​AFCA 2012 Writing & Film Award Winners

AFCA 2012 Writing Awards

Ivan Hutchinson Award for Writing on Australian Film
  Rebecca Harkins-Cross – Who's Afraid of the Working Class?  We Are

Award for Writing on Non-Australian Film
  Jake Wilson –Islands and Ghosts: Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer

Award for a Review of an Individual Australian Film
  Alice Tynan – Griff the Invisible 

Award for a Review of an Individual Non-Australian Film
  Josh Nelson – Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 



Judging Panel


 Alan Finney,
Chair of the AFI and the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 
 Richard Sowada,
Head of Film Programs at Australian Centre for the Moving Image 
 Deb Verhoeven,
Professor, School of Communication & Creative Arts, Deakin University

Click here to read full award winning articles


Results of the Film Awards were as follows:
 

Best Australian Film
WINNER:  Snowtown

Best Overseas Film (English Language)
WINNER: The Tree of life

Best Overseas Film (Foreign Language
WINNER: Incendies

Best Actor
WINNER:  Daniel Henshall (Snowtown)

Best Actress
WINNER: Emily Watson (Oranges & Sunshine)

Best Documentary
WINNER: Senna

Best Director
WINNER:  Justin Kurzel (Snowtown)
 
Best Screenplay
WINNER:  Shaun Grant (Snowtown)