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Robert Connolly

Awards

Robert Connolly

24 wins & 41 nominations

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Magic Beach (2024)
    2026 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Animated Feature
    • Magic Beach
    Shared with: Liz Kearney · Kate Laurie · Chloe Brugale
  • Nicolas Cage in The Surfer (2024)
    2026 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Surfer
    Shared with: Leonora Darby · James Harris · James Grandison
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2022 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Dry
    Shared with: Eric Bana · Steve Hutensky · Jodi Matterson · Bruna Papandrea
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2022 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Dry
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2022 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • The Dry
    Shared with: Harry Cripps

Australian Film Institute

  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2009 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Direction
    • Balibo
  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2009 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Screenplay - Adapted
    • Balibo
  • Romulus, My Father (2007)
    2007 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Film
    • Romulus, My Father
    Shared with: John Maynard
  • Three Dollars (2005)
    2005 Winner AFI Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • Three Dollars
    Shared with: Elliot Perlman
  • The Bank (2001)
    2001 Nominee AFI Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Bank

Australian Writers' Guild

  • Mia Wasikowska in Blueback (2022)
    2024 Nominee Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Adaptation
    • Blueback
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Adaptation
    • The Dry
    Shared with: Harry Cripps
  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Nominee Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • Paper Planes
    Shared with: Steve Worland
  • Sean McIntyre in Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
    2013 Winner Awgie Award
    • Television - Telemovie - Adaptation
    • Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Nominee Crystal Bear
    • Generation Kplus - Best Film
    • Paper Planes

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

  • The Bank (2001)
    2002 Nominee Best Film
    • The Bank

Dinard British Film Festival

  • Emma Mackey in Emily (2022)
    2022 Winner Golden Hitchcock
    • Best Film
    • Emily
    Shared with: Piers Tempest · David Barron · Robert Patterson
  • Emma Mackey in Emily (2022)
    2022 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Emily
    Shared with: Piers Tempest · David Barron · Robert Patterson

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Winner Cinematheque Young Critics Club Award for Best Children's Film
    • Paper Planes

Montréal World Film Festival

  • Three Dollars (2005)
    2005 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention
    • Three Dollars
  • Three Dollars (2005)
    2005 Nominee Grand Prix des Amériques
    • Three Dollars

Newport Beach Film Festival

  • The Bank (2001)
    2002 Winner Jury Award
    • Feature Film - Best Director
    • The Bank
  • The Bank (2001)
    2002 Winner Jury Award
    • Feature Film - Best Screenplay
    • The Bank

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • The Bank (2001)
    2002 Winner Director's Choice Award
    • The Bank

Portland International Film Festival

  • The Bank (2001)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • Best First Film
    • The Bank
    Tied with Nine Queens (2000).

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Nominee Films4Families Youth Jury Award
    • Paper Planes

Shanghai International Film Festival

  • Magic Beach (2024)
    2025 Nominee Golden Goblet
    • Best Animation Film
    • Magic Beach

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2010 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Foreign Feature Film
    • Balibo

IF Awards

  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2009 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Balibo
    Shared with: Anthony LaPaglia · Dominic Purcell
  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2009 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Script
    • Balibo
    Shared with: David Williamson
  • The Bank (2001)
    2001 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Bank
    Shared with: John Maynard
  • The Bank (2001)
    2001 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Direction
    • The Bank
  • The Bank (2001)
    2001 Nominee IF Award
    • Best Script
    • The Bank

Australian Directors Guild

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • Paper Planes
  • Anthony LaPaglia and Oscar Isaac in Balibo (2009)
    2010 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • Balibo

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

  • Magic Beach (2024)
    2024 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Youth Film
    • Magic Beach
    Shared with: Jake Duczynski · Kate Laurie · Kathy Sarpi · Lee Whitmore · Eddie White · Pierce Davison · Susan Kim Danta · Anthony Lucas · Marieka Walsh · Susie Shapones · Chloe Brugale · Liz Kearney · Simon Rippingale · Emma Kelly
  • Mia Wasikowska in Blueback (2022)
    2023 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Youth Film
    • Blueback
    Shared with: James Grandison · Liz Kearney
  • The Turning (2013)
    2013 Nominee Asia Pacific Screen Award
    • Best Film
    • The Turning
    Shared with: Maggie Miles

Australian Directors Guild Awards

  • Eric Bana in Force of Nature (2024)
    2024 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction of a Feature Film (Budget $1.5 M or over)
    • Force of Nature
  • Robert Connolly
    2024 Winner Cecil Holmes Award
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film (Budget $1M or over)
    • The Dry

Australian Film Critics Association Awards

  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Nominee AFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • The Dry

Rencontres Internationales du Cinema des Antipodes

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Paper Planes

CinefestOz

  • Ed Oxenbould, Nicholas Bakopoulos-Cooke, Julian Dennison, and Ena Imai in Paper Planes (2014)
    2014 Winner CinefestOZ Film Prize
    • Film Prize Finalist
    • Paper Planes

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • Nicolas Cage in The Surfer (2024)
    2026 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Surfer
    Shared with: Brunella Cocchiglia · James Harris · Leonora Darby · James Grandison · Nathan Klingher · Nicolas Cage
  • Magic Beach (2024)
    2026 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Indie Film
    • Magic Beach
    Shared with: Kate Laurie · Liz Kearney · Chloe Brugale
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Film
    • The Dry
    Shared with: Bruna Papandrea · Jodi Matterson · Steve Hutensky · Eric Bana
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Direction in Film
    • The Dry
  • Eric Bana in The Dry (2020)
    2021 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay in Film
    • The Dry
    Shared with: Harry Cripps

International Film Festival of Australia

  • Eric Bana in Force of Nature (2024)
    2024 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Feature Film
    • Force of Nature
    Shared with: Jane Harper

IFFA Awards

  • Eric Bana in Force of Nature (2024)
    2024 Winner Best Screenplay for a Feature Film
    • Best Screenplay Writing
    • Force of Nature

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