Winners & Nominees
Samsung AACTA Award for Best Film
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Antony Waddington, Gregory Read, Fred Schepisi
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Vincent Sheehan
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David Jowsey, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram, Brendan Fletcher
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Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning
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Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan
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Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
AACTA Award for Best Direction
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Fred Schepisi
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Daniel Nettheim
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Kriv Stenders
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Justin Kurzel
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor
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The Hunter
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Snowtown
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The Eye Of The Storm
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Oranges And Sunshine
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress
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The Eye Of The Storm
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The Hunter
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The Eye Of The Storm
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Oranges And Sunshine
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor
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The Eye Of The Storm
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The Hunter
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Face To Face
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Oranges And Sunshine
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress
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The Hunter
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Snowtown
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The Eye Of The Storm
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The Eye Of The Storm
AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Leon Ford
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Sean Byrne
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Brendan Fletcher, Dean Daley-Jones, Greg Tait, John Watson
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Patrick Hughes
AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Judy Morris
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Alice Addison
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Daniel Taplitz
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Shaun Grant
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography
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Robert Humphreys ACS
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Geoffrey Hall ACS
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Geoffrey Simpson ACS
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Adam Arkapaw
AACTA Award for Best Editing
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Dany Cooper ASE
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Jill Bilcock ASE ACE
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Veronika Jenet ASE
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Leanne Cole
AACTA Award for Best Sound
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Sam Petty, David Lee, Robert Mackenzie, Les Fiddess MPSE, Tony Murtagh, Tom Heuzenroeder
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Wayne Pashley, Derryn Pasquill, Polly McKinnon, Fabian Sanjurjo, Phil Heywood, Peter Smith
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Phil Judd, Nick Emond, Johanna Emond, Les Fiddess MPSE, Jennifer Sochackyj, Beth Tredray
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Frank Lipson MPSE, Andrew McGrath, Des Kenneally, Michael Carden, John Simpson, Erin McKimm
AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
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Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, Andrew Lancaster
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David Hirschfelder
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Cezary Skubiszewski
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Jed Kurzel
AACTA Award for Best Production Design
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Melinda Doring
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Steven Jones-Evans APDG
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Ian Gracie
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Annie Beauchamp
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design
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Terry Ryan
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Emily Seresin
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Cappi Ireland
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Shareen Beringer
AFI Members' Choice Award
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Antony Waddington, Gregory Read, Fred Schepisi.
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Vincent Sheehan
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David Jowsey, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram, Brendan Fletcher
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Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning
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Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan
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Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw