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Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2019

winner form y separately published work icon The Egg Jane Cho , ( dir. Jane Cho ) Australia : Good Egg Creative , 2019 16831567 2019 single work film/TV

'A young girl is dropped off at an elderly Korean woman’s house each day to be babysat whilst her mother works. Bored, lonely and mistreated in this muted world of foreign suburbia, the girl looks for anything to break the monotonous routine of congee, old Korean movies and mandatory naps. Becoming infatuated with an Easter egg upon the refrigerator, she fantasises about the day where she will find the courage to claim her prize.'

Source: Screen Australia.

Year: 2018

winner form y separately published work icon All These Creatures Charles Williams , ( dir. Charles Williams ) Australia : Charles Williams , 2018 14004117 2018 single work film/TV

'An adolescent boy attempts to untangle his memories of a mysterious infestation, the unravelling of his father, and the little creatures inside us all.' (Production summary)

Year: 2017

winner form y separately published work icon The Eleven O'Clock Josh Lawson , ( dir. Derin Seale ) Sydney : FINCH , 2016 14383239 2016 single work film/TV

A psychiatrist and his patient (who believes he is the psychiatrist) examine one another.

Year: 2016

winner form y separately published work icon Dream Baby Lucy Gaffy , ( dir. Lucy Gaffy ) Australia : Pursekey Productions , 2015 10319047 2015 single work film/TV

'Elvis has a dream to escape her remote caravan park. She hatches a plan to sell cans of soft drink to raise enough money to make her way to a posh boarding school in the city - that is, until her Mum finds her treasure and risks it all.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2015

winner form y separately published work icon Nulla Nulla Dylan River , ( dir. Dylan River ) Alice Springs : CAAMA Productions , 2015 8733291 2015 single work film/TV

'Tells the story of a young policeman, fresh out of the academy who gets his first taste of the complexities of community life in central Australia.' (Source: Koori Mail, 13 January 2016:35)

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