The Village Roadshow Prize for Screen Writing: Winner 2005

Judges report
Revealing Gallipoli by Wain Fimeri (December Films)

This docudrama script demonstrates the writer’s ability to delve into our nation’s history and present us with an imaginative interpretation of events that is resoundingly authoritative. The story of Gallipoli has been told countless times, to the point where it has been etched into our national psyche. But what really happened? What were the disastrous and often insane decisions that led to this tragedy? Who were the soldiers that paid the ultimate price for this folly? What did they think, what did they feel, what did they understand about what was happening? These and many other questions are explored and answered in Wain Fimeri’s innovative work.