The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) announced the nominees for its first ever AACTA International Awards at the G’Day USA Black Tie Gala held in Los Angeles on 14 January, 2012.
It launched five new award categories recognising international achievements in film as follows: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Actress. The Artist and Melancholia let the pack, with four nominations a piece, including Best Film. A full list of the international winners can be found below: AACTA also announced the first of its local winners at a luncheon in Sydney today. There are really no surprises, except for the fact that not a single foreign-language film made the list of the international nominees, and they otherwise follow the main US awards at the moment.
The prestigious AACTA Raymond Longford Award, the nation’s highest screen accolade, was presented to Australian cinematography legend, Donald M. McAlpine (ACS/ASC). Filmmaker Ivan Sen was presented with the Byron Kennedy Award, which celebrates “outstanding creative enterprise within the film and television industries and is given to an individual or organisation whose work embodies innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence”.
AACTA’s inaugural awards season will culminate with the spectacular Samsung AACTA Awards Ceremony at the Sydney Opera House on 31 January 2012, which will be broadcast around Australia on the Nine Network.
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST FILM
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Hugo
- The Ides of March
- Margin Call
- Melancholia
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree Of Life
- We Need To Talk About Kevin
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
- The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
- The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
- The Ides of March – George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon
- Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
- Melancholia – Lars von Trier
- Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
- Moneyball – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin
- We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
- The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
- Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn
- Hugo – Martin Scorsese
- Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
- Melancholia – Lars von Trier
- Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
- The Tree Of Life – Terrence Malick
- We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
- George Clooney – The Descendants
- Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist
- Michael Fassbender – Shame
- Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
- Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
- Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
- Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin
- Mia Wasikowska – Jane Eyre
- Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
WNNERS – INAUGURAL SAMSUNG AACTA AWARDS LUNCHEON
SHORT FILM
AACTA RAYMOND LONGFORD AWARD
- Don McAlpine
BYRON KENNEDY AWARD
- Ivan Sen
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole. Grant Freckelton.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION
- Nullarbor. Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell, Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Daryl Munton
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
- The Palace. Kate Croser, Anthony Maras, Andros Achilleos.
DOCUMENTARY
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTAY
- Mrs Carey’s Concert. Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst, Sophie Raymond. ABC
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY
- Mrs Carey’s Concert. Bob Connolly, Sophie Raymond. ABC
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
- Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure. Bryan Mason.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY
- murundak ‐ songs of freedom. Emma Bortignon, Michael Letho, Peter Smith, Christopher O’Young
FEATURE FILM
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Hunter. Robert Humphreys ACS.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
- Snowtown. Veronika Jenet ASE.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND
- Snowtown. Frank Lipson MPSE, Andrew McGrath, Des Kenneally, Michael Carden, John Simpson,
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
- The Hunter. Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, Andrew Lancaster.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- The Eye of the Storm. Melinda Doring.
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- The Eye of the Storm. Terry Ryan.
AFI MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARD
- RED DOG. Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan.
