FILM CRITICS' CIRCLE OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS - THE NIGHTINGALE wins and Rolf De Heer gets Career Achievement Award

The Nightingale, producers Kristina Ceyton, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent, Bruna Papandrea, was announced as Best Film by Film Critics Circle of Australia in their annual Awards for Australian Film, presented on Monday night. The film’s star Aisling Franciosi was awarded the Best Actress Award.

David Michôd was presented with the Universal Pictures Award for Best Director for The King, while Joel Edgerton picked up the Best Actor Supporting Role Award. Together, Michôd and Edgerton won the Bunya Productions Award for Best Screenplay (original or adapted).
Damon Herriman picked up the Toil Films Award for Best Actor for his role in Judy and Punch.
Danger Close: The Battle Of Long Tan received three craft awards, with Best Cinematography to Ben Nott ACS, the AGSC Award for Best Original Score to Caitlin Yeo and Best Editor to Veronika Jenet

The Awards were hosted by Actor Les Asmussen, and presenters included Nicholas Gledhill, Gary Sweet, Jeremy Sims, Kim Knukey, Matthew Frawley and Robina Beard.
Director, producer, writer Rolf de Heer was honoured with a special award in recognition of a unique body of work and its contribution to Australian cinema.

Damon Herriman taken under the editor's wing at a previous
FCCA Awards night

FCCA’s Adrienne McKibbins said “Over the years the FCCA has presented a number of special awards to individuals who have contributed something outstanding /exceptional through their work to cinema and film culture. This is not a Life Achievement Award, as a number of recipients - including Rolf, we hope - are only part way through their career.”

The 2019 FCCA Awards for Australian Film are kingly supported by Kudos Knowledge, Universal Pictures, MB Films, Currency Press, Bunya Productions, Truly Tasmanian, Toil Films and the AGSC.

ALL INFORMATION REGARDING THE AWARDS NIGHT @ fcca.com.au Contact FCCA @ filmcriticsaust@bigpond.com

The MB Films Award for Best Actress Supporting Role went to Ursula Yovich for her

outstanding performance in Top End Wedding.

The Kudos Knowledge Award for Best Feature Documentary was shared by two films, The

Final Quarter (Director Ian Darling, Producers Mary Macrae, Ian Darling) and Martha, A

Picture Story (Director Selina Miles, Producer Daniel Joyce).

2019 FCCA AWARDS FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM
Full list of nominations and winners.
SPECIAL AWARD IN RECOGNITION OF A UNIQUE BODY OF WORK AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: Rolf de Heer

BEST FILM
BUOYANCY HOTEL MUMBAI
JUDY & PUNCH THE KING
THE NIGHTINGALE
RIDE LIKE A GIRL

PRODUCERS: KRISTINA CEYTON, SAMANTHA JENNINGS, RITA WALSH

*WINNER*

PRODUCERS: BASIL IWANYK, GARY HAMILTON, ANDREW OGILVIE, JOMON THOMAS, JULIE RYAN, MIKE GABRAWY
PRODUCERS: MICHELE BENNETT NASH EDGERTON, DANNY GABAI
PRODUCERS: BRAD PITT, DEDE GARDNER LIZ WATTS, JEREMY KLEINER,
DAVID MICHÔD, JOEL EDGERTON
PRODUCERS: KRISTINA CEYTON, STEVE HUTENSKY, JENNIFER KENT BRUNA PAPANDREA
PRODUCERS: RACHEL GRIFFITHS RICHARD KEDDIE,
SUSIE MONTAGUE-DELANEY

BEST DIRECTOR / UNIVERSAL PICTURES AWARD

JENNIFER KENT ANTHONY MARASDAVID MICHÔDRODD RATHJEN KRIV STENDERS

*WINNER*

THE NIGHTINGALE
HOTEL MUMBAITHE KINGBUOYANCY
DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN
THE NIGHTINGALE BUOYANCY
ACUTE MISFORTUNEJUDY AND PUNCH

BEST ACTOR /TOIL FILMS AWARD

BAYKALI GANAMBARR SARM HENG
DANIEL HENSHALLDAMON HERRIMAN

*WINNER*

BEST ACTRESS
AISLING FRANCIOSI
TERESA PALMER MIRANDA TAPSELL MIA WASIKOWSKA

*WINNER*

THE NIGHTINGALE
RIDE LIKE A GIRL TOP END WEDDING JUDY AND PUNCH
THE KING
HOTEL MUMBAI
RIDE LIKE A GIRL
STORM BOY
JUDY AND PUNCHDANGER CLOSE: BATTLE OF LONG TAN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ADAM ARKAPAW ACS
*WINNER*
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE/ AGSC AWARD
VOLKER BERTELMANN
DAVID HIRSCHFELDER ALAN JOHNFRANÇOIS TÉTAZCAITLIN YEO

RADEK LADCZUK THE NIGHTINGALE

MICHAEL LATHAM BUOYANCY

BEN NOTT ACS

DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN

*WINNER*

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)/ BUNYA PRODUCTIONS AWARD

JOHN COLLEE, ANTHONY MARAS
ERIK JENSEN, THOMAS M WRIGHT JENNIFER KENTDAVID MICHÔD, JOEL EDGERTON *WINNER*
BEST EDITOR
VERONIKA JENET *WINNER*PETER McNULTY, ANTHONY MARAS SIMON NJOOPETER SCIBERRAS
BEST ACTOR SUPPORTING ROLE
*WINNER*

HOTEL MUMBAI ACUTE MISFORTUNE THE NIGHTINGALETHE KING
DANGER CLOSE: THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN
HOTEL MUMBAI THE NIGHTINGALETHE KING

JOEL EDGERTON

DAMON HERRIMAN THE NIGHTINGALE

THE KING

BEN MENDELSOHN THE KING

MICHAEL SHEASBY THE NIGHTINGALE

BEST ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE / MB FILMS AWARDS

TILDA COBHAM-HERVEY HOTEL MUMBAI

MAGNOLIA MAYMURU THE NIGHTINGALE

ALIA SHAWKAT ANIMALS

URSULA YOVICH

*WINNER*
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY/ KUDOS KNOWLEDGE AWARD

TOP END WEDDING

THE EULOGY DIRECTOR: JANINE HOSKING

SUZI Q

DIRECTOR: LIAM FIRMAGER PRODUCER: TAIT BRADY