Nine features have been nominated for this year's AWGIE Awards for performance writing.
Eight telemovies and miniseries are in contention. The Australian Writers’ Guild says nominations in the 25 categories for the 48th Annual AWGIE Awards reflect the abundance of outstanding work currently being produced in Australia.
Nominees for best original telemovie are Steven McGregor for Redfern Now: Promise Me and Katherine Thomson for House of Hancock, while Christopher Lee’s Gallipoli and Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon’s The Secret River contend for best adaptation in a television miniseries.
There are four nominees for original television mini-series: The Principal by Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy; The Kettering Incident by Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox; Deadline Gallipoli by Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland; and Love Child: Series 2 from Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar.
In the categories for original and adapted feature films, the nine nominations are: Paper Planes by Robert Connolly and Steve Worland; The Water Diviner by Andrew Knight and Andrew Anastasios; The Little Death by Josh Lawson; Ashby by Tony McNamara; Skin Deep by Monica Zanetti; Sucker by Ben Chessell and Lawrence Leung; Ruben Guthrie by Brendan Cowell; The Last Cab to Darwin by Reg Cribb with Jeremy Sims; and Holding the Man by Tommy Murphy.
This year’s ceremony will be again hosted by the AWG’s Ian Simmons at Doltone House, Hyde Park Sydney on Friday September 11.
The AWG will also award up to $100,000 to the recipients of the 2015 Australian Writers’ Foundation Playwriting Award, supported by Kim Williams, and the David Williamson Prize, given in recognition of excellence in writing for the the theatre.
TELEMOVIE – ORIGINAL
Redfern Now Telemovie – Promise Me – Steven McGregor
House of Hancock – Katherine Thomson
TELEVISION: MINI-SERIES – ADAPTATION
Gallipoli – Christopher Lee
The Secret River – Jan Sardi & Mac Gudgeon
TELEVISION: MINI-SERIES – ORIGINAL
The Principal – Alice Addison and Kristen Dunphy
The Kettering Incident – Vicki Madden, Andrew Knight, Cate Shortland and Louise Fox
Deadline Gallipoli -Jacquelin Perske, Stuart Beattie, Shaun Grant and Cate Shortland
Love Child: Series 2 – Tim Pye, Cathryn Strickland, Chris McCourt, Jane Allen and Tamara Asmar
TELEVISION – SERIES
Offspring: Episode 510 – Leon Ford
Offspring: Episode 511 – Michael Lucas
Wentworth: Series 2, 'Fear Her' – Pete McTighe
The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Series 3, 'Darkness Visible' – Stuart Page
Wentworth: Series 3, 'The Governor's Pleasure' – Stuart Page
TELEVISION – SERIAL
Home and Away: Episode 6202 – Romina Accurso
Home and Away: Episode 6057 – Louise Bowes
Neighbours: Episode 6962 – Nick King
Neighbours: Episode 6943 – Emma J. Steele
COMEDY – SKETCH OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
COMEDY – SITUATION OR NARRATIVE
Maximum Choppage: 'A Fistful of Pastels' – Lawrence Leung
It's A Date: Series 2, 'Worst Thing' – Phil Lloyd with Peter Helliar
Danger 5: 'Back to the Führer' – Dario Russo and David Ashby
Please Like Me: Series 2, 'Scroggin' – Josh Thomas
FEATURE FILM – ORIGINAL
Paper Planes – Robert Connolly & Steve Worland
The Water Diviner – Andrew Knight & Andrew Anastasios
The Little Death – Josh Lawson
Ashby – Tony McNamara
Skin Deep – Monica Zanetti
FEATURE FILM – ADAPTATION
Sucker – Ben Chessell & Lawrence Leung
Ruben Guthrie – Brendan Cowell
The Last Cab to Darwin – Reg Cribb with Jeremy Sims
Holding the Man – Tommy Murphy
SHORT FILM
Foal – Vanessa Gazy
Red Rover – Brooke Goldfinch
Welcome to Iron Knob – Dave Wade
RADIO – ORIGINAL BROADCAST
The Other Polish Explorer – Noëlle Janaczewska
Like a Writing Desk – Aden Rolfe
The Ravens – Alana Valentine
RADIO – ADAPTATION

No nominees in 2015
INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
ANIMATION
Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong: 'Camp Coppawannastopya' – Tim Bain
Pirate Express: 'One Flew Over the Crow's Nest' – Thomas Duncan-Watt
The New Adventures of Figaro Pho: 'The Fear of Zombies (Romerophobia)' – Bruce Griffiths
DOCUMENTARY – PUBLIC BROADCAST
Sam Klemke's Time Machine -Matthew Bate and Sandy Cameron
Gayby Baby – Charlotte Mars
Shock Room – Kathryn Millard
Women He's Undressed – Katherine Thomson
Monkey Grip – Fiona Tuomy
DOCUMENTARY – CORPORATE AND TRAINING
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
COMMUNITY AND YOUTH THEATRE
The Gap – Patricia Cornelius, Angela Betzien and Melissa Reeves
Six Million Hits – Caleb Lewis
Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday – Roslyn Oades
STAGE
Jump for Jordan – Donna Abela
Brothers Wreck – Jada Alberts
Monologue for a Murderer – Kate Rice
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
Luke Lloyd: Alienoid – John Armstrong
The Boy at the Edge of Everything – Finegan Kruckemeyer
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Sugarland – Rachael Coopes. Story by Rachael Coopes with Wayne Blair
Marlin – Damien Millar
M.Rock – Lachlan Philpott
Girl Asleep – Matthew Whittet
MUSIC THEATRE
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night.
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – P CLASSIFICATON
Guess How Much I Love You: 'Little Green Worm' – David Evans
Guess How Much I Love You: 'Make A Rainbow' – Charlotte Rose Hamlyn
Bubble Bath Bay: 'Gone With The Wind' – Rachel Spratt
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – C CLASSIFICATION
Nowhere Boys: Series 2, Episode 7 – Pete McTighe
The Deep: 'Digging Deeper' – Tom Taylor
Skinner Boys: 'Festival of the Ancestors' – David Witt
DRAMA OR COMEDY, OTHER FORM
Crazy Bastards: Episodes 1-3 – Justin Heazlewood
The Katering Show – Kate McLennan with Kate McCartney
BedHead: Episode 1 and 4 – Jon Dalgaard and Claire Phillips with Tom Keele, Reece Jones and Ben Mathews
Restoration – Stuart Willis with Matthew Clayfield
MONTE MILLER AWARD – LONG FORM
A Piece of Meat – Ed Blythe with James Windeler
The Man from the Moon – Gemma Crofts
Butterflies – Jenny Hicks
Living Metal – C.S. McMullen
The Spy – Andrew Slattery
MONTE MILLER AWARD – SHORT FORM
The Brooch – Elizabeth Dias
5 Moons of Pluto – Bradford Walton