AACTA 2017 – small child beats every actor in Australia

AACTAs celebrate creativity with a ritual which is just the opposite, trapped in thanks and soppy adjectives. Beyond the hype, the awards went to fine achievements.
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Image: Sunny Pawar is really something.

Justice has finally been done. Sunny Pawar, the child star of Lion, has  scored a major award, which he could not pick up because he is filming in India. And his thank you clip was done on a portrait mounted iPhone, chiz chiz. 

Generally speaking, Seven did well to attract an audience of 300,000 in the five cities, though it was beaten by Rosehaven and the cricket. Perched at home I was writhing with embarrassment as the show was engulfed in a tide of meaningless thanks – the perennial problem – and a huge amount of  genufectual adjectives. The wit and deprecation of yesterday seems to have left with Adam Zwoar and Julia Zemiro. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.