08 12 2016 - Media release Screen Australia congratulates 2016s AACTA Awards recipients Odessa Young - AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress for The Daughter. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
Screen Australia congratulates the talented screen practitioners whose achievements were recognised at the 6th AACTA Awards ceremony last night in Sydney.
Screen Australia would like to offer our congratulations not only to this year's AACTA Award recipients but to all nominees for their outstanding contributions to the Australian screen sector. Special mention to the team behind Hacksaw Ridge for their remarkable strike rate of nine awards, and the makers of The Daughter who picked up three awards. These wins demonstrate the diversity of scale, story and film product Australia can produce, said Screen Australia CEO, Graeme Mason.
We know it's been a boom year for Australian television and that we're making more premium content than ever, so I'm thrilled to see The Kettering Incident and Molly being so highly awarded. I'm particularly proud of the documentaries and short films which are often the unsung heroes, and I wish the filmmakers of Hanson: Please Explain, Highly Strung, Monsieur Mayonnaise, Dream Baby and Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose' a hearty congratulations.
The stars of Australia s screen industry share their 2016 film and TV highlights and what the local industry means the them.
As our recent milestone study Screen Currency confirmed, Australians want to see their own stories on screen and the economic and cultural contribution of our screen sector should be a source of pride for the whole industry.
Screen Australia provides direct development and production funding, as well as financial support for marketing and advertising. The agency also administers the Producer Offset, which has been utilised by many titles including Hacksaw Ridge, and the Co-production Program, which facilitates internationally co-produced titles such as Beat Bugs (recipient of the AACTA Award for Best Children's Television Series).
The below AACTA Award nominees received development and/or production funding from Screen Australia. Award recipients are highlighted below.
TELEVISION The Kettering Incident - 8 nominations, 3 wins
Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Elizabeth Debicki
Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Sacha Horler (Episode 3)
Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Episode 1)
Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (Episode 1)
Best Screenplay in Television (Episode 1)
Best Cinematography in Television (Episode 3)
Best Original Music Score in Television (Episode 1)
Molly 5 nominations, 2 wins
Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Samuel Johnson
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Ben Gerrard (Part 1)
Best Production Design in Television (Part 1)
Best Costume Design in Television (Part 1)
The Code 3 nominations
Best Television Drama Series
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Ashley Zukerman
Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy (Episode 1)
ABC Comedy Showroom* 2 nominations, 1 win
Best Performance in a Television Comedy Alison Bell (Episode 2 The Letdown)
Best Screenplay in Television (Episode 2 The Letdown)
*Funded by Screen Australia via the ABC Comedy Pilot Initiative
Barracuda 2 nominations
Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Matt Nable
Deep Water 2 nominations
Best Original Music Score in Television (Chapter 1)
Best Sound in Television (Chapter 1)
The Family Law 2 nominations
Best Television Comedy Series
Best Performance in a Television Comedy Fiona Choi
Mary: The Making Of A Princess 2 nominations, 1 win
Best Production Design in Television
Best Costume Design in Television
Cleverman 1 nomination, 1 win
Best Hair and Makeup
The Divorce 1 nomination
Best Original Music Score in Television (Episode 1)
Jack Irish 1 nomination
Best Television Drama Series
Secret City 1 nomination, 1 win
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Damon Herriman (Episode 1 A Donation to the Struggle)
Wolf Creek 1 nomination, 1 win
Best Cinematography in Television (Episode 3 Salt Lake)
FEATURE FILM The Daughter 10 nominations, 3 wins
Best Film Presented by Foxtel
Best Lead Actor Ewen Leslie
Best Lead Actress Odessa Young
Best Supporting Actor Sam Neill
Best Supporting Actress Miranda Otto
Best Supporting Actress Anna Torv
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Sound
Best Production Design
Girl Asleep* 7 nominations, 1 win
Best Film Presented by Foxtel
Best Direction
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
*Funded by Screen Australia via the HIVE Fund
Goldstone 5 nominations
Best Film Presented by Foxtel
Best Direction
Best Original Screenplay
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Tanna 5 nominations, 1 win
Best Film Presented by Foxtel
Best Direction
Best Cinematography
Best Sound
Best Original Music Score
Down Under 2 nominations
Best Supporting Actor Damon Herriman
Best Original Screenplay
Spear 2 nominations
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Boys In The Trees 1 nomination
Best Original Music Score
Joe Cinque s Consolation 1 nomination
Best Lead Actress Maggie Naouri
DOCUMENTARY Changing Minds: The Inside Story 3 nominations
Best Documentary Television Program
Best Direction in a Documentary (Episode 1)
Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Episode 1)
Snow Monkey 2 nominations
Best Feature Length Documentary
Best Editing in a Documentary
The Diplomat, The Artist and The Suit 1 nomination
Best Original Music Score in
