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33 Postcards
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Pauline Chan
Starring:
Guy Pearce, Lincoln Lewis, Claudia Karvan, Rhys Muldoon
NominatedActor:
Guy Pearce
Nominated Actress:
Zhu Lin
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Sixteen-year-old Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) has dreamt of meeting her Australian sponsor and pen-friend Dean Randall (Guy Pearce) and his 'perfect family' for ten years. When her orphanage travels to Australia to attend a choir festival, Mei Mei disobeys the school leader and sets out to find him and discovers that the idyllic life Dean depicted in his postcards is far from the truth.
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A Few Best Men
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Stephan Elliott
Starring:
Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Rebel Wilson and Olivia Newton-John
NominatedActor:
Xavier Samuel
Nominated Actress:
Olivia Newton-John
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When David travels to Australia to marry the love of his life, his three best men give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'for better or worse'. The chaos-filled wedding is a classic culture clash between his friends and her family … because blood is thicker than water and so are David's mates!
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A Heartbeat Away
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Gale Edwards
Starring:
Isabel Lucas, William Zappa, Tammy McIntosh, Terry Camilleri, Roy Billing
NominatedActor:
Sebastian Gregory
Nominated Actress:
Isabel Lucas
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An aspiring rock guitarist is forced to take over the musical direction of his father’s marching band just weeks before a major competition.
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Any Questions for Ben?
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Rob Sitch
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For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn’t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Read more
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Bad Behaviour
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Joseph Sims
Starring:
John Jarratt, Robert Coleby, Georgina Symes, Dwaine Stevenson, Jean Kittson, Roger Ward and Lindsay
NominatedActor:
Lindsay Farris
Nominated Actress:
Georgina Symes
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The weekend is about to kick off. With the ocean calm, the weather warm and the sun setting over the hills, two psychopathic siblings – Emma and Peterson, pit stop on their road trip of bloodshed at the sleepy beach-side town of Cecil Bay.
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Big Mamma's Boy
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Franco di Chiera
Starring:
Frank Lotito, Holly Valance and Carmelina Di Guglielmo
NominatedActor:
Frank Lotito
Nominated Actress:
Holly Valance
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BIG MAMMA'S BOY follows the story of Rocco (FRANK LOTITO) as he struggles to choose between the love of his life, Katie (HOLLY VALANCE), and his doting, over protective Italian mother (CARMELINA DI GUGLIELMO).
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Birthday
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
James Harkness
Starring:
Kestie Morassi, Richard Wilson, Travis McMahon and Natalie Eleftheriadis
NominatedActor:
Travis McMahon
Nominated Actress:
Natalie Eleftheriadis
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M is the highest paid professional of the many girls at Scarlet’s, but, even on her 25th birthday, it’s business as usual. M’s trade is sex, but sex doesn’t sell the way it used to; what client’s are searching for, paying for… is love. Birthday encompasses lost love, first times, humanity and the discovery of intimacy in surprising and unexpected places.
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Black & White & Sex
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
John Winter
Starring:
Saskia Burmeister, Maia Thomas, Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf, Valerie Bader, Roxane Wilson, Mich
NominatedActor:
Matthew Holmes
Nominated Actress:
Group nomination: Katherine Hicks, Saskia Burmeister, Maia Thomas, Anya Beyersdorf, Valerie Bader, Roxane Wilson, Michelle Vergara Moore, Dina Panozzo
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Producer John Winter (Rabbit-Proof Fence) makes his directorial debut with this unconventional film-within-a-film about a sex worker (played by eight different actresses) who reveals disarming truths about the oldest profession.
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Blame
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Michael Henry
Starring:
Damian de Montemas, Sophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Simon Stone, Mark Leonard Winter, Ashley Zukerman
NominatedActor:
Damian de Montemas
Nominated Actress:
Kestie Morassi
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Seeking justice and revenge, five friends violently attack a man in his remote country house. Their plan: the perfect murder. Confident that their victim’s death by his own hand will not be questioned, they overdose him on sleeping pills, but it all goes horribly wrong when their attempt fails and their victim fights for his life.
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Burning Man
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Jonathan Teplitzky
Starring:
Matthew Goode,Bojana Novakovic, Essie Davis, Rachel Griffiths, Kerry Fox
NominatedActor:
Matthew Goode
Nominated Actress:
Bojana Novakovic
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An English chef (Matthew Goode) with a chic restaurant on Bondi Beach trying to put his life and his relationship with his son back on track while surrounded by women.
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Caught Inside
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Adam Blaiklock
Starring:
Ben Oxenbould, Daisy Betts, Sam Lyndon, Simon Lyndon, Peter Phelps, Leeanna Walsman and Harry Cook
NominatedActor:
Ben Oxenbould
Nominated Actress:
Daisy Betts
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When a tight-knit group of surfers venture to a secluded island paradise on the 'surfari' of their lives, they make the mistake of bringing the one thing that can tear them apart. A beautiful young woman.
As tensions boil over and friendships fall to the side, a monster emerges from within the most revered and feared amongst them. A monster who will turn the dream vacation into a nightmare fight for survival.
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Happy Feet 2
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
George Miller
Starring:
Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, P!nk, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofia Vergara, Hugo Weaving
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Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven—a penguin who can fly! Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model.
But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces. Erik learns of his father’s guts and grit as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures—from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals—to put things right
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Here I Am
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Beck Cole
Starring:
Shai Pittman, Marcia Langton, Quinaiha Scott, Bruce Carter
NominatedActor:
Bruce Carter
Nominated Actress:
Shai Pittman
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Karen is a beautiful young woman with a dark past. Fresh out of prison, she finds herself on the streets with a burning desire to turn her life around but no one to call for help. Eventually she finds a haven at a shelter for Aboriginal women like herself. With the support of her new community of friends Karen begins the painful journey of reconnecting with her estranged mother and her young daughter, and she is soon propelled to face the most difficult truths of her life.
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Jucy
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Louise Alston
Starring:
Francesca Gasteen, Cindy Nelson
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Jackie (Francesca Gasteen) and Lucy (Cindy Nelson) together are 'Jucy', two 20-something Brisbane slackers who spend their days together working in a dead-end job, smoking pot and playing video games. Things aren't too bad - except that everyone keeps telling them it's time to get serious about their lives.
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Killer Elite
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Gary Mckendry
Starring:
Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert DeNiro, Aden Young, Firass Dirani and Ben Mendelsohn
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Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert DeNiro, Aden Young, Firass Dirani and Ben Mendelsohn
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Needle
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
John V. Soto
Starring:
Michael Dorman, Travis Fimmel, Trilby Glover, Jessica Marais, Nathaniel Buzolic, Khan Chittenden, Lu
NominatedActor:
Michael Dorman
Nominated Actress:
Trilby Glover
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A killer uses an 18th century machine with supernatural powers to terrorize students at Saint Mary's College.
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Oranges and Sunshine
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Jim Loach
Starring:
Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham
NominatedActor:
David Wenham
Nominated Actress:
Emily Watson
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The story of Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the organised deportation of children from the UK to Australia during the 40s and 50s, some without their parent’s knowledge.
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Penelope
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Ben Ferris
Starring:
Natalie Finderle, Frano Maskovic
NominatedActor:
Frano Maskovic
Nominated Actress:
Natalie Finderle
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An adaptation from Homer’s tale of Penelope, depicting her psychological struggle as she waits twenty years for her husband to return from the Trojan War.
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Red Dog
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Kriv Stenders
Starring:
Rachael Taylor, Noah Taylor, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Luke Ford, John Batchelor, Loene Carmen, Josh Luc
NominatedActor:
Josh Lucas
Nominated Actress:
Rachael Taylor
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Adapted from the novel of the same name by award-winning author Louis De Bernières, ‘’Red Dog’’ is the true story of a charismatic kelpie who united a mining community in North West Australia in the 1970s and ‘80s
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Santa's Apprentice
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Luc Vinciguerra
Starring:
Shane Jacobson, Magda Szubanski, Delta Goodrem, Georgie Parker, Max Cullen, Hugh Sheridan
NominatedActor:
Shane Jacobson
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Santa's Apprentice is a heart-warming, animated adventure for the whole family. We follow Nicholas, a 7 year old Australian boy on his adventure as he struggles with the ups and downs of being the next Santa Claus. It's a big responsibility that would scare the bravest boy. Nicholas wants to be the best Santa ever and will learn a few lessons along the way. But Christmas has a way of making even the biggest mishaps alright and thanks to his loving mentors, Santa and Waldorf, Nicholas learns, as
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Sleeping Beauty
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Julia Leigh
Starring:
Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewan Leslie, Chris Heywood, Peter Carroll, Mirrah Foulkes
NominatedActor:
Ewen Leslie
Nominated Actress:
Emily Browning
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A haunting erotic fairytale about Lucy, a young university student drawn into a mysterious hidden world of beauty and desire.
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Snowtown
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Justin Kurzel
Starring:
Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall
NominatedActor:
Daniel Henshall
Nominated Actress:
Louise Harris
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The shadow of the Snowtown murders still looms large, raising questions about the violence that can explode out of forgotten communities in Australian society. 16-year-old Jamie is a kid from the northern suburbs who desperately needs a father figure. What he gets instead is John Bunting, a charismatic figure who condenses all the hatred and grievance in our culture and then unleashes it in a cold fury.
It is a film of silences that cut deep.
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Surviving Georgia
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Sandra Sciberras and Kate Whitbread
Starring:
Pia Miranda, Holly Valance, Shane Jacobson, Caroline O'Connor, Spencer McLaren
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Heidi (Pia Miranda) and Rose (Holly Valance) are sisters running from the things they don’t want to face. Life, love and responsibility. But in order for them to move forward, they must learn to let go of the past and reconcile with their feisty and vivacious mother (Caroline O’Connor) who walked out on them 12 years ago.
Surviving Georgia is a heart warming romantic comedy about family, getting what you need out of life and discovering that love, resolution and happiness can be found in the
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Swerve
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Craig Lahiff
Starring:
Emma Booth, David Lyons & Jason Clarke
NominatedActor:
David Lyons
Nominated Actress:
Emma Booth
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Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin (David Lyons) opts for a shortcut and happens across a fatal car accident. One of the drivers (Emma Booth) is shaken but not hurt, while the other lies dead -- leaving a briefcase full of money without an owner. Despite his best intentions, Colin quickly finds himself drawn into a deadly game of survival, where no one is quite what they seem.
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The Argues
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Mark Hembrow
Starring:
David Argue, Patricia Argue and Steven Tandy
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Once upon a time in down town Melbourne Australia, there lived a man; no ordinary man; an artist, a clown, an actor with wit, who also likes to make a little trouble .....
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The Cup
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Simon Wincer
Starring:
Stephen Curry, Bill Hunter, Daniel Macpherson, Jodi Gordon
NominatedActor:
Stephen Curry
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A film about the 2002 Melbourne Cup horse race.
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The Eye of the Storm
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Charlotte Rampling, Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis
NominatedActor:
Geoffrey Rush
Nominated Actress:
Judy Davis
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Set in Sydney's Centennial Park, two nurses, a housekeeper and a solicitor attend to Elizabeth Hunter (Rampling), as her expatriate son (Rush) and daughter (Davis) convene at her deathbed. But, in dying, as in living, Mrs Hunter remains a powerful force on those who surround her.
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The Hunter
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Daniel Nettheim
Starring:
Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor
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Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful, psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger.
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The Wedding Party
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Amanda Jane
Starring:
Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley, Rhonda Burchmore, Adam Zwar, Nadine Garner, Essie Davis
NominatedActor:
Josh Lawson
Nominated Actress:
Isabel Lucas
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First time feature director Amanda Jane takes her camera into the heart of Melbourne and creates a fun-filled farce about family, love and the choices we make. From the sacred turf of the MCG to the city’s kinky underground, The Wedding Party explores everything that can go wrong (and right) in the search for love.
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Thirst
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Robert Carter
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2017: A woman alone in the desert, digs for something mysterious. A failed comedian, arrives to bring her back. Two teenagers run from the law, steal a car, and trap themselves nearby. Isolated in different ways,
the four must survive together as water runs out. Can they find meaning, love, laughter and connection,
before it is too late.
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Toomelah
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Ivan Sen
Starring:
Daniel Connors, Christopher Edwards, Michael Connors
NominatedActor:
Daniel Connors
Nominated Actress:
Danieka Connors
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Toomelah is the story of a boy called Kiren, who wants to be a gangster and his daily life growing up in a remote Aboriginal community – a provocative and comic story that transports audiences inside the community, creating an authentic world and way of life that is “Toomelah”. This film was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes.
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Wish You Were Here
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Kieran Darcy-Smith
Starring:
Teresa Palmer, Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, Anthony Starr
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X
Feature Film-Live Action/Animation
Director:
Jon Hewitt
Nominated Actress:
Viva Bianca
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Two unsuspecting young women are plunged into a deadly game of cat and mouse in Jon Hewitt’s high-octane thriller X. High class escort Holly is retiring, kissing her call girl life goodbye. She just has one last night on the job to get through. Meanwhile, teenage runaway Shay arrives in the city broke and alone, doing whatever it takes to get through her first night on the streets of Kings Cross. Holly and Shay are thrown together on a job that goes horribly wrong.
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