NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2005
FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS
FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM



NOMINATIONS ARE LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

BEST FILM

LITTLE FISH PRODUCERS: Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts, Richard Keddie

LOOK BOTH WAYS PRODUCER: Bridget Ikin

THE PROPOSITION PRODUCERS:  Chris Brown, Jackie O Sullivan,

PRODUCERS Chiara Menage & Cat Villiers

 

BEST DIRECTOR

JOHN HILLCOAT THE PROPOSITION

SARAH WATT LOOK BOTH WAYS

ROWAN WOODS LITTLE FISH

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE

CATE BLANCHETT LITTLE FISH

JUSTINE CLARKE LOOK BOTH WAYS

JACQUELINE MC KENZIE PEACHES

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

KERRY ARMSTRONG OYSTER FARMER

LISA FLANAGAN LOOK BOTH WAYS

NONI HAZLEHURST LITTLE FISH

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE

WILLIAM MCINNES LOOK BOTH WAYS

GUY PEARCE THE PROPOSITION

SCOTT RYAN THE MAGICIAN

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

MARTIN HENDERSON LITTLE FISH

SAM NEILL LITTLE FISH

HUGO WEAVING LITTLE FISH

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

NICK CAVE THE PROPOSITION

JACQUELINE PERSKE LITTLE FISH

SARAH WATT LOOK BOTH WAYS

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

ROBERT CONNOLLY &
ELLIOT PERLMAN THREE DOLLARS

KRIV STENDERS

& DAVID SNELL  ILLUSTRATED FAMILY DOCTOR,THE

LYNDON TERRACINI THE WIDOWER

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

ALUN BOLLINGER OYSTER FARMER

BENOIT DELHOMME THE PROPOSITION

DANNY RUHLMANN LITTLE FISH

BEST COMPOSER

AMANDA BROWN LOOK BOTH WAYS

NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS THE PROPOSITION

NATHAN LARSON LITTLE FISH

BEST EDITOR

JASON BALLANTINE WOLF CREEK

ALEXANDER DE FRANCESCHI &
JOHN SCOTT LITTLE FISH

DENISE HARATZIS LOOK BOTH WAYS

BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT FILM

DJARN DJARNS, THE DIRECTOR: Wayne Blair

GREEN BUSH DIRECTOR: Warwick Thornton

JEWBOY DIRECTOR: Tony Krawitz

BEST AUSTRALIAN DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

DJUNGGUWAN: SPEAKING TO THE FUTURE DIRECTOR: Trevor Graham

HIDDEN HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUAL AUSTRALIA,THE DIRECTOR: Con Anemogiannis

I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL: SPIKE MILLIGAN DIRECTOR: Cathy Henkel

RASH DIRECTOR: Nicholas Hansen

BEST AUSTRALIAN SHORT DOCUMENTARY

FRANK HURLEY THE MAN WHO MADE HISTORY DIRECTOR: Simon Nasht

GIRL IN A MIRROR DIRECTOR: Kathy Drayton

JABE BABE – A HEIGHTENED LIFE DIRECTOR: Janet Merewether

WIRRIYA SMALL BOY DIRECTOR: Beck Cole

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EMERGING TALENT

JAMES CROKE (AFTRS) PRODUCTION DESIGN

TIM DEAN (VCA) DIRECTING

MARCEL RASQUIN (VCA) DIRECTING

JESSICA WELLS (AFTRS) FILM SCORING

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

2046 DIRECTOR: Wong Kar Wai (HONG KONG)

BAD EDUCATION DIRECTOR: Pedro Almodovar (SPAIN)

PAHELI DIRECTOR: Amol Palekar (INDIA)

SEA INSIDE, THE DIRECTOR: Alejandro Amenabar (SPAIN)

TURTLES CAN FLY DIRECTOR: Bahman Ghobadi (IRAN)

 

BEST FOREIGN FILM – ENGLISH LANGUAGE

CRASH DIRECTOR: Paul Haggis (USA)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood (USA)

MYSTERIOUS SKIN DIRECTOR: Gregg Araki (USA)

SIDEWAYS DIRECTOR: Alexander Payne (USA)

VERA DRAKE DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh (UK)

 

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