AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

{{Infobox award

| name = Best Adapted Screenplay
AACTA Award

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)

| country = Australia

| year = 1978

| holder = Robert Connolly, Harry Cripps, The Dry (2021)

| website = http://www.aacta.org

}}

The AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "based on material previously released or published".{{cite web|title=Rule 5.5 –Special Rules for Screenplays |work=2011 AFI Awards Rule Book |publisher=Australian Film Institute (AFI) |url=http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12421&Section=Documents_2011 |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808083129/http://www.afi.org.au/AM/ContentManagerNet/ContentDisplay.aspx?ContentID=12421&Section=Documents_2011 |archive-date=8 August 2011 }} Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards). It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978–1979, 1983–1987, 1989, 1993–2003, 2005–2006, and then from 2008–present.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Archive/2010Awards/2010AwardsPDF/Feature_Film_Award_Winners_1958-2010.pdf |publisher=Australian Film Institute (AFI) |title=AFI Feature Film Award Winners: 1958-2010 |year=2010 |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319120224/http://www.afi.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/Archive/2010Awards/2010AwardsPDF/Feature_Film_Award_Winners_1958-2010.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2012 }}

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and screenwriters in bold and in yellow background have won are the winners. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning screenplay first and then the other nominees.Winners and nominees by year:

1978: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1970-1979/1978.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1970-1979 - 1978 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1979: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1970-1979/1979.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1970-1979 - 1979 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1983: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1983.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1983 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1984: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1984.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1984 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1985: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1985.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1985 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1986: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1986.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1986 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1987: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1987.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1987 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1989: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1980-1989/1989.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1980-1989 - 1989 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1993: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1993.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1993 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027205923/http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1993.aspx |archive-date=27 October 2015 }}
1994: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1994.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1994 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1995: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1995.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1995 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1996: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1996.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1996 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1997: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1997 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104053151/http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx |archive-date=4 January 2015 }}
1998: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1998.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1998 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
1999: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1999.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 1990-1999 - 1999 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2000: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2000.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2000 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2001: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2001.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2001 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2002: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2002.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2002 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2003: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2003.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2003 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2004: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2004.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2004 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2005: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2005.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2005 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2006: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2006.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2006 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2007: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2007.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2007 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2008: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2008.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2008 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2009: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2009.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2009 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2010: {{cite web |url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2010.aspx |title=AACTA - Past Winners - 2000-2010 - 2010 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=11 January 2012 }}
2011: {{cite web |url=http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/2011.aspx |title=AACTA - Winners and Nominees - 2011 |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311174800/http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/2011.aspx |url-status=dead }}Additional nominees for 2002 and 2006: {{cite book|last=French|first=Lisa|last2=Poole|first2=Mark|title=Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute|publisher=Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)|year=2009|isbn=1-876467-20-7|page=175}}

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align=center|AFI Awards (1978-2010)
AACTA Awards (2011-present)

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class="wikitable"
Year ! Film ! Screenwriter(s) ! Source
colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|90s}}1970s
rowspan=4\|1978 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Getting of Wisdom* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Eleanor Witcombe \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Getting of Wisdom (novel) by Henry Handel Richardson
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith \|Fred Schepisi \|The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (novel) by Thomas Keneally
The Mango Tree \|Michael Pate \|The Mango Tree (novel) by Ronald McKie
Weekend of Shadows \|Peter Yeldham \|The Reckoning (novel) by Hugh Atkinson
rowspan=4\|1979 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*My Brilliant Career* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Eleanor Witcombe \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|My Brilliant Career (novel) by Miles Franklin
Cathy's Child \|Ken Quinnell \|A Piece of Paper (novel) by Dick Wordley
The Last of the Knucklemen \|Tim Burstall \|The Last of the Knucklemen (play) by John Power
Money Movers \|Bruce Beresford \|Money Movers (novel) by Devon Minchin
colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|90s}}1980s
rowspan=4\|1983 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Careful, He Might Hear You* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Michael Jenkins \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Careful, He Might Hear You (novel) by Sumner Locke Elliott
Now and Forever \|Richard Cassidy \|Now and Forever (novel) by Danielle Steel
The Wild Duck \|Tutte Lemkow, Dido Merwin, Henri Safran, Peter Smalley \|The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen
The Year of Living Dangerously \|Peter Weir, David Williamson \|The Year of Living Dangerously (novel) by Christopher Koch
rowspan=4\|1984 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Annie's Coming Out* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|John Patterson, Chris Borthwick \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Annie's Coming Out (novel) by Rosemary Crossley & Anne McDonald
BMX Bandits \|Russell Hagg \|Story by Patrick Edgeworth
Razorback \|Everett De Roche \|Razorback (novel) by Peter Brennan
Strikebound \|Richard Lowenstein \|Dead Men Don't Dig Coal (novel) by Wendy Lowenstein
rowspan=4\|1985 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Bliss* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Bliss (novel) by Peter Carey
An Indecent Obsession \|Denise Morgan \|An Indecent Obsession (novel) by Colleen McCullough
The Coca-Cola Kid \|Frank Moorhouse \|The Americans Baby (novel) by Frank Moorhouse
Rebel \|Michael Jenkins \|No Names, No Pack Drill (play) by Bob Herbert
rowspan=4\|1986 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Fringe Dwellers* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Bruce & Rhoisin Beresford \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Fringe Dwellers by Peter Carey
For Love Alone \|Stephen Wallace \|Stephen Wallace (novel) by Christina Stead
Kangaroo \|Evan Jones \|Kangaroo (novel) by D. H. Lawrence
Playing Beatie Bow \|Peter Gawler \|Playing Beatie Bow (novel) by Ruth Park
rowspan=4\|1987 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Travelling North* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|David Williamson \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Travelling North (play) by David Williamson
The Place at the Coast \|Hilary Furlong \|The Place at the Coast (novel) by Jane Hyde
Slate, Wyn & Me \|Don McLennan \|Slate, Wyn & Me (novel) by Georgia Savage
Vincent \|Paul Cox \|The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
rowspan=4\|1989 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Evil Angels* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Evil Angels (novel) by John Bryson
Compo \|Abe Pogos \|Compo (play) by Abe Pogos
Dead Calm \|Terry Hayes \|Dead Calm (novel) by Charles F. Williams
Emerald City \|David Williamson \|Emerald City (play) by David Williamson
colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|90s}}1990s
rowspan=4\|1993 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Blackfellas* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|James Ricketson, Archie Weller \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Blackfellas (novel) by Archie Weller
Black River \|Kevin Lucas \|Black River (opera) by Andrew & Julianne Schultz
No Worries \|David Holman \|No Worries (play) by David Holman
The Silver Brumby \|Elyne Mitchell, Jon Stephens \|Silver Brumby (novels) by Elyne Mitchell
rowspan=4\|1994 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Sum of Us* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|David Stevens \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Sum of Us (play) by David Stevens
Country Life \|Michael Blakemore, Anton Chekhov \|Uncle Vanya (play) by Anton Chekhov
Everynight ... Everynight \|Ray Mooney, Alkinos Tsilimidos \|Everynight ... Everynight (play) by Ray Mooney
Traps \|Robert Carter, Pauline Chan \|Dreamhouse (novel) by Kate Grenville
rowspan=4\|1995 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Hotel Sorrento* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Hotel Sorrento (play) by Hannie Rayson
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection \|Geoffrey Atherden, Steele Rudd \|Characters by Steele Rudd
Sanctuary \|David Williamson \|Sanctuary (play) by David Williamson
That Eye, the Sky \|John Ruane, Jim Barton \|That Eye, the Sky (novel) by Tim Winton.
rowspan=4\|1996 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Cosi* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Louis Nowra \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Così (play) by Louis Nowra
Dead Heart \|Nick Parsons \|Dead Heart (play) by Nick Parsons
Life \|John Brumpton, Lawrence Johnston \|Containment (play) by John Brumpton
What I Have Written \|John A. Scott \|What I Have Written (novel) by John A. Scott
rowspan=3\|1997 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Well* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Laura Jones \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Well (novel) by Elizabeth Jolley
Blackrock \|Nick Enright \|Blackrock (play) by Nick Enright
Love in Ambush \|Carl Schultz \|Jarai (novel) by Loup Durand
rowspan=4\|1998 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Boys* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Stephen Sewell \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Boys (play) by Gordon Graham
Head On \|Ana Kokkinos \|Loaded (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas
Oscar and Lucinda \|Laura Jones \|Oscar and Lucinda (novel) by John Brumpton
Radiance \|Louis Nowra \|Radiance (play) by Louis Nowra
rowspan=1\|1999 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Praise* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Andrew McGahan \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Praise (novel) by Andrew McGahan
colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|90s}}2000s
rowspan=3\|2000 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Looking for Alibrandi* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Melina Marchetta \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Looking for Alibrandi (novel) by Melina Marchetta
Chopper \|Andrew Dominik \|The autobiographies of Mark "Chopper" Read
The Magic Pudding \|Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick, Simon Hopkinson \|The Magic Pudding (book) by Norman Lindsay
rowspan=4\|2001 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Lantana* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Andrew Bovell \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Speaking In Tongues (novel) by Andrew Bovell
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand \|Richard Lowenstein \|He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (novel) by John Birmingham
The Monkey's Mask \|Anne Kennedy, Dorothy Porter \|The Monkey's Mask (novel) by Dorothy Porter
Silent Partner \|Daniel Keene \|Silent Partner (play) by Daniel Keene
rowspan=4\|2002 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Australian Rules* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Paul Goldman, Phillip Gwynne \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Deadly, Unna? (novel) by Phillip Gwynne
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien \|John Briley \|Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (novel) by Hilde Eynikel
Rabbit-Proof Fence \|Christine Olsen \|Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (novel) by Doris Pilkington
Swimming Upstream \|Tony Fingleton \|Swimming Upstream (autobiography) by Diane & Tony Fingleton
rowspan=4\|2003 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Rage in Placid Lake* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Tony McNamara \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Cafe Latte Kid (play) by Tony McNamara
Blurred \|Stephen Davies, Kier Shorey \|Blurred (play) by Stephen Davis
Ned Kelly \|John Michael McDonagh \|Our Sunshine (novel) by Robert Drewe
Teesh and Trude \|Vanessa Lomma \|Teesh and Trude (play) by Wilson McCaskill
rowspan=4\|2005 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Three Dollars* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Three Dollars (novel) by Elliot Perlman
Hating Alison Ashley \|Christine Madafferi \|Hating Alison Ashley (novel) by Robin Klein
The Illustrated Family Doctor \|David Snell, Kriv Stenders \|The Illustrated Family Doctor (novel) by Robert Drewe
The Widower \|Lyndon Terracini \|Evening Alone at Bunyah, Noonday Axeman, The Widower in the Country, Cowyard Gates and The Last Hellos (poems) by Les Murray
rowspan=4\|2006 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Candy* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Neil Armfield, Luke Davies \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (novel) by Luke Davies
The Book of Revelation \|Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos \|The Book of Revelation (novel) by Rupert Thomson
Jindabyne \|Beatrix Christian \|So Much Water So Close to Home (short story) by Raymond Carver
Last Train to Freo \|Reg Cribb \|The Return (play) by Reg Cribb
rowspan=2\|2008 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Unfinished Sky* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Peter Duncan \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Polish Bride (1998 screenplay) by Kees van der Hulst
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane \|Stephen Vagg \|All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (play_ by Stephen Vagg
rowspan=4\|2009 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Balibo* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Robert Connolly, David Williamson \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Cover-Up (novel) by Jill Jolliffe
Beautiful Kate \|Rachel Ward \|Beautiful Kate (novel) by Newton Thornburg
Blessed \|Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas \|Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (play) by Andrew Bovell
Mao's Last Dancer \|Jan Sardi \|Mao's Last Dancer (autobiography) by Li Cunxin
colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|90s}}2010s
rowspan=4\|2010 \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Tomorrow, When the War Began* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Stuart Beattie \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Tomorrow, When the War Began (novel) by John Marsden
Bran Nue Dae \|Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins \|Bran Nue Dae (musical) by Jimmy Chi
The Boys Are Back \|Allan Cubitt \|The Boys Are Back In Town (novel) by Simon Carr
The Tree \|Julie Bertuccelli \|Our Father Who Art in the Tree (novel) by Judy Pascoe
colspan="4" style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"\| {{anchor\|AACTA}}AACTA Awards
rowspan=4\|2011 (1st) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Snowtown* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Shaun Grant \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Snowtown murders
The Eye of the Storm \|Judy Morris \|The Eye of the Storm (novel) by Patrick White
The Hunter \|Alice Addison \|The Hunter (novel) by Julia Leigh
Red Dog \|Daniel Taplitz \|Red Dog (novel) by Louis de Bernières
rowspan=2\|2012 (2nd) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Sapphires* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Sapphires (play) by Tony Briggs
Lore \|Robin Mukherjee, Cate Shortland \|The Dark Room (novel) by Rachel Seiffert
rowspan=4\|2013 (3rd) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Great Gatsby* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Great Gatsby (novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adoration \|Christopher Hampton \|The Grandmothers (short story collection) by Doris Lessing
Dead Europe \|Louise Fox \|Dead Europe (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas
The Turning \|The Turning Ensemble \|The Turning (short story collection) by Tim Winton
rowspan=2\|2014 (4th) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Railway Man* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Railway Man (novel) by Eric Lomax
Predestination \|The Spierig Brothers \|All You Zombies (novel) by Robert A. Heinlein
rowspan=3\|2015 (5th) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Last Cab to Darwin* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Last Cab to Darwin (play) by Reg Cribb
Holding the Man \|Tommy Murphy \|Holding the Man (autobiography) by Timothy Conigrave
Ruben Guthrie \|Brendan Cowell \|Ruben Guthrie (play) by Brendan Cowell
rowspan=2\|2016 (6th) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Daughter* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Simon Stone \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen
Girl Asleep \|Matthew Whittet \|Girl Asleep (play) by Matthew Whittet
rowspan=4\|2017 (7th) \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Lion* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Luke Davies \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
Berlin Syndrome \|Shaun Grant \|Berlin Syndrome (book) by Melanie Joosten
Don't Tell \|Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville \|Based on a true story
Jasper Jones \|Shaun Grant, Craig Silvey \|Jasper Jones (book) by Craig Silvey
rowspan=5\|{{center\|2018 (8th)}}
style="background:#ffff80;"\|*Boy Erased* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Joel Edgerton \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley
Breath \|Simon Baker, Gerard Lee, Tim Winton \|Breath (novel) by Tim Winton
Cargo \|Yolanda Ramke \|Cargo (short film) by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke
Ladies in Black \|Bruce Beresford, Sue Milliken \|Ladies in Black (play) by Carolyn Burns
rowspan=5\|{{center\|2021 (11th)}}
style="background:#ffff80;"\|*The Dry* \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|Robert Connolly, Harry Cripps \| style="background:#ffff80;"\|The Dry (novel) by Jane Harper
Penguin Bloom'' \|Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps \|Penguin Bloom (novel) by Bradley Trevor Greive
Peter Rabbit 2 \|Patrick Burleigh, Will Gluck \|Peter Rabbit (stories) by Beatrix Potter
Rams \|James Duncan \|Rams (2015 film) by Grímur Hákonarson

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Year

! Film

! Screenwriter(s)

! Source

colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"| {{anchor|90s}}1970s

rowspan=4|1978

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Getting of Wisdom

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Eleanor Witcombe

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Getting of Wisdom (novel) by Henry Handel Richardson

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

|Fred Schepisi

|The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (novel) by Thomas Keneally

The Mango Tree

|Michael Pate

|The Mango Tree (novel) by Ronald McKie

Weekend of Shadows

|Peter Yeldham

|The Reckoning (novel) by Hugh Atkinson

rowspan=4|1979

| style="background:#ffff80;"|My Brilliant Career

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Eleanor Witcombe

| style="background:#ffff80;"|My Brilliant Career (novel) by Miles Franklin

Cathy's Child

|Ken Quinnell

|A Piece of Paper (novel) by Dick Wordley

The Last of the Knucklemen

|Tim Burstall

|The Last of the Knucklemen (play) by John Power

Money Movers

|Bruce Beresford

|Money Movers (novel) by Devon Minchin

colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"| {{anchor|90s}}1980s

rowspan=4|1983

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Careful, He Might Hear You

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Michael Jenkins

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Careful, He Might Hear You (novel) by Sumner Locke Elliott

Now and Forever

|Richard Cassidy

|Now and Forever (novel) by Danielle Steel

The Wild Duck

|Tutte Lemkow, Dido Merwin, Henri Safran, Peter Smalley

|The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen

The Year of Living Dangerously

|Peter Weir, David Williamson

|The Year of Living Dangerously (novel) by Christopher Koch

rowspan=4|1984

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Annie's Coming Out

| style="background:#ffff80;"|John Patterson, Chris Borthwick

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Annie's Coming Out (novel) by Rosemary Crossley & Anne McDonald

BMX Bandits

|Russell Hagg

|Story by Patrick Edgeworth

Razorback

|Everett De Roche

|Razorback (novel) by Peter Brennan

Strikebound

|Richard Lowenstein

|Dead Men Don't Dig Coal (novel) by Wendy Lowenstein

rowspan=4|1985

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Bliss

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Bliss (novel) by Peter Carey

An Indecent Obsession

|Denise Morgan

|An Indecent Obsession (novel) by Colleen McCullough

The Coca-Cola Kid

|Frank Moorhouse

|The Americans Baby (novel) by Frank Moorhouse

Rebel

|Michael Jenkins

|No Names, No Pack Drill (play) by Bob Herbert

rowspan=4|1986

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Fringe Dwellers

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Bruce & Rhoisin Beresford

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Fringe Dwellers by Peter Carey

For Love Alone

|Stephen Wallace

|Stephen Wallace (novel) by Christina Stead

Kangaroo

|Evan Jones

|Kangaroo (novel) by D. H. Lawrence

Playing Beatie Bow

|Peter Gawler

|Playing Beatie Bow (novel) by Ruth Park

rowspan=4|1987

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Travelling North

| style="background:#ffff80;"|David Williamson

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Travelling North (play) by David Williamson

The Place at the Coast

|Hilary Furlong

|The Place at the Coast (novel) by Jane Hyde

Slate, Wyn & Me

|Don McLennan

|Slate, Wyn & Me (novel) by Georgia Savage

Vincent

|Paul Cox

|The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

rowspan=4|1989

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Evil Angels

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Evil Angels (novel) by John Bryson

Compo

|Abe Pogos

|Compo (play) by Abe Pogos

Dead Calm

|Terry Hayes

|Dead Calm (novel) by Charles F. Williams

Emerald City

|David Williamson

|Emerald City (play) by David Williamson

colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"| {{anchor|90s}}1990s

rowspan=4|1993

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Blackfellas

| style="background:#ffff80;"|James Ricketson, Archie Weller

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Blackfellas (novel) by Archie Weller

Black River

|Kevin Lucas

|Black River (opera) by Andrew & Julianne Schultz

No Worries

|David Holman

|No Worries (play) by David Holman

The Silver Brumby

|Elyne Mitchell, Jon Stephens

|Silver Brumby (novels) by Elyne Mitchell

rowspan=4|1994

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Sum of Us

| style="background:#ffff80;"|David Stevens

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Sum of Us (play) by David Stevens

Country Life

|Michael Blakemore, Anton Chekhov

|Uncle Vanya (play) by Anton Chekhov

Everynight ... Everynight

|Ray Mooney, Alkinos Tsilimidos

|Everynight ... Everynight (play) by Ray Mooney

Traps

|Robert Carter, Pauline Chan

|Dreamhouse (novel) by Kate Grenville

rowspan=4|1995

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Hotel Sorrento

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Hotel Sorrento (play) by Hannie Rayson

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

|Geoffrey Atherden, Steele Rudd

|Characters by Steele Rudd

Sanctuary

|David Williamson

|Sanctuary (play) by David Williamson

That Eye, the Sky

|John Ruane, Jim Barton

|That Eye, the Sky (novel) by Tim Winton.

rowspan=4|1996

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Cosi

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Louis Nowra

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Così (play) by Louis Nowra

Dead Heart

|Nick Parsons

|Dead Heart (play) by Nick Parsons

Life

|John Brumpton, Lawrence Johnston

|Containment (play) by John Brumpton

What I Have Written

|John A. Scott

|What I Have Written (novel) by John A. Scott

rowspan=3|1997

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Well

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Laura Jones

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Well (novel) by Elizabeth Jolley

Blackrock

|Nick Enright

|Blackrock (play) by Nick Enright

Love in Ambush

|Carl Schultz

|Jarai (novel) by Loup Durand

rowspan=4|1998

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Boys

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Stephen Sewell

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Boys (play) by Gordon Graham

Head On

|Ana Kokkinos

|Loaded (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas

Oscar and Lucinda

|Laura Jones

|Oscar and Lucinda (novel) by John Brumpton

Radiance

|Louis Nowra

|Radiance (play) by Louis Nowra

rowspan=1|1999

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Praise

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Andrew McGahan

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Praise (novel) by Andrew McGahan

colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"| {{anchor|90s}}2000s

rowspan=3|2000

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Looking for Alibrandi

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Melina Marchetta

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Looking for Alibrandi (novel) by Melina Marchetta

Chopper

|Andrew Dominik

|The autobiographies of Mark "Chopper" Read

The Magic Pudding

|Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick, Simon Hopkinson

|The Magic Pudding (book) by Norman Lindsay

rowspan=4|2001

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Lantana

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Andrew Bovell

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Speaking In Tongues (novel) by Andrew Bovell

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

|Richard Lowenstein

|He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (novel) by John Birmingham

The Monkey's Mask

|Anne Kennedy, Dorothy Porter

|The Monkey's Mask (novel) by Dorothy Porter

Silent Partner

|Daniel Keene

|Silent Partner (play) by Daniel Keene

rowspan=4|2002

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Australian Rules

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Paul Goldman, Phillip Gwynne

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Deadly, Unna? (novel) by Phillip Gwynne

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

|John Briley

|Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (novel) by Hilde Eynikel

Rabbit-Proof Fence

|Christine Olsen

|Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (novel) by Doris Pilkington

Swimming Upstream

|Tony Fingleton

|Swimming Upstream (autobiography) by Diane & Tony Fingleton

rowspan=4|2003

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Rage in Placid Lake

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Tony McNamara

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Cafe Latte Kid (play) by Tony McNamara

Blurred

|Stephen Davies, Kier Shorey

|Blurred (play) by Stephen Davis

Ned Kelly

|John Michael McDonagh

|Our Sunshine (novel) by Robert Drewe

Teesh and Trude

|Vanessa Lomma

|Teesh and Trude (play) by Wilson McCaskill

rowspan=4|2005

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Three Dollars

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Three Dollars (novel) by Elliot Perlman

Hating Alison Ashley

|Christine Madafferi

|Hating Alison Ashley (novel) by Robin Klein

The Illustrated Family Doctor

|David Snell, Kriv Stenders

|The Illustrated Family Doctor (novel) by Robert Drewe

The Widower

|Lyndon Terracini

|Evening Alone at Bunyah, Noonday Axeman, The Widower in the Country, Cowyard Gates and The Last Hellos (poems) by Les Murray

rowspan=4|2006

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Candy

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Neil Armfield, Luke Davies

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction (novel) by Luke Davies

The Book of Revelation

|Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos

|The Book of Revelation (novel) by Rupert Thomson

Jindabyne

|Beatrix Christian

|So Much Water So Close to Home (short story) by Raymond Carver

Last Train to Freo

|Reg Cribb

|The Return (play) by Reg Cribb

rowspan=2|2008

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Unfinished Sky

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Peter Duncan

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Polish Bride (1998 screenplay) by Kees van der Hulst

All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane

|Stephen Vagg

|All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (play_ by Stephen Vagg

rowspan=4|2009

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Balibo

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Robert Connolly, David Williamson

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Cover-Up (novel) by Jill Jolliffe

Beautiful Kate

|Rachel Ward

|Beautiful Kate (novel) by Newton Thornburg

Blessed

|Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas

|Who's Afraid of the Working Class? (play) by Andrew Bovell

Mao's Last Dancer

|Jan Sardi

|Mao's Last Dancer (autobiography) by Li Cunxin

colspan="4" style="background:#CCCCCC;" align="center"| {{anchor|90s}}2010s

rowspan=4|2010

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Tomorrow, When the War Began

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Stuart Beattie

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Tomorrow, When the War Began (novel) by John Marsden

Bran Nue Dae

|Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins

|Bran Nue Dae (musical) by Jimmy Chi

The Boys Are Back

|Allan Cubitt

|The Boys Are Back In Town (novel) by Simon Carr

The Tree

|Julie Bertuccelli

|Our Father Who Art in the Tree (novel) by Judy Pascoe

colspan="4" style="background:#FFDEAD;" align="center"| {{anchor|AACTA}}AACTA Awards

rowspan=4|2011
(1st)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Snowtown

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Shaun Grant

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Snowtown murders

The Eye of the Storm

|Judy Morris

|The Eye of the Storm (novel) by Patrick White

The Hunter

|Alice Addison

|The Hunter (novel) by Julia Leigh

Red Dog

|Daniel Taplitz

|Red Dog (novel) by Louis de Bernières

rowspan=2|2012
(2nd)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Sapphires

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Sapphires (play) by Tony Briggs

Lore

|Robin Mukherjee, Cate Shortland

|The Dark Room (novel) by Rachel Seiffert

rowspan=4|2013
(3rd)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Great Gatsby

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Great Gatsby (novel) by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Adoration

|Christopher Hampton

|The Grandmothers (short story collection) by Doris Lessing

Dead Europe

|Louise Fox

|Dead Europe (novel) by Christos Tsiolkas

The Turning

|The Turning Ensemble

|The Turning (short story collection) by Tim Winton

rowspan=2|2014
(4th)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Railway Man

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Railway Man (novel) by Eric Lomax

Predestination

|The Spierig Brothers

|All You Zombies (novel) by Robert A. Heinlein

rowspan=3|2015
(5th)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Last Cab to Darwin

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Last Cab to Darwin (play) by Reg Cribb

Holding the Man

|Tommy Murphy

|Holding the Man (autobiography) by Timothy Conigrave

Ruben Guthrie

|Brendan Cowell

|Ruben Guthrie (play) by Brendan Cowell

rowspan=2|2016
(6th)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Daughter

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Simon Stone

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Wild Duck (play) by Henrik Ibsen

Girl Asleep

|Matthew Whittet

|Girl Asleep (play) by Matthew Whittet

rowspan=4|2017
(7th)

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Lion

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Luke Davies

| style="background:#ffff80;"|A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose

Berlin Syndrome

|Shaun Grant

|Berlin Syndrome (book) by Melanie Joosten

Don't Tell

|Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary, James Greville

|Based on a true story

Jasper Jones

|Shaun Grant, Craig Silvey

|Jasper Jones (book) by Craig Silvey

rowspan=5|{{center|2018
(8th)}}

style="background:#ffff80;"|Boy Erased

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Joel Edgerton

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley

Breath

|Simon Baker, Gerard Lee, Tim Winton

|Breath (novel) by Tim Winton

Cargo

|Yolanda Ramke

|Cargo (short film) by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke

Ladies in Black

|Bruce Beresford, Sue Milliken

|Ladies in Black (play) by Carolyn Burns

rowspan=5|{{center|2021
(11th)}}

style="background:#ffff80;"|The Dry

| style="background:#ffff80;"|Robert Connolly, Harry Cripps

| style="background:#ffff80;"|The Dry (novel) by Jane Harper

Penguin Bloom''

|Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps

|Penguin Bloom (novel) by Bradley Trevor Greive

Peter Rabbit 2

|Patrick Burleigh, Will Gluck

|Peter Rabbit (stories) by Beatrix Potter

Rams

|James Duncan

|Rams (2015 film) by Grímur Hákonarson

References

External links

[http://www.aacta.org The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website]

Category:Screenwriting awards for film

AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Winners and nominees

See also

References

External links