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AACTA Award for Best Film Presented by Foxtel

Boy Erased

Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Joel Edgerton

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Breath

Mark Johnson, Simon Baker, Jamie Hilton

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Cargo

Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Russell Ackerman, John Schoenfelder, Mark Patterson

Causeway Films

Ladies In Black

Allanah Zitserman, Sue Milliken

Lumila Films

Sweet Country

Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey, David Tranter

Bunya Productions

AACTA Award for Best Indie Film presented by Event Cinemas

Brothers' Nest

Clayton Jacobson (Dir), Jason Byrne

Jason Byrne Productions Pty Ltd

Jirga

Benjamin Gilmour (Dir), John Maynard

Felix Media Pty Ltd

The Second

Mairi Cameron (Dir), Leanne Tonkes, Stephen Lance

Sense & Centsability & Dust Bunny Productions

Strange Colours

Alena Lodkina (Dir), Kate Laurie, Isaac Wall

Strange Colours Productions

West of Sunshine

Jason Raftopoulos (Dir), Alexandros Ouzas

Exile Entertainment

AACTA Award for Best Direction

Boy Erased

Joel Edgerton

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Breath

Simon Baker

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Ladies In Black

Bruce Beresford

Lumila Films

Sweet Country

Warwick Thornton

Bunya Productions

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor

Ryan Corr

1%

See Pictures Pty Ltd

Lucas Hedges

Boy Erased

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Damian Hill

West Of Sunshine

Exile Entertainment

Daniel Monks

Pulse

Daniel Monks & Stevie Cruz-Martin

Hamilton Morris

Sweet Country

Bunya Productions

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress

Abbey Lee

1%

See Pictures Pty Ltd

Rooney Mara

Mary Magdalene

See-Saw Films & Porchlight Films

Kate Mulvany

The Merger

The Merger Productions

Julia Ormond

Ladies In Black

Lumila Films

Angourie Rice

Ladies In Black

Lumila Films

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor

Simon Baker

Breath

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Fayssal Bazzi

The Merger

The Merger Productions

Russell Crowe

Boy Erased

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Joel Edgerton

Boy Erased

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Josh McConville

1%

See Pictures Pty Ltd

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Debicki

Breath

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Natassia Gorey-Furber

Sweet Country

Bunya Productions

Noni Hazlehurst

Ladies In Black

Lumila Films

Simone Kessell

1%

See Pictures Pty Ltd

Nicole Kidman

Boy Erased

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

1%

Matt Nable

See Pictures Pty Ltd

Brothers' Nest

Jaime Browne

Causeway Films

Sweet Country

David Tranter, Steven McGregor

Bunya Productions

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Leigh Whannell

Goalpost Pictures & Blumhouse Productions

AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Boy Erased

Joel Edgerton

Anonymous Content & Blue-Tongue Films

Breath

Gerard Lee, Simon Baker, Tim Winton

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Cargo

Yolanda Ramke

Causeway Films

Ladies In Black

Sue Milliken, Bruce Beresford

Lumila Films

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography

Breath

Marden Dean, Rick Rifici

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Ladies In Black

Peter James

Lumila Films

Sweet Country

Warwick Thornton

Bunya Productions

West Of Sunshine

Thom Neal

Exile Entertainment

AACTA Award for Best Editing

Breath

Dany Cooper

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Ladies In Black

Mark Warner

Lumila Films

Sweet Country

Nick Meyers

Bunya Productions

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Andy Canny

Goalpost Pictures & Blumhouse Productions

AACTA Award for Best Sound

Breath

Robert Mackenzie, Trevor Hope, Jed Dodge, Tara Webb

Gran Via, Windalong Films & See Pictures

Cargo

Liam Egan, Des Kenneally, Leah Katz, Robert Sullivan

Causeway Films

Sweet Country

David Tranter, Thom Kellar, Sam Gain-Emery, Will Sheridan

Bunya Productions

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P.K. Hooker, Will Files, Andrew Ramage

Goalpost Pictures & Blumhouse Productions

AACTA Award for Best Original Score

Ladies In Black

Christopher Gordon

Lumila Films

Mary Magdalene

Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson

See-Saw Films & Porchlight Films

Peter Rabbit™

Dominic Lewis

Animal Logic Entertainment & Olive Bridge Entertainment

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Jed Palmer

Goalpost Pictures & Blumhouse Productions

AACTA Award for Best Production Design

Cargo

Jo Ford

Causeway Films

Peter Rabbit™

Roger Ford, Lisa Thompson

Animal Logic Entertainment & Olive Bridge Entertainment

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Felicity Abbott, Katie Sharrock

Goalpost Pictures & Blumhouse Productions

Winchester

Matthew Putland, Vanessa Cerne

Blacklab Entertainment Pty Ltd

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design

Ladies In Black

Wendy Cork

Lumila Films

Mary Magdalene

Jacqueline Durran

See-Saw Films & Porchlight Films

Sweet Country

Heather Wallace

Bunya Productions

Winchester

Wendy Cork

Blacklab Entertainment Pty Ltd

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