AACTA Awards 2015
30 November and 9 December 2015, Star Event Centre Sydney
Nominations—with award winners in bold
AACTA Longford Lyell Award
Cate Blanchett
Byron Kennedy Award
Adam Arkapaw, for his pursuit of excellence in cinematography
Best Film
The Dressmaker - Sue Maslin (12 noms)
Holding The Man - Kylie Du Fresne
Last Cab To Darwin - Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, Jeremy Sims (8 noms)
Mad Max: Fury Road - Doug Mitchell, Pj Voeten, Dr George Miller (11 noms total)
Paper Planes - Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, Liz Kearne
Best Direction
The Dressmaker - Jocelyn Moorhouse
Holding The Man - Neil Armfield
Last Cab To Darwin - Jeremy Sims
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller
Best Original Screenplay
Cut Snake - Blake Ayshford
Kill Me Three Times - James McFarland
Mad Max: Fury Road - Dr George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris
Paper Planes - Robert Connolly, Steve Worland
Best Adapted Screenplay
Holding The Man - Tommy Murphy
Last Cab To Darwin - Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims
Ruben Guthrie - Brendan Cowell
Best Cinematography
The Dressmaker - Donald M. McAlpine ACS, ASC
Last Cab To Darwin - Steve Arnold ACS
Mad Max: Fury Road - John Seale ASC, ACS
Oddball - Damian Wyvill ACS
Best Lead Actor
Patrick Brammall - Ruben Guthrie
Michael Caton - Last Cab To Darwin
Ryan Corr - Holding The Man
Sullivan Stapleton - Cut Snake
Best Lead Actress
Robyn Butler - Now Add Honey
Ningali Lawford-Wolf - Last Cab To Darwin
Charlize Theron - Mad Max: Fury Road
Kate Winslet - The Dressmaker
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Coles Smith - Last Cab To Darwin
Alex Dimitriades - Ruben Guthrie
Anthony LaPaglia - Holding The Man
Hugo Weaving - The Dressmaker
Best Supporting Actress
Judy Davis - The Dressmaker
Emma Hamilton - Last Cab To Darwin
Deborah Mailman - Paper Planes
Sarah Snook - The Dressmaker
Best Editing
Cut Snake - Andy Canny
The Dressmaker - Jill Bilcock ACE, ASE
Holding The Man - Dany Cooper ASE
Mad Max: Fury Road - Margaret Sixel
Best Sound
The Dressmaker - Andrew Ramage, Glenn Newnham, Chris Goodes Cas, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro, Alex Francis
Mad Max: Fury Road - Ben Osmo, David White, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Wayne Pashley, Mark Mangini
Paper Planes - Chris Goodes CAS, James Ashton, Emma Bortignon, Trevor Hope
Partisan - Robert Mackenzie, Dane Cody
Best Original Music Score
The Dressmaker - David Hirschfelder
Mad Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL
Paper Planes - Nigel Westlake
Partisan - Daniel Lopatin
Best Production Design
Cut Snake - Jo Ford
The Dressmaker - Roger Ford
Mad Max: Fury Road - Colin Gibson
Partisan - Steven Jones-Evans APDG, Sarah Cyngler
Best Costume Design
Cut Snake - Cappi Ireland
The Dressmaker - Marion Boyce, Margot Wilson
Mad Max: Fury Road - Jenny Beavan
Partisan - Maria Pattison, Sarah Cyngler
Best Visual Effects Or Animation
Avengers: Age Of Ultron - Christopher Townsend, Ryan Stafford, Paul Butterworth, Matt Estela
Mad Max: Fury Road - Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood, Fiona Crawford
Pan - Chas Jarrett, Dan Barrow, Mark Holt, Marc Varisco, Alana Newell
Ted 2 - Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor
There were twenty-three feature films in competition:
Alex and Eve (Peter Andrikidis, 2015) wr. Alex Lykos; Richard Brancatisano, Andrea Demetriades, Zoe Carides; forbidden relationship: Greek/Lebanese
Blinky Bill Movie, The (Deane Taylor, Alexs Stadermann, 2015) wr. Fin Edquist; Ryan Kwanten, Toni Collette, Robin McLeavy, David Wenham, Rufus Sewell, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Barry Otto, Barry Humphries (voices); animated
Cut Snake (Tony Ayres, 2014) wr. Blake Ayshford, prod. Trevor Blainey, Michael McMahon, Matchbox Pictures; Sullivan Stapleton, Alex Russell, Jessica De Gouw; crime thriller; MIFF premiere
Dressmaker, The (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 2015) novel Rosalie Ham, prod Sue Maslin, Film Art Media, dp Don McAlpine, pd Roger Ford, ed Jill Bilcock, costume Tim Chappel; Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Melissa George, Roy Dupuis, Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki; 'Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture', 'Unforgiven with a sewing machine'; comic drama; shooting October 2014
Force of Destiny (Paul Cox, 2015) wr. Paul Cox; David Wenham, Jacqueline McKenzie, Shahana Goswami; a journey of love on a waiting list
Holding the Man (Neil Armfield, 2015) wr. Neil Armfield from Tommy Murphy's play from Timothy Conigrave's book; Ryan Corr, Craig Stott, Anthony LaPaglia, Guy Pearce, Kerry Fox, Camilla Ah Kin; gay love true story; premiere Sydney FF
Infini (Shane Abbess, 2015) Daniel MacPherson, Grace Huang, Luke Hemsworth; scifi
John Doe: Vigilante (Kelly Dolen, 2014) wr. Stephen M. Coates, prod. James M. Vernon, Kristy Vernon, David Lightfoot, Keith Sweitzer, dp David Parker; Jamie Bamber, Lachy Hulme, Paul O'Brien; crime thriller; no theatrical release in Australia?
Kill Me Three Times (Kriv Stenders, 2014) prod. Tania Chambers, Laurence Malkin, Share Stallings, wr. James McFarland, dp Geoffrey Simpson; Simon Pegg, Alice Braga, Sullivan Stapleton, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown; WA; domestic crime in a surfing town
Last Cab to Darwin (Jeremy Sims, 2015) wr. Reg Cribb, Jeremy Sims from play Last Cab to Darwin by Cribb, prod. Greg Duffy; Michael Caton, Jacki Weaver; comedy-drama: taxi driver goes to Darwin for euthanasia; premiere Sydney FF
Love is Now (Jim Lounsbury, 2014) prod. Behren Schultz, Eponine Films, dp Anthony Jennings; Claire van der Boom, Eamon Farren, Anna Torv, Dustin Clare, Heather Mitchell, Chris Haywood; romdram; Aust release 4 December
Mad Max: Fury Road (Dr George Miller, 2015) wr. Dr George Miller, Nick Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy; Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Megan Gale, Courtney Eaton; shot 2012 Namibia, Sydney; Cannes
Now Add Honey (Wayne Hope, 2015) wr. Robyn Butler, prod. Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope, Louisa Kors, Gristmill, Screen Australia funding, Roadshow distribution; Robyn Butler, Angus Sampson, Ben Lawson, Lucy Durack; Melbourne
Oddball (Stuart McDonald, 2015) wr. Peter Ivan, prod. Richard Keddie et al.; Sarah Snoook, Alan Tudyk, Deborah Mailman, Shane Jacobson, Coco Jack Gillies, Jerry Camilleri; eccentric chicken farmer saves a colony of penguins by putting his sheepdog on their island
One Eyed Girl (Nick Matthews, 2014) wr. Craig Behenna, Nick Matthews, prod. David Ngo; Steve Le Marquand, Mark Leonard Winter, Craig Behenna, Tilda Cobham-Hervey; psychiatrist haunted by the death of former patient; thriller; premiere Adelaide FF October 2013; Aust release 5 Aug 2014
Pack, The (Nick Robertson, 2015) wr. Evan Randall Green, prod. Kent Smith, Michael Robertson; Anna Lise Phillips, Jack Campbell, Kieran Thomas McNamara; horror/thriller; pack of wild dogs
Paper Planes (Robert Connolly, 2014) aka How to Make a Paper Plane; wr. Robert Connolly, Steve Worland, prod. Arenamedia, dist. Cinemaplus, Arclight; David Wenham, Sam Worthington, Anthony LaPaglia, Ed Oxenbould, Alex Williams; childrens; MIFF; Aust general release 15 Jan 2015
Partisan (Ariel Kleiman, 2015) wr. Sarah Cyngler, Ariel Kleiman; Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Sapidah Kian; thriller drama
Rise (Mack Lindon, 2014) wr. Mack Lindon, Vision Films Australia, dp Geoff McLeod (Sputnik Films); Nathan Wilson, Martin Sacks, Eric Connor, Gemma Laurelle, Linda Millar; crime, prison; Aust release 21 Oct
Ruben Guthrie (Brendan Cowell, 2015) wr. Brendan Cowell from his play; Patrick Brammall, Alex Dimitriades, Abbey Lee; drama
Strangerland (Kim Farrant, 2015) wr. Fiona Seres, Michael Kiniron, prod. Naomi Wenck, Macdara Kelleher; Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Maddison Brown; drama: missing children; Sundance; Oz premiere 11 June
Touch (Christopher Houghton, 2014) wr. Christopher Houghton, prod. Julie Byrne, Kristian Moliere, Jennifer Jones, Triptych Pictures; Leeanna Walsman, Matt Day, Greg Hatton; thriller; SFF 6 June
Unindian (Anupam Sharma, 2015) John Howard, Stephen Humter, Heather Maltman, Pallavi Sharda, Gulshan Grover, Tannishtha Chatterjee; forbidden relationship: Indian/Australian
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