Five films will compete for the Best Film honours at this year’s AACTA Awards, with Mad Max: Fury Road in the running against The Dressmaker, Holding The Man, Last Cab To Darwin and Paper Planes.
It’s an eclectic mix of contenders for the Australian screen industry’s premier awards, with George Miller's critically acclaimed post-apocalyptic juggernaut against a mix of outback-set comedy-dramas (Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker, Robert Connolly's Paper Planes and Jeremy Sims' Last Cab To Darwin) and Neil Armfield's ‘80s-era romantic drama, Holding The Man.
The Dressmaker, released today, leads the list of nominations with 12, including nods for director Moorhouse, its star Kate Winslet, and one for the costume designer Margot Wilson, the creator of the gowns 'made' by Winslet’s character, a vengeful seamstress. Notably, the film's convoluted screenplay, adapted by Moorhouse and partner PJ Hogan, was not nominated.
Director/co-writer Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road comes in a close second with 11 nominations, including dual nods for Miller and an acting nomination for Charlize Theron.
Tom Hardy, who plays the eponymous Max in a largely wordless performance, is notably absent from the acting list, as is Holding The Man's co-lead, Craig Stott. His co-stars Ryan Corr and Anthony La Paglia have scored acting and supporting acting nominations, respectively.
Other surprises in the acting nominations were a Best Actress nod of Robyn Butler for her role in the as-yet unreleased Now Add Honey, and supporting nominations for Deborah Mailman in a tiny Paper Planes role, and from Last Cab To Darwin, Emma Hamilton's nomination for the character of a perky barmaid/nurse, over Jackie Weaver's unlikeable palliative care doctor.
The full list of nominations is as follows (click for movie reviews):
Best Film
LAST CAB TO DARWIN Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, Jeremy Sims
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Best Direction
LAST CAB TO DARWIN Jeremy Sims
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
LAST CAB TO DARWIN Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims
RUBEN GUTHRIE Brendan Cowell
Best Cinematography
THE DRESSMAKER Donald M. McAlpine ACS ASC
LAST CAB TO DARWIN Steve Arnold ACS
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD John Seale ASC ACS
ODDBALL Damian Wyvill ACS
Best Editing
CUT SNAKE Andy Canny
THE DRESSMAKER Jill Bilcock ACE ASE
HOLDING THE MAN Dany Cooper ASE
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Margaret Sixel
Best Sound
THE DRESSMAKER Andrew Ramage, Glenn Newnham, Chris Goodes CAS, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Ben Osmo, David White, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Wayne Pashley, Mark Mangini
PAPER PLANES Chris Goodes CAS, James Ashton, Emma Bortignon, Trevor Hope
PARTISAN Robert Mackenzie, Dane Cody
Best Original Music Score
THE DRESSMAKER David Hirschfelder
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL
PAPER PLANES Nigel Westlake
PARTISAN Daniel Lopatin
Best Production Design
CUT SNAKE Jo Ford
THE DRESSMAKER Roger Ford
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Colin Gibson
PARTISAN Steven Jones-Evans APDG, Sarah Cyngler
Best Costume Design
CUT SNAKE Cappi Ireland
THE DRESSMAKER Marion Boyce, Margot Wilson
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Jenny Beavan
PARTISAN Maria Pattison, Sarah Cyngler
Best Lead Actor
Patrick Brammall RUBEN GUTHRIE
Michael Caton LAST CAB TO DARWIN
Ryan Corr HOLDING THE MAN
Sullivan Stapleton CUT SNAKE
Best Lead Actress
Robyn Butler NOW ADD HONEY
Ningali Lawford-Wolf LAST CAB TO DARWIN
Charlize Theron MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Kate Winslet THE DRESSMAKER
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Coles Smith LAST CAB TO DARWIN
Alex Dimitriades RUBEN GUTHRIE
Anthony LaPaglia HOLDING THE MAN
Hugo Weaving THE DRESSMAKER
Best Supporting Actress
Judy Davis THE DRESSMAKER
Emma Hamilton LAST CAB TO DARWIN
Deborah Mailman PAPER PLANES
Sarah Snook THE DRESSMAKER
Best Visual Effects of Animation
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST VISUAL EFFECTS OR ANIMATION
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Christopher Townsend, Ryan Stafford, Paul Butterworth, Matt Estela
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood, Fiona Crawford
PAN Chas Jarrett, Dan Barrow, Mark Holt, Marc Varisco, Alana Newell
TED2 Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor
The AACTA Awards will take place in Sydney on Wednesday December 9.
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