Winners of previous OCIC Australia awards are:
2021: Nitram
2008: The Black Balloon
2007: The Jammed
2006: Ten Canoes
2005: Tom White
2003 Japanese Story
2002: Rabbit Proof Fence, Tracker, Beneath Clouds, Black and White, Australian Rules
2001: Facing the Music
2000: Looking for Alibrandi
1999: Erskineville Kings
WINNERS OF OCIC AND ECUMENICAL AWARDS
1998: Dance Me to My Song (d. Rolf de Heer); Mention: Oscar and Lucinda (d. Gillian Armstrong)
1997: Paradise Road (d. Bruce Beresford)
1996: Shine (d. Scott Hicks)
1995: That Eye, the Sky (d. John Ruane)
1994: No Worries (d. David Elfick); Mention: Eternity (d. Lawrence Johnston)
1993: Blackfellas (d. James Ricketson); Mention: Silver Brumby (d. John Tatoulis)
1992: Black Robe (d. Bruce Beresford)
1991: A Woman’s Tale (d. Paul Cox)
1990: Return Home (d. Ray Argyll); Mention: Struck by Lightning (d. Jerzy Domoradski)
1989: Evil Angels (d. Fred Schepisi)
1988: The Navigator (d. Vincent Ward); Mention: Mull (d. Don McLennan)
1987: The Year My Voice Broke (d. John Duigan)
1986: The Fringe Dwellers (d. Bruce Beresford); Mention: Short Changed (d: George Ogilvie)
1985: A Street to Die (d. Bill Bennett); Mention: Fran (d. Glenda Hambley)
1984: Annie's Coming Out (d. Gil Brearley)
1983: Careful He Might Hear You (d. Carl Schultz); The Year of Living Dangerously (d. Peter Weir)
1982: We of the Never Never (d. Igor Auzins): Mention: Lonely Hearts (d. Paul Cox)
1981: Gallipoli (d. Peter Weir)
1980: Manganinnie (d. John Honey)
1979: My Brilliant Career (d. Gillian Armstrong); Mention: Cathy’s Child (d. Donald Crombie)
WINNERS OF OCIC AUSTRALIA AWARDS AT THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2000: Intransit (d. Mike Daly)
1999: Harry’s War (d. Richard Frankland)
1998: Tulip (d. Rachel Griffiths)
1997: At Sea (d. Pat Fowler Smith)
1996: My Second Car (d. Stuart McDonald)
1995: Small Treasures (d. Sarah Watt)
1994: Seven Days Under Mavis (d. Anna Johnson)
1993: Mr Electric (d. Stuart McDonald)
1992: Wireless Nights (d. Melissa Juhansen)
WINNERS OF OCIC AND ECUMENICAL AWARDS AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
1999: Fetch (d. Lynn – Maree Danzey), Troia, Special Prize (OCIC).
1995: Mary (d. Kay Pavlou), Niepokalanov, Main Prize (OCIC)
1993: Bad Boy Bubby (d. Rolf de Heer), Venice, Special Prize (OCIC)
1992: Breathing Under Water (d. Susan Dermody), Mannheim, Special Prize (Ecumenical)
1991: Waiting (d. Jackie McKimmie), Venice, Special Prize (OCIC); Jane Campion’s New Zealand film, Angel at My Table, won the Main Prize, Venice, (OCIC)
1989: Australian director, John Duigan’s Romero, won the Main Prize at Rio de Janeiro, (OCIC)
1987: With Love to the Person Next to Me (d. Brian McKenzie), Locarno, Main Prize (Ecumenical)
1984: Annie’s Coming Out (d. Gil Brearley), Montreal, Main Prize (Ecumenical)
1981: Manganinnie (d. John Honey), Gijon, Main Prize (Ecumenical).