‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘The Dressmaker’ Top Australian Academy Awards

Chalk up another win for Mad Max: Fury Road. George Miller’s franchise reboot had been picking up critics prizes in the past few weeks and can now add an Australian Oscar to the mantle. The AACTA Awards, Oz’s equivalent to the Oscars, were held tonight in Sydney where Miller took Best Director and Best Film.

This has been a record-breaking year at the box office for local movies with more than $85M to date. Late entry, The Dressmaker, has been a sleeper hit. It scooped three acting prizes including for lead Kate Winslet. See below for the full list of film winners:

BEST FILM
Mad Max: Fury Road, Doug Mitchell, PJ Voeten, George Miller

BEST DIRECTOR
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ACTOR
Michael Caton, Last Cab To Darwin

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Dressmaker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugo Weaving, The Dressmaker

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judy Davis, The Dressmaker

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR FAVORITE AUSTRALIAN FILM
The Dressmaker

AACTA LONGFORD LYELL AWARD
Cate Blanchett

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD
Adam Arkapaw