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14th AACTA International Awards: ‘Better Man,’ Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce Among Winners

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After dominating the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts domestic awards with a sweep of nine wins, Michael Gracey’s Robbie Williams biopic Better Man has also come out on top with the AACTA International Awards, winning Best Film and Best Director.

Ralph Fiennes (Conclave), Nicole Kidman (Babygirl, bringing her AACTA total to four), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) took home the film acting wins while Shōgun, The Bear, Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown) triumphed on the television side.

Here is the complete list of winners and nominees.

Best Film
  • Anora
  • Better Man – WINNER
  • Dune: Part two
  • Emilia Pérez
  • The Brutalist
Best Lead Actor in Film
  • Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – as László Tóth
  • Daniel Craig – Queer – as Lee
  • Jonno Davies – Better Man – as Robbie Williams
  • Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield
  • Ralph Fiennes – Conclave – as Thomas Lawrence – WINNER
Best Lead Actress in Film
  • Kirsten Dunst – Civil War – as Lee Smith
  • Karla Sofia Gascón – Emilia Pérez – as Emilia Pérez
  • Nicole Kidman – Babygirl – as Romy – WINNER
  • Mikey Madison – Anora – as Mikheeva
  • Kate Winslet – Lee – as Lee Miller
Best Supporting Actor in Film
  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – as Benji Kaplan
  • Damon Herriman – Better Man – as Nigel
  • Guy Pearce – The Brutalist – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. – WINNER
  • Stanley Tucci – Conclave – as Cardinal Bellini
  • Denzel Washington – Gladiator II – as Macrinus
Best Supporting Actress in Film
  • Toni Collette – Juror #2 – as Prosecutor
  • Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked – as Glinda
  • Felicity Jones – The Brutalist – as Erzsébet Tóth
  • Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – as Rita Mora Castro – WINNER
  • Alison Steadman – Better Man – as Betty
Best Direction in Film
  • Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
  • Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
  • Michael Gracey – Better Man – WINNER
  • George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Screenplay in Film
  • AnoraSean Baker
  • Better ManMichael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson
  • ConclavePeter Straughan
  • The BrutalistBrady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
  • A Real PainJesse Eisenberg – WINNER
Best Drama Series
  • After the Party
  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Shōgun – WINNER
  • Slow Horses
  • The Diplomat
Best Comedy Series
  • Colin from Accounts
  • Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Hacks
  • Only Murders in the Building
  • The Bear – WINNER
Best Actor in a Series
  • Larry David – Curb Your Enthusiasm – (as Larry David) – WINNER
  • Idris Elba – Hijack – (as Sam Nelson)
  • Gary Oldman – Slow Horses – (as Jackson Lamb)
  • Hiroyuki Sanada – Shōgun – (as Yoshii Toranaga)
  • Jeremy Allen White – The Bear – (as Carmy)
Best Actress in a Series
  • Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown (as Princess Diana) – WINNER
  • Ayo Edebiri – The Bear (as Sydney Adamu)
  • Jessica Gunning – Baby Reindeer (as Martha Scott)
  • Anna Sawai – Shōgun (as Toda Mariko)
  • Jean Smart – Hacks (as Deborah Vance)
Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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