Western Australian screen practitioners and productions have been picking up awards left, right and centre!

We want to take a moment to shine a light on our talented practitioners and congratulate them on their recent achievements.

Tyson Mowarin

Writer/Director of THALU: DREAMTIME IS NOW and UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, Weerianna Street Media

• WINNER – 2018 Martin Leroy Adams Award of Resistance

A STARGAZER’S GUIDE TO THE COSMOS – TV Series

Joined Up Films

• WINNER – 2018 SAE ATOM Award for Best Factual Television Series
• WINNER – 2018 APRA Award for Best Music for a Documentary (Sean Tinnion)

“As it’s my first time at the 2018 APRA Screen Music Awards, I am grateful to have been there as a nominee so when I won the award for ‘Best Music To A Documentary’ I was extremely humbled and thankful to all involved,” said composer Sean Tinnion.

MYSTERY ROAD – TV Series

David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin (ABC/Bunya Productions)

• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Drama Series
• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Action in a Television Drama (Wayne Blair)
• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama (Deborah Mailman)
• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television (Episode 5: Deborah Peart)
• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score in Television (Episode 4: Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales)
• WINNER – 2018 Screen Forever Award for Telemovie or Mini Series Production of the Year

BREATH – Feature Film

Mark Johnson, Simon Baker and Jamie Hilton (Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures)

• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor (Simon Baker)
• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Sound (Robert Mackenzie, Trevor Hope, Jed Dodge, Tara Web)

JIRGA – Feature Film

Benjamin Gilmour and John Maynard (Felix Media)

• WINNER – 2018 AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

JUDAS COLLAR – Short Film

Alison James and Brooke Tia Silcox

• WINNER – 2018 Austin Film Festival Award for Best Narrative Short Film
• 2018 Dendy Short Film Award Special Mention for the Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director(Alison James)

LET’S SEE HOW FAST THIS BABY WILL GO – Short Film

Julietta Boscolo and Eva Di Blasio

• WINNER – 2018 SAE ATOM Award for Best Short Fiction (50 minutes or less)

RIFT – Short Film

Quentin Curzon and Hannah Ngo, WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University

• WINNER – 2018 SAE ATOM Award for Best Tertiary Short Fiction

Hien Pham

• WINNER – 2018 Australian Game Developer Award for visual novel IT WILL BE HARD

PRESSURE – Game

Mason Flemming and Michael Boyle, WA Screen Academy, Edith Cowan University

• WINNER – 2018 SAE ATOM Award for Best Educational Game

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