AustLit
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Awarded in several sub-categories which have varied over the life of the Awards. Regular awards are given for a Television Series, a Serial, an Original work for television and an Adaptation specifically for television.
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2024
Indexed selectively. Also shortlisted: an episode of Eastenders.winner (Serial) form y Neighbours [Episode 8867] Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2022 27437598 2022 single work film/TVwinner (Series) form y Ice ( dir. Jaffar Mahmood ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Thruline Entertainment Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2023 27437731 2023 single work film/TVwinner (Limited Series) form y The House Across the Street ( dir. Dominic Leclerc ) United Kingdom (UK) : Channel 5 Television Clapperboard Studios MK1 Productions , 2022 27438422 2022 series - publisher film/TV Claudia lacks a close relationship with her own son and is desperate for some connection. When a local child goes missing, she becomes involved in the situation and with the family. -
Year: 2022
winner (Serial) form y Home and Away [Episode 7742] ( dir. Arnie Custo et. al. )agent Australia : Seven Network , 2022 25571293 2022 single work film/TVwinner (Series) form y No More Lies ( dir. Emma Freeman ) Australia : Werner Film Productions , 2021 23367711 2021 single work film/TVwinner (Limited Series) form y Fires The Fires Australia : Tony Ayres Productions , 2021 20851564 2021 series - publisher film/TV'The Tony Ayres Productions (TAP) series is planned as a serialised anthology, inspired by the stories of the people who survived the catastrophe and continue to endure its aftermath.
'Each episode will be based around character studies of ordinary people caught in the unimaginable and the impossible choices they were forced to make. These will include volunteer firefighters; families who lost homes, livelihoods and loved ones; people who had to make agonising decisions about whether to stay or flee; and others who found themselves responsible for the lives of friends and strangers.'
Source: Inside Film (https://www.if.com.au/abc-tony-ayres-productions-developing-bushfire-drama/). (Sighted: 3/12/2020)
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Year: 2021
winner (Serial) form y Neighbours [Episode 8367] ( dir. Laurence Wilson ) Australia : FremantleMedia Australia , 2020 23332504 2020 single work film/TVwinner (Series or Mini-series of More than 4 Hours Duration) form y The Beaver's Nose ( dir. Geeta V. Patel ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Echo Lake Entertainment Macgowan and Beneficiary Films Media Rights Capital , 2020 23332809 2020 single work film/TVwinner (Telemovie or Mini-series of 4 Hours or Less Duration) form y New Gold Mountain Peter Cox , ( dir. Peter Cox ) 2021 Australia : Goalpost Pictures , 2021 23317689 2021 series - publisher film/TV historical fiction'1857, the charismatic headman of the Chinese mining camp struggles to maintain the fragile harmony between Chinese and European diggers when a murdered European woman is discovered to have links to the Chinese community.' (Production summary)
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Year: 2020
winner (Serial) form y The Heights [Season Two, Episode Seven] ( dir. Renée Webster ) Australia : Matchbox Pictures For Pete's Sake Productions , 2020 20263136 2020 single work film/TVwinner (Series or Mini-series of More than 4 Hours Duration) form y Total Control [Episode 1.3] ( dir. Rachel Perkins ) Australia : Blackfella Films Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2019 20269393 2019 single work film/TVwinner (Telemovie or Mini-series of 4 Hours or Less Duration) form y The Hunting Matthew Cormack , Sophie Hyde , ( dir. Ana Kokkinos et. al. )agent Adelaide : Closer Productions , 2019 16903484 2019 series - publisher film/TV'THE HUNTING intimately and dramatically imagines the lives of four teenagers, their teachers and their families throughout the lead up, revelation and aftermath of a nude teen photo scandal. When two high school teachers discover students are sharing explicit photos of their underage friends and peers online, the revelation has unbearable consequences for their students and their families. Tackling themes of misogyny, privacy, sexuality and sexualisation, online exploitation, masculinity and gender, the series uses this singular event as a way of exploring some of the most pressing issues of our time and offering a vital portrait of contemporary, multicultural Australia.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2019
winner (Serial) form y Neighbours [Episode 8052] ( dir. Kate Kendall ) Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises FremantleMedia Australia , 2019 16957926 2019 single work film/TVwinner (Series or Mini-Series of More than Four Hours' Duration) form y Jack Irish [Episode 2.1] ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2018 16958262 2018 single work film/TVwinner (Telemovie or Miniseries of Four Hours or Less Duration, including Original and Adapted Works) form y The Cry ( dir. Glendyn Ivin ) United Kingdom (UK) Australia : Synchronicity Films , 2018 15282238 2018 series - publisher film/TV thrillerAdaptation of Helen FitzGerald's novel of the same name.
When their small child goes missing from their car in an Australian town, the relationship between an Australian man and his English second wife is tested.
Told via flashbacks in a court-ordered meeting with a psychologist.
Works About this Award
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Jimi Bani Up for a Logie 2013 single work column
— Appears in: Torres News , 18-24 March no. 1057 2013; (p. 9) -
Mini-Series to Mine Rinehart's Life 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 February 2013; (p. 3) -
Puberty Begins August 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 July 2012; (p. 21) -
Audiences Returning Eden for New Soap Era 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 July 2012; (p. 22) -
Underbelly Award for Territory Writer 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 August 2010; (p. 11)