Rachel Griffiths Articles

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, [...]

2006 Australian Film Institute Awards 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards nominations: Oct. 19, 2006 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards winners: Dec. 6 ("industry" categories) and Dec. 7 (top categories), 2006 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)     NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS BEST FILM Candy – Margaret Fink & Emile Sherman Jindabyne – April Films & Catherine Jarman Kenny – Clayton Jacobson & Rohan Timlock [...]