australian television information archive

The 2020 AWGIE Awards (53th annual) were held in a virtual presentation on December 08, 2020

Television — Series Or Miniseries (More Than 4 Hours Duration)

• Bloom: Season 2, ‘Blip’ — Glen Dolman
• Messiah: ‘He That Hath An Ear’ — Michael Petroni
• Stateless: ‘Panis Angelicus’ — Belinda Chayko
• The End: ‘With Sparkles’ — Samantha Strauss
• Total Control: Episode 3 — Pip Karmel

Television — Telemovie Or Miniseries (Less Than 4 Hours Duration)

• Hungry Ghosts — Timothy Hobart, John Ridley, Jeremy Nguyen, Alan Nguyen and Michele Lee
• The Hunting — Matthew Cormack and Niki Aken

Television — Serial

• The Heights: Season 2, Episode 7 — Peter Mattessi
• The Heights: Season 2, Episode 28 — Megan Palinkas
• The Heights: Season 2, Episode 29 — Romina Accurso
• The Heights: Season 2, Episode 30 — Warren Clarke

Comedy — Sketch or Light Entertainment

• Direct Eye Contact — Hannah Reilly
• The Feed: ‘Anger For Women’, ‘Chloe Shorten's Husband’, ‘Social Media Cops’, ‘Scotophile’ and ‘Bushfire Press Release’ — Victoria Zerbst with Michael Hing, Cameron James, Alex Lee and Jenna Owen
• 7.30: Season 2 — Mark Humphries and Evan Williams

Comedy — Situation or Narrative

• How to Stay Married: Season 2, ‘Sexting’ — Trent Roberts
• Rosehaven: Season 4, Episode 1 — Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola
• Rosehaven: Season 4, Episode 5 — Luke McGregor and Celia Pacquola
• The Other Guy: Season 2, ‘The Escape Room’ — Kacie Anning

Children's Television (P Classification)

• Little J & Big Cuz: Season 2, 'Desert Camp' — Dorothy West
• Little J & Big Cuz: Season 2, 'Finding Home' — Beck Cole
• Little J & Big Cuz: Season 2, 'Goodbye Swooper' — Erica Glynn

Children's Television (C Classification)

• Mustangs FC: Season 3, ‘Level Up’ — Alix Beane
• Mustangs FC: Season 3, ‘Mustangs Forever and Ever’ — Magda Wozniak
• The New Legends of Monkey: Season 2, ‘Quest for Knowledge’ — Connor Van Vuuren
• The New Legends of Monkey: Season 2, ‘Shadow Boxing’ — Christiaan Van Vuuren

Feature Film — Original

• Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) — Monica Zanetti
• Hearts and Bones — Ben Lawrence with Beatrix Christian
• Unsound — Ally Burnham

Feature Film — Adaptation

• Acute Misfortune — Erik Jensen and Thomas M. Wright
• H is for Happiness — Lisa Hoppe
• Penguin Bloom — Shaun Grant with Harry Cripps
• The Other Lamb — C. S. McMullen

Short Film

• Carmentis — Antony Webb
• Triple Swear — Dannika Horvat
• Something Has Died In The Forest (ЩОСЬ В ЛIСI ЗДОХЛО) — Eva Justine Torkkola

Documentary — Public Broadcast or Exhibition

• Koko — A Red Dog Story — Aaron McCann and Dominic Pearce
• Own the Sky — Gregory Read
• Perspective Shift: 'Daniel' — Genevieve Clay-Smith
• Wild Butterfly — Shireen Narayanan

Documentary — Community, Educational and Training — or otherwise commissioned to a specific brief

• I Am A Hazard — Christopher Burke with Distan Bach

Audio

• Ghosthunter — Ben Lawrence with Jess Bineth
• Mackaroy Uncovered: Episode 3 — Paul Gartside

Stage

• Mary Stuart — Kate Mulvany
• Prima Facie — Suzie Miller
• The Mares — Kate Mulvany

Community & Youth Theatre

• A Hymn to the Hateful — Finegan Kruckemeyer
• Collapse — Grace De Morgan

Theatre for Young Audiences

• Cusp — Mary Anne Butler
• Forgetting to Remember — Finegan Kruckemeyer
• Normal — Katie Pollock
• One the Bear — Candice Bowers

Music Theatre

• Fangirls — Yve Blake
• Flight Memory — Alana Valentine
• Whiteley — Justin Fleming

Animation

• Alien TV: ‘Barbecue’ — Simon Dodd
• Kitty Is Not A Cat: Season 2, ‘Cats’ Eye-Q’ — Raymond Boseley
• Space Nova: ‘Black Hamster’ — Charlotte Rose Hamlyn
• Space Nova: ‘Ghost Station’ — Thomas Duncan-Watt

Web Series and Other Non-Broadcast/Non-‘Subscription Video On Demand’ TV Short Works

• Content — Anna Barnes
• Halal Gurls: Episode 3 and Episode 6 — Vonne Patiag with Sara Mansour

Major Award

• Prima Facie — Suzie Miller

David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre

• Prima Facie — Suzie Miller