The Matchbox team with their award.
Matchbox Pictures has been crowned the 2017 Production Business of the Year at the Screen Producers Australia Awards, held last night at the Forum Theatre in Melbourne.
The award recognises a successful 12 months for the company, who had packed drama slate which included season three of Nowhere Boys (which also won the SPA Award for Children’s Series of the Year), second seasons of both Wanted and Glitch, Hyde and Seek and mini series Seven Types of Ambiguity. In unscripted Matchbox produced SBS’s Date My Race and expanded the Housewives franchise via Real Housewives of Sydney.
Congratulating Matchbox team on their win, SPA CEO Matthew Deaner said: “We are delighted to see such a powerhouse talented group such as Matchbox Pictures take out best production company. They continue to expand and forge new pathways in the industry allowing Australian stories to be told through multiple partners on a local and global level.”
Other winners on the night included See-Saw Films, who took home both Feature Film of the Year for Lion and Telemovie or Mini-Series of the Year for Top of the Lake: China Girl. Goalpost Pictures won Drama of the Year for Cleverman, while FremantleMedia Australia and Every Cloud Productions shared in the Screen Business Export Award.
The full list of winners:
Media Super Production Business of the Year
Matchbox Pictures
Lifetime Achievement Award
Pam Barnes
Drama Series of the Year
Cleverman
Goalpost Pictures
Feature Film of the Year
Lion
See-Saw Films
Comedy Series of the Year
Please Like Me
Guesswork Television
Series Documentary of the Year
Occupation: Native
Brindle Films
Single Documentary of the Year
The Go-Betweens: Right Here
Essential Media and Entertainment
Animated Series of the Year
Winston Steinburger & Sir Dudley Ding Dong
Sticky Pictures
Children’s Series of the Year
Nowhere Boys: Two Moons Rising
Matchbox Pictures
Light Entertainment of the Year
Anh’s Brush With Fame
Screentime
Online Series of the Year
Doodles
Ludo Studio
Reality Series of the Year
The Voice Australia
ITV Studios Australia
Telemovie or Mini Series of the Year
Top of the Lake: China Girl
See-Saw Films
Interactive or Game Production of the Year
Inside Manus
Hoodlum
Short Film of the Year
Mrs McCutcheon
Buffalo Media
Breakthrough Business of the Year
Factor 30 Films
Screen Business Export Award
Tie: Every Cloud Productions and FremantleMedia Australia
Services and Facilities Business of the Year
Film Finances
Ones To Watch Screen Internship
Ann Megalla
Ones To Watch SBS First Look Grant
Joel Kohn