Awards

Screen Producers Australia Awards (2021)
Feature Film Production of the Year

Saint Tropez Festival des Antipodes Awards (2021)
Audience Award

Saint Tropez Festival des Antipodes Awards (2021)
Jury Award for Best Actor, Jacob Junior Nayinggul

Casting Guild of Australia Awards 2021
Best Casting in a Feature Film 2021 – Anousha Zarkesh

ATOM Awards 2020
Best Documentary – Science, Technology & the Environment
Ili Baré, Greer Simpkin

Australian Screen Editors Guild Ellie Awards 2020
The Audio Network Award For Best Editing In A Documentary Feature
Lindi Harrison

STARTTS Humanitarian Awards 2019
STARTTS Humanitarian Award
Kaye Harrison

ATOM Awards 2019
Best Factual Television Series

ATOM Awards 2019
Best Docudrama

Australian Writers Guild Awards 2018
Best TV Drama Miniseries

Screen Producers Awards Australia 2018
Telemovie or Miniseries Production of the Year
Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Drama Series
Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Guest Or Supporting Actor In A Television Drama
Wayne Blair

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Guest Or Supporting Actress In A Television Drama
Deborah Mailman

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Editing In Television (Episode 5 – The Waterhole)
Deborah Peart

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Original Music Score In Television (Episode 4 – Silence)
Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales

TV Week Logie Awards 2019
Most Popular Drama Program

TV Week Logie Awards 2019
Most Popular Actress
Deborah Mailman

Equity Ensemble Awards 2019
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Australian Directors Guild Awards 2019
Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series episode
Rachel Perkins

Australian Screen Music Awards 2018
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales

Asian Academy Creative Awards Regional Winners 2019
Best Cinematographer
Mark Wareham

Asian Academy Creative Awards Regional Winners 2019
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Wayne Blair

Asian Academy Creative Awards Regional Winners 2019
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Deborah Mailman

Venice Film Festival 2017
Special Jury Prize

Toronto International Film Festival 2017
Platform Competition: Best Film

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2017
Best Feature Film

ImagineNATIVE festival 2017
Best Dramatic Feature Film

FIPRESCI Camerimage Film Festival 2017
Best Film

Adelaide Film Festival 2017
Audience Award: Best Dramatic Feature Film

Luxembourg Film Festival 2018
Critics Award for Best Film

Dublin Film Festival 2018
Critics Circle Jury Prize

Premio Bisato d’Or award 2017
Venice Film Critics Award for Best Film

The Capricornia Film Awards (Darwin International Film Festival) 2018
Best Feature-Length Production

The Capricornia Film Awards (Darwin International Film Festival) 2018
Outstanding Performance
Hamilton Morris

Screen Producers Australia Awards 2018
Best Feature Film

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Film

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Direction
Warwick Thornton

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Lead Actor
Hamilton Morris

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Original Screenplay
David Tranter and Steven McGregor

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Cinematography
Warwick Thornton

AACTA Awards 2018
Best Editing
Nick Meyers

ATOM Awards 2018
Best Feature Film

Australian Writers Guild Awards 2018
Best Original Screenplay – Feature
David Tranter and Steven McGregor

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Film

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Direction
Warwick Thornton

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Original Screenplay
David Tranter and Steven McGregor

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Male Performance
Hamilton Morris

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Editing
Nick Meyers

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Costume
Heather Wallace

OzFlix Independent Film Awards 2018
Best Achievement in Indigenous Film-making

Australian Directors Guild Awards 2019
Best Director
Warwick Thornton

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2019
Best Film

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2019
Best Director
Warwick Thornton

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2019
Best Actor
Hamilton Morris

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2019
Best Film

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2019
Best Actor
Hamilton Morris

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2019
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Neill

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2019
Best Screenplay
David Tranter and Steven McGregor

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2019
Best Cinematography
Warwick Thornton

Kate Challis RAKA Award 2019
Scriptwriting Award
David Tranter and Steven McGregor

Australian Writers Guild 2016
Best Adapted Screenplay, Feature
Craig Silvey and Shaun Grant

Film Critics Circle of Australia 2016
Best Film
Bunya Productions, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin

Film Critics Circle of Australia 2016
Best Director
Ivan Sen

Film Critics Circle of Australia 2016
Best Actor
Aaron Pedersen

Film Critics Circle of Australia 2016
Best Screenplay
Ivan Sen

Film Critics Circle of Australia 2016
Best Music
Ivan Sen

Australian Film Critics Association Film Awards 2017
Best Film
Bunya Productions, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2014
Best Film

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2014
Best Director
Ivan Sen

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2014
Best Actor
Aaron Pedersen

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Film

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Director
Ivan Sen

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Actor
Aaron Pedersen

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Screenplay
Ivan Sen

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Cinematography
Ivan Sen

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2014
Best Supporting Actor
Hugo Weaving

Australian Directors Guild (ADG) Awards 2021
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series Episode
Wayne Blair, Series 2 Episode 4

Equity Ensemble Awards 2021
Best Drama
Bunya Productions, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin

International AACTA Awards 2021
Best Actor in a Series
Aaron Pedersen

AACTA Awards 2020
Best Drama Series
Bunya Productions, David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin

Equity Ensemble Awards 2021
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Aaron Pedersen, Jada Alberts, Tasma Walton, Callan Mulvey, Rob Collins, Gary Sweet, Ursula Yovich, Tasia Zalar, Sofia Helin, Ngaire Pigram, Stan Yarramunua, Mark Mitchinson, Rhimi Johnson, Keith Robinson, Kirk Page

Australian Directors Guild (ADG) 2021
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series Episode
Wayne Blair, Series 2 Episode 4

ImagineNATIVE film Festival
Best Narrative Feature Film

Berlin International Film Festival 2012
Children’s Jury Special Mention K Plus

Berlin International Film Festival 2012
Special Mention (Grand Prix K Plus International Jury Award)

IF Awards 2011
Independent Spirit Award
Brendan Fletcher, David Jowsey, Alan Pigram and Stephen Pigram

Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards 2011
Best Achievement in Sound for Film Sound Recording
Nick Edmond

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2011
UNESCO Prize

Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries 2011
Grand Prix Award
Ivan Sen

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2012
Best Performance by a Young Actor
Daniel Connors