FCCA Awards Winners Announced

FCCA Awards Winners Announced

The FCCA Awards for Australian Film were announced last night at an event at Paddington RSL which opened with an "In conversation with Oscar Winner and FCCA patron Adam Elliot". 

The event was hosted with considerable humour by ABC Local Radio presenter Rod Quinn and included his annual Film Trivia Quiz. 

Nominees and their representatives attending included Sue Maslin, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Jeremy Sims, young actors Ed Oxenbould and Coco Jack Gilles, who also presented awards, Leeanna Walsman, Damon Herriman and Kate Fitzpatrick. . 

Cast and crew from many of the nominated films were also in attendance making the audience one of the biggest turnouts in recent years. .

Although the FCCA has only recently introduced the award for Production Design, this year the vote was the tightest of all categories. As a consequence there was a tied award.

Awards were presented in 16 categories.

All members of the national body vote in all categories, except the Feature Documentary Award for which a special panel of Critics is convened, along with guest member Nick Torrens, last year's winner for documentary. This year the award was presented by Michael Loebenstein CEO of the NFSA. The Best Feature Documentary is presented in partnership with the National Film and Sound Archive.

Winners designated in bold **

Listed Alphabetically

FOXTEL AWARD FOR BEST FILM

The Dressmaker            Producer: Sue Maslin

Holding the Man            Producer: Kylie Du Fresne

Last Cab To Darwin            Producers: Lisa Duff, Greg Duffy, Jeremy Sims

Mad Max: Fury Road **            Producers: Doug Mitchell, George Miller, P.J.Voeten

Paper Planes            Producers: Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney, Maggie Miles

Tanna            Producers: Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Carolyn Johnson

BEST CHILDRENS FILM

Blinky Bill, The Movie            Producers: Barbara Stephen, Hans Bourlon, Jim Ballantine.

Oddball            Producers: Sheila Hanahan, Stephen Kearney, Richard Keddie

Paper Planes **            Producers: Robert Connolly, Liz Kearney, Maggie Miles

UNIVERSAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

Neil Armfield            Holding the Man

George Miller **            Mad Max: Fury Road

Jocelyn Moorhouse            The Dressmaker

Jeremy Sims            Last Cab To Darwin

BEST ACTRESS

Nicole Kidman            Strangerland

Charlize Theron            Mad Max: Fury Road

Leeanna Walsman            Manny Lewis

Kate Winslet **            The Dressmaker

BEST ACTOR

Patrick Brammall            Ruben Guthrie

Michael Caton **            Last Cab To Darwin

Ryan Corr            Holding the Man

Sullivan Stapleton            Cut Snake

THE MB FILMS AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS - SUPPORTING ROLE

Judy Davis **            The Dressmaker

Emma Hamilton            Last Cab To Darwin

Ningali Lawford-Wolf            Last Cab To Darwin

Sarah Snook            The Dressmaker

FILMINK AWARD BEST ACTOR - SUPPORTING ROLE

Mark Coles Smith **            Last Cab To Darwin

Alex Dimitriades            Ruben Guthrie

Anthony LaPaglia            Holding the Man

Hugo Weaving            The Dressmaker

Hugo Weaving            Strangerland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR Male & Female

Jeremy Chabriel            Partisan

Coco Jack Gillies **            Oddball - Female

Ed Oxenbould **            Paper Planes- Male

THE ACS AWARD BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Steve Arnold ACS            Last Cab To Darwin

Simon Chapman ACS            Cut Snake

Bentley Dean            Tanna

Donald McAlpine ACS ASC            The Dressmaker

John Seale AM ACS ASC **            Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NFSA

Putuparri and the Rainmakers Director: Nicole Ma Producers: Nicole Ma, John Moore

Sherpa **            Director: Jennifer Peedom Producers: Bridget Ikin, John Smithson

Snow Monkey            Director: George Gittoes Producers George Gitteos & Lizzette Atkins

Tyke Elephant Outlaw            Directors: Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore Producers: Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore

Women He's Undressed            Director: Gillian Armstrong Producers: Damien Parer, Gillian Armstrong

BEST SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY

Blake Ayshford                                     Cut Snake

Robert Connolly, Steve Worland                        Paper Planes

George Miller, Brendan McCarthy Nico Lathouris              Mad Max: Fury Road

Tommy Murphy **                                    Holding the Man

Jeremy Sims, Reg Cribb                                    Last Cab To Darwin

THE AGSC AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC

David Hirschfelder            The Dressmaker

Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL             Mad Max: Fury Road

Daniel Lopatin            Partisan

Antony Partos **            Tanna

Nigel Westlake            Paper Planes

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN 

Colin Gibson **            Mad Max: Fury Road

Josephine Ford            Cut Snake

Josephine Ford **            Holding the Man

Roger Ford             The Dressmaker

BEST EDITOR

Jill Bilcock            The Dressmaker

Andy Canny            Cut Snake

Dany Cooper            Holding the Man

Tania Nehme            Tanna

Margaret Sixel **            Mad Max: Fury Road