David Michôd’s King Henry epic The King, starring Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet, stormed the AACTA nominations, the Australian Academy Awards, with 13 nods including Best Film, Best Director for Michôd and Best Actor for Chalamet and three for Joel Edgerton as co-producer, co-screenwriter and supporting actor.
Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale led with 15 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director and five acting nominations, landing in every acting category. Anthony Maras’ Hotel Mumbai was right behind with 13, including one for Oscar nominee Dev Patel (Lion).
Damon Herriman, who has earned visibility with US audiences on FX’s Justified as well as playing Charles Manson twice this year – in Netflix’s second season of Mindhunter and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, scored two film acting nods – in lead for Judy & Punch (which earned nine nods) and in supporting for The Nightingale. Herriman also picked up two nominations on the television side of AACTA (you can find those here). Two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby) was nominated for supporting actress in the Netflix film I Am Mother.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 2019 AACTA Awards. Winners will be announced at the AACTA awards luncheon and ceremony on December 2nd and 4th, respectively.
Best Film
Best Indie Film
Best Direction
Best Lead Actor
Best Lead Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound
Best Original Score
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Visual Effects or Animation
Best Hair and Makeup
Best Casting
Best Asian Film
About AACTA
The primary role of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is to recognise, encourage, promote and celebrate film and television excellence in Australia through the nation’s highest screen accolades, the AACTA Awards – the Australian equivalent of the Oscars® and the BAFTAs.
AACTA was formerly the Australian Film Institute (AFI), which has been honouring excellence in Australian film and television for over 60 years. First established in 1958, when AFI held Australia’s first ever film excellence awards – the AFI Awards – AFI has remained committed to connecting Australian and international audiences with great Australian film and television content.
Launched by AFI in 2011 following an extensive review and consultation, AACTA is Australia’s peak screen body and continues to reflect a standard of film and television excellence that mirrors that of AMPAS and BAFTA, whilst maintaining a unique Australian perspective.
Australia has produced some of the best screen performers, practitioners and productions in the world, and AFI | AACTA remains committed to promoting, within Australia and internationally, Australia’s best and brightest screen professionals and the great Australian stories which they tell on the big and small screens.
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