Writer/directors have dominated the feature film categories for this year’s AWGIE Awards, to be presented in Sydney next month.
The field for the original feature film award includes Head South‘s Jonathan Ogilvie, Late Night with the Devil‘s Colin and Cameron Cairnes, The New Boy‘s Warwick Thornton, and The Rooster‘s Mark Leonard Winter, while Blueback‘s Robert Connolly will square off against The Royal Hotel writing duo Oscar Redding with Kitty Green in the adapted feature film category.
In the television – series category, Tony McNamara gets a nod for a final season episode of The Great, going up against The Newsreader‘s Kim Ho and Totally Completely Fine‘s Keir Wilkins.
Neighbours returns to fold in the TV serial nominations after being revived by Amazon Freevee last year, with Sarah Mayberry and Jason Herbison to vie for an award alongside Home and Away‘s Paige Montague and Louise Bowes, and Eastenders‘ Peter Mattessi.
Battling it out for the limited series prize are The Clearing‘s Elise McCredie, The House Across the Street‘s Giula Sandler, and The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart team of Sarah Lambert, Kirsty Fisher and Kim Wilson.
Colin From Accounts creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer have his and her nominations in the Comedy – Situation or Narrative category, alongside In Limbo‘s Tamara Asmar and A Christmas Ransom‘s Elliot Vella, Gretel Vella and Timothy Walker.
For Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment, the Gruen Nation team of James Colley, Bec Melrose, Kirsten Drysdale, Angela Lavoipierre and Cameron James will be up against The Last Year of Television: 2022‘s Mitch McTaggart, and Rob Hunter for The Weekly: The Week in TV feat. Margaret Pomeranz.
In children’s television, horror-comedy Crazy Fun Park picked up two nominations (Nicholas Verso and Magda Wozniak), competing with episodes of Turn Up the Volume (Chloe Wong, Penelope Chai and Matthew Bon) and season two of Mikki vs the World (Gemma Bird Matheson).
The preschool category sees a tussle between ABC Kids programs, as Beep and Mort (Amy Stewart and Charlotte Rose Hamlyn) goes up against Kangaroo Beach (Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Tim Bain, and Rebekka Schafferius).
The 56th Annual AWGIE Awards on Thursday, February 15 at the Parade Theatre at NIDA in Sydney.
Find the full list of nominees below:
FEATURE FILM – ORIGINAL
Head South – Jonathan Ogilvie
Late Night with the Devil – Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes
The New Boy – Warwick Thornton
The Rooster – Mark Leonard Winter
FEATURE FILM – ADAPTED
Blueback – Robert Connolly
The Royal Hotel – Oscar Redding with Kitty Green
SHORT FILM
IMOAN – Catherine Kelleher
Jia – Vee Shi
Tuī Ná – William Duan
Voice Activated – Steve Anthopoulos
DOCUMENTARY – PUBLIC BROADCAST (INCLUDING VOD) OR EXHIBITION
The Defenders – Matthew Bate
Harley & Katya – Blayke Hoffman with Selina Miles
John Farnham: Finding the Voice – Poppy Stockell with Paul Clarke
Volcano Man – Tim Russell with James Crawley and Steven Sander
DOCUMENTARY – COMMUNITY, EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night
TELEVISION – SERIAL
EastEnders: Episode 6593 – Peter Mattessi
Home and Away: Episode 7949 – Paige Montague
Home and Away: Episode 7959 – Louise Bowes
Neighbours: Episode 8867 – Sarah Mayberry
Neighbours: Episode 8903 – Jason Herbison
TELEVISION – SERIES
The Great: Season 3, ‘Ice’ – Tony McNamara
The Newsreader: Season 2, ‘People Like You and Me’ – Kim Ho
Totally Completely Fine: Season 1, ‘Not All Heroes Carry a Vape’ – Keir Wilkins
TELEVISION – LIMITED SERIES
The Clearing: ‘Maitreya’ – Elise McCredie
The House Across the Street – Giula Sandler
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Sarah Lambert, Kirsty Fisher and Kim Wilson
ANIMATION
Bird Drone: Clare Toonen
Koala Man: Season 1, ‘The Red Hot Rule’ – Nina Oyama
The Sandman: Season 1, ‘Dream of a Thousand Cats’ – Catherine Smyth-McMullen
The Strange Chores: Season 3, ‘Help Manga Charlie’ – Alix Beane
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – ‘P’ CLASSIFICATION (PRESCHOOL – UNDER 5 YEARS)
Beep and Mort: Season 1, ‘My Best Friend’ – Amy Stewart
Beep and Mort: Season 1, ‘Nothing To Do Day’ – Charlotte Rose Hamlyn
Kangaroo Beach: Special, ‘Hoppy Christmas Ghërkinn’ – Charlotte Rose Hamlyn and Tim Bain
Kangaroo Beach: Season 2, ‘King Kanga’ – Rebekka Schafferius
CHILDREN’S TELEVISION – ‘C’ CLASSIFICATION (CHILDREN’S – 5–14 YEARS)
Crazy Fun Park: Season 1, ‘I Don’t Want to Grow Up’ – Nicholas Verso
Crazy Fun Park: Season 1, ‘Remember Me’ – Magda Wozniak
Mikki vs the World: Season 2, ‘Broken Hearts and Stinky Farts’ – Gemma Bird Matheson
Turn Up the Volume: Season 1, ‘Spinning Around’ – Chloe Wong and Penelope Chai
Turn Up the Volume: Season 1, ‘The Less I Know the Better’ – Matthew Bon
COMEDY – SITUATION OR NARRATIVE
A Christmas Ransom – Elliot Vella, Gretel Vella and Timothy Walker
Colin from Accounts: Season 1, ‘Flash’ – Harriet Dyer
Colin from Accounts: Season 1, ‘The Good Room’ – Patrick Brammall
In Limbo: Season 1, ‘Cremating’ – Tamara Asmar
COMEDY – SKETCH OR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT
Gruen Nation: Season 14, ‘Pawesome’ – James Colley and Bec Melrose with Kirsten Drysdale,
Angela Lavoipierre and Cameron James
The Last Year of Television: 2022 – Mitch McTaggart
The Weekly: The Week in TV feat. Margaret Pomeranz – Rob Hunter
AUDIO – FICTION
Gripped: You Don’t Know Me: ‘Is There Anything Else You Remember?’ – Jacklyn Bassanelli
The Missed – Sami Shah
Starship Q Star: Season 1, ‘First Contact-ish’ – Meegan May and Lauren Anderson
AUDIO – NON-FICTION
Only one nomination and the winner will be announced on the night
STAGE – ORIGINAL
The End of Winter – Noëlle Janaczewska
Everyman and His Dog – Ron Elisha
Never Closer – Grace Chapple
The Return – John Harvey
Wayside Bride – Alana Valentine
Whitefella Yella Tree – Dylan Van Den Berg
STAGE – ADAPTED
Are We There Yet? – Finegan Kruckemeyer
Looking for Alibrandi – Vidya Rajan
Museum of Modern Love – Tom Holloway
MUSICAL THEATRE
Dubbo Championship Wrestling – Daniel Cullen with James Cullen
Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan – Alana Valentine and Christos Tsiolkas
COMMUNITY AND YOUTH THEATRE
The Chapel, the Fire and the Dead Cat – Madelaine Nunn
How to Vote: Or, the Repercussions of Political Ambition and Personal Rivalries within
Student Leadership and Media Organisations in the Context of the Post-COVID-19 Neoliberal
University Institution – Julian Larnach
Ngadjung – Dylan Van Den Berg
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
All the Shining Lights – Brendan Hogan
Past the Shallows – Julian Larnach
The Sleep that Ceased to Settle – Finegan Kruckemeyer
WEB SERIES AND OTHER NON-BROADCAST/NON-‘SUBSCRIPTION VIDEO ON DEMAND’ TV
SHORT WORKS
Appetite: Season 1, Episode 1 ‘Dead Ahead’ and Episode 2 ‘Pho Ken What’ – Mohini Herse,
Neilesh Verma and Grace Tan
Childish Deano: Season 1, Episode 1 ‘Show and Tell’ and Episode 6 ‘Apology’ – David Ferrier
with Dean Thomas
Latecomers: Season 1, Episode 1 ‘I Woke Up with Cerebral Palsy Again’ and Episode 3 ‘Great
Boobs’ – Emma Myers, Nina Oyama, Angus Thompson
Night Bloomers: Season 1, ‘Striking Hair Pins’ – Ra Chapman
Night Bloomers: Season 1, ‘Friend or Foe’ – Andrew Undi Le