22nd Annual SPA Awards – Today, Screen Producers Australia (SPA) is pleased to announce the finalists for twelve production categories in the 22nd Annual SPA Awards.
The Awards celebrate content produced by SPA members and champion outstanding Australian screen productions, showcasing the skill, imagination, and innovative thinking of Australia’s production businesses and industry.
The SPA Awards will be held on Thursday, 21 March 2024, the final evening of the SCREEN FOREVER 38 conference.
To be eligible to enter, the titles have to have been first released to audiences between 1 January and 31 December 2023. The Awards are peer voted and aim to capture the full scope of screen production and producers across Australia.
“2023 was a year filled with a number of challenges for our industry, but the Australian screen sector continued to delight audiences globally with stories that share our unique culture and creativity. The productions announced today as finalists are a testament to the determination and originality of screen practitioners here in Australia, and we thank all our member businesses for their tireless work.
“I have huge admiration for, and applaud, all those affiliated with each of the productions and look forward to celebrating the achievements of our members successes at the Awards ceremony in March 2024 as part of SCREEN FOREVER 38,” said SPA CEO Matthew Deaner.
Finalists for twelve Production Awards categories are listed below. Finalists and recipients of Individual and Business Awards categories will be announced in 2024.
SERIES:
Animated Production of the Year
- 100% Wolf: Book of Hath (ABC) – Flying Bark Productions
- Beep and Mort (ABC) – Windmill Pictures
- Ginger and the Vegesaurs S2 (ABC) – Cheeky Little Media
- Kangaroo Beach Season S2 (ABC) – Cheeky Little Media
- Koala Man (Disney+) – Princess Pictures
- YOLO: Silver Destiny S2 (Stan) – Princess Pictures
Children’s Production of the Year (excluding Animation)
- Crazy Fun Park (ABC) – Werner Film Productions
- Rock Island Mysteries S2 (Network 10) – Fremantle Australia
- Spooky Files (ABC) – Tony Ayres Productions and Megaboom Pictures
- Surviving Summer S2 (Netflix) – Werner Film Productions
- The PM’s Daughter S2 (ABC) – Fremantle Australia
- Turn Up The Volume (ABC) – Matchbox Pictures and Film Camp
Comedy Program or Series Production of the Year
- Class of 07 (Prime Video) – Matchbox Pictures
- Deadloch (Prime Video) – Guesswork Television and OK Great Productions
- Gold Diggers (ABC) – KOJO Studios
- Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (Netflix) – Guesswork Television
- In Limbo (ABC) – Bunya Productions and Heiress Films
- Mother and Son (ABC) – Wooden Horse
Documentary Series Production of the Year
- Folau (ABC) – In Films
- Matildas: The World At Our Feet (Disney+) – Barking Mad Productions
- Ningaloo Nyinggulu (ABC) – Artemis Media
- Old People’s Home for Teenagers (ABC) – Endemol Shine Australia
- Queerstralia (ABC) – Guesswork Television
- The First Inventors (NITV & Network 10) – Ronde Media
- The Swap (SBS) – Southern Pictures
- The Way We Wore (ABC) – Stranger Than Fiction
Drama Series Production of the Year
- Bay of Fires (ABC) – Archipelago Productions
- Black Snow (Stan) – Goalpost Pictures
- Erotic Stories (SBS) – Lingo Pictures
- Love Me (BINGE) – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
- NCIS: Sydney (Paramount+) – Endemol Shine Australia
- Scrublands (Stan) – Easy Tiger Productions
- The Newsreader S2 (ABC) – Werner Film Productions
- Totally Completely Fine (Stan) – Fremantle Australia
Entertainment Production of the Year
- Adam and Poh’s Great Australian Bites (SBS) – i8 Studio
- Dancing With the Stars S32 (7 Network) – BBC Studios Australia
- Gogglebox Australia S17 (Network 10 & Foxtel Group) – Endemol Shine Australia
- Grand Designs Australia S10 (ABC) – Fremantle Australia
- Hard Quiz S8 (ABC) – Thinkative Television
- The ABC Of… S2 (ABC) – Guesswork Television
Online Series Production of the Year
- #VANLIFE (EMOTIONAL) – 16CZECHS
- Dick Slider S3 – Scenario Productions
- Life of Kea – Toprock Productions
- SUKA – Wise Goat Productions
- Touch The Sky – Nora & R.D. Productions
- Unerased – Mashup Pictures
Reality Series Production of the Year
- FBOY Island Australia (Foxtel Group) – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
- Love Triangle S2 (9 Network) – Endemol Shine Australia
- Real Housewives of Sydney S2 (Foxtel Group) – Matchbox Pictures
- The Bachelors Australia (Network 10) – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia
- The Great Australian Bake Off S7 (Lifestyle) – BBC Studios Australia
- The Summit (9 Network) – Endemol Shine Australia
Telemovie or Miniseries Production of the Year
- While The Men Are Away (SBS) – Arcadia
- The Claremont Murders (7 Network) – Endemol Shine Australia
- Wellmania (Netflix) – Fremantle Australia
- The Messenger (ABC) – Lingo Pictures
- Bad Behaviour (Stan) – Matchbox Pictures
- The Clearing (Disney+) – Wooden Horse
FEATURE:
Feature Documentary Production of the Year
- Flyways – Flyways
- Harley & Katya – Stranger Than Fiction Films
- Living With Devils – Smith & Nasht
- ONEFOUR: Against All Odds – Stranger Than Fiction Films
- The Cape – Wooden Horse
- The Giants – WildBear Entertainment
- The Jewish Nazi? – Mint Pictures
- The Platypus Guardian – WildBear Entertainment
Feature Film Production of the Year
- Carmen – Goalpost Pictures
- Foe – See-Saw Films
- Limbo – Bunya Productions
- Shayda – Origma 45
- Streets of Colour – Frankendipity
- The Royal Hotel – See-Saw Films
SHORT FILM:
Short Film Production of the Year
- Blame The Rabbit – Highview Productions
- Jia – Toprock Productions
- My Jumper, It Roars! – Flying Bark Productions
- Raising Thunder – Jasmine Rose Productions
- Ratbag – Bus Stop Films
- The Bank Manager – Quamby Studios
Production Award categories are open for voting by SPA members from 28 November 2023 until 23:59 AEDT 10 January 2024.
The Award recipients will be revealed at the prestigious 22nd Annual SPA Awards ceremony which will take place in-person on the Gold Coast on Thursday, 21 March 2024, the final day of SCREEN FOREVER 38, Australia’s premier screen industry event.
Registrations for SCREEN FOREVER 38 are now open, and a ticket to the SPA Awards is included in the price of a GOLD COAST delegate pass.
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