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Scooping four trophies, Baz Luhrmann's Elvis was the big winner at Wednesday night's AACTA Awards in Sydney. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts gave the Warner Bros/Bazmark/Roadshow hit nods for Best Film, Direction, Lead Actor (Austin Butler) and Supporting Actress (Olivia…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has announced winners of the 11th AACTA International Awards, with Netflix's The Power Of The Dog scoring three trophies. (Scroll down for the full list of laureates.) The Jane Campion-directed western took prizes for Best Film, Best Lead Actor in Film…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) today announced the nominees for its 11th AACTA International Awards with Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and Jane Campion’s The Power Of The Dog leading the pack, at seven and six mentions, respectively. Each is up for Best Film, along with Dune, Being The Ricardo…

The Australian Academy Of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has crowned its winners for 2021, with Justin Kurzel’s Nitram scooping the Best Film award among eight total prizes. The movie, which debuted at Cannes, recounts the factors leading up to the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, Australia. The pic also won…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) crowned the winners from its 2020 awards ceremony today, with Babyteeh and Stateless dominating the film and TV categories respectively. Shannon Murphy's tragi-comedy Babyteeth was the big winner on the film side, scooping Best Film, Best Direction…

Winners were announced tonight for the 9th AACTA International Awards – the international counterpart to the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' primary awards show – with Bong Joon Ho's Parasite scooping Best Film. The win for Korean pic Parasite follows its triumph at the main AACTA Awards, which were…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has unveiled nominees for its 9th AACTA International Awards with Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman leading at six mentions. Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood landed five nods while Todd Philipps’ Joker and Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite have four each. Those…

UPDATED with video: Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has filed defamation proceedings in Australia’s federal court, seeking damages from The Daily Telegraph which published allegations the actor behaved inappropriately towards a female cast member during a 2015 production of King Lear. In a brief press conference in…

The second installment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA Awards ceremony took place in Sydney Wednesday evening local time with Lion continuing its dominance over the film categories, and Top Of The Lake: China Girl taking key wins for TV. Those include kudos for Nicole Kidman in…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts hands out its prizes, Oz’s highest honors in both fields, at two separate ceremonies this week. The first raft of winners was unveiled this afternoon local time with Lion sweeping all seven of its categories today. The 2016 Garth Davis-directed drama that scored six…

The King's Speech star Geoffrey Rush has stepped down as President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) following allegations of "inappropriate behavior" during an Australian stage production of the Shakespeare play King Lear. Oscar-winner Rush, who has also starred in Pirates of the Caribbea…

UPDATE, WRITETHRU with further details: The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts on Sunday said it has “officially rescinded” its offer of the AACTA International Fellowship to disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. Somewhat confusingly, the award was actually announced four years ago, but never presented…