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Working Dog awarded AACTA’s 2025 Longford Lyell Award

Straight to the pool room! The Longford Lyell Award will go to Working Dog, the team behind The Castle, Utopia and The Dish.
28 Nov 2024 16:40
Rochelle Siemienowicz
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Production company Working Dog is the recipient of the 2025 AACTA Longford Lyell Award.

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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced that the 2025 AACTA Longford Lyell Award will be presented to the trailblazing team behind Working Dog productions: Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Michael Hirsh, and Rob Sitch.

Fans and industry professionals will have a rare opportunity to hear from the team at Working Dog, who will be in conversation with Ed Kavalee in their session Working Dog… It’s the Vibe on Saturday, 8 February at HOTA on the Gold Coast.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.

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