Screenwriters Justin Olstein and Campbell Banks have been announced as the winners of the Australian Writer Guild’s (Awg) 2020 Monte Miller Awards, which recognise unproduced scripts.
Olstein took home the award in the long-form category with his feature script Shoshanna, which follows a Chassidic Jewish woman grappling with a burgeoning desire.
“I am thrilled and deeply grateful to have won the Monte Miller Long Form award this year,” said Olstein.
“The acknowledgement of a story about a culture scarcely seen on Australian screens is deeply heartening, and I look forward to seeing what further opportunities for the project arise as a result.”
Banks received the short-form award for his comedy pilot Artifice, which examines Afl culture.
“I am stunned and grateful to win this award – the year to forget has been transformed into one to savour. I can’t wait to make the most of this and put the script...
Olstein took home the award in the long-form category with his feature script Shoshanna, which follows a Chassidic Jewish woman grappling with a burgeoning desire.
“I am thrilled and deeply grateful to have won the Monte Miller Long Form award this year,” said Olstein.
“The acknowledgement of a story about a culture scarcely seen on Australian screens is deeply heartening, and I look forward to seeing what further opportunities for the project arise as a result.”
Banks received the short-form award for his comedy pilot Artifice, which examines Afl culture.
“I am stunned and grateful to win this award – the year to forget has been transformed into one to savour. I can’t wait to make the most of this and put the script...
- 4/21/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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