‘Ladies in Black,’ ‘Sweet Country,’ ‘Boy Erased’ top Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) Nominations

The nominations for the 60th Australian Academy Awards have been announced and Ladies in Black leads the pack with 11, followed by Sweet Country with 10. 

Joel Edgerton earned three of Boy Erased‘s seven nominations (Director, Supporting Actor and Adapted Screenplay) that also included Best Feature and three acting nods for Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.

Upgrade, Breath and Peter Rabbit were also top nomination-getters. 

Previous big winners here have included Hacksaw Ridge and Lion, both of which went on to earn multiple Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. 

The winners will be announced at two presentations held at The Star Event Centre in Sydney: The Industry Luncheon on December 3rd, and the AACTA Awards Ceremony on December 5th.

Here is the full list of film nominees:

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM PRESENTED BY FOXTEL

BOY ERASED
Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky Roberts, Joel Edgerton
Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films

BREATH
Mark Johnson, Simon Baker, Jamie Hilton
Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

CARGO
Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Mark Patterson
Causeway Films

LADIES IN BLACK
Allanah Zitserman, Sue Milliken
Lumila Films

SWEET COUNTRY
Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey, David Tranter
Bunya Productions

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST INDIE FILM PRESENTED BY EVENT CINEMAS

BROTHERS’ NEST
Clayton Jacobson (Dir), Jason Byrne
Jason Byrne Productions Pty Ltd

JIRGA
Benjamin Gilmour (Dir), John Maynard
Felix Media Pty Ltd

THE SECOND
Mairi Cameron (Dir), Leanne Tonkes, Stephen Lance
Sense & Centsability & Dust Bunny Productions

STRANGE COLOURS
Alena Lodkina (Dir), Kate Laurie, Isaac Wall
Strange Colours Productions

WEST OF SUNSHINE
Jason Raftopoulos (Dir), Alexandros Ouzas
Exile Entertainment

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION

BOY ERASED
Joel Edgerton
Anonymous Content and Blue Tongue Films

BREATH
Simon Baker
Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

LADIES IN BLACK
Bruce Beresford
Lumila Films

SWEET COUNTRY
Warwick Thornton
Bunya Productions

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR

Ryan Corr – 1%
Lucas Hedges – BOY ERASED
Damian Hill – WEST OF SUNSHINE
Daniel Monks – PULSE
Hamilton Morris – SWEET COUNTRY

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS

Abbey Lee – 1%
Rooney Mara – MARY MAGDALENE
Kate Mulvany – THE MERGER
Julia Ormond – LADIES IN BLACK
Angourie Rice – LADIES IN BLACK

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Simon Baker – BREATH
Fayssal Bazzi – THE MERGER
Russell Crowe – BOY ERASED
Joel Edgerton – BOY ERASED
Josh McConville – 1%

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Elizabeth Debicki – BREATH
Natassia Gorey-Furber – SWEET COUNTRY
Noni Hazlehurst – LADIES IN BLACK
Simone Kessell – 1%
Nicole Kidman – BOY ERASED

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ASIAN FILM PRESENTED BY EUREKA INTERNATIONAL GROUP (EIG)

1987 WHEN THE DAY COMES
THE BOLD, THE CORRUPT AND THE BEAUTIFUL
DYING TO SURVIVE
GALI GULEIYAN
NEWTON
SANJU
SHOPLIFTERS
TOMBIRUO
YOUTH

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1% – Matt Nable
BROTHERS’ NEST – Jaime Browne
SWEET COUNTRY – David Tranter, Steven McGregor
UPGRADE – Leigh Whannell

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

BOY ERASED – Joel Edgerton
BREATH – Gerard Lee, Simon Baker, Tim Winton
CARGO – Yolanda Ramke
LADIES IN BLACK – Sue Milliken, Bruce Beresford

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BREATH – Marden Dean, Rick Rifici
LADIES IN BLACK – Peter James
SWEET COUNTRY – Warwick Thornton
WEST OF SUNSHINE – Thom Neal

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING

BREATH – Dany Cooper
LADIES IN BLACK – Mark Warner
SWEET COUNTRY – Nick Meyers
UPGRADE – Andy Canny

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND

BREATH – Robert Mackenzie
CARGO – Liam Egan
SWEET COUNTRY – David Tranter, Thom Kellar, Sam Gain-Emery, Will Sheridan
UPGRADE – P.K. Hooker, Will Files, Andrew Ramage

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE

LADIES IN BLACK – Christopher Gordon
MARY MAGDALENE – Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannson
PETER RABBIT™ – Dominic Lewis
UPGRADE – Jed Palmer

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

CARGO – Jo Ford
PETER RABBIT™ – Roger Ford, Lisa Thompson
UPGRADE – Felicity Abbott, Katie Sharrock
WINCHESTER – Matthew Putland

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN

LADIES IN BLACK – Wendy Cork
MARY MAGDALENE – Jacqueline Durran
SWEET COUNTRY – Heather Wallace
WINCHESTER – Wendy Cork

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

GHOSTHUNTER
Ben Lawrence (Dir), Rebecca Bennett
Ghosthunter One

GURRUMUL
Paul Damien Williams (Dir), Shannon Swan
6 Seasons Productions

JILL BILCOCK: DANCING THE INVISIBLE
Axel Grigor (Dir), Faramarz K Rahber
Faraway Productions

MOUNTAIN
Jennifer Peedom (Dir), Jo-anne McGowan
Stranger Than Fiction Films Pty Ltd

WORKING CLASS BOY
Mark Joffe (Dir), Matt Campbell, Andrew Farrell, Michael Cordell

CJZ

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY OR FACTUAL PROGRAM

AFTER THE APOLOGY
Michaela Perske
NITV/ Pursekey Productions

EMPLOYABLE ME
Karina Holden, Sue Clothier, Jenni Wilks
ABC/Northern Pictures

HAWKE: THE LARRIKIN AND THE LEADER
Laurie Critchley, Geraldine McKenna, Jo Cadman
ABC/Southern Pictures

THE QUEEN & ZAK GRIEVE
Nial Fulton, Ivan O’Mahoney, Dan Box
Foxtel/Crime + Investigation/ Screen Australia and In Films

YOU CAN’T ASK THAT
Kirk Docker, Aaron Smith, Lou Porter
ABC/ Australian Broadcasting Corporation

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY

GHOSTHUNTER – Hugh Miller
GURRUMUL – Dan Maxwell, Katie Milwright, Matt Toll, Gavin Head
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS – Michael Latham
MOUNTAIN – Renan Ozturk

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY

GHOSTHUNTER – Karen Johnson
GURRUMUL – Shannon Swan, Ken Sallows
HAVE YOU SEEN THE LISTERS? – Johanna Scott
MOUNTAIN – Christian Gazal, Scott Gray

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY

GURRUMUL – Pip Atherstone
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS – Leo Dolgan
MIDNIGHT OIL: 1984 – Greg Fitzgerald, Mario Gabrieli, Lucinda Clutterbuck, Daniel Scharf
MOUNTAIN – David White, Robert Mackenzie

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE IN A DOCUMENTARY

AFTER THE APOLOGY – Caitlin Yeo
GHOSTHUNTER – Rafael May
GURRUMUL – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Erkki Veltheim, Michael Hohnen, Matthew Cunliffe
MOUNTAIN – Richard Tognetti

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CASTING PRESENTED BY CASTING NETWORKS

BREATH – Nikki Barrett
FRIDAY ON MY MIND, Episode 1 – Part 1 – Leigh Pickford
RIOT – Allison Meadows
SWEET COUNTRY – Anousha Zarkesh

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ONLINE VIDEO OR SERIES

BC EXPLAINED
Carl J Sorheim, David Gannon, Troy Larkin
Cameralla

DEADLOCK
Fiona Eagger, Deb Cox, Belinda Mravicic, Billie Pleffer
Every Cloud Productions

HOMECOMING QUEENS
Michelle Law, Chloe Reeson, Corrie Chen, Katia Nizic
Generator Pictures

KIKI AND KITTY
Liz Watts, Sylvia Warmer, Nakkiah Lui, Catriona McKenzie
Porchlight Films

SMALL TOWN HACKERS
Lauren Elliott, Matt Lovkis, Henry Inglis
Mad Kids

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST VISUAL EFFECTS OR ANIMATION

BLACK PANTHER – Brendan Seals, Michael Perdew, Andrew Zink, Raphael A. Pimentel
THE LEGO® NINJAGO MOVIE – Fiona Chilton, Kim Taylor, Simon Whiteley, Matt Everitt, Gregory Jowle
PETER RABBIT™ – Will Reichelt, Simon Whiteley, Simon Pickard, Peter Stubbs, Jason Bath, Brian Lynch, Matt Middleton
UPGRADE – Jonathan Dearing, Matt Daly, Angelo Sahin, Kate Bernauer, Aevar Bjarnason

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

CARGO – Larry Van Duynhoven, Beverley Freeman, Helen Magelaki
LADIES IN BLACK – Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Beth Halsted
UPGRADE – Chiara Tripodi, Larry Van Duynhoven
WINCHESTER – Tess Natoli, Steve Boyle

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION

IRONY – Radheya Jegatheva
LOST & FOUND – Lucy Hayes, Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe
MONSTER’S PLAYGROUND – Seamus Spilsbury, Darcy Prendergast, Christina Remnant
PEEPIN’ – Haein Kim, Paul Rhodes

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM

ALL THESE CREATURES – Charles Williams, Elise Trenorden
JUDAS COLLAR – Alison James, Brooke Silcox
NURSERY RHYMES – Tom Noakes, Lucy Gaffy, Morgan Benson Taylor, Will Goodfellow
TANGLES AND KNOTS – Renée Marie Petropoulos, Yingna Lu