8th AACTA International Awards nominees announced

Can Nicole Kidman add a couple more trophies to her awards haul? - by Gavin Scott

Hot on the heels of the recent AACTA Awards, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has just announced its nominees for the 8th Annual AACTA International Awards. Leading the list of films honoured is A Star Is Born, which has five nods, while Nicole Kidman becomes the first actor to be nominated in the lead and supporting categories in the same year. A full list of nominees is below the trailer for Vice, which has four nominations.

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AACTA International Award for Best Film

A STAR IS BORN
BLACKKKLANSMAN
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
ROMA
VICE

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress

Glenn Close – THE WIFE
Olivia Colman – THE FAVOURITE
Toni Collette – HEREDITARY
Lady Gaga – A STAR IS BORN
Nicole Kidman – DESTROYER

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor

Christian Bale – VICE
Bradley Cooper – A STAR IS BORN
Hugh Jackman – THE FRONT RUNNER
Rami Malek – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
Viggo Mortensen – GREEN BOOK

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – VICE
Emily Blunt – A QUIET PLACE
Claire Foy – FIRST MAN
Nicole Kidman – BOY ERASED
Margot Robbie – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – GREEN BOOK
Timothée Chalamet – BEAUTIFUL BOY
Joel Edgerton – BOY ERASED
Sam Elliott – A STAR IS BORN
Sam Rockwell – VICE

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AACTA International Award for Best Direction

A STAR IS BORN – Bradley Cooper
BLACKKKLANSMAN – Spike Lee
THE FAVOURITE – Yorgos Lanthimos
ROMA – Alfonso Cuarón
SWEET COUNTRY – Warwick Thornton

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay

A QUIET PLACE – John Krasinski, Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
BLACKKKLANSMAN – Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY – Anthony McCarten
THE FAVOURITE – Tony McNamara, Deborah Davis
ROMA – Alfonso Cuarón

Winners of the 8th AACTA International Awards will be announced on Fri., Jan. 4, 2019 in Los Angeles.

Gavin Scott

A pop culture enthusiast from a young age, Gavin is equally passionate about great pop music (’80s synthpop, ’10s dream pop), gripping TV series (Friday Night Lights, The Handmaid’s Tale) and trips to the cinema (I love a blockbuster as much as anyone, but I’m done with the superhero thing).

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