The story of two love-struck Aboriginal teenagers living in central Australia has won this year's Australian Film Institute (AFI) award for best Australian film.
The film, Samson and Delilah, also won the awards for best original screenplay and best direction for writer/director Warwick Thornton.
The film's young actors, Rowan McNamara and Marissa Gibson, who had had no previous acting experience, shared the AFI award for best young actor.
Set in a dirt-poor rural community outside Alice Springs, Samson and Delilah charts the plight of the two teenagers who seek to escape the area's poverty, violence, addiction and hopelessness by going on the run.
The award ceremonies were held in Melbourne at the Regent Theatre on the night of December 12, Australian eastern daylight saving time.