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: 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. Renee 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.
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Year: 2018
winner (Serial) form y Neighbours [Episode 7776] ( dir. Chris Adshead ) Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises , 2018 14121445 2018 single work film/TVwinner (Telemovie or Miniseries of 4 Hours or Less Duration, Including Original and Adapted Works.) form y Sunshine Matt Cameron , Elise McCredie , ( dir. Daina Reid ) Australia : Essential Media and Entertainment , 2017 10730914 2017 series - publisher film/TV crime'When a privileged suburban teen is critically assaulted, the blame is quickly laid on a group of young men from Melbourne’s South Sudanese community – jeopardising the dreams of 18-year-old star basketballer Jacob Chagai. But the truth is never black and white.'
Source: Screen Australia.
winner ('P' Classification) form y Where's Aaron? Victoria : Ned Lander Media Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2017 14123698 2017 single work film/TV children'swinner ('C' Classification) form y Flawless ( dir. Corrie Chen ) Australia : Matchbox Pictures Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2017 14124009 2017 single work film/TV -
Year: 2017
winner (Serial) form y Home and Away [Episode 6510] ( dir. Ian Gilmour ) Australia : Seven Network , 2016 11395680 2016 single work film/TVwinner (Series or Mini-Series (more than 4 hours' duration)) form y Alex ( dir. Glendyn Ivin ) Australia : Matchbox Pictures Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2017 11402814 2017 single work film/TVwinner (Telemovie or Miniseries (less than 4 hours' duration)) form y Deep Water ( dir. Shawn Seet ) Australia : Blackfella Films SBS , 2016 8570264 2016 series - publisher film/TV crime'Up to 80 murders, 30 unsolved cases, thousands of assaults. In the 1980s and 1990s a murderous epidemic grips Sydney. The attackers are united by contempt. Their targets united by their sexual identity. All are gay. For the first time Deep Water presents the full account of the gay hate crime epidemic that bloodied Sydney’s coastline. It stirs up old cases in the hope that new evidence will rise to the surface and bring peace and justice to the loved ones left behind..'
Source: Screen Australia.
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)