5th AACTA Awards

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The 5th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as AACTA Awards) are a series of awards which includes the 5th AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 5th AACTA Awards ceremony and the 5th AACTA International Awards. The former two events were held at The Star Event Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales in late 2015.[2] Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), the awards celebrate the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2015. The AACTA Awards ceremony televised on Seven Network for the fourth year running. The 5th AACTA Awards are a continuum of the Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards), established in 1958 and presented until 2010 after which it was rebranded the AACTA Awards when the Australian Film Institute (AFI) established AACTA in 2011.[3]

The nominees were announced during a press conference on 31 October 2015 at The Star hôtel in Sydney.[4] The Dressmaker received the most feature-film nominations with thirteen, earning a nomination in most of the categories.[5]

Nominees and winners

The nominees for feature-films and Television were announced during a press conference on 29 October 2015 in Sydney. Of the nominees, Jocelyn Moorhouse's revenge drama The Dressmaker received the most feature-film nominations with thirteen, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.[4] The winners were announced on 9 December 2015.[6]

Feature film

Best Film Best Direction
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Doug Mitchell, George Miller, and P. J. Voeten
    • The Dressmaker – Sue Maslin
    • Holding the Man – Kylie Du Fresne
    • Last Cab to Darwin – Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, and Jeremy Sims
    • Paper Planes – Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, and Liz Kearney
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Lead Actor Best Lead Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
  • Judy Davis – The Dressmaker as Molly Dunnage
    • Emma Hamilton – Last Cab to Darwin as Julie
    • Deborah Mailman – Paper Planes as Maureen
    • Sarah Snook – The Dressmaker as Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt
Best Cinematography Best Editing
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale ASC ACS
    • The Dressmaker – Donald McAlpine ACS ASC
    • Last Cab to Darwin – Steve Arnold ACS
    • Oddball – Damian Wyvill ACS
Best Original Music Score Best Sound
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Ben Osmo, David White, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Wayne Pashley, and Mark Mangini
    • The Dressmaker – Andrew Ramage, Glenn Newnham, Chris Goodes CAS, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro, and Alex Francis
    • Paper Planes – Chris Goodes CAS, James Ashton, Emma Bortignon, and Trevor Hope
    • Partisan – Robert Mackenzie, and Dane Cody
Best Production Design Best Costume Design
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
    • Cut Snake – Josephine Ford
    • The Dressmaker – Roger Ford
    • Partisan – Steven Jones-Evans APDG, and Sarah Cyngler
  • The Dressmaker – Marion Boyce, and Margot Wilson

Television

Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series
Best Children's Series Best Light Entertainment Series
Best Reality Series Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
  • Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door – Kerrie Mainwaring and Rory Callaghan (Seven Network)
    • Banished – Sita Williams, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jamie Laurenson and Brett Popplewell (FOXTEL)
    • The Principal – Ian Collie (SBS)
    • The Secret River – Stephen Luby (ABC)
Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy Best Direction in a Television Light Entertainment or Reality Series
  • Seth Larney – Hipsters (Épisode 1) (SBS2)
    • Anna Bateman – Judith Lucy is All Woman (Épisode 2) (ABC)
    • Damian Davis – Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (Épisode 7) (ABC)
    • Stamatia Maroupas – Kitchen Cabinet (Épisode 7) (ABC)
Best Lead Actor – Drama Best Lead Actress – Drama
Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
Best Comedy Performance Best Screenplay in Television
Best Cinematography in Television Best Editing in Television
  • Geoffrey Hall – Deadline Gallipoli (FOXTEL)
    • Martin McGrath – Banished (Épisode 6) (FOXTEL)
    • Mark Wareham – Redfern Now (ABC)
    • Bruce Young – The Secret River (Épisode 1) (ABC)
Best Sound in Television Best Original Music Score in Television
  • Des Kenneally, Robert Mackenzie, Liam Price, Jed Dodge, Justine Angus and John Simpson – Deadline Gallipoli (Par 1) (FOXTEL)
    • Paul 'Salty' Brincat, Gary Desmond and Dan Johnson – Banished (Épisode 6) (FOXTEL)
    • Grant Shepherd, Ashley Irwin, Ian Neilson, Ben Anderson, Nigel Croydon, Robert Sullivan – Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (Épisode 1) (Seven Network)
    • Rainier Davenport, Ian McLoughlin CAS, Wes Chew, Tom Herdman, Annie Breslin and Blair Slater – Redfern Now (ABC)
Best Production Design in Television Best Costume Design in Television
  • Herbert Pinter – The Secret River (Part 1) (ABC)
    • Claire Kenny – Banished (Épisode 6) (FOXTEL)
    • Pete Baxter – Deadline Gallipoli (Part 1) (FOXTEL)
    • Tim Ferrier – Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door (Épisode 1) (Seven Network)

Documentary

Best Feature Length Documentary Best Documentary Television Program
  • Deborah Masters, Sarah Ferguson – The Killing Season (ABC)
    • Jo-anne McGowan – Between a Frock and a Hard Place (ABC)
    • Richard Kuipers – The Cambodian Space Project (ABC)
    • Harry Bardwell, Kelrick Martin – Prison Songs (SBS)
Best Direction in a Documentary Best Cinematography in a Documentary
  • Only the Dead – Bill Guttentag, Michael Ware
    • The Killing Season (ABC) – Deborah Masters
    • Prison Songs (SBS) – Kelrick Martin
    • Uranium - Twisting the Dragon's Tail – Wain Fimeri, Steve Westh
  • Life on the Reef (Épisode 1) (ABC) – Nick Robinson, Luke Peterson and Jon Shaw
    • The Killing Season – Louie Eroglu
    • Prison Songs – Torstein Dyrting
    • Sherpa – Renan Ozturk, Hugh Miller and Ken Sauls
Best Editing in a Documentary Best Sound in a Documentary
  • Only the Dead – Jane Moran
    • The Cambodian Space Project – Andrea Lang
    • The Killing Season (Épisode 2) (ABC) – Lile Judickas
    • Sherpa – Christian Gazal
  • Only the Dead – Steve Burgess, Leah Katz, Andy Wright and Chris Goodes
    • The Cambodian Space Project – Keith Thomas
    • Life on the Reef (Épisode 1) – Caspar Mazzotti, Craig Beckett, Dan Miau and Terry Meehan
    • Prison Songs – Glenn Martin and Kim Lord
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary

Short film

Best Short Animation Best Short Fiction Film
  • Ernie Biscuit – Adam Elliot
    • The Meek – Laura DiMaio and Joe Brumm
    • The Orchestra – Mikey Hill and Melanie Brunt
    • The Story of Percival Pilts – John Lewis and Janette Goodey
  • Nulla Nulla – Dylan River and Tanith Glynn-Maloney
    • Flat Daddy – Annie Kinnane and Matt Holcomb
    • Karroyul – Kelrick Martin, Jaclyn Hewer and Melissa Kelly
    • Reg Makes Contact – Corrie Chen, Jiao Chen and Raquelle David

Other

Best Visual Effects or Animation People's Choice Award for Favourite Australian Film
  • Mad Max: Fury Road – Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood and Fiona Crawford
    • Avengers: Age of Ultron – Christopher Townsend, Ryan Stafford, Paul Butterworth and Matt Estela
    • Pan – Chas Jarrett, Dan Barrow, Mark Holt, Marc Varisco and Alana Newell
    • Ted 2 – Glenn Melenhorst and Ineke Majoor
  • The Dressmaker – Sue Maslin
    • Last Cab to Darwin – Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, and Jeremy Sims
    • Mad Max: Fury Road – Doug Mitchell, George Miller, and P. J. Voeten
    • Oddball – Sheila Hanahan, Stephen Kearney and Richard Keddie
    • Paper Planes – Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, and Liz Kearney

Productions with multiple nominations

Feature film

The following feature films received multiple nominations.

  • Thirteen: The Dressmaker
  • Twelve: Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Nine: Last Cab to Darwin
  • Six: Paper Planes, Holding the Man
  • Five: Cut Snake
  • Four: Partisan
  • Three: Ruben Guthrie
  • Two: Oddball

References

  1. ^ "Jim Schembri's movie cheat sheet - December 11". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
  2. ^ "AACTA invites sponsors for 2015". mUmBRELLA (Focal Attractions). 5 May 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Awarding screen excellence in Australia". Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b Groves, Don (31 October 2015). "The Dressmaker leads AACTA Awards noms". If.com.au. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Get your AACTA together — how your favourite TV stars have been snubbed for an ABC muppet!". News.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  6. ^ "'Mad Max,' 'Dressmaker' Split Australian Academy Awards". Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

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