Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2009
winner form y
Samson and Delilah
( dir. Warwick Thornton
)
Scarlett Pictures
CAAMA Productions
,
2009
Z1561915
2009
single work
film/TV
(taught in 9 units)
'Samson and Delilah tells the story of two Aboriginal teenagers in a remote community. They live in a sparse environment but one that absorbs all manner of cultural influences, where dot painting and country music exist side by side. Samson gets through his days by sniffing, while Delilah is the caregiver for her nana before taking a moment for herself to listen to Latino music. Their journey ranges across many of the most urgent issues concerning Indigenous people in Australia, homelessness, poverty, domestic violence and substance abuse, but it does so with tenderness, dignity, and even humour.'
Source: Adelaide Film Festival website, www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/ Sighted: 23/02/2009
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Year: 2008
winner y
Ngapartji Ngapartji
Ngapartji Ngapartji one
Trevor Jamieson
,
2005
2005
Z1416415
2005
single work
drama
(taught in 2 units)
'Ngapartji Ngapartji' traces the true story of one of the world's oldest nations - the Spinifex people - and their encounter with the Cold War and particularly the British atomic testing at Maralinga.
Nominated for Jamieson's script (and for Scott Rankin's direction).
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Year: 2007
winner form y
The Circuit
( dir. Richard Frankland
et. al. )agent
Australia
:
Media World Pictures
,
2007
Z1405020
2007
single work
film/TV
'The Circuit is set in the Kimberley region of North Western Australia. It is a place of two seasons; the wet and the dusty dry. Known for its beauty, vastness and hardship, this region is a land rich in history for its traditional owners, but now sits within the confines of white ownership and white law. This is the home of The Circuit, the Magistrate's Court, which visits far-flung communities several days a month, bringing conveyor-belt justice dealt swiftly and fairly. Working between two worlds and juggling white law with traditional lore, means that justice can be a slippery beast.'
Source: SBS website, http://www.sbs.com.au/
For Richard Frankland's direction.
Sighted: 09/07/2007 -
Year: 2006
winner Windmill Baby 2004 single work drama
— Appears in: Contemporary Indigenous Plays 2007; (p. [201]-228) Windmill Baby is the story of Maymay, an old Aboriginal woman who returns to the deserted Kimberley cattle station that was her home 50 years ago. A one-woman redemption piece told through Indigenous voices, with the endearing characters of Wun-man, Two-man, Aunty Darbella and old Maymay, this play is delivered with the poetry of a campfire storyteller.
