Producer, Anthony Anderson and
Writer/Director Cate Shortland

Abbie Cornish

Peter Garrett MP with
Anthony Anderson,
winner of SPAA 2005
Feature Producer of the Year

SOMERSAULT AWARDS

 

Australian Film Institute - 2004
Best Film - Anthony Anderson
Best Direction - Cate Shortland
Best Screenplay, Original - Cate Shortland
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Abbie Cornish
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Sam Worthington
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lynette Curran
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Erik Thomson
Best Cinematography - Robert Humphreys
Best Editing - Scott Gray
Best Costume Design - Emily Seresin
Best Production Design - Melinda Doring
Best Sound - Mark Blackwell, Peter D. Smith, Sam Petty
Best Original Music Score - Decoder Ring

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards - 2004
Best Film - Anthony Anderson
Best Director - Cate Shortland
Best Actor, Female - Abbie Cornish
Best Supporting Actor, Female - Lynette Curran
Best Cinematography - Robert Humphreys

IF Awards - 2004
Best Feature Film - Anthony Anderson and Cate Shortland
Best Direction - Cate Shortland
Best Script - Cate Shortland
Best Actress - Abbie Cornish
Best Cinematography - Robert Humphreys

Australian Writers' Guild - 2004
Awgie Award: Feature Film, Original - Cate Shortland
Major Award: Cate Shortland

Australian Screen Sound Guild - 2004
Best Achievement in Sound for a Feature Film, Mixing - Peter D. Smith, Sam Petty
Best Achievement in Sound for a Feature Film, Sound Recording - Mark Blackwell, Ben Smith
Soundtrack of the Year - Decoder Ring

Australian Cinematographers Society - 2005
Award of Distinction: Features - Robert Humphreys

Screen Producers Association of Australia - 2005
Feature Film Producer - Anthony Anderson

Screen Music Awards, Australia - 2004
Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series - Benjamin Ely, Matthew Fitzgerald, Peter Kelly, Lenka Kirpac, Tom Schutzinger (For the Song "Somersault")

Edinburgh International Film Festival - 2004
Herald Angel Award

Saint Tropez Antipodes Film Festival - 2004
Best Actor - Sam Worthington

Ljubljana International Film Festival - 2004
Kingfisher Prize: Best Film

Miami International Film Festival - 2005
Breakout Director - Cate Shortland
Breakout Actress - Abbie Cornish

Jackson Hole Film Festival - 2005
Best Film - Anthony Anderson
Best Director - Cate Shortland
Best Editing - Scott Gray
Best Score - Decoder Ring

Cate Shortland

Lynette Curran

AFIs - Somersault WINS in every category

For the makers of the film Somersault, it was a time for turning cartwheels.

The tough drama won everything possible at the Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne last night.

It scored a record 13 awards in 13 categories, including best film, Cate Shortland for best direction and best screenplay, Abbie Cornish for best actress and Sam Worthington for best actor.

None of the other features up for awards, including the 13-time nominated drama Tom White, won a thing.

Centring on a 16-year-old girl's search for love in snowy Jindabyne, Somersault easily outstripped the previous record of eight wins, by Lantana (2001) and Newsfront (1978). The emphatic result is likely to boost the box office for a film that has been screening on only 20-odd cinemas around the country, taking $1.3 million in six weeks so far.

Since its debut in Cannes, Somersault has been popular on the international festival circuit.

At the most low-profile AFI awards in years, the presenters included Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Jacqueline McKenzie, Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

Somersault's other awards included Lynette Curran as best supporting actress and Erik Thomson as best supporting actor. They beat two other Somersault cast members, Hollie Andrew and Nathaniel Dean, who were nominated in the same categories.

A radiant Abbie Cornish graces the red carpet prior to accepting the best actress award

Somersault wins 6 Lexus IF Awards

Once again Somersault has dominated in the Australian film awards winning six of the eight IF Awards for which it was nominated . Somersault won the best film award for the third time in two weeks (AFI Awards, Film Critics Circle of Australia and the IF Awards).

Producer Anthony Anderson paid special tribute to "the brillian people at all the funding bodies who are there because they care about film and who care about helping us realise our dreams."

In eight weeks in Australian cinemas, Somersault has taken $1.59 million. It has been sold to more than 20 countries.

SHOWTIME IF Award for Best Feature Film:
Somersault
Producer Anthony Anderson

Animal Logic IF Award for Best Direction:
Somersault - Cate Shortland

BMG IF Award for Best Music:
Somersault - Decoder Ring (Tom Schutzinger, Pete Kelly, Matthew FitzGerald)

Kodak IF Award for Best Cinematography:
Somersault - Robert Humphreys ACS

Mushroom Pictures IF Award for Best Script:
Somersault - Cate Shortland

InStyle IF Award for Best Actress:
Somersault - Abbie Cornish

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Film Critic Circles of Australia honour Somersault with 5 Awards

At the annual FILM CRITICS CIRCLE OF AUSTRALIA Film Awards, Somersault collected 5 Awards included Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress.

BEST FILM
SOMERSAULT: PRODUCER ANTHONY ANDERSON

BEST DIRECTOR
CATE SHORTLAND – SOMERSAULT

BEST ACTRESS
ABBIE CORNISH - SOMERSAULT

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROBERT HUMPHREYS – SOMERSAULT

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
LYNETTE CURRAN - SOMERSAULT

The Film Critics Circle of Australia is the National body of Professional Film Critics and Reviewers. The FCCA is a member of the International Body of Film Journalists – FIPRESCI.

The 2004 FCCA Awards were announced Sunday 7th November in Sydney.

Miami Film Festival awards Somersault

Dramatic Features - World Cinema Competition

The Grand Jury awarded a Special Jury Breakthrough Award: Actor, to Abbie Cornish, Somersault ( Australia) and a
Special Jury Breakthrough Award, Director to Cate Shortland, Somersault ( Australia), in which the wintry landscape of Australia’s Lake Jindabyne provides the backdrop for a young girl’s exploration, and exploitation, of her own sexuality—coming to terms with her life and her effect on men.

Somersault WINS 3 Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards

Somersault has won three Awards at the prestigious 7th Annual Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards.

The Awards were held on Friday the 1st October 2004 at the Wharf Theatre Restaurant, Pier 4 The Rocks, Sydney.

Feature Film Soundtrack of the Year. Sponsor: DOLBY
Somersault

Best Achievement in Sound for Sound Recording. Sponsor: SENNHEISER
Somersault: Mark Blackwell, Ben Smith

Best Achievement in Sound for Film Mixing. Sponsor: ATLAB
Somersault: Peter Smith, Sam Petty

2004 APRA –
Song for Somersault wins AGSC Screen Music Awards

Decoder Ring and John Anderson -
Winner Best Original Song for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series

DECODER RING, relative newcomers and current darlings of the screen composition world have won the award for BEST ORIGINAL SONG COMPOSED FOR A FEATURE FILM, TELEMOVIE, TV SERIES OR MINI SERIES for their evocative Somersault score at the 2004 APRA – AGSC SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS.

Decoder Ring created the perfect compliment to Cate Shortland’s first feature film and received two nominations for their efforts, Best Soundtrack Album and Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini Series.

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Cate Shortland WINS 2 AWGIEs

Cate Shortland was twice awarded by her writing peers at the AWGIEs on Friday 22nd October. Her script for Somersault picked up the award for the Feature film (Original) category. The night was a double thrill for the first time feature writer when her script was later awarded the Major Award for the year.

One of Australia's premier events, the AWGIE Awards are for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. Presented annually since 1967, the AWGIES are unique in being the only writers' awards judged solely by writers. Awards and nominations are based on the written script - the writer's intention, not the finished product. Previous winners include David Williamson, Rolf De Heer, Andrew Bovell, Katherine Thomson, Geoffrey Atherden, Sue Smith, Fred Schepisi, Bob Ellis, Stephen Sewell, Nick Enright, Jan Sardi, John Doyle, Peter Carey, Alison Tilson, and Ray Lawrence.

Hosted by Tony Squires, the 2004 AWGIE awards was held on Friday 22 October at the Plaza Ballroom, Regent Theatre, Melbourne

Sam Worthington WINS Best Actor Award at St Tropez Antipodean Film Festival

Sam Worthington has been recognised for his outstanding performance in Somersault with the Best Actor Award at the annual St Tropez Antipodean Film Festival in October 2004.

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Soundtrack nominated in 2004 Aria Awards

Decoder Ring's stunning score for Somersault has been nominated for the 2004 ARIA Awards in the category of Best Soundtrack/Cast/Show Recording.

The ARIAs are the highlight of Australian Recording Industry Association's year. These highly prestigious music awards recognise and promote excellence in recorded Australian music. They encourage production, sales and public knowledge of Australian artists. As well as the musicians themselves, the awards acknowledge the contribution of filmmakers, producers and engineers.

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