The Tree Of Life :
In what only could be described as a major surprise Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ has walked away with the Best Overseas Film Award at the Australian Film Critics Association awards in Melbourne this weekend.
‘The Tree Of Life’ beat films such as ‘Drive’ and ‘Melancholia’ in the awards which are voted by 60 of Australia’s top film critics and journalists. The win came as a surprise as the film seemed to split reviewers right around the world.
Australian film ‘Snowtown’ was also a big winner on the night taking home the Best Australian Film Award and then received more cudos with lead actor Daniel Henshall winning Best Actor, Justin Kerzel winning Best Director and Shaun Grant rounding it out with Best Screenplay. The controversial ‘Snowtown’ also recently was the big winner at the ACTA Awards.
Below we announce all the nominations and winners for the 2012 AFCA Awards.
BEST AUSTRALIAN FILM
The Eye Of The Storm
Mrs Carey’s Concert
Oranges & Sunshine
Sleeping Beauty
Snowtown (WINNER)
BEST OVERSEAS FILM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Drive
The Guard
Melancholia
Take Shelter
The Tree Of Life (WINNER)
BEST OVERSEAS FILM ((FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Certified Copy
In A Better World
Incendies (WINNER)
Pina
The Skin I Live In
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Henshall (Snowtown) (WINNER)
Willem Dafoe (The Hunter)
Matthew Newton (Face To Face)
Geoffrey Rush (The Eye Of The Storm)
Hugo Weaving (Oranges & Sunshine)
David Wenham (Oranges & Sunshine)
BEST ACTRESS
Emily Browning (Sleeping Beauty)
Judy Davis (The Eye Of The Storm)
Louise Harris (Snowtown)
Charlotte Rampling (The Eye Of The Storm)
Emily Watson (Oranges & Sunshine) (WINNER)
BEST DIRECTOR
Brendan Fletcher (Mad Bastards)
Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) (WINNER)
Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty)
Daniel Nettheim (The Hunter)
Fred Schepisi (The Eye Of The Storm)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Alison Addison (The Hunter)
Shaun Grant (Snowtown) (WINNER)
Julia Leigh (Sleeping Beauty)
Judy Morris (The Eye Of The Storm)
Michael Rymer (Face To Face)
2012 AFCA FILM WRITING AWARDS
Ivan Hutchinson Award for Writing On Australian Film – Rebecca Harkins-Cross (“Who’s Afraid Of The Working Class? We Are”)
Award For Writing On Non-Australian Film – Jake Wilson (“Islands And Ghosts: Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer”)
Award For A Review Of An Individual Australian Film – Alice Tynan (“Griff The Invisible”)
Award For A Review Of An Individual Non-Australian Film – Josh Nelson (“Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”)
