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The Black Balloon (2008)

Awards

The Black Balloon

18 wins & 24 nominations

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • 2009 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Film
    • Tristram Miall
  • Rhys Wakefield
    2009 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Actor
    • Rhys Wakefield
  • Gemma Ward
    2009 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Actress
    • Gemma Ward
  • Luke Ford
    2009 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Luke Ford
  • Toni Collette
    2009 Winner FCCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Toni Collette

Australian Film Institute

  • 2008 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Film
    • Tristram Miall
  • Rhys Wakefield
    2008 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Lead Actor
    • Rhys Wakefield
  • Luke Ford
    2008 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Luke Ford
  • Erik Thomson
    2008 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Supporting Actor
    • Erik Thomson
  • Toni Collette
    2008 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • Toni Collette

Australian Writers' Guild

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • Elissa Down
    • Jimmy The Exploder

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner Crystal Bear
    • Generation 14plus - Best Feature Film
    • Elissa Down

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner Distinguished Achievement Award
    • Female Feature Director
    • Elissa Down

Prism Awards

  • The Black Balloon (2008)
    2009 Nominee Prism Award
    • Feature Film - Mental Health

IF Awards

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Elissa Down (director)
    • Tristram Miall (producer)
  • Rhys Wakefield
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Actor
    • Rhys Wakefield
  • Gemma Ward
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Actress
    • Gemma Ward
  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Director
    • Elissa Down
  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Script
    • Elissa Down
    • Jimmy The Exploder

Screen Music Awards, Australia

  • Michael Yezerski
    2008 Winner Screen Music Award
    • Best Soundtrack Album
    • Michael Yezerski
  • Michael Yezerski
    2008 Winner Screen Music Award
    • Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
    • Josh Pyke
    • Michael Yezerski
    For the song "When We Get There".

Australian Directors Guild

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • Elissa Down

Australian Screen Editors

  • 2008 Nominee ASE Award
    • Avid Award for Best Editing on a Feature Film
    • Veronika Jenet

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Children's Feature Film
    • Tristram Miall
    • Elissa Down
    • Jimmy The Exploder
    • Mark Turnbull
    • Sally Ayre-Smith

Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes

  • Elissa Down at Ivy + Bean premiere
    2008 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Elissa Down (director)

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