, Kate and Harry move away from their carers and attempt to face their adversities together. However, their new-found independence begins to draw them into an intense and emotion-driven world of their own. Over-confidence eventually leads to them stopping their medication, which is when the real struggle begins.
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Year: 1994
winner form y
Only the Brave
( dir. Ana Kokkinos
)
Australia
:
Pickpocket Productions
,
1994
6826422
1994
single work
film/TV
'Alex and Vicki are wild girls living life on the edge. They share a dream to leave school and go north. But the tensions between them grow and when they find out the truth about each other it's too late - no-one can help them - and events move helter-skelter to a harrowing climax.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 18/12/2013)
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Year: 1993
No awards given. -
Year: 1992
winner form y
Blackfellas
Day of the Dog
Cottesloe
:
Barron Entertainment
,
1991
11650254
1991
single work
film/TV
Nineteen years old and on parole, all Doug Dooligan wants to do is get on with his life away from the influence of his best friend Floyd 'Pretty Boy' Davis. Floyd, a charming conman and petty thief, has other ideas. He thinks Doug's decision to go straight is a rejection of his Nyoongah lifestyle in favour of white fella values. Edith, Doug's white mother, reminds Doug that she is his people too. He is faced with the daunting tasks of reconciling the opposing expectations of two cultures, family and friends.
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Year: 1991
winner form y
A Woman's Tale
( dir. Paul Cox
)
Melbourne
:
Illumination Films
,
1991
Z1360265
1991
single work
film/TV
— Appears in: 3 Screenplays 1998; (p. 123-182)'In the last days of her battle with cancer, Marta remains cheerful and determined to live life to the fullest. With the help of Anna, a visiting nurse who has become her closest friend, Marta resists pressure from her son Jonathon to move to a home. Despite her illness, Marta takes care of her infirm neighbour Billy, whose relatives never visit. She also provides a place where Anna can see her lover Peter in secret. When Marta is hospitalised after a serious fall, Anna and Jonathan join forces to get her home. This event also causes Anna to make a serious decision.'
Source: Australian Screen (Sighted: 5/10/2012)
