Film Critics Circle of Australia awards are held annually to recognise outstanding achievement in Australian film. This year’s contenders for best fiction feature are Breath, Cargo, Ladies in Black, Strange Colours and Sweet Country.

The awards recognise the best in direction, performance, script writing, musical composition, editing and cinematography, and in feature documentary filmmaking.

Backtrack Boys, Ghosthunter, Gurrumul, Have You Seen the Listers?, Island of Hungry Ghosts and Midnight Oil 1984 are nominated for best documentary feature.

FCCA awards recognise excellence and originality in all categories of Australian film, and reflect the views of FCCA film critics without input from industry or the film-going public.

Awards night is Thursday 4 April 2019, at Paddington/Woolahra RSL from 6.30 pm for a 7.15 pm start

For booking information visit the FCCA website