australian television information archive

The 2021 AWGIE Awards (54th annual) were held on December 07, 2021

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

• Five Bedrooms: Season 2, 'Twenty-Seven Weeks' — Michael Lucas with Christine Bartlett
• The Great: Season 1, 'A Pox on Hope' — Tony McNamara and Gretel Vella
• The Great: Season 1, 'The Beaver's Nose' — Tony McNamara
• Wakefield: Season 1, Episode 5 — Sam Meikle
• Wentworth: Season 8, 'The Unknown Terrorist' — Kim Wilson

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

• A Sunburnt Christmas — Elliot Vella, Gretel Vella and Timothy Walker
• New Gold Mountain — Peter Cox, Yolanda Ramke, Benjamin Law, Greg Waters and Pip Karmel

Television — Serial

• Home and Away: Episode 7433 — Andrew Gardner
• Neighbours: Episode 8328 — Jessica Paine
• Neighbours: Episode 8367 — Peter Mattessi
• Neighbours: Episode 8498 — Jason Herbison

Comedy — Sketch or Light Entertainment

• Gruen: Season 12, 'Tools and Boots for Tools' — James Colley and Sophie Braham
• Reputation Rehab: Season 1, 'Nick Kyrgios — The Bad Boy of Tennis' — Sophie Braham with
• Kirsten Drysdale, Zoe Norton Lodge and Melina Wicks
• The Feed: 'Comedy Sketches 2020' — Ben Jenkins, Alex Lee, Jenna Owen and Victoria Zerbst

Comedy — Situation or Narrative

• Aftertaste: Season 1, 'The Beauty and the Terroir' — Matthew Bate
• Fisk: Season 1, 'Portrait of a Lady' — Penny Flanagan with Kitty Flanagan
• Retrograde: Season 1, Episode 3 — Declan Fay
• Why Are You Like This: Season 1, 'The Pressures of Late Capitalism' — Mark Bonanno, Naomi Higgins and Humyara Mahbub

Children's Television (P Classification)

• Kangaroo Beach: Season 1, 'The Shark Prank' — Simon Dodd and Tristan Dodd
• Pocoyo: Season 4, 'The Remote Control' — Lina Foti
• The Wonder Gang: Season 1, 'Are Jellyfish Really Fish?' — Wendy Hanna

Children's Television (C Classification)

• Hardball: Season 2, 'Matariki' — Amy Stewart
• The Gamers 2037: Season 1, 'The Decision' — Hannah Fitzpatrick
• The Strange Chores: Season 2, 'Unmask a Shapeshifter' — John McGeachin
• The Strange Chores: Season 2, 'Wear a Mech Suit' — Luke Tierney

Feature Film — Original

• Falling for Figaro — Ben Lewin with Allen Palmer
• Here Out West — Nisrine Amine, Bina Bhattacharya, Matias Bolla, Claire Cao, Arka Das, Dee
• Duygu Dogan, Vonne Patiag and Tien Tran
• Nitram — Shaun Grant The
• Furnace — Roderick MacKay

Feature Film — Adaptation

• Babyteeth — Rita Kalnejais
• The Dry — Harry Cripps and Robert Connolly

Short Film

• Ayaan — Alies Sluiter
• The Last Elephant on Earth — Piri Eddy
• The Moogai — Jon Bell

Documentary — Public Broadcast or Exhibition

• Ablaze — Alec Morgan with Tiriki Onus
• Firestarter — Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair
• Playing With Sharks — Sally Aitken
• The Skin of Others — Tom Murray

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

• Small Changes — Peter Flynn
• The Case for Group Work: Students Give Their Verdict — George Catsi, Ari Kwasner-Catsi and
• Zac Perry
• Water Safety with Kangaroo Beach — Tim Bain

Audio

• CrossBread: 'In The Beginning' — Declan Fay with Chris Ryan and Megan Washington
• Performing the Past: '1919' — Kate Rice
• The Right Fit: Episodes 1–4 — Ross Mueller

Stage

• Cursed! — Kodie Bedford
• Hecate — Kylie Bracknell [Kaarljilba Kaardn] with Dr Clint Bracknell
• Sunshine Super Girl: The Evonne Goolagong Story — Andrea James
• Wonnangatta — Angus Cerini

Community & Youth Theatre

• Trackers — Donna Hughes

Theatre for Young Audiences

• Claire Della and the Moon — Jamie Hornsby with Ellen Graham
• Magic Beach — Finegan Kruckemeyer

Music Theatre

• Notre-Dame — Alana Valentine

Animation

• Space Nova: Season 1, 'Pamela Barnacle is Alive and Well' — Melanie Alexander
• Space Nova: Season 1, 'Seaweed Samba' — John Armstrong

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

• Ding Dong I'm Gay: Season 1, 'Easier Said Than Cum' — Tim Spencer with Zoe Norton Lodge
• Love Bug: Season 2 — Imogen McCluskey
• The Tailings: Season 1, Episode 5 and Episode 6 — Caitlin Richardson

Major Award

• Cursed! — Kodie Bedford

David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre

• Claire Della and the Moon — Jamie Hornsby with Ellen Graham

Richard Lane Award for Outstanding Service and Dedication to the Australian Writers' Guild

• Jacqueline Elaine

Dorothy Crawford Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession and the Industry

• Wesley Enoch

Fred Parsons Award for Outstanding Contribution To Australian Comedy

• Tim Minchin

The Australian Writers' Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

• Roger Simpson