The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) was an award presented intermittently by the
Australian Film Institute (AFI), for an Australian screenplay written directly for the screen or based on previously released or published material. It was handed out at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards), which are now the
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industr ...
after the establishment of the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...
(AACTA), by the AFI.
The award was handed out from 1975-1977, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, and again in 2007; two separate awards were created for "
Best Adapted Screenplay" and "
Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the ...
" and have been presented intermittently from 1978-1979, 1983-1989, 1993-2006, and then from 2008, onwards.
The award was first presented at the
1974-75 awards as a film prize which included a cash reward of
$A1000.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, films and screenwriters listed in bold, and in a blue background have received the special award; those listed in boldface and highlighted in gold are the winners of the competitive awards. Films and screenwriters that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees.
[Winners and nominees by year:
*1974-75:
*1976:
*1977:
*1980:
*1981:
*1982:
*1990:
*1991:
*1992:
*2000:
*2007:
]
References
External links
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official websiteAustralian Film Institute: Past Winners Page
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Screenwriting awards for film