Screen Australia congratulates 06s AACTA Awards recipients

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

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