List of winners from today’s luncheon.
Tonight’s awards ceremony started at 6pm AEDT and around 10-15 awards have been handed out by 7.30pm. Beware of spoilers on social media.
EDIT: the ceremony finished at around 8.30pm.
Not sure if it is usual practice but all the award winners have been released by AACTA on their web site.
As usual the television awards largely at odds with popular TV viewing patterns.
AACTA usually tweet the winners hours before the broadcast which seems a bit counter productive
This year AACTA tweets the winners (on delay) as they are revealed during Seven’s broadcast. It’s Inside Film magazine which tweeted the winners in real time, hours before the broadcast.
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I don’t understand why they publicly release the entire winners’ list ahead of their presentation. Award ceremonies are boring enough to start with without removing the winners’ reveal.
Just finished watching the awards telecast. It was well produced. They showed the winners’ speeches in full (when they appeared on stage), unlike the past couple of years when they were edited. And Stephen Curry’s auditions for classic Australian films were very funny.
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It looked like they edited Bryan Brown’s speech though.
Was it too long or did he say something inappropriate? The audience was laughing after whatever he said.
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Networks to win awards were Foxtel, ABC, SBS, Ten, Netflix and Stan. No awards for the two most popular networks including the telecast partner Seven who I would think would be unimpressed.
They should make better shows 
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Technically Nine won something because they own Stan.
In the past, Seven showed the awards out of order, and edited the awards quite heavily, and quite noticable too. Apart from an obvious edit in Bryan Brown’s speech, tonights show looked more polished.
Stephen Curry did a good job hosting the aactas overall.
Good to see mulitple wins to Mystery Road and Riot.
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What was the story with Julia Zemiro and someone else calling the AACTA awards “AHctahs” when everyone else calls them “actahs”?
ABC dramas share the spoils at AACTA Awards
Landmark ABC dramas Riot and Mystery Road have shared the spoils at the 2018 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, winning nine of the nation’s top screen prizes between them.
Indigenous crime series Mystery Road won five AACTA Awards, including best drama and best supporting actress and actor for Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair, respectively. Gay and lesbian rights drama Riot won best telefeature or mini series and best lead acting awards for Kate Box and Damon Herriman.
ABC titles won 14 awards in total, spanning drama, comedy, entertainment, factual and online series, plus prizes for best direction, music score, editing and casting.
Michael Carrington, ABC Acting Director Entertainment & Specialist, said: “Congratulations to our programs and partners for their outstanding wins at the AACTA Awards. Our success across multiple genres affirms our commitment to delivering diverse and distinctive Australian content to all Australians, connecting them with compelling stories and voices that reflect their lives.”
AACTA AWARDS FOR ABC PROGRAMS
Mystery Road (Bunya Productions): Best Drama Series; Best Guest or Supporting Actor (Wayne Blair) and Actress (Deborah Mailman) in a Television Drama; Best Editing (Deborah Peart); Best Original Music Score (Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales).
Riot (Werner Film Productions): Best Telefeature/Mini Series; Best Lead Actor (Damon Herriman) and Actress (Kate Box) in a TV Drama; Best Casting (Allison Meadows).
The Weekly With Charlie Pickering (Thinkative TV): Best Entertainment Program.
Employable Me (Northern Pictures): Best Documentary or Factual Program.
Hawke: The Larrikin And The Leader (Southern Pictures): Best Direction in Nonfiction Television (Bruce Permezel).
The Letdown (Giant Dwarf): Best Comedy Program.
Deadlock (Every Cloud Productions): Best Online Video or Series.
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Winners Announced for the 8th AACTA International Awards
AACTA announced the winners of the 8th AACTA International Awards at a star-studded Ceremony held at the Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles on Friday 4 January 2019.
Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA added another two Awards to its growing list of accolades, winning the AACTA International Awards for Best Film and Best Direction. Cuarón, who won the same two awards in 2014 for GRAVITY, now holds the record for the most AACTA International Award wins by an individual (a record previously held by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with three).
Also taking home two awards was period comedy-drama THE FAVOURITE, with Olivia Colman winning Best Lead Actress and writers Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara winning Best Screenplay.
Nicole Kidman continued her exceptional year, winning her second AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress for gay-conversion therapy drama BOY ERASED. Kidman also received the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role at the domestic AACTA Awards in Sydney last month.
The remaining two performance awards went to first-time AACTA Award winners Rami Malek, who won Best Lead Actor for his portrayal of Freddie Mercury in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, and Mahershala Ali, who won Best Supporting Actor for his performance as jazz pianist and composer Don Shirley in GREEN BOOK.
Nicole Kidman, Rami Malek, Glenn Close, Alfonso Cuarón, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and Olivia Colman were among the nominees and VIP guests in attendance at the exclusive Ceremony.
Joining host Renee Bargh on stage to present awards were some of Australia’s leading film and television talent, including Alan Dale, Mallory Jansen, Danielle Macdonald, Phillip Noyce, Peter Spierig, Emma Booth, and Hannah Gadsby. Gadsby was retrospectively presented with the AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy, which she won at the domestic AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel in Sydney last month for her critically acclaimed stand-up special NANETTE.
“This year’s winners are a truly international group, spanning continents, cultures and decades,” said AFI | AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella. “The AACTA International Awards continue to add a uniquely Australian voice to the international awards circuit, and I congratulate all of this evening’s winners – with special congratulations to our Australian winners Nicole Kidman and Tony McNamara – and wish them every success throughout the upcoming awards season.”
Highlights from the 8th AACTA International Awards will be aired in Australia exclusively on Foxtel Arts, Foxtel’s high definition dedicated arts channel, on Wednesday 9 January at 7:30pm AEDT as part of SCREEN, followed by encores the following day on Foxtel Arts.
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good to see the nominees come out for the Best Best Documentary.
A good list of nominees overall.
Today AACTA announced the nominees for Best Documentary.
Unlike the Oscars and other OS film awards, AACTA is allowing a movie that will never been show at the Australian cinema to be eligible for nomination at the its awards.