Australian Academy announces nominations for the 10th AACTA International Awards including new global TV categories
13 February 2021
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for the 10th AACTA International Awards, honouring the best achievements in screen excellence.
For the past ten years, the AACTA International Awards, held in Los Angeles, has been a highly regarded addition to the global awards season honouring screen excellence across seven categories including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. In 2021 AACTA has extended the awards to include for the first-time global TV across four new categories: Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Series and Best Actress in a Series to recognise the prolific reach of outstanding productions being watched on the small screen by audiences across the globe. With international travel off the agenda for 2021, AACTA will produce a highlights package of acceptance speeches which will be available to watch on AACTA’s YouTube channel on Saturday 6 March AEDT / Friday 5 March PST.
AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella said: “2020 was an extraordinary year for the global screen industry. We all experienced varying degrees of lockdowns but one thing that united us all was the enjoyment and escapism we got from film and television and audiences devoured content in astonishing numbers. Shows like Normal People, The Crown, The Mandalorian, I May Destroy You and Schitt’s Creek were watched across the world and our own productions like Mystery Road stood up alongside the best.”
“Creatives like Margot Robbie who produced the black comedy thriller, Promising Young Woman, Tony McNamara who created The Great, Babyteeth’s Eliza Scanlen and Ben Mendelsohn, Mrs America’s Cate Blanchett and The Undoing’s Nicole Kidman also continued to showcase the abounding contribution Australians make to the international screen industry.”
“Even though we can’t hold an event in Los Angeles this year, we thought it very important to still shine a light on the best of the global screen industry, give our members the opportunity to have their say too and mark another excellent year of work.”
NOMINEES
AACTA International Award for Best Film
- The Father
- Minari
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film
- Pete Docter – Soul
- Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
- David Fincher – Mank
- Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film
- The Father
- Mank
- Nomadland
- Promising Young Woman
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series
- The Crown
- I May Destroy You
- The Mandalorian
- Mystery Road
- The Queen's Gambit
AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series
- After Life
- The Great
- Schitt's Creek
- Sex Education
- What We Do in the Shadows
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film
- Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Adarsh Gourav – The White Tiger
- Anthony Hopkins – The Father
- Gary Oldman – Mank
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film
- Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
- Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
- Frances McDormand – Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
- Eliza Scanlen – Babyteeth
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film
- Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
- Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth
- Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7
- David Strathairn – Nomadland
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film
- Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Olivia Colman – The Father
- Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite
- Amanda Seyfried – Mank
- Swankie – Nomadland
AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series
- Jason Bateman – Ozark
- Hugh Grant – The Undoing
- Daniel Levy – Schitt's Creek
- Paul Mescal – Normal People
- Aaron Pedersen – Mystery Road
AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series
- Cate Blanchett – Mrs America
- Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
- Nicole Kidman – The Undoing
- Catherine O'Hara – Schitt's Creek
- Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen's Gambit
NOMINEE IMAGERY & FURTHER INFORMATION
For nominee imagery and further information, click here.
To view the AACTA International Awards nominee montage, click here.
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ABOUT THE AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
For the past ten years, the AACTA International Awards have honoured screen excellence regardless of geography across seven categories. The Awards are determined by the AACTA International Chapter which is made up of 150 Australian screen professionals with distinguished international credentials, many of whom are members of AMPAS and BAFTA. This year for the first time, four new series categories have been included in our upcoming AACTA International Awards that all members can participate in and vote on, to determine the most watchable series. For more information on the AACTA International Awards, click here.
ABOUT AACTA
The AACTA Awards are a continuum of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, which were first presented 63 years ago in 1958. Past AFI Award recipients include Nicole Kidman (AACTA Vice President), Russell Crowe (AACTA President), Eric Bana, Toni Collette, Dr. George Miller (AACTA Patron) and Cate Blanchett (AACTA Ambassador).
The AACTA Awards are proudly supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.
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