HIGH GROUND and NITRAM dominate 2021 FCCA AWARDS*
High Ground was last night announced as Best Film in the annual Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards for Australian Film, for producers David Jowsey, Maggie Miles, Witiyana Marika, Greer Simpkin, Stephen Maxwell Johnson.
High Ground won in five of the categories, while Nitram won in four, with the award for Best Director going to both Stephen Maxwell Johnson for High Ground and Justin Kurzel for Nitram.
High Ground also collected Best Screenplay for Chris Anastassiades, Best Cinematography for Andrew Commis ACS and Best Actor Supporting Role for Sean Mununggur.
The performances in Nitram were praised by the FCCA with Best Actor awarded to Caleb Landry Jones, Best Actress to Judy Davis and Best Actress Supporting Role to Essie Davis.
Full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees are:
Best Film
HIGH GROUND (Producers: David Jowsey, Maggie Miles, Witiyana Marika, Greer Simpkin, Stephen Maxwell Johnson)
NITRAM (Producers: Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant)
THE DRY (Producers: Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson, Steve Hutensky, Rob Connolly, Eric Bana)
Best Director (shared)
Stephen Maxwell Johnson, HIGH GROUND
Justin Kurzel, NITRAM
Robert Connolly, THE DRY
Best Screenplay
Chris Anastassiades, HIGH GROUND
Robert Connolly & Harry Cripps, THE DRY
Shaun Grant, NITRAM
Best Cinematography
Andrew Commis ACS, HIGH GROUND
Sam Chiplin ACS, PENGUIN BLOOM
Stefan Duscio ACS, THE DRY
Best Actor
Caleb Landry Jones, NITRAM
Eric Bana, THE DRY
Jacob Junior Nayinggul, HIGH GROUND
Best Actress
Judy Davis, NITRAM
Noni Hazlehurst, JUNE AGAIN
Naomi Watts, PENGUIN BLOOM
Best Actress Supporting Role
Essie Davis, NITRAM
Claudia Karvan, JUNE AGAIN
Miranda Tapsell, THE DRY
Best Actor Supporting Role
Sean Mununggurr, HIGH GROUND
Anthony LaPaglia, NITRAM
Stephen Hunter, RUBY’S CHOICE
The FCCA is the national professional body of film critics and film journalists in Australia *