AustLit
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2021
winner form y Freedom Swimmer ( dir. Olivia Martin-McGuire ) Australia : No Thing Productions , 2021 23435122 2021 single work film/TV'A hybrid, poetic documentary interweaving hand-drawn animation and film, which tells the story of a grandfather’s perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.'
Source: Sydney Film Festival.
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Year: 2019
winner form y Sohrab and Rustum ( dir. Lee Whitmore ) Australia : 2018 16831469 2018 single work film/TV'Sohrab and Rustum is the story of a young English teacher reading a poem to a class of teenage girls in 1960s Sydney. Through the poem, the girls are transported to ancient Persia where they witness a legendary fight between two warriors. The girls are confronted with the reality of death.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
winner form y The Crossing ( dir. Marieka Walsh ) Australia : Studio Balloon , 2016 16834592 2016 single work film/TV'A tender fable of an ageing sea captain, who risks the lives of his men when he decides to change course, taking his ship through a violent storm.'
Source: Sydney Film Festival.
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Year: 2018
winner form y Lost & Found ( dir. Bradley Slabe et. al. )agent Australia : 2018 14128855 2018 single work film/TVA knitted dinosaur must completely unravel itself to save the love of its life.
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Year: 2017
winner form y Lost Property Office ( dir. Daniel Agdag ) Australia : 8th In Line Productions Pty Ltd , 2017 14379818 2017 single work film/TV'Ed is the sole custodian of a lost property office. In many ways he, himself is like the lost items gathering dust. But although he is content to remain this way a letter on his desk states otherwise. How he chooses to move on from his post is somewhat unorthodox.'
Source: Screen Australia.
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Year: 2015
winner form y Grace Under Water ( dir. Anthony Lawrence ) Australia : Plasmation , 2014 8268174 2014 single work film/TV'Lou is losing the cold war with her stubborn and enigmatic stepdaughter Grace when an unexpected challenge arises from the depths of a warm, dreamy afternoon at the local pool.'
Source: IMDB.