CAAMA Production Awards and Nominations
2009 Samson and Delilah (Co-production with Scarlett Pictures): Cannes International Film Festival, Camera d’Or first film prize, for writer/director Warwick Thornton’s first feature film; also winner of Adelaide Film Festival Audience Award
2008 Double Trouble: Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Nominated for Best Children’s Television
2008 Case 442: International Cherokee Film Festival, Best International Documentary
2008 Jarlmadangah: International Cherokee Film Festival, Best International Short Documentary
2008 Solid Rock: International Cherokee Film Festival, Best International Music Video
2007 Willaberta Jack: Winnipeg Indigenous Film Festival, Nominated for Best Documentary
2007 Double Trouble: AWGIE (Australian Writers’
Guild), Winner (Danielle MacLean) Award for Best C Classification Script
2007 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Pacific International Documentary Film Festival, Finalist - Official Competition.
2007 Destiny in Alice: Sydney Queer Screen, Opening Night Selection
2006 Green Bush: Flickerfest, Sydney, Best Direction in an Australian Short Film
2005 Green Bush: Sundance Film Festival, Official Selection
2005 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Sundance Film Festival, Finalist - World Cinema Documentary Competition
2005 Yellow Fella: Festival De Cannes, France, Official Selection, Un Certain Regard
2005 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Chicago International Documentary Film Festival, Finalist - Short Film Grand Prix Competition Section
2005 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Asia Pacific Film Festival, Finalist - Best Short/Documentary,
2005 Green Bush: Dendy Award and Rouben Mamoulian Award, Sydney Film Festival
2005 Case 442: United Nations Media Peace Award
2005 CAAMA PRODUCTIONS: Film Australia Stanley Hawes Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Documentary.
2005 Green Bush: Best Short Film, Panorama Berlin Film Festival
2004 Wirriya: WOW (Women on Women) Festival, Winner Best Short Film
2004 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Sydney Film Festival Dendy Awards, Winner - The Rouben Mamoulian Award
2004 Dhakiyarr vs the King: NSW Premier’s History Awards, Winner - Audio/Visual History Prize
2004 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Human Rights Medal and Awards, Highly Commended - Television Award
2004 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards, Finalist - Best Documentary
2004 Dhakiyarr vs the King: Centre for Australian Cultural Studies National Cultural Awards, Special Mention for An Outstanding Contribution to Australian Culture
2003 Trespass: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Awards, Finalist Best Short Form Documentary
2003 Trespass: Sydney Flickerfest Festival, Highly Commended
2003 Cold Turkey: Down Under Film Festival, Best Northern Territory Film and Best Cinematography
2003 Cold Turkey: Australasian Video Awards, Gold Medal Short Film Drama
2002 Trespass: Canada Sheaf Awards, Best International Documentary under 30 minutes
2002 Mistake Creek: National Australian Cinematographers’ Society (ACS) Awards, Finalist Documentary Category (Allan Collins)
2002 Apekathe: Australian Cinematographers’
Society (ACS), South Australian and West Australian Branches, Best Cultural Documentary
2001 Mistake Creek: Australian Cinematographers’
Society (ACS), SA and WA Branches Winner Gold Award Documentaries, Cinema and Television Category (Alan Collins)
2000 My Colour Your Kind: Flickerfest 8th International Film Festival, Gold Award
2000 My Colour Your Kind: 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Best Cinematography
2000 Apekathe: Tudawali Awards, Highly Commended
1999 My Colour Your Kind: Australian Cinematographers’
Society (ACS), SA and WA Branches, Silver Award
1999 My Colour Your Kind: Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, Nominated for Best Screenplay in a Short Film
1999 My Colour Your Kind: Sydney Flickerfest Festival, Best cinematography
Our Catalogue entries include a more comprehensive list of awards and screenings by title.