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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2018
winner (Gender Equity Prize) form y
First Day
( dir. Julie Kalceff
)
Australia
:
Epic Films
,
2017
13571402
2017
single work
film/TV
'First Day tells a story about the fears associated with the transition between primary school and high school – but in Hannah’s case, the stakes are even higher: this year, she will be attending school for the first time as a girl.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Year: 2016
winner (International Award : Best Fiction Program for 7-10) form y
Little Lunch
( dir. Wayne Hope
)
Australia
:
Gristmill
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2015-2016
8722703
2015
series - publisher
film/TV
children's
'A mockumentary comedy series about fifteen highly significant minutes of a child's life: snack time in the primary school playground.'
Source: Production company website.
Works About this Award
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Why It’s Time to End the Policy Limbo Threatening Australian Children’s TV 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 September 2018;'Two Australian children’s TV programs, First Day and What’s It Like To Experience a Disability?, won prestigious Prix Jeunesse awards in May. Both were commissoned by the ABC’s children’s channel ABC ME. Both remind us that Australian children’s television consistently punches above its weight on the international stage.' (Introduction)
