The 2019 AACTA Awards is underway at The Star in Sydney, with a host of Australia’s best and brightest from the TV and film industry hoping for recognition.
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The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts will honour the best in the business at the ceremony, with an abundance of stars nominated.
While TV’s Andrew Winter and Shaynna Blaze are in attendance and hoping to score the award for Best Lifestyle Program for Selling Houses Australia, Sam Neill will be lauded with the prestigious Longford Lyell Award for his outstanding contribution towards Australia’s screen culture.
Here’s the full list of AACTA nominations, and check back later for the winners.
FILM
BEST FILM
Winner: The Nightingale
Hotel Mumbai
Judy & Punch
The King
Ride Like a Girl
Top End Wedding
BEST INDIE FILM
Winner: Buoyancy
Acute Misfortune
Book Week
Emu Runner
Sequin in a Blue Room
BEST DIRECTION
Winner: The Nightingale – Jennifer Kent
Hotel Mumbai – Anthony Maras
Judy & Punch – Mirrah Foulkes
The King- David Michôd
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Winner: Damon Herriman – Judy & Punch
Timothée Chalamet – The King
Baykali Ganambarr – The Nightingale
Dev Patel – Hotel Mumbai
Hugo Weaving – Hearts and Bones
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Winner: Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale
Nazanin Boniadi – Hotel Mumbai
Teresa Palmer – Ride Like a Girl
Miranda Tapsell – Top End Wedding
Mia Wasikowska – Judy & Punch
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Joel Edgerton – The King
Damon Herriman – The Nightingale
Andrew Luri – Hearts and Bones
Ben Mendelsohn – The King
Michael Sheasby – The Nightingale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Magnolia Maymuru – The Nightingale
Tilda Cobham-Hervey – Hotel Mumbai
Hilary Swank – I Am Mother
Bolude Watson – Hearts and Bones
Ursula Yovich – Top End Wedding
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: The Australian Dream
The Eulogy
The Final Quarter
In My Blood It Runs
Mystify Michael Hutchence
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: The Nightingale – Jennifer Kent
Hotel Mumbai – John Collee, Anthony Maras
Judy & Punch – Mirrah Foulkes
The King – David Michôd, Joel Edgerton
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: The King – Adam Arkapaw
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan – Ben Nott
Hotel Mumbai – Nick Remy Matthews
The Nightingale – Radek Ladczuk
TELEVISION
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Winner: Total Control (ABC)
Bloom (Stan)
Mr Inbetween (Foxtel – Showcase)
Secret City: Under The Eagle (Foxtel – Showcase)
Wentworth (Foxtel – Showcase)
BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
Winner: Lambs Of God (Foxtel – Showcase)
The Cry (ABC)
Fighting Season (Foxtel – Showcase)
The Hunting (SBS)
0On The Ropes (SBS)
BEST COMEDY PROGRAM
Winner: The Letdown (ABC)
Frayed (ABC)
Rosehaven (ABC)
Sammy J (ABC)
Utopia (ABC)
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
1Winner: Lego Masters Australia (Nine Network)
Australian Ninja Warrior (Nine Network)
Australia’s Got Talent (Seven Network)
Hard Quiz (ABC)
The Masked Singer (Network Ten)
BEST DOCUMENTARY OR FACTUAL PROGRAM
Winner: Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds (ABC)
Australia In Colour (SBS)
2Employable Me (ABC)
Exposed: The Case of Kelli Lane (ABC)
Gatwick – The Last Chance Hotel (ABC)
BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Winner: You Can’t Ask That (ABC)
Gogglebox Australia (Network Ten/Foxtel)
Gruen (ABC)
Todd Sampson’s Body Hack (Network Ten)
3Who Do You Think You Are (SBS)
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAM
Winner: Love It or List It Australia (Foxtel – Lifestyle)
Destination Flavour China (SBS)
Grand Designs Australia (Foxtel – Lifestyle)
The Great Australian Bake Off (Foxtel – Lifestyle
Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel – Lifestyle)
BEST REALITY SERIES
4Winner: Australian Survivor: Champions v Contenders (Network Ten)
The Block (Nine Network)
Married At First Sight (Nine Network)
MasterChef (Network Ten)
My Kitchen Rules (Seven Network)
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
Winner: Bluey (ABC Kids)
Drop Dead Weird (7Two)
5Hardball (ABCME)
The Inbestigators (ABCME)
The Unlisted (ABCME)
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Scott Ryan – Mr Inbetween (Foxtel – Showcase)
Patrick Brammall – Glitch (ABC)
Bryan Brown -Bloom (Stan)
Ewen Leslie – The Cry (ABC)
6Sam Reid – Lambs of God (Foxtel – Showcase)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Deborah Mailman – Total Control (ABC)
Jenna Coleman – The Cry (ABC)
Essie Davis – Lambs of God (Foxtel – Showcase)
Ann Dowd – Lambs Of God (Foxtel – Showcase)
Anna Torv – Secret City: Under the Eagle (Foxtel – Showcase)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION COMEDY
Winner: Alison Bell – The Letdown (ABC)
Celia Pacquola – Rosehaven (ABC)
Celia Pacquola – Utopia (ABC)
Rob Sitch – Utopia (ABC)
Miranda Tapsell – Get Krack!n (ABC)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Richard Roxburgh – The Hunting (SBS)
Damon Herriman – Lambs of God (Foxtel – Showcase)
8Damon Herriman – Mr Inbetween (Foxtel – Showcase)
Ewen Leslie – Fighting Season (Foxtel – Showcase)
John Stanton – Bloom (Stan)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Rachel Griffiths – Total Control (ABC)
Kate Box – Les Norton (ABC)
Asher Keddie – The Cry (ABC)
Brooke Satchwell – Mr Inbetween (Foxtel – Showcase)
9Jacki Weaver – Bloom (Stan)
BEST DIRECTION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA OR COMEDY
Winner: Lambs of God (Episode 1 – The Devil Into Paradise) Jeffrey Walker – Lingo Pictures (Foxtel – Showcase)
The Letdown (Episode 2 – The Dilemma) Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell – Giant Dwarf (ABC)
The Hunting (Episode 3 – #shittyboys) Ana Kokkinos – Closer Productions (SBS)
Total CONTROL (Episode 3) Rachel Perkins – Blackfella Films (ABC)
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