Following the launch of the new Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), nominees for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film are the first to be announced for the inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards. The awards will be held in Janaury 2012.
The AACTA Awards are a continuation of the AFI Awards, which have run in Australia since 1958.
Best Feature Length Documentary
- Life In Movement Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason
- Mrs Carey’s Concert Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst, Sophie Raymond
- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure Sophie Hyde, Matthew Bate
- The Tall Man Darren Dale
Nominees for the AACTA Award for Best Short Animation are:
- Forget Me Not Emily Dean
- The Missing Key Garth Nix, Anna McFarlane, Jonathan Nix
- The Moment Justin Wight, Kristian Moliere, Troy Bellchambers, Shane McNeil
- Nullarbor Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Daryl Munton
Nominees for the AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film are:
- Adam’s Tallit Justin Olstein, Marie Maroun
- Cropped Bettina Hamilton, Dave Wade
- The Palace Kate Croser, Anthony Maras, Andros Achilleos
- The Telegram Man James F. Khehtie, Victoria Wharfe McIntyre
FEATURE FILMS IN COMPETITION FOR THE INAUGURAL SAMSUNG AACTA AWARDSAs announced at the launch of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, the 23 Feature Films in Competition for the inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards are:
- A Heartbeat Away
- Big Mamma’s Boy
- Blame
- Burning Man
- Caught Inside
- Face to Face
- Griff the Invisible
- Here I Am
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hoole
- Mad Bastards
- Oranges and Sunshine
- Red Dog
- Red Hill
- Sanctum
- Sleeping Beauty
- Snowtown
- Summer Coda
- The Cup
- The Dragon Pearl
- The Eye of the Storm
- The Hunter
- The Loved Ones
- Wasted on the Young
Visit www.aacta.org to see a compilation trailer of the Feature Films in Competition.
