AWGIES shortlist revealed
The finalists have been announced for the Australian Writers’ Guild awards – or AWGIES.
Wish You Were Here is up for best feature film, along with Last Dance and Not Suitable For Children.
The Slap and Underbelly: Razor are up for best TV mini-series.
The short list in full:
TELEMOVIE ORIGINAL
Beaconsfield – Judi McCrossin
Mabo – Susan Smith
TELEVISION MINI-SERIES – ADAPTATION
The Slap – Emily Ballou, Alice Bell, Brendan Cowell, Kris Mrksa with Cate Shortland
Underbelly: Razor – Peter Gawler, Michaeley O’Brien, Felicity Packard and Jeffrey Truman
TELEVISION MINI-SERIES – ORIGINAL
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
TELEVISION – SERIES
Spirited: If You See Her Say Hello – Alice Bell
Offspring: Episode 206 – Michael Lucas
Spirited: Living In Oblivion – Ian Meadows
Spirited: I’ll Close My Eyes – Jacquelin Perske
TELEVISION – SERIAL
Home & Away 5437- Louise Bowes
Home & Away 5391 – Fiona Bozic
Neighbours 6231 (Jim’s Death) – Pete McTighe
COMEDY – SKETCH OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Good News Week: State Of The Nation – Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths, Paul Livingston, Warwick Holt, Mat Blackwell and Ian Simmons
How Green Was My Cactus – Doug Edwards, Lindy Wilson and Shane Edwards
Agony Uncles: Episode 1 – Adam Zwar
COMEDY – SITUATION OR NARRATIVE
Lowdown: One Fine Gay – Amanda Brotchie, Adam Zwar with Trudy Hellier
Laid 2: Episode 3 – Marieke Hardy
At Home With Julia: Date Night – Rick Kalowski, Phil Lloyd with Amanda Bishop
At Home With Julia: The Leaker – Rick Kalowski, Phil Lloyd with Amanda Bishop
FEATURE FILM – ORIGINAL
Wish You Were Here – Kieran Darcy-Smith and Felicity Price
Last Dance – Terence Hammond and David Pulbrook
Not Suitable For Children – Michael Lucas
FEATURE FILM – ADAPTATION
The Eye Of The Storm – Judy Morris
The Sapphires – Keith Thompson and Tony Briggs
SHORT FILM
Rarer Monsters – Shayne Armstrong and S P Krause
The Wilding – Grant Scicluna
RADIO – ORIGINAL BROADCAST
Paper Moon– Clementine Bendle-Thompson
Random Red – Noëlle Janaczewska
Grinning At The Lid– Paul Livingston
RADIO – ADAPTATION
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
ANIMATION
FLEA-BITTEN!: Bugs In Black – Ray Boseley
FLEA-BITTEN!: Home Truths – Ray Boseley
The Woodlies: Stormin’ The Fortress – Rob George
DOCUMENTARY – PUBLIC BROADCAST
The Curse Of The Gothic Symphony – Anthony Mullins with Randall Wood
All The Way – Anne Delaney with Paul Ham & Toby Cresswell
Australia On Trial: The Mount Rennie Outrage – Katherine Thomson
DOCUMENTARY – CORPORATE AND TRAINING
Living The Values – Charles Hamlyn-Harris
Q400 Main Landing Gear Wheel Changing – Charles Hamlyn-Harris
La Trobe University For Year 12 Students – Amanda Kerley
COMMUNITY AND YOUTH THEATRE
The Sadness Of Mister Saisson – Chris Thompson
Behind The Cane- Margery Forde and Michael Forde
The Boy With The Longest Shadow – Finegan Kruckemeyer
Cyberbile – Alana Valentine
STAGE
Porn.Cake– Vanessa Bates
10,000 Beers – Alex Broun
Man In The Middle – Ron Elisha
Neighbourhood Watch – Lally Katz
Silent Disco– Lachlan Philpott
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Love – Finegan Kruckemeyer
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing – Finegan Kruckemeyer
Snow On Mars – Richard Tulloch with Kim Carpenter and Gale Edwards
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – P CLASSIFICATION
Guess How Much I Love You: Favourite Thing – David Evans
Guess How Much I Love You: Follow Me – David Evans
Bananas In Pyjamas: The Snowman – Kevin Nemeth
Guess How Much I Love You: Snowflake – Jane Schneider
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – C CLASSIFICATION
Dance Academy: A Good Life – Roger Monk & Samantha Strauss
Dance Academy: The Prix de Fonteyn – Liz Doran
Dance Academy: The Second – Samantha Strauss
MONTE MILLER AWARD – LONG FORM
Lola – Pauline Findlay
Ashes – Michael Jones
The Box – Claire Phillips
Clinton Black’s Class For The Modern Liar – Simon Proud
Boys In The Trees – Nicholas Verso
MONTE MILLER AWARD – SHORT FORM
Safia’s Statue– Philip Enchelmaier
The Beekeeper– Will Goodfellow
Love Hurts– Nigel Karikari
The Ravens – Jennifer Perrott
Heatherdale – Duncan Richards
No Answers in a Gun – Kenneth Wallace
