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Aunty Betelnut
Documentary
Director:
Natasha Henry
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A diverse group of five Papua Ginean aunties gather to partake in a timeless tradition and share memories of their homeland.
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Balibo
Feature film/animation
Director:
Robert Connolly
Starring:
Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Nathan Phillips, Damon Gameau, Gyton Grantley and Tom Wright.
NominatedActor:
Anthony Lapaglia
Nominated Actress:
Bea Viegas
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BALIBO is the true story of the murder of five Australian journalists in East Timor in 1975 in the lead up to the invasion by Indonesia.
Juliana Da Costa was nine years old when Indonesia invaded Dili. For the first time since that tragic day, she returns to Dili to give evidence to the Timor-Leste Commission For Truth and Reconciliation. The revelations of her testimony frame BALIBO as Juliana describes the day of the invasion and the massacre that unfolded on the Dili Wharf in 1975.
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Beautiful Kate
Feature film/animation
Director:
Rachel Ward
Starring:
Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown and Maeve Dermody.
NominatedActor:
Ben Mendelsohn
Nominated Actress:
Sophie Lowe
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Beautiful Kate is the story of Ned Kendall, his relationship as a teenager with his twin sister
Kate, and the emotional aftermath of her death in a car accident at the age of sixteen.
Told in parallel narratives of past and present, the story follows adult Ned’s
return home after an absence of twenty years. The impetus for his visit is that his father Bruce is dying and has demanded his return. Along for the
ride with Ned is his 21-year old fiancée, Toni, a sexy waitress/wannabe actress.
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Blessed
Feature film/animation
Director:
Ana Kokkinos
Starring:
Miranda Otto, Frances O'connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sophie Lowe and Tasma Walton.
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During the course of one day and night, seven children wander the streets in an urban odyssey. But not all of them will find their way home. Dawn breaks and it's the same day, but now we experience the journey from their mothers point of view.
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Cedar Boys
Feature film/animation
Director:
Serhat Caradee
Starring:
Les Chantery, Rachael Taylor, Waddah Sari, Buddy Dannoun, Martin Henderson and Bren Foster.
NominatedActor:
Les Chantery
Nominated Actress:
Rachael Taylor
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Tarek, a young Lebanese-Australian panel-beater, struggling to realise his dreams, is offered a chance to set himself up for life. All he has to do is follow a plan to outsmart the cops and a gang of serious criminals. He wants the prize but is he ready to pay the price.
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Disgrace
Feature film/animation
Director:
Steve Jacobs
Starring:
John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney and Fiona Press.
NominatedActor:
John Malkovich
Nominated Actress:
Jessica Haines
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Disgrace takes place in modern day, post-apartheid South Africa. David Lurie, a twice-divorced professor at a Cape Town technical university is fired from his job for a passionate but brief affair with a student who is ambivalent about his embraces. This disgrace cause him to retreat to his daughter Lucy's isolated farm in the east. This peaceful rural life until it is ripped apart by a traumatic and violent attack which forces them both to re-evaluate their beliefs.
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Mary & Max
Feature film/animation
Director:
Adam Elliot
Starring:
Philip S Hoffman and Toni Collette.
NominatedActor:
Philip S Hoffman
Nominated Actress:
Toni Collette
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A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York
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My Tehran for Sale
Feature film/animation
Director:
Granaz Moussavi
Starring:
Amir Chegini and Marzieh Vafamhr
NominatedActor:
Amir Chegini
Nominated Actress:
Marzieh Vafamehr
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My Tehran for Sale is a groundbreaking film, revealing fresh truths behind the facade of contemporary Iran. Marzieh is an actress living in Tehran where, like most young people, she is forced to lead a secret life to express her art. At an underground rave party she meets Saman, now an Australian citizen, who offers her a way out- until things go terribly wrong.
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Newcastle
Feature film/animation
Director:
Dan Castle
Starring:
Lachlan Buchanan and Gigi Edgley
NominatedActor:
Lachlan Buchanan
Nominated Actress:
Gigi Edgley
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Seventeen year old JESSE lives in the shadow of his older brother VICTOR's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. A momentous weekend away with his mates, that includes first love and tragedy, leads him to discover what's really important.
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The 10 conditions of Love
Documentary
Director:
Jeff Daniels
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Rebiya Kadeer spent six years in a Chinese prison before being exiled to Washington DC. A tireless advocate for the independence of her oil-rich Uyghur home-land known as east Turkestan. She has been punished at every turn by the Chinese authorities, who have now condemned two of her sons to lengthy prison sentences.
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The Marriage Of Figaro
Feature film/animation
Director:
Chris Moon
NominatedActor:
Tony Hill
Nominated Actress:
Jacqueline Cook
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The film is about a kind-hearted Australian biker who finally proposes to the mother of his two children and then struggles to prevent the wedding from wrecking their perfectly good relationship.
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