Macquarie Private Wealth Award for Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Subcategory of Australian Film Institute Awards
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Notes

  • In 2007 the AFI awards for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay were merged and a single award offered for Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted).

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2007

winner form y separately published work icon The Home Song Stories Tony Ayres , ( dir. Tony Ayres ) Australia : Big and Little Films Porchlight Films , 2007 Z1390692 2007 single work film/TV (taught in 4 units)

'This is the true story of Rose, a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer, who struggles to survive in '70s Australia with two young children. Based on writer/director Tony Ayres' own life, The Home Song Stories is an epic tale of mothers and sons, mothers and daughters, unrequited love, secrets and betrayal.'

Source: Australian Film Commission. (Sighted: 8/10/2014)

Year: 1990

winner form y separately published work icon The Big Steal David Parker , ( dir. Nadia Tass ) Melbourne : Cascade Films , 1990 Z333197 1990 single work film/TV humour

'When 18-year-old Danny Clark asks the beautiful Joanna Johnson out on a date, he tells her he owns a Jaguar car, a car he certainly doesn't have, and a car he feels he now must buy to 'prove he isn't lying'. But Danny is ripped-off by an unscrupulous used-car salesman, and when normal avenues of recourse fail, Danny and his mates take revenge on the car yard.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 18/3/2014)

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