The 53rd Annual Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE Awards

A poor runaway boy and a reluctant ambulance driver in Karachi. Their two lives come together through a dying humanitarian upon whom so much of their daily lives depend.

Three Norwegian teenaged girlfriends get caught smuggling cocaine out of Bolivia. Why does only one take the fall? Cue a tabloid media storm, professional kidnappers and a behind-bars pregnancy in this sensational exposé.

Set in America's rural south, on the even of the recent election a town deals with issues of immigrant integration and reckons with its segregated past.

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.

Arthur Le Gall is 20 years old. He lives in his imaginary world and he tells himself stories. It is an artist. He likes to take pictures of what he sees. He organizes his scenes and works on the contrasts of shadow and light. He photographs forms, cutlery, crockery and certain kitchen objects. He doesn't see things the same way other people do. He discovers an old clock and gives his own definition of time. And in his fantastic and dreamlike world, objects come to life and take on a completely different meaning. For one day, he rediscovers the apartment of his grandfather who has just died even though he thinks he can see him. He also has his own vision of death. Then his parents arrive to reason with him. They want to see him grow and announce to him that they are going to put everything up for sale. With a lot of poetry, Arthur gives them a lesson in life and goes against their project. For him, life is a miracle that you have to learn to respect. According to him, everything we see is only a mirage on the road of passing time.

Thirty miles from Manhattan a group of mysterious mountain people fight for recognition as a legitimate Native American tribe.