FCCA awards were held at Paddington
RSL, Oxford Street, Paddington NSW on Tuesday 23 February
The Film Critics Circle of Australia is the original national body
of professional film critics and film writers. The FCCA's Annual Awards for
Australian film have been held for over 30 years.
The FCCA Awards for 2015 was extremely lively and well attended.
The house was full. The evening started in a special event with an "In
conversation with Oscar Winner and FCCA patron Adam Elliot. In
Conversation was hosted by ABC Radio's
CJ Johnson Rod Quinn hosted the awards
presentation and his yearly Film Trivia Quiz was a highlight of the evening.
Nominees and their representatives attending, included Sue
Maslin, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Jeremy Sims, young actors Ed Oxenbould and Coco Jack
Gilles, Leeanna Walseman, Australian
actor Damon Herriman, who has been doing extremely well in America, and Kate Fitzpatrick. .
Cast and crew from many of the nominated films were also in attendance
making g the audience one of the biggest turnouts in recent years. .
For the second year, a number of Awards were sponsored with
naming rights.
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.
Full information will be on the FCCA website from Wednesday
morning.
Any further information email: filmcriticsaust@bigpond.com or call the Awards Manager
Adrienne McKibbins 0425214950
NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS
Winners designated in Red
Listed Alphabetically
FOXTEL AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Dressmaker Producer:
Sue Maslin
Holding the Man Producer: Kylie Du Fresnel
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 Producer:
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
The FCCA Annual Awards were sponsored
by
FOXTEL, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, ACS,
AGSC, FILMINK
MB FILMS
FCCA DOCUMENATARY AWARD PRESENTED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL FILM & SOUND ARCHIVE
KARMEE COFFEE, AWIP, CURRENCY PRESS
UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT/MADMAN
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| Peter Kemp, Quentin Turnour, Lizzette Atkins, Moi (at back), Steve Walter and (Oscar winner) Adam Elliott |
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