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Film in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

The Australian film industry got off to a flying start, producing what was probably the world's first full length feature film in 1906. South Australia banned the screening of bushranger films in 1911, Victoria followed in 1912. Colour production came t...

Australian Oscar success - Australia's Culture Portal

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science was established in 1927 and the Academy Awards or Oscars ceremonies commenced in 1929. Image courtesy of Latent Image Productions Pty Ltd and National Film & Sound Archive. Their Oscar Statuette is on displa...

The Portia Geach Memorial Award - Australia's Culture Portal

Winner of the 2007 Portia Geach Award. The Portia Geach Memorial Award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity of Australian female portrait painters. Winner of the 1992 Portia Geach Award. ...

Swimming - Stories from Australia's Culture Portal

Public subscription has supported the construction of ocean baths and swimming pools around Australia. Australia's first Olympic Gold and Silver medalists were women: Fanny Durack and Mina Whylie respectively (Stockholm, 1912), training in McIvers ocean ...

Visual effects, Australian involvement - Australia's Culture Portal

Ben Snow, Visual Effects Supervisor for Van Helsing (2004) and Pearl Harbour (2001). Hidden behind the scenes in film, television, new media and game production, a number of Australian individuals and companies have been quietly contributing their creati...

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Screen Australia - Former AFC - AustralianFilmsAndAwards - Academy Awards   (website Australian Film Commission (AFC) )

PRODUCER OFFSET CO-PRODUCTION PROGRAM LINDFIELD STUDIOS 1942 - 1989Academy Awards and nominations won by Australians or for work on Australian films between 1942-1989. 1990 onwardsAcademy Awards and nominations won by Australians or for work on Australian...

Urban Cinefile ACADEMY AWARDS 2008 - NOMINATIONS   (website Urban Cinefile )

Tony Gilroy No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson Original screenplay Juno (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody Lars and the Real Gir...

Urban Cinefile ACADEMY AWARDS 2008 - WINNERS   (website Urban Cinefile )

Tony Gilroy No Country for Old Men (Miramax and Paramount Vantage), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - WINNER There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage and Miramax), Paul Thomas Anderson ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Juno (Fox Searchlight), Written by Diablo Cody - WINNER Lar...

Urban Cinefile ACADEMY AWARDS 2004 û THE NOMINATIONS   (website Urban Cinefile )

YEAR OF VOTING SURPRISINGLY A 13 year old New Zealand actress, Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) is the youngest ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) is the surprise nominee in the Supporting Actre...

Urban Cinefile ACADEMY AWARDS 2004 ñ THE WINNERS   (website Urban Cinefile )

Australiaís Russell Boyd won the cinematography award and Adam Elliot picked up the animated short Oscar for Harvie Krumpet. The Australian Film Commission (AFC) congratulated director Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs on their Academy Award win fo...

SATS-Academy of Science Teachers Awards   (website Australian Academy of Science )

The Australian Academy of Science sponsored national awards for eight secondary teachers - one from each State and Territory - to attend the Australian Academy of Science's Science at the Shine Dome. This event comprised the New Fellows Seminar, awards p...

2003 Academy Awards [ Australian Cinematographers Society ]   (website Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) )

John Radel, a cinematography student from the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) in New South Wales, has taken top honours in the Australian judging of the annual Kodak Filmschool Competition for his work on the film "Out On The Tilesö. The...

2003 Academy Awards Nominations [ Australian Cinematographers Society ]   (website Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) )

John Radel, a cinematography student from the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) in New South Wales, has taken top honours in the Australian judging of the annual Kodak Filmschool Competition for his work on the film "Out On The Tilesö. The...

77th Academy Awards Nominations [ Australian Cinematographers Society ]   (website Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) )

Australian Film Television & Radio School student, John Radel, has been selected as the Australian national winner of the Kodak Filmschool Competition for his work on the film Black Berries. Birthday Boy received numerous awards in 2004 including Best Sho...

77th Academy Awards Nominations [ Australian Cinematographers Society ]   (website Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) )

Australian Film Television & Radio School student, John Radel, has been selected as the Australian national winner of the Kodak Filmschool Competition for his work on the film Black Berries. The Australian Film Institute is calling for Feature Film, Telev...

Australian film wins at British Academy Film Awards - State of the Arts   (website State of the Arts )

Birthday Boy, the Oscar-nominated short film made by students at the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has come one step closer to glory, winning the Short Animation category at the Orange British Academy Film Awards in London on the wee...

AFTRS student film wins entry to 2006 Academy Awards - State of the Arts   (website State of the Arts )

Receive our FREE arts newsletter, with reviews and the latest arts news. Friday 11th February 2005>>A short film made by students from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) has won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at the Sl...

Hugh Jackman slammed as Academy Awards host | The Courier-Mail   (website The Courier-Mail )

TWO of America's biggest newspapers have slammed Hugh Jackman's selection as Oscar host, saying the Australia star has style and sex appeal, but not enough substance for the top job at the Hollywood's most prestigious awards ceremony. >>The New York Times...

Academy Awards 2006 (2006) - Yahoo!7 Movies   (website Yahoo! Movies Australia )

Details: > 240 mins, PG, Drama Special screening of the 2006 Academy Awards. There are no user reviews for this movie yet Be the first to review this movie! Browse by Movie Title Also In Cinemas--------------- Show of Hands Rocknrolla And When did you Las...

2002 Annual Academy Awards   (website Australian Gamers Community )

<br/><br/> AusGamers requires that you enable JavaScript to use this site correctly. - Thor Best Film Editing: - A Beautiful Mind - Black Hawk Down - The Lord of the Rings - Memento - Moulin Rouge Best Makeup: - A Beautiful Mind - The Lord of the Rings - ...