The Great Gatsby got everything again, demonstrating that the public and the Academy can line up behind the scale and pizzazz of high budget risk-taking. The result obscures an excellent year for Australian films, as we hope our list demonstrates…
Let’s do the non-Gatsby film moments first. Best Original Screenplay went to Kim Mordaunt for The Rocket, its only moment of glory on the night. He beat Colin and Cameron Cairnes for 100 Bloody Acres, Morgan O’Reilly and Tim Duffy for Drift, and Ivan Sen for Mystery Road. There is a lot of justice in that choice.
