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Awards

Ben Lawrence

17 wins & 44 nominations

Austin Film Festival

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee Documentary Film Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Ghosthunter

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2019 Nominee FCCA Award
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • Ghosthunter
    Shared with: Rebecca Bennett

Australian Writers' Guild

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee Awgie Award
    • Documentary - Public Broadcast
    • Ithaka
  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Winner Awgie Award
    • Documentary - Public Broadcast
    • Ithaka
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Awgie Award
    • Feature Film - Original
    • Hearts and Bones
    Shared with: Beatrix Christian
  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2019 Winner Awgie Award
    • Documentary
    • Ghosthunter

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee New Visions Award
    • Non Fiction Motion Picture
    • Ghosthunter

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2023 Nominee Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award
    • Ithaka
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee International Narrative Competition
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Hamptons International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Hawaii International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Ka'u Ka Hoku Filmmaker Award
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Winner Ka'u Ka Hoku Filmmaker Award
    • Honorable Mention
    • Hearts and Bones

Melbourne International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Hearts and Bones
    -Tenth Place

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize
    • Hearts and Bones

Philadelphia Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Narrative Feature
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Archie Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Hearts and Bones

Sydney Film Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2021 Nominee Documentary Foundation Australia Award
    • Best Australian Documentary
    • Ithaka
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Sydney Film Prize
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 2nd Place Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Winner Documentary Foundation Australia Award
    • Best Film
    • Ghosthunter

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee New Directors Competition
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Taormina International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee TaorminaFilmFest Award
    • Feature Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Discovery Award
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Oldenburg Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee German Independence Award - Best First Film
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee German Independence Award - Best First Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Fargo Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Best Narrative Feature
    • Narrative Feature Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2023 Winner Amnesty International Award
    • Best Film
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant

Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Feature Film
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Hearts and Bones

Boulder International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee BIFF Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Hearts and Bones

Sheffield International Documentary Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant
  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee Illuminate Award
    • Ghosthunter

International Film Festival of India

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee World Panorama
    • Hearts and Bones

Dublin International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee Human Rights Film Award
    • Hearts and Bones

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee Current Waves
    • Hearts and Bones

DOC NYC

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • International Competition
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant

Documentary Edge Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Winner World Cinema Award
    • Best International Director
    • Ithaka

Australian Directors Guild Awards

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Documentary Feature
    • Ithaka
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Feature Film
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2019 Nominee ADG Award
    • Best Direction in a Documentary Feature
    • Ghosthunter
  • 2008 Winner ADG Grass Award

DocsMX: The International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Award
    • Ghosthunter

Film Club's The Lost Weekend

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Lost Weekend Award
    • Best Film
    • Hearts and Bones
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Lost Weekend Award
    • Best Story
    • Hearts and Bones
    Shared with: Beatrix Christian
  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Winner Lost Weekend Award
    • Lost Weekend Audience Favorite
    • Hearts and Bones

San Gio Verona Video Festival

  • Paul's Dream (2007)
    2008 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Paul's Dream

Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • Ghosthunter

Luxembourg City Film Festival

  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2019 Nominee Documentary Award
    • Ghosthunter

CinefestOz

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee CinefestOZ Film Prize
    • Film Prize Finalist
    • Hearts and Bones
    Shared with: Matt Reeder

Capricorn Film Festival, Australia

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Director
    • Ithaka

Walkley Awards

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee Walkley Documentary Award
    • Walkley Documentary Award
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards

  • The People vs Robodebt (2025)
    2026 Winner AACTA Award
    • Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
    • The People vs Robodebt
    S1.E2 Episode #1.2 (2025)
  • The Jury: Death on the Staircase (2024)
    2025 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
    • The Jury: Death on the Staircase
    S1E1 The Death (2024)
    Shared with: Tosca Looby
  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant
  • Ghosthunter (2018)
    2018 Nominee AACTA Award
    • Best Feature Length Documentary
    • Ghosthunter
    Shared with: Rebecca Bennett

Chennai International Film Festival

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2019 Nominee World Competition Award
    • Hearts and Bones

LA Shorts International Film Festival

  • Paul's Dream (2007)
    2007 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Paul's Dream

Millenium Film Festival

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2023 Nominee Special Jury Prize
    • Main International Competition
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant
  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Nominee Special Jury Prize
    • Main International Competition
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Gabriel Shipton · Adrian Devant

Asian Film Festival Barcelona

  • Hearts and Bones (2019)
    2020 Nominee Official Section Award
    • Best Director
    • Hearts and Bones

Human Rights Film Festival Berlin

  • Ithaka (2021)
    2022 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Ithaka
    Shared with: Adrian Devant · Gabriel Shipton

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