Gender:
Female
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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2020 shortlisted The Furphy Literary Award for Waiting for the Dog
Awards for Works
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form
y
Head On
( dir. Ana Kokkinos
)
Australia
:
Head On Productions
,
1998
Z796585
1998
single work
film/TV
(taught in 6 units)
Set over the course of one night, Head On focuses on Ari, a handsome nineteen-year-old boy of Greek descent who finds himself torn between his traditional upbringing and his sexual identity. As he attempts to come to terms with where he fits in, Ari careens between hanging out with his friends and bickering with his family while also becoming involved in several heterosexual and homosexual encounters.
- 1998 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Adaptation
- 1999 Nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Adapted
- 1998 Nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
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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)
- 1994 winner Melbourne International Film Festival Award
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