57th AWGIE Awards

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The 57th annual AWGIE Awards , presented by the Australian Writers' Guild, took place on 13 February 2025 at the Parade Theatre at National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney. The ceremony was hosted by comedians Alex Lee and Suren Jayemanne. [1] It honoured the best of writing in feature film, television, documentary, theatre, interactive and gaming, audio, animation and children's television. [2] The nominations were announced on 14 January 2025. [3]

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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. [4] [5]

Film

Feature Film – Original
Feature Film – Adapted
Short Film
  • Dragon's Breath – Melanie Easton
    • And the Ocean Agreed – Tanya Modini
    • Breaking Point – Lochie Graham
    • Connected – Kelly Nicholson
    • Housekeepers – Kaede Miyamura
    • The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie and Celeste – Gregory Kelly with Pernell Marsden

Documentary

Documentary – Community, Educational, and Training
  • What is AWGACS? – Peter Mattessi and Mark O'Toole with Matt Willis
    • Good Setiquette – Neil Triffett
Documentary – Public Broadcast (Including VOD) or Exhibition
  • Renee Gracie: Fireproof – Frances Elliott and Samantha Marlowe
    • Otto by Otto – Karen Johnson
    • The Search for the Palace Letters – Daryl Dellora
    • Twilight Time – John Hughes

Television

Television – Serial
Television – Series
Television – Limited Series
Comedy – Situation or Narrative
Comedy – Sketch or Light Entertainment

Children's Television

Children's Television – 'P' Classification (Preschool – Under 5 Years)
  • Beep and Mort: "Friends at First Snow" – Amy Stewart (ABC Kids)
    • Beep and Mort: "Free Melly" – Wendy Hanna (ABC Kids)
    • Beep and Mort: "Grown Ups Grown Downs" – Charlotte Rose Hamlyn (ABC Kids)
Children's Television – 'C' Classification (Children's – 5-14 Years)

Audio

Audio – Fiction
  • Compromised: "The Tourist" – Meegan May
    • Diversity Work: "Episode 1" – Pearl Tan
    • Hovering: "Episodes 1-3" – Alexander Duncan
Audio – Non-Fiction
  • House of Skulls: "The Classroom" and "The City That Bombed Itself" – Marc Fennell with Pallavi Kottamasu
    • Laya's Way Home: "Episode 1" – Rick Kalowski with Michaela Kalowski
    • Missing Magdalens – Donna Abela

Stage

Community and Youth Theatre
  • SAAM – Madelaine Nunn
Theatre for Young Audience
  • Rosieville – Mary Rachel Brown
    • Lingo Lah Lah – Peter Docker with Adam Edwards
    • The Princess, the Pea (and the Brave Escapee) – Finegan Kruckemeyer

Other categories

Animation
Interactive Media and Gaming
Web Series and Other Non-Broadcast/Non-'Subscription Video on Demand' TV Short Works
  • KingsLand – Jon Rex Williams
    • Become the One – Adam Fawcett
    • Greystanes – Ryan Cauchi with Matt Ferro
    • Urvi Went to an All Girls School – Urvi Majumdar

Special award

References

  1. ↑ Knox, David (15 January 2025). "AWGIE Awards 2025: nominees". TV Tonight . Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Dalgarno, Paul (15 January 2025). "Better Man, Memoir of a Snail among Australian Writers' Guild Award nominees for 2025". ScreenHub Australia. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  3. ↑ Slatter, Sean (14 January 2025). "First-time feature writers recognised in AWGIE nominations as 'Inside', 'Audrey' get nods". IF Magazine . Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Full List of Winners for the 57th Annual AWGIE Awards" (PDF). Australian Writers' Guild . Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Slatter, Sean (13 February 2025). "'Inside', 'Addition' on top at AWGIEs". IF Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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