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Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

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    FCCA Award

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    Best Actor - Female

    • Toni Collette
      Winner
      • Toni Collette
      • Japanese Story
    • Helen Buday in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
      • Helen Buday
      • Alexandra's Project
    • Olivia Pigeot
      • Olivia Pigeot
      • A Cold Summer
    • Susie Porter
      • Susie Porter
      • Teesh and Trude

    Best Actor - Male

    • David Wenham at an event for 300 (2006)
      Winner
      • David Wenham
      • Gettin' Square
    • Gary Sweet in The Pacific (2010)
      • Gary Sweet
      • Alexandra's Project
    • Heath Ledger at an event for Candy (2006)
      • Heath Ledger
      • Ned Kelly
    • Geoffrey Rush
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Swimming Upstream

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Japanese Story

      6.8 (6.9K)
      Ian Baker
    • [object Object]

      Gettin' Square

      6.6 (3.4K)
      Garry Phillips
    • [object Object]

      Ned Kelly

      6.4 (29K)
      Oliver Stapleton
    • [object Object]

      Swimming Upstream

      7.0 (3.6K)
      Martin McGrath

    Best Director

    • Sue Brooks
      Winner
      • Sue Brooks
      • Japanese Story
    • Rolf de Heer
      • Rolf de Heer
      • Alexandra's Project
    • Jonathan Teplitzky
      • Jonathan Teplitzky
      • Gettin' Square
    • Russell Mulcahy
      • Russell Mulcahy
      • Swimming Upstream

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Desperate Man Blues

      7.6 (176)
      Tied with The Original Mermaid (2002).
    • Winner

      The Original Mermaid

      6.1 (18)
      Tied with Desperate Man Blues (2003).

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swimming Upstream

      7.0 (3.6K)
      Marcus D'Arcy
    • [object Object]

      Gettin' Square

      6.6 (3.4K)
      Ken Sallows
    • [object Object]

      Alexandra's Project

      6.5 (5.3K)
      Tania Nehme
    • [object Object]

      Japanese Story

      6.8 (6.9K)
      Jill Bilcock

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Japanese Story

      6.8 (6.9K)
    • [object Object]

      Alexandra's Project

      6.5 (5.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Gettin' Square

      6.6 (3.4K)
    • [object Object]

      Swimming Upstream

      7.0 (3.6K)

    Best Foreign Film - English Language

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Donnie Darko

      8.0 (882K)
    • [object Object]

      Far from Heaven

      7.3 (50K)
    • [object Object]

      The Hours

      7.5 (144K)
    • [object Object]

      Whale Rider

      7.5 (45K)

    Best Foreign-Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spirited Away

      8.6 (911K)
    • [object Object]

      The Man Without a Past

      7.6 (28K)
    • [object Object]

      Russian Ark

      7.2 (22K)
    • [object Object]

      Talk to Her

      7.9 (120K)

    Best Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Japanese Story

      6.8 (6.9K)
      Elizabeth Drake

    Best Screenplay - Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swimming Upstream

      7.0 (3.6K)
      Anthony Fingleton
    • [object Object]

      Ned Kelly

      6.4 (29K)
      John Michael McDonagh
    • [object Object]

      The Rage in Placid Lake

      6.8 (3K)
      Tony McNamara

    Best Screenplay - Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Alexandra's Project

      6.5 (5.3K)
      Rolf de Heer
    • [object Object]

      Black and White

      6.7 (938)
      Louis Nowra
    • [object Object]

      Gettin' Square

      6.6 (3.4K)
      Chris Nyst
    • [object Object]

      Japanese Story

      6.8 (6.9K)
      Alison Tilson

    Best Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Violet Lives Upstairs

      8.1 (45)

    Best Short Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Martha's New Coat

      7.2 (87)
    • [object Object]

      Preservation

      6.7 (43)
    • [object Object]

      Roy Hollsdotter Live

      7.2 (38)
    • [object Object]

      The Forest

      6.9 (14)

    Best Supporting Actor - Female

    • Judy Davis in Page Eight (2011)
      Winner
      • Judy Davis
      • Swimming Upstream
    • Susan Prior
      • Susan Prior
      • A Cold Summer
    • Justine Clarke
      • Justine Clarke
      • Danny Deckchair
    • Miranda Richardson
      • Miranda Richardson
      • The Rage in Placid Lake

    Best Supporting Actor - Male

    • David Field
      Winner
      • David Field
      • All the Way
    • Bogdan Koca
      • Bogdan Koca
      • Alexandra's Project
    • Joel Edgerton
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Ned Kelly
    • Garry McDonald
      • Garry McDonald
      • The Rage in Placid Lake

    Emerging Talent Award

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    • Winner

      Excursion

      7.5 (36)
      Cris Jones
      For the writing/directing.

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    Event date

    October 31, 2003

    Event location

    Australia

    Event links

    • http://www.fcca.com.au/

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