AustLit
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2010
winner form y The Kiss ( dir. Ashlee Page ) Australia : Sacred Cow Films , 2010 Z1780975 2010 single work film/TV'Returning home through the scrub after a night out two teenage girls seek respite from the stifling heat. Fuelled by cheap alcohol and teenage hormones they make their way to an isolated fire-water tank, lured by the promise of cool water. Once inside the tank the intimate mood takes a dangerous turn when they discover they are trapped with no way out.'
Source: http://thekiss.net.au/ (Sighted 23/05/2011).
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Year: 2008
winner form y Jerrycan ( dir. Julius Avery ) 2008 Z1516634 2008 single work film/TV -
Year: 2007
winner form y Spike Up ( dir. Anthony Maras ) Adelaide : AntHouse Films , 2007 Z1601968 2007 single work film/TV A tale of family, friendship and international drug mules. (Internet Movie Database record) -
Year: 2005
winner form y Jewboy ( dir. Tony Krawitz ) 2005 Australia : Porchlight Films , 2005 Z1189274 2005 single work film/TV'After the death of his father, Yuri returns from Israel to the strict Chasidic community of Sydney. Losing his faith in Judaism, he rejects his former girlfriend Rivka and starts driving taxis. He falls for Sarita and in his grieving state takes much more from their budding friendship than she does. In his confused search for intimacy he ends up in some of the least intimate spaces, like porn shops and peepshows. Jewboy is a film about a young man's search for his place in the world, his family and his faith.'
Source: Publisher's synopsis.
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Year: 2004
winner form y Lennie Cahill Shoots Through ( dir. Paul Oliver ) Sydney : Late Saturday Films SBS Television , 2003 6088745 2003 single work film/TV crime humour'Lennie Cahill, an old South Sydney crim dying of cancer, is determined to make amends for a 20-year-old unsolved crime and the loss of the people, places and values of an older Sydney. Dodging Twink, a cop on the verge of retirement, he stuns the city with a series of video confessions. But exactly what do Lennie and Twink regret? Making amends is more than saying sorry.'
Source: Australian Film Commission (http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/cannes04/feature_126.aspx). (Sighted: 26/6/2013)