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Written and directed by Warwick Thornton, and starring newcomers Rowan McNamara (above) and Marissa Gibson, Samson & Delilah was the big winner at the 2009 Australian Film Institute Awards held in Melbourne in two consecutive evenings, Fri. ("industry" categories) and Sat. (top awards). Thornton's feature-film debut bagged a total of 8 awards, including best picture, best director, best original screenplay, best cinematography (also Thornton), and [...]

2009 Australian Film Institute Awards 2009 Australian Film Institute Award nominations: Oct. 28, 2009 2009 Australian Film Institute Award winners: Regent Theatre in Melbourne on Dec. 11 ("industry" categories) and Dec. 12 (top categories), 2009 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Winner of the 2009 Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Australia's submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award, [...]

Charlotte Rampling, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Keira Knightley in The Duchess (top); Peter O'Toole in Dean Spanley (middle); Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman in Australia (bottom) BAFTA 2009 Longlist: Part I ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Baader Meinhof Complex The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Dean Spanley Defiance Doubt The Duchess Frost/Nixon Gomorrah Mamma Mia! Persepolis The Reader Revolutionary [...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven semi-finalists in the 2009 Oscar's Visual Effects category. They are, in alphabetical order: Australia The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Dark Knight Hellboy II: The Golden Army Iron Man Journey to the Center of the Earth The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Among those missing in action are Indiana Jones and [...]