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

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.

• Anora
• Better Man – WINNER
• Dune: Part two
• Emilia Pérez 
• The Brutalist

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Anora – Sean Baker
• Better Man – Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson
• Conclave – Peter Straughan
• The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg – WINNER

• After the Party
• Boy Swallows Universe 
• Shōgun – WINNER
• Slow Horses 
• The Diplomat 

• Colin from Accounts 
• Curb Your Enthusiasm 
• Hacks 
• Only Murders in the Building 
• The Bear – WINNER

• 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)

• 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)

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