Rush dominates AWGIE TV noms
The Australian Writers’ Guild has announced the nominations for the AWGIE Awards.
Beneath Hill 60, Lou, Animal Kingdom and the still unreleased Griff the Invisible compete for best original feature screenplay, while Rush dominated the TV series category with three of its episodes going against one of Spirited. Underbelly‘s second and third series monopolised the mini-series adaptation category.
The ceremony will take place at Peninsula, Melbourne, on August 20.
The nominees are:
TELEVISION: SERIES
- Rush Ep 210 – Armoured Car by David Caesar and Adam Todd
- Rush Ep 208 – Boy in the Bush by Michelle Offen
- Spirited – The Man Who Fell To Earth by Jacquelin Perske
- Rush Ep 222 – Water by Adam Todd
TELEVISION: MINI SERIES ADAPTATION
- Underbelly: The Golden Mile by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard
- Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities by Peter Gawler, Greg Haddrick, Kris Mrksa and Felicity Packard
TELEVISION: SERIAL
- Home and Away Ep 4917 by Fiona Bozic
- Home and Away EP 5003 by Phil Lloyd
- Home and Away Ep 5068 by Sam Meikle
- Neighbours Ep 5782 by Rene Zandveld
COMEDY: SITUATION OR NARRATIVE
- The Jesters – Hard Time Getting Soft by Kevin Brumpton and Angus Fitzsimons
- Lowdown – Who’s Your Baddy? by Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar
- 30 Seconds – Invisible Fault Lines by Timothy Bullock, Justin Drape and Scott Nowell
COMEDY: SKETCH OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
- Good News Week – The 2009 Sauce Bottle Awards by Dave Bloustien, Simon Dodd, Bruce Griffiths,Warwick Holt, Paul Livingston and Ian Simmons
- Talkin’ ‘bout Your Generation: Episode 16 by Stephen Hall and Michael Ward with Shaun Micallef
DOCUMENTARY: PUBLIC BROADCAST
- Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens in Australia by John Hughes
- Addicted to Money – Episode 2 by Simon Nasht with David McWilliams
- Darwin by Katherine Thomson
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION: P CLASSIFICATION
- Bananas in Pyjamas – Bird Song by John Armstong
- Penelope K, By the Way – Why Do Elephants Have Trunk’ by Melanie Alexander
- Bananas in Pyjamas (animated series) ‘The Little Fish’ by Kevin Nemeth
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION: C CLASSIFICATION
- Lockie Leonard – Crimes of the Heartless by Shelley Birse
- Dance Academy – Growing Pains by Sarah Lambert
- My Place – 1958 – Michaelis by Tim Pye
- Dance Academy – Turning Points by Greg Waters
FEATURE FILM: SCREENPLAY ADAPTATION
- Creation by John Collee
- Balibo by David Williamson AO and Robert Connolly
FEATURE FILM: SCREENPLAY ORIGINAL
- Lou by Belinda Chayko
- Griff the Invisible by Leon Ford
- Animal Kingdom by David Michôd
- Beneath Hill 60 by David Roach
SHORT FILM
- Just Desserts by Gillian Bartlett
- The Not So Great Eugene Green – Michael Hill
- A Parachute Falling in Siberia – Ian Meadows and Sarah Shaw
- Stuffed by Magdalena Wozniak
MONTE MILLER AWARD – Unproduced script: SHORT FORM
- Golden Girl by Holly Alexander
- Stop 39 by Irina Goundortseva
- From Halfway There, With Love by Mandy McCarthy
- The Ball by Andrew Slattery
MONTE MILLER AWARD – Unproduced script: LONG FORM
- Chrome by Jonathan Empson
- Burn by James Melchior
- Death by Shark by Heidi Regan
- Weightless by Eliesha Steel
- Sleepwalker by Matt Wheeldon
The categories for Telemovie, Interactive and Documentary – Corporate and Training have one nomination only, and the winner will be announced on the night.
RADIO: ORIGINAL
- The Violin Player by Catherine Fargher
- Dark Paradise by Noëlle Janaczewska
- Kasa Por Yarn by Simon Luckhurst
- Killing Oleander by Stephanie McCarthy
RADIO: ADAPTATION
- Mrs Macquarie’s Cello by Donna Abela
- Lines in the Sand by Simon Luckhurst
THEATRE: STAGE
- The Dark Room by Angela Betzien
- And No More Shall We Part by Tom Holloway
- Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd by Lally Katz
- Transparency by Suzie Miller
- The Book of Everything by Richard Tulloch
THEATRE: MUSIC THEATRE
- Call Girl the Musical by Tracy Harvey and Doug Macleod
- Rembrandt’s Wife by Sue Smith
THEATRE: COMMUNITY & YOUTH THEATRE
- Night Breakfast by Merillee Moss
- Bustown by Lachlan Philpott
