Today Screen Producers Australia (SPA) announced the fourth round of finalists for three more categories in the 20th Screen Producers Australia Awards.
The Awards celebrate content produced from an extended, two-year period due to COVID-19, and champion outstanding Australian screen productions, showcasing the skill, imagination and innovative thinking of Australia’s world class production businesses.
Finalists in the categories Drama Series Production of the Year, Feature Film Production of the Year and Telemovie or Mini-Series Production of the Year are now open for voting by SPA members, with the production receiving the highest number of votes declared the award recipient.
“The incredible list of productions today continues our long and proud tradition of narrative storytelling, offering a fantastic showcase of the outstanding skills of our members – the leaders of our industry,”
– said SPA CEO, Matthew Deaner.
“I congratulate each of these productions and look forward to celebrating our member’s achievements at SCREEN FOREVER in March 2022.”
The three categories of finalists announced today are:
Open for voting 09 November – 22 November
Drama Series Production of the Year
- Doctor Doctor – Easy Tiger
- Five Bedrooms (Season 2) – Hoodlum Productions
- Jack Irish (Season 3) – Easy Tiger
- Mr Inbetween – Blue Tongue Films & Pariah Productions
- Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries (Season 2) – Every Cloud Productions
- Mystery Road (Season 2) – Bunya Productions
- RFDS Royal Flying Doctor Service – Endemol Shine Australia
- The End – See-Saw Films
- The Newsreader – Werner Film Productions
- Upright – Lingo Pictures
Feature Film Production of the Year
- 2067 – Arcadia
- High Ground – Bunya Productions, Maxo Studios & Savage Films
- I Am Woman – Goalpost Pictures
- Never Too Late – FG Film Productions
- Nitram – GoodThing Productions
- Rams – WBMC
- Sweet River – ACM Films
- The Invisible Man – Goalpost Pictures
Telemovie or Mini-Series Production of the Year
- A Sunburnt Christmas – Every Cloud Productions
- Alice-Miranda Friends Forever – SLR Productions
- Hungry Ghosts – Matchbox Pictures
- Operation Buffalo – Porchlight Films
- Stateless – Matchbox Pictures
- The Gloaming – The Two Jons
- The Secrets She Keeps – Lingo Pictures
- The Unusual Suspects – Aquarius Film
The final round of finalists will be announced and open for voting on Tuesday 23 Nov, giving SPA members the time and opportunity to view each of the finalist’s works before voting. The final category yet to be announced is:
Open for voting 23 November – 20 December
- Short Film Production of the Year
The Award recipients will be revealed at the prestigious 20th Screen Producers Australia Awards ceremony which takes place on the Gold Coast on Wednesday, 30 March 2022.
