Winners & Nominees
AACTA Award for Best Film Presented by Foxtel
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Sheila Jayadev, Helen Panckhurst (Matchbox Pictures)
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Polly Staniford (Aquarius Films)
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Melissa Kelly (Factor 30 Films)
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Vincent Sheehan, David Jowsey (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
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Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Angie Fielder (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Direction
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Jeffrey Walker (Matchbox Pictures)
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Cate Shortland (Aquarius Films)
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Ben Young (Factor 30 Films)
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Garth Davis (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor
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Hounds Of Love (Factor 30 Films)
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The Butterfly Tree (Midwinter Films)
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Lion (See-Saw Films)
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Ali's Wedding (Matchbox Pictures)
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress
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Hounds Of Love (Factor 30 Films)
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Berlin Syndrome (Aquarius Films)
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Ali's Wedding (Matchbox Pictures)
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Don't Tell (Tojohage Productions)
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
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Ali's Wedding (Matchbox Pictures)
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Lion (See-Saw Films)
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Don't Tell (Tojohage Productions)
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Jasper Jones (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Ali's Wedding (Matchbox Pictures)
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Lion (See-Saw Films)
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Don't Tell (Tojohage Productions)
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Hounds Of Love (Factor 30 Films)
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Andrew Knight, Osamah Sami (Matchbox Pictures)
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Priscilla Cameron (Midwinter Films)
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Cris Jones (Optimism Film)
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Ben Young (Factor 30 Films)
AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Shaun Grant (Aquarius Films)
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James Greville, Ursula Cleary, Anne Brooksbank (Tojohage Productions)
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Shaun Grant, Craig Silvey (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
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Luke Davies (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography
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Michael McDermott (Factor 30 Films)
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Stefan Duscio (Jungle Babber Productions)
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Greig Fraser (See-Saw Films)
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Geoffrey Hall (Good Dog Enterprises)
AACTA Award for Best Editing
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Nick Meyers (Hoodlum)
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Jack Hutchings (Aquarius Films)
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Merlin Eden (Factor 30 Films)
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Alexandre de Franceschi (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Sound
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Liam Egan, Trevor Hope, Robert Sullivan, Yulia Akerholt, James Andrews, Les Fiddess (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
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Serge Lacroix, Cate Cahill, Francis Byrne, Tony Murtagh (Hypergiant Films)
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Wayne Pashley, Rick Lisle, Fabian Sanjurjo, Michael Semanick, Gregg Landaker (Animal Logic)
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Robert Mackenzie, Glenn Newnham, Nakul Kamte, Andrew Ramage, James Ashton, Mario Vaccaro (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Original Score
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Nigel Westlake (Matchbox Pictures)
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Bryony Marks (Aquarius Films)
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Caitlin Yeo (Midwinter Films)
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Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O’Halloran (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Production Design
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Melinda Doring (Aquarius Films)
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Ben Morieson (Optimism Film)
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Herbert Pinter (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
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Chris Kennedy (See-Saw Films)
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design
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Maria Pattison (Aquarius Films)
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Tess Schofield (Werner Film Productions)
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Margot Wilson (Bunya Productions/Porchlight Films)
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Cappi Ireland (See-Saw Films)