Overview
AACTA Awards Sydney
The AACTA Awards (formerly the AFI Awards) have honoured screen excellence in Australia for over 60 years, since the first AFI Awards were held in 1958.
Held annually in Sydney in recognition and celebration of Australia's highest achievements in film and television, the AACTA Awards present over 55 awards across two major ceremonies.
The peer-assessed AACTA Awards are the only Australian industry body to honour practitioners across all crafts and industry sectors, including feature film, documentary, short film, television, online, visual effects and animation.
Over the past 60 years, the Awards have grown to become a world-class marker of screen excellence alongside the Oscars® and the BAFTAs. Many of Australia's most iconic and successful screen talent, both in front of and behind the camera - from actors such as Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Deborah Mailman and Hugo Weaving, to directors such as Bruce Beresford, Gillian Armstrong, Dr George Miller and Warwick Thornton, to craftspeople such as Jill Bilcock, Catherine Martin and John Seale - have come through the ranks and been recognised among their peers at the AFI and AACTA Awards before going on to achieve international accolades and become household names.
Full list of past awards:
The 2020 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel
The 2019 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel
The 2018 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel
The 2017 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel
The 2016 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel
The 2015 AACTA Awards presented by Presto
The AACTA Awards are proudly supported by the New South Wales Government, through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.
AACTA International Awards
Held annually in Los Angeles, the AACTA International Awards honour the best achievements in screen excellence, regardless of geography, across seven film categories and four Series categories. – Including Best Film, Best Direction in Film, Best Screenplay in Film, Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Lead Actor in Film, Best Lead Actress in Film, Best Supporting Actor in Film, Best Supporting Actress in Film, Best Actress in a Series and Best Actor in a Series.
The AACTA International Awards add a uniquely Australian voice to the international awards circuit alongside the Oscars, BAFTAs, Emmy’s and Golden Globes.
The Awards honour our international screen peers and celebrate fellow Australians working in screen internationally. Past winners have included Meryl Streep, Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett, Margot Robbie, Robert De Niro, Jennifer Lawrence, Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jacki Weaver, Emma Stone, Rami Malek, and Nicole Kidman. Attracting some of the biggest names in screen worldwide, our International Awards attract attention from both the international screen industry and media, including leading international outlets The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline, and EXTRA.
The AACTA International Film Awards are determined by AACTA’s International Chapter who vote across the seven categories. The International Chapter is made up of 190 Australian screen professionals with distinguished international credentials, including Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Jan Chapman, and Jacki Weaver to name a few. Many International Chapter members are also members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS and the Oscars), BAFTA, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), and the HFPA (Golden Globes).
The four Series awards are determined by the entire AACTA membership.
Read more about past AACTA International Awards, including past winners and nominees here.
For information on the AACTA International Awards please contact Sam Buckland at sbuckland@afi.org.au.
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