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The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) awards will be presented at the Greater Union cinemas, Bondi Junction, Sydney, on February 13.

Best Actress
Gemma Ward The Black Balloon

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During her brief runway hiatus Gemma Ward has been quietly building a unique acting resume; first with a memorable turn as a masked villain in the horror hit The Strangers and now a spirited performance in the Aussie indie The Black Balloon.

The Black Balloon is a heart-wrenching and at times difficult coming of age story about a young man’s struggle to understand and accept his autistic brother. Starring Toni Collette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford and Gemma Ward, the film is an engaging slice of suburban Australian life.

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This week seems to be all about fashion in film — Wednesday brings us both the debut of Karl Lagerfeld’s short film and the televised version of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, and on Friday, Gemma Ward’s film, The Black Balloon, finally makes its US debut, just in time to throw itself into the ring for awards season contention.  The film already swept the nominations for Australia’s most prestigious film awards — results come out this Saturday — and a similarly positive reception stateside could do wonders for Gemma’s film career.

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THE uplifting WA story The Black Balloon is the hot favourite to sweep this week’s AFI Awards, which celebrate their 50th anniversary.

The heartfelt tale of an average Aussie family struggling to cope with their autistic son is up for 11 awards, including best film, best actor (Rhys Wakefield), best supporting actress (Toni Collette) and best supporting actor (Luke Ford and Erik Thomson).

“It would be nice to win considering that and the fact we lead the nomination field. All the main actors except for Gemma (Ward) are nominated, so it will be good for them too.

“Gemma is actually in New York and will be attending the premiere of the film there with Elissa.”

The awards will be hosted by actor Stephen Curry on Saturday, December 6 at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre and broadcast on the Nine Network at 9.30pm.