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AACTA Awards Results From Sydney, Australia

The highly anticipated inaugural Samsung Australian Academy of Cinema and Televisions Arts (AACTA) Awards commenced with the AACTA Awards Luncheon, presented by Digital Pictures at the prestigious Westin Hotel in the heart of Sydney.

Today’s ceremony is for the Documentary, Short Film, Television and technical awards in Feature Film, with the writing, acting, directing and major dramatic awards to occur at the AACTA Awards Ceremony on the 31st of January.

The List Of Today's Film Based Nominees, and at the footer, the nominations for the AACTA International Awards announced at the ceremony. Winners noted with *.

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD

• Ivan Sen

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Hunter – Robert Humphreys ACS.

Red Dog – Geoffrey Hall ACS. Sleeping Beauty – Geoffrey Simpson ACS. Snowtown – Adam Arkapaw

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING Oranges And Sunshine – Dany Cooper ASE. Red Dog - Jill Bilcock ASE ACE.

• Snowtown – Veronika Jenet ASE.

Wasted On The Young – Leanne Cole

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND The Hunter – Sam Petty, David Lee, Robert Mackenzie, Les Fiddess MPSE, Tony Murtagh, Tom Heuzenroeder Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – Wayne Pashley, Derryn Pasquill, Polly McKinnon, Fabian Sanjurjo, Phil Heywood, Peter Smith Mad Bastards – Phil Judd, Nick Emond, Johanna Emond

• Snowtown – Frank Lipson MPSE, Andrew McGrath, Des Kenneally, Michael Carden, John Simpson, Erin McKimm

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE

• The Hunter – Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, Andrew Lancaster

Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – David Hirschfelder Red Dog – Cezary Skubiszewski Snowtown – Jed Kurzel

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• The Eye Of The Storm – Melinda Doring

The Hunter – Steven Jones-Evans APDG Red Dog – Ian Gracie Sleeping Beauty – Annie Beauchamp

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• The Eye Of The Storm – Terry Ryan

The Hunter – Emily Seresin Oranges And Sunshine – Cappi Ireland Sleeping Beauty – Shareen Beringer

AFI MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARD The Eye Of The Storm – Antony Waddington, Gregory Read, Fred Schepisi The Hunter – Vincent Sheehan Mad Bastards – David Jowsey, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram, Brendan Fletcher Oranges And Sunshine – Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning

• Red Dog – Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan

Snowtown – Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY Life In Movement – Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason

• Mrs Carey’s Concert – Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst, Sophie Raymond. ABC1

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure – Sophie Hyde, Matthew Bate The Tall Man – Darren Dale. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER ONE HOUR The Ball – Yael Bergman, Laura Waters, Jessica Leski. ABC1

• Jandamarra’s War – Andrew Ogilvie, Andrea Quesnelle, Eileen Torres. ABC1

Leaky Boat – Penny Chapman. ABC1 Orchids: My Intersex Adventure – Phoebe Hart. ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES Immigration Nation, The Secret History Of Us – Jacob Hickey, Alex West, Lucy Maclaren. SBS Outback Fight Club – Paul Scott, Isabel Perez. SBS Outback Kids – Mike Bluett, Mark Hamlyn, Marc Radomsky. ABC1

• SAS – The Search for Warriors – Julia Redwood, Ed Punchard. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY Life In Movement – Bryan Mason, Sophie Hyde

• Mrs Carey’s Concert – Bob Connolly, Sophie Raymond. ABC1

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure – Matthew Bate The Tall Man – Tony Krawitz. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY Jandamarra’s War – Allan Collins ACS, Jim Frater, Rusty Geller SOC. ABC1 Mrs Carey’s Concert – Bob Connolly. ABC1

• Out Of The Ashes – David Parer ACS. ABC1

The Tall Man – Germain McMicking. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY Leaky Boat – Lawrie Silvestrin. ABC1 Mrs Carey’s Concert – Sophie Raymond, Ray Thomas ASE, Nick Meyers ASE. ABC1

• Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure – Bryan Mason

The Tall Man – Rochelle Oshlack. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY Jandamarra’s War – Laurie Chlanda, Glenn Martin, Ric Curtin, Ash Gibson Greig, Petris Torres. ABC1 Mrs Carey’s Concert – Sophie Raymond, Bob Scott, Doron Kipen. ABC1

• murundak – songs of freedom – Emma Bortignon, Michael Letho, Peter Smith, Christopher O’Young, Simon Walbrook. SBS

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure – Jonny Elk Walsh, Pete Best, Tom Heuzenroeder

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION 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

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM 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

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SHORT FILM Afterglow – Nadine Garner Cropped – Dave Wade

• The Palace – Anthony Maras

Waiting For The Turning Of The Earth – David Evan Giles

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Cloudstreet – Scott Zero. FOXTEL – Showcase

• Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – Grant Freckelton

Sanctum – David Booth, Peter Webb, Ineke Majoor, Glenn Melenhorst The Hunter – Felix Crawshaw, James Rogers

AACTA RAYMOND LONGFORD AWARD

• Don McAlpine

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST FILM (NOMINATIONS) 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 ACTOR (NOMINATIONS) George Clooney Leonardo Di Caprio Jean Dujardin Michael Fassbender Ryan Gosling Brad Pitt

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS (NOMINATIONS) Meryl Streep Tilda Swanton Michelle Williams Mia Wasikowska Kirsten Dunst Glenn Close

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION (NOMINATIONS) The Artist Drive Hugo Margin Call Melancholia Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life We Need To Talk About Kevin

AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY (NOMINATIONS) The Artist The Descendants The Ides of March Melancholia Midnight in Paris Moneyball We Need To Talk About Kevin

The Music News Australia agency congratulates everyone involved in the success of today's awards.

Websites

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) www.aacta.org

Australian Film Institute www.afi.org.au

The Lantern Group www.lanterngroup.com.au

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