Ready For This and Paper Planes Recognised
PICTURED: Ready for this Cast & the ACTF: Liam Talty, Madeleine Madden, Bernadette O'Mahony (ACTF), Majeda Beatty and Leonie Whyman.
Best Children’s Television Series and Best Original Feature Film Screenplay at the 2016 AACTA Awards went to the ACTF supported projects Ready For This and Paper Planes respectively.
Joanna Werner and Miranda Dear were recognised for the teen series Ready For This, a co-production between Blackfella Films and Werner Film Productions; and Robert Connolly and Steve Worland received the award for Best Original Feature Film Screenplay for the hit film Paper Planes.
We congratulate the talented teams on both productions.
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