‘Ma Rainey, ‘ ‘Mank,’ ‘Minari’ lead Australian Academy (AACTA) International Awards longlists

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Mank and Minari led the total mentions for the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) longlists with seven apiece, followed closely by Ammonite and Da 5 Bloods with five each.

In television, The Crown and The Undoing lead with five mentions apiece, followed by Normal People and Schitt’s Creek with four.

AACTA International winners to be announced on Saturday March 6, here is the full set of longlists. Nominees to be announced.

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM

• AMMONITE
• BABYTEETH
• BOY’S STATE
• CHERRY
• DA 5 BLOODS
• FIREBALL
• FIRST COW
• GREYHOUND
• HILLBILLY ELEGY
• I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• I’M YOUR WOMAN
• JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• MALCOLM & MARIE
• MANK
• MINARI
• NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• NEWS OF THE WORLD
• NOMADLAND
• ON THE ROCKS
• ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• OVER THE MOON
• PALM SPRINGS
• PIECES OF A WOMAN
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• PUTIN’S PALACE. HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST BRIBE
• SOUL
• SOUND OF METAL
• UNHINGED
• TENET
• THE DIG
• THE FATHER
• THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
• THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND
• THE LIFE AHEAD
• THE MAURITANIAN
• THE MIDNIGHT SKY
• THE PROM
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• THE WHITE TIGER

DIRECTION

• Chloé Zhao NOMADLAND
• Paul Greengrass NEWS OF THE WORLD
• Shaka King JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• George C. Wolfe MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• Max Barbakow PALM SPRINGS
• Simon Stone THE DIG
• Regina King ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• Werner Herzog & Clive Oppenheimer FIREBALL
• Spike Lee DA 5 BLOODS
• Aaron Sorkin THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Pete Docter SOUL
• Alexei Navalny PUTIN’S PALACE. HISTORY OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST BRIBE
• David Fincher MANK
• Kelly Reichardt FIRST COW
• Kornel Mundruczo PIECES OF A WOMAN
• Anthony Russo & Joe Russo CHERRY
• Ryan Murphy THE PROM
• Sam Levinson MALCOLM & MARIE
• Frances Lee AMMONITE
• George Clooney THE MIDNIGHT SKY
• Christopher Nolan TENET
• Florian Zeller THE FATHER
• John Lee Hancock THE LITTLE THINGS
• Darius Marder SOUND OF METAL
• Eliza Hittman NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• Emerald Fennell PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• Sofia Coppola ON THE ROCKS
• Lee Isaac Chung MINARI
• Shannon Murphy BABYTEETH
• Kevin Macdonald THE MAURITANIAN
• Guy Ritchie THE GENTLEMEN

SCREENPLAY

• AMMONITE
• BABYTEETH
• BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
• DA 5 BLOODS
• EMMA
• FIRST COW
• I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• MALCOLM & MARIE
• MANK
• MINARI
• MULAN
• NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• NEWS OF THE WORLD
• NOMADLAND
• ON THE ROCKS
• ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• PIECES OF A WOMAN
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• SOUL
• SOUND OF METAL
• TENET
• THE FATHER
• THE GENTLEMEN
• THE INVISIBLE MAN
• THE PROM
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• THE WHITE TIGER
• WONDER WOMAN 1984

LEAD ACTOR

• Anthony Hopkins THE FATHER
• Riz Ahmed SOUND OF METAL
• Riz Ahmed MOGUL MOWGLI
• Chadwick Boseman MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• Delroy Lindo DA 5 BLOODS
• Jesse Plemons I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• Gary Oldman MANK
• Sacha Baron Cohen BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
• Lakeith Stanfield JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• Colin Firth SUPERNOVA
• Tahar Rahim THE MAURITANIAN
• Russell Crowe UNHINGED
• Kingsley Ben-Adir ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• Andy Samberg PALM SPRINGS
• Tom Hanks NEWS OF THE WORLD
• Adarsh Gourav THE WHITE TIGER
• Denzel Washington THE LITTLE THINGS
• John Magaro FIRST COW
• Steven Yeun MINARI
• Ben Affleck THE WAY BACK
• George Clooney THE MIDNIGHT SKY
• John David Washington MALCOLM & MARIE
• John David Washington TENET

LEAD ACTRESS

• Carey Mulligan PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• Frances McDormand NOMADLAND
• Viola Davis MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• Anya Taylor-Joy EMMA
• Yeri Han MINARI
• Michelle Pfeiffer FRENCH EXIT
• Vanessa Kirby PIECES OF A WOMAN
• Jessie Buckley I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• Kate Winslet AMMONITE
• Zendaya MALCOLM & MARIE
• Sophia Loren THE LIFE AHEAD
• Sidney Flanigan NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• Rashida Jones ON THE ROCKS
• Elizabeth Moss THE INVISIBLE MAN
• Meryl Streep THE PROM
• Eliza Scanlen BABYTEETH
• Margot Robbie HARLEY QUINN: BIRDS OF PREY

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sacha Baron Cohen THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Chadwick Boseman DA 5 BLOODS
• Bill Murray ON THE ROCKS
• Leslie Odom Jr. ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• Paul Raci SOUND OF METAL
• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Alan S Kim MINARI
• Daniel Kaluuya JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• Jared Leto THE LITTLE THINGS
• Bo Burnham PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• Glynn Turman MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• Frank Langella THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Pedro Pascal WONDER WOMAN 1984
• Jeremy Strong THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Charles Dance MANK
• Mark Rylance THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• Colman Domingo MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
• David Strathairn NOMADLAND
• Arliss Howard MANK
• Jonathan Majors DA 5 BLOODS
• Lucas Hedges FRENCH EXIT
• Ben Mendelsohn BABYTEETH

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM
• Ellen Burstyn PIECES OF A WOMAN
• Olivia Cooke SOUND OF METAL
• Olivia Colman THE FATHER
• Amanda Seyfried MANK
• Youn Yuh-jung MINARI
• Glenn Close HILLBILLY ELEGY
• Fiona Shaw AMMONITE
• Swankie NOMADLAND
• Toni Collette I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
• Dominique Fishback JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• Priyanka Chopra THE WHITE TIGER
• Nicole Kidman THE PROM
• Jodie Foster THE MAURITANIAN
• Helena Zengel NEWS OF THE WORLD
• Talia Ryder NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• Felicity Jones MIDNIGHT SKY
• Saoirse Ronan AMMONITE
• Ariana De Bose THE PROM

SERIES CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA

• THE 100
• BETTER CALL SAUL
• THE BOLD TYPE
• THE BOYS
• BRIDGERTON
• COBRA KAI
• THE CROWN
• DARK
• DIRTY JOHN
• DOCTOR WHO
• FARGO
• FLACK
• THE GOOD LORD BIRD
• HOMELAND
• HIS DARK MATERIALS
• I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE
• I MAY DESTROY YOU
• KILLING EVE
• LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
• LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
• THE MANDALORIAN
• MRS AMERICA
• MYSTERY ROAD
• NORMAL PEOPLE
• OZARK
• THE QUEENS GAMBIT
• RAISED BY WOLVES
• RATCHED
• STATELESS
• STAR TREK DISCOVERY
• THIS IS US
• THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
• THE UNDOING
• UNORTHODOX
• WESTWORLD
• YELLOWSTONE
• YOUR HONOUR

BEST COMEDY

• AFTERLIFE
• ARCHER
• AUNTY DONNA’S BIG OL HOUSE OF FUN
• THE BABYSITTERS CLUB
• BIG MOUTH
• BLACK MONDAY
• BOJACK HORSEMAN
• CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
• DEAD TO ME
• EMILY IN PARIS
• F IS FOR FAMILY
• THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• GRACE AND FRANKIE
• THE GOOD PLACE
• THE GREAT
• INSECURE
• LOL: LAST ONE LAUGHING
• MOM
• PEN15
• RAMY
• RICKY AND MORTY
• SCHITT’S CREEK
• SEX EDUCATION
• TED LASSO
• UPLOAD
• UPRIGHT
• WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
• WHY WOMEN KILL
• ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST

BEST ACTOR

• Robbie Amell UPLOAD
• Jason Bateman OZARK
• Matt Berry WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
• Don Cheadle BLACK MONDAY
• Kevin Costner YELLOWSTONE
• Bryan Cranston YOUR HONOUR
• Ricky Gervais AFTERLIFE
• Hugh Grant THE UNDOING
• Harvey Guillen WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
• William Jackson Harper THE GOOD PLACE
• Nicholas Hoult THE GREAT
• Daniel Levy SCHITTS CREEK
• Eugene Levy SCHITTS CREEK
• Ralph Macchio COBRA KAI
• Paul Mescal NORMAL PEOPLE
• Josh O’Conner THE CROWN
• Bob Odenkirk BETTER CALL SAUL
• Al Pacino HUNTERS
• Rege-Jean Page BRIDGERTON
• Pedro Pascal THE MANDALORIAN
• Aaron Pedersen MYSTERY ROAD
• Matthew Rhys PERRY MASON
• Mark Ruffalo I KNOW THIS MUCH IS TRUE
• Robert Sheehan THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY
• Jason Sudekis TED LASSO
• Donald Sutherland THE UNDOING
• Ramy Youssef RAMY
• William Zabka COBRA KAI

BEST ACTRESS

• Andy Allo UPLOAD
• Gillian Anderson THE CROWN
• Christine Applegate DEAD TO ME
• Cate Blanchett MRS AMERICA
• Aya Cash THE BOYS
• Michaela Coel I MAY DESTROY YOU
• Olivia Coleman THE CROWN
• Lily Collins EMILY IN PARIS
• Jodie Comer KILLING EVE
• Emma Corrin THE CROWN
• Kaley Cuoco THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
• Rosario Dawson THE MANDALORIAN
• Noma Dumezweni THE UNDOING
• Phoebe Dynevor BRIDGERTON
• Daisy Edgar-Jones NORMAL PEOPLE
• Maya Erskine PEN15
• Elle Fanning THE GREAT
• Nicole Kidman THE UNDOING
• Jane Levy ZOEY’S EXTRAORINARY PLAYLIST
• Laura Linney OZARK
• Catherine O’Hara SCHITTS CREEK
• Anna Paquin FLACK
• Sarah Paulson RATCHED
• Sarah Paulson MRS AMERICA
• Rhea Seehorn BETTER CALL SAUL
• Anya Taylor Joy THE QUEENS GAMBIT
• Zendaya EUPHORIA

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