6th AACTA Awards

6th AACTA Awards
6th AACTA Awards
Date	7 December 2016
Site	The Star Event Centre; Sydney, New South Wales
Television coverage
Network	Seven Network; Arena
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The 6th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as AACTA Awards) are a series of awards which includes the 6th AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 6th AACTA Awards ceremony and the 6th AACTA International Awards. The former two events will be held at The Star Event Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales. 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 2016. The AACTA Awards ceremony will occur on 7 December 2016 and will be broadcast on the Seven Network for the second year running with an extended broadcast to air on Arena.^[1]

The first round of nominees, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film, were announced on 14 July, 2016.^[2] A new feature film and television category for Best Hair and Makeup will be presented for the first time this year.^[1] Through a partnership with Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) five additional awards, for subscription television programs, will be handed out for Best Lifestyle Program, Best New Talent, Best Male Presenter, Best Female Presenter and Best Live Event Production. ^[3]

Nominees

The nominations are as follows:^[4]

Feature film

Best Film	Best Direction
The Daughter – Jan Chapman, Nicole O’Donohue Girl Asleep – Jo Dyer Goldstone – Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic, David Permut, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey Tanna – Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Carolyn Johnson	Rosemary Myers – Girl Asleep Ivan Sen – Goldstone Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Bentley Dean, Martin Butler – Tanna
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Abe Forsythe – Down Under Ivan Sen – Goldstone Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan – Hacksaw Ridge Damian Hill – Pawno	Simon Stone – The Daughter, based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen Matthew Whittet – Girl Asleep, based on the play Girl Asleep by Matthew Whittet
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
John Brumpton as Les Underwood – Pawno Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss – Hacksaw Ridge Damian Hill as Danny Williamson – Pawno Ewen Leslie as Oliver – The Daughter	Maeve Dermody as Kate – Pawno Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh – Joe Cinque's Consolation Teresa Palmer as Dorothy Schutte – Hacksaw Ridge Odessa Young as Hedvig – The Daughter
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Mark Coles Smith as Pauly – Pawno Damon Herriman as Jason – Down Under Sam Neill as Walter – The Daughter Hugo Weaving as Tom Doss – Hacksaw Ridge	Kerry Armstrong as Jennifer Montgomery – Pawno Rachel Griffiths as Bertha Doss – Hacksaw Ridge Miranda Otto as Charlotte – The Daughter Anna Torv as Anna – The Daughter
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Andrew Commis – Girl Asleep Simon Duggan – Hacksaw Ridge Bonnie Elliott – Spear Bentley Dean – Tanna	Veronika Jenet – The Daughter Karryn de Cinque – Girl Asleep Ivan Sen – Goldstone John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
Best Original Music Score	Best Sound
Darrin Verhagen – Boys in the Trees Marco Beltrami – Gods of Egypt Antony Partos – Tanna David Barber – Teenage Kicks	Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Tony Murtagh, James Andrews, Yulia Akerholt, Robert Sullivan – The Daughter Wayne Pashley, Peter Grace, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo, Greg P. Fitzgerald, Peter Purcell – Gods of Egypt Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Peter Grace – Hacksaw Ridge Emma Bortignon, James Ashton, Martin Butler – Tanna
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Steven Jones-Evans – The Daughter Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep Matt Putland – Goldstone Barry Robison – Hacksaw Ridge	Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep Liz Palmer – Gods of Egypt Lizzy Gardiner – Hacksaw Ridge Jennifer Irwin – Spear

Television

Best Drama Series	Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
The Code – David Maher, David Taylor, Shelley Birse, Diane Haddon - ABC Jack Irish – Ian Collie, Andrew Knight - ABC Rake – Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh - ABC Wentworth – Pino Amenta, Jo Porter - Foxtel/SoHo	Barracuda – Tony Ayres, Amanda Higgs - ABC The Beautiful Lie – John Edwards, Imogen Banks - ABC The Kettering Incident – Vincent Sheehan, Victoria Madden, Andrew Walker - Foxtel/Showcase Molly – John Molloy - Seven Network
Best Comedy Series	Best Light Entertainment Series
Black Comedy – Kath Shelper, Mark O'Toole - ABC The Family Law – Sophie Miller, Julie Eckersley, Debbie Lee, Tony Ayres - SBS Please Like Me – Todd Abbott, Josh Thomas, Lisa Wang, Kevin Whyte - ABC Upper Middle Bogan – Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope, Ben Grogan - ABC	Gogglebox – David McDonald, Kam Vurlow - Foxtel/Lifestyle Gruen – Jon Casimir - ABC Luke Warm Sex – Jon Casimir, Richard Huddleston, Karina Holden, Anna Bateman - ABC Rockwiz – Peter Bain-Hogg, Ken Connor, Brian Nankervis - SBS
Best Children's Series	Best Reality Series
Beat Bugs – Josh Wakely, Jennifer Twiner McCarron – 7Two Bottersnikes & Gumbles – Patrick Egerton – Seven Network The Deep – Avrill Stark, Asaph Fipke – 7Two Play School – Jan Stradling, Sophie Emtage, Sarah Dabro, Rebecca O'Brien– ABC 2	First Dates – Geraldine Orrock, Bikkie Proost, Brad Gustafson - Seven Network Masterchef Australia – Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Rob Wallace - Network Ten My Kitchen Rules – Matt Apps, Joe Herdman, Rikkie Proost - Seven Network The Recruit – Luke Tuncliffe, Lara Hopkins - Foxtel/Fox8
Best Lifestyle Program
Destination Flavour – Erik Dwyer, Rachel Hardie - SBS Grand Designs Australia – Anna Gregory - Foxtel/Lifestyle Poh & Co. – Erik Dwyer - SBS River Cottage Australia – Judi Boylan - Foxtel/Lifestyle
Best Lead Actor – Drama	Best Lead Actress – Drama
Samuel Johnson – Molly – Seven Network Matt Nable – Barracuda – ABC Richard Roxburgh – Rake – ABC Ashley Zukerman – The Code – ABC	Danielle Cormack – Wentworth – Foxtel/SoHo Elizabeth Debicki – The Kettering Incident – Foxtel/Showcase Pamela Rabe – Wentworth – Foxtel/SoHo Sarah Snook – The Beautiful Lie – ABC
Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama	Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
Russell Dykstra – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC Ben Gerrard – Molly, Part 1 – Seven Network Damon Herriman – Secret City, Episode 1 – A Donation to the Struggle – Foxtel/Showcase Hamish Michael – Janet King – The Invisible Wound, Episode 8 – The Long Goodbye – ABC	Caroline Brazier – Rake Episode 8 – ABC Sacha Horler – The Kettering Incident Episode 3 – Foxtel/Showcase Celia Pacquola – The Beautiful Lie Episode 3 – ABC Sianoa Smit-McPhee – The Kettering Incident Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase
Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy	Best Direction in a Light Entertainment, Lifestyle or Reality Series
Shawn Seet – The Code, Episode 1 – ABC Rowan Woods – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase Peter Duncan – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC Kevin Carlin – Wentworth, Episode 12 – Seeing Red – Foxtel/SoHo	Hayden Guppy – Luke Warm Sex, Episode 4 – It’s A Pleasure To Meet You – ABC Richard Franc – MasterChef Australia, Episode 41 – Network Ten Claude Gonzalez – Meet the Mavericks, Episode 1 – Ben Quilty & Warwick Thornton – ABC Michael Venables – The Recruit, Episode 2 – Foxtel/Fox8
Best Comedy Performance	Best Screenplay in Television
Alison Bell – ABC Comedy Showroom – The Letdown – ABC Patrick Brammall – No Activity – Stan Fiona Choi – The Family Law – SBS Leah Purcell – Black Comedy – ABC	Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell – ABC Comedy Showroom – The Letdown – ABC Jonathan Gavin – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Victoria Madden – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope – Upper Middle Bogan, Episode 1 – New Kids on the Block – ABC
Best Cinematography in Television	Best Editing in Television
Henry Pierce – A Place to Call Home, Episode 1 – A Nagging Doubt – Foxtel John Brawley – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Ari Wegner – The Kettering Incident, Episode 3 – Foxtel/Showcase Geoffrey Hall – Wolf Creek, Episode 3 – Salt Lake – Stan
Best Sound in Television	Best Original Music Score in Television

Best Production Design in Television	Best Costume Design in Television

Documentary

Best Feature Length Documentary	Best Documentary Television Program
Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner In the Shadow of the Hill – Dan Jackson Remembering the Man – Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe Snow Monkey – Lizzette Atkins and George Gittoes	#blacklivesmatter – Sally Sara, Matthew Davis - ABC Changing Minds: The Inside Story – Karina Holden, Alison Black, Jenni Wilks - ABC Hitting Home – Nial Fulton, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O'Mahoney - ABC Matilda and Me – Ivan O'Mahoney, Nial Fulton, Nel Minchin - ABC
Best Direction in a Documentary	Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Cian O'Clery – Changing Minds: The Inside Story Episode 1 - ABC Eva Orner – Chasing Asylum Anna Broinowski – Hanson: Please Explain - SBS Nicole Ma – Putuparri and the Rainmakers	Matt Nettheim – Another Country Simon Morris, Cian O'Clery – Changing Minds: The Inside Story Episode 1 - ABC Simon Morris – DNA Nation Episode 3 - SBS Dan Jackson – In the Shadow of the Hill
Best Editing in a Documentary	Best Sound in a Documentary

Best Original Music Score in a Documentary

Short film

Best Short Animation	Best Short Fiction Film
The Albatross – Joel Best, Alex Jeremy and Alex Karonis The Crossing – Marieka Walsh and Donna Chang Femme Enfant – Bonnie Forsyth and Grace Lim Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose – Angie Fielder, Brendan Fletcher and Del Kathryn Barton	Bluey – Darlene Johnson and Heather Oxenham Dream Baby – Lucy Gaffy and Kiki Dillon Homebodies – Yianni Warnock and Charles Williams Nathan Loves Ricky Martin – Steven Arriagada, Llewellyn Michael Bates and Bryan Chau

Productions with multiple nominations

Feature film

Twelve: Hacksaw Ridge
Ten: The Daughter
Seven: Girl Asleep
Six: Pawno
Five: Goldstone, Tanna
Three: Gods of Egypt
Two: Down Under, Spear

References

^ ^a ^b "AACTA awards return to Seven, new hair and makeup award announced". Inside Film (IF). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "AACTA unveils documentary and short film nominees". Inside Film (IF). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "The Search for Australia's Best TV of 2016 is on as AACTA Calls for Entries, Announces Five New Awards" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 12 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "Hacksaw Ridge leads with 13 AACTA nominations". Sky News. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

External links

[H&M-1] "AACTA awards return to Seven, new hair and makeup award announced". Inside Film (IF). 20 April 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[2] "AACTA unveils documentary and short film nominees". Inside Film (IF). 14 July 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[3] "The Search for Australia's Best TV of 2016 is on as AACTA Calls for Entries, Announces Five New Awards" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 12 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[AACTA-4] "Hacksaw Ridge leads with 13 AACTA nominations". Sky News. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

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