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Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere

Awards

Elissa Down

10 wins & 5 nominations

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2009 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Black Balloon
  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2009 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Jimmy The Exploder

Australian Film Institute

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Black Balloon
  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Screenplay - Original
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Jimmy The Exploder

Australian Writers' Guild

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Jimmy The Exploder

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner Crystal Bear
    • Generation 14plus - Best Feature Film
    • The Black Balloon

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner Distinguished Achievement Award
    • Female Feature Director
    • The Black Balloon

IF Awards

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Tristram Miall
  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Director
    • The Black Balloon
  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Script
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Jimmy The Exploder

Australian Directors Guild

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • The Black Balloon

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Children's Feature Film
    • The Black Balloon
    Shared with: Tristram Miall · Jimmy The Exploder · Mark Turnbull · Sally Ayre-Smith

Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes

  • Gemma Ward and Rhys Wakefield in The Black Balloon (2008)
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Black Balloon

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • Max McKenna, Matt Testro, Phoebe Grainer, Jana Zvedeniuk, Googoorewon Knox, and Michela De Rossi in While the Men Are Away (2023)
    2024 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Miniseries
    • While the Men Are Away
    Shared with: Lisa Shaunessy · Alexandra Burke · Kim Wilson

Sicily Webfest

  • Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper in Confess (2017)
    2017 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Directing
    • Confess

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