AustLit
Most Referenced Works
Awards for Works
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form
y
Nitram
( dir. Justin Kurzel
)
Australia
:
Stan
,
2021
21974084
2021
single work
film/TV
'NITRAM looks at the events leading up to one of the darkest chapters in Australian history in an attempt to understand why and how this atrocity occurred. Currently in production in Victoria.'
Source: Stan.
- 2021 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Original
- 2022 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
- 2021 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2021 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2021 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Direction in Film
- 2021 winner Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Original Screenplay
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
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form
y
Penguin Bloom
( dir. Glendyn Ivin
)
Australia
:
Made Up Stories
Broadtalk
,
2020
13199657
2020
single work
film/TV
After Samantha Bloom suffers a devastating spinal injury, she she struggles with depression, until the family adopts a fledgling magpie called Penguin.
- 2020 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Adaptation
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Direction in Film
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2021 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
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form
y
True History of the Kelly Gang
( dir. Justin Kurzel
)
Australia
:
Film4
Screen Australia
Film Victoria
Porchlight Films
,
2018
12236444
2018
single work
film/TV
'Outlaw Ned Kelly lived only 25 years, but it was enough to write his story into Australian legend. The subject of countless books, songs, and other lore, he has become a near-mythical figure in the mould of Jesse James or even Robin Hood. Adapting the Booker Prize–winning novel by Peter Carey, True History of the Kelly Gang stars George MacKay, Russell Crowe, Nicholas Hoult, Essie Davis, and Charlie Hunnam in a gloriously fictionalized tale of a true-life renegade.
'Kelly (MacKay) grows up in an already rebellious Irish immigrant family, regularly bristling against the outback justice imposed by local police. Over time, he falls under the influence of Harry Power (Crowe), a true bush-ranger with little regard for colonial authority over the wild territory where he operates. Each encounter with the law pushes Kelly further and further into a dedicated life of crime. Soon enough, he's gathered a gang around him to help with the horse thieving and shootouts, and many Australian settlers are applauding his exploits. It all builds to an epic final showdown.'
Source: Toronto International Film Festival.
- 2019 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Adaptation
- 2020 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Screenplay
- 2020 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Film