Awards for 2012

Byron Kennedy Award

WINNER

Ivan Sen

AFI Members' Choice Award

WINNER

Red Dog: Julie Ryan, Nelson Woss

NOMINEES

Mad Bastards: Stephen Pigram, Alan Pigram, Brendan Fletcher, David Jowsey
The Snowtown Murders: Sarah Shaw, Anna McLeish
The Hunter: Vincent Sheehan
The Eye of the Storm: Gregory J. Read, Antony Waddington, Fred Schepisi
Oranges and Sunshine: Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning

AACTA Award for Best Young Actor

WINNER

Cloudstreet: Lara Robinson
Part 1

NOMINEES

Good Pretender: Olivia DeJonge
Mad Bastards: Lucas Yeeda

AACTA International Award

Best Film

WINNER

The Artist: Thomas Langmann

NOMINEES

The Tree of Life: Sarah Green, Dede Gardner, Bill Pohlad
The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
The Ides of March: Grant Heslov, George Clooney, Brian Oliver
Melancholia: Louise Vesth, Meta Louise Foldager
Moneyball: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz, Brad Pitt
Hugo: Martin Scorsese, Tim Headington, Johnny Depp, Graham King
Margin Call: Joe Jenckes, Zachary Quinto, Neal Dodson, Michael Benaroya, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa
Midnight in Paris: Jaume Roures, Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno

Best Actor

WINNER

The Artist: Jean Dujardin

NOMINEES

Shame: Michael Fassbender
The Descendants: George Clooney
Moneyball: Brad Pitt
J. Edgar: Leonardo DiCaprio
The Ides of March: Ryan Gosling

Best Actress

WINNER

The Iron Lady: Meryl Streep

NOMINEES

Jane Eyre: Mia Wasikowska
Melancholia: Kirsten Dunst
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Tilda Swinton
My Week with Marilyn: Michelle Williams
Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close

Best Direction

WINNER

The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius

NOMINEES

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
Drive: Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo: Martin Scorsese
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Lynne Ramsay
Margin Call: J.C. Chandor
The Tree of Life: Terrence Malick
Melancholia: Lars von Trier

Best Screenplay

WINNERS

The Ides of March: Beau Willimon, Grant Heslov, George Clooney
Margin Call: J.C. Chandor

NOMINEES

Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
The Artist: Michel Hazanavicius
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Rory Kinnear, Lynne Ramsay
Melancholia: Lars von Trier
Moneyball: Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian

AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole: Grant Freckelton

NOMINEES

Cloudstreet: Scott Zero
Sanctum: Glenn Melenhorst, David Booth, Peter Webb, Ineke Majoor
The Hunter: James Rogers, Felix Crawshaw

AACTA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

Production Design

WINNER

Herbert Pinter

AACTA Raymond Longford Award

WINNER

Donald McAlpine

AACTA Award

Samsung AACTA Award for Best Film

WINNER

Red Dog: Nelson Woss, Julie Ryan

NOMINEES

The Snowtown Murders: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
Mad Bastards: Brendan Fletcher, Alan Pigram, David Jowsey, Stephen Pigram
The Hunter: Vincent Sheehan
Oranges and Sunshine: Emile Sherman, Camilla Bray, Iain Canning
The Eye of the Storm: Antony Waddington, Gregory J. Read, Fred Schepisi

Best Lead Actor

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Daniel Henshall

NOMINEES

Oranges and Sunshine: David Wenham
The Eye of the Storm: Geoffrey Rush
The Hunter: Willem Dafoe

Best Lead Actress

WINNER

The Eye of the Storm: Judy Davis

NOMINEES

Oranges and Sunshine: Emily Watson
The Hunter: Frances O'Connor
The Eye of the Storm: Charlotte Rampling

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Oranges and Sunshine: Hugo Weaving

NOMINEES

The Eye of the Storm: John Gaden
The Hunter: Sam Neill
Face to Face: Robert Rabiah

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Louise Harris

NOMINEES

The Hunter: Morgana Davies
The Eye of the Storm: Helen Morse
The Eye of the Storm: Alexandra Schepisi

Best Direction in a Documentary

WINNER

Mrs. Carey's Concert: Sophie Raymond, Bob Connolly

NOMINEES

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure: Matthew Bate
The Tall Man: Tony Krawitz
Life in Movement: Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason

Best Direction

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Justin Kurzel

NOMINEES

Red Dog: Kriv Stenders
The Eye of the Storm: Fred Schepisi
The Hunter: Daniel Nettheim

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Griff the Invisible: Leon Ford

NOMINEES

Red Hill: Patrick Hughes
The Loved Ones: Sean Byrne
Mad Bastards: Brendan Fletcher, Greg Tait, Dean Daley-Jones, John Watson

Best Screenplay in a Short Film

WINNER

The Palace: Anthony Maras (Cyan Films, AntHouse Films)

NOMINEES

Afterglow: Nadine Garner
Waiting for the Turning of the Earth: David Giles
Cropped: Dave Wade

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Shaun Grant

NOMINEES

Red Dog: Daniel Taplitz
The Eye of the Storm: Judy Morris
The Hunter: Alice Addison

Best Cinematography in a Documentary

WINNER

Out of the Ashes: David Parer

NOMINEES

Mrs. Carey's Concert: Bob Connolly
Jandamarra's War: Jim Frater, Allan Collins, Rusty Geller
The Tall Man: Germain McMicking

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Hunter: Robert Humphreys

NOMINEES

Red Dog: Geoffrey Hall
Sleeping Beauty: Geoffrey Simpson
The Snowtown Murders: Adam Arkapaw

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Eye of the Storm: Terry Ryan

NOMINEES

Sleeping Beauty: Shareen Beringer
Oranges and Sunshine: Cappi Ireland
The Hunter: Emily Seresin

Best Sound

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Michael Carden, Des Keneally, Frank Lipson, John Simpson, Erin McKimm, Andrew McGrath

NOMINEES

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole: Phil Heywood, Fabian Sanjurjo, Wayne Pashley, Peter D. Smith, Derryn Pasquill, Polly McKinnon
Mad Bastards: Jennifer Sochackyj, Nick Emond, Beth Tredray, Les Fiddess, Phil Judd
The Hunter: Les Fiddess, Tony Murtagh, Sam Petty, Robert Mackenzie, David Lee, Tom Heuzenroeder

Best Sound in a Documentary

WINNER

Murundak: Songs of Freedom: Peter D. Smith, Christopher O'Young, Emma Bortignon, Simon Walbrook, Michael Letho

NOMINEES

Mrs. Carey's Concert: Sophie Raymond, Doron Kipen, Bob Scott
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure: Pete Best, Scott Illingworth, Tom Heuzenroeder, Jonny Elk Walsh, Emma Bortignon
Jandamarra's War: Laurie Chlanda, Ric Curtin, Glenn Martin, Petris Torres, Ash Gibson Greig

Best Editing

WINNER

The Snowtown Murders: Veronika Jenet

NOMINEES

Wasted on the Young: Leanne Cole
Oranges and Sunshine: Dany Cooper
Red Dog: Jill Bilcock

Best Editing in a Documentary

WINNER

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure: Bryan Mason

NOMINEES

The Tall Man: Rochelle Oshlack
Mrs. Carey's Concert: Sophie Raymond, Nick Meyers, Ray Thomas

Best Original Music Score

WINNER

The Hunter: Matteo Zingales, Michael Lira, Andrew Lancaster

NOMINEES

The Snowtown Murders: Jed Kurzel
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole: David Hirschfelder
Red Dog: Cezary Skubiszewski

Best Short Fiction Film

WINNER

The Palace: Anthony Maras, Andros Achilleas, Kate Croser (AntHouse Films, Cyan Films)

NOMINEES

Adam's Tallit: Justin Olstein, Marie Maroun
Cropped: Bettina Hamilton, Dave Wade
The Telegram Man: James Francis Khehtie

Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

WINNER

The Slap: Michael McMahon, Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden

NOMINEES

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo: John Edwards, Karen Radzyner
Cloudstreet: Greg Haddrick, Brenda Pam
Sisters of War: Andrew Wiseman

Best Short Animation

WINNER

Nullarbor: Alister Lockhart, Katrina Mathers, Merrin Jensen, Daryl Munton, Patrick Sarell

NOMINEES

Forget Me Not: Emily Dean
The Moment: Shane McNeil, Troy Bellchambers, Kristian Moliere, Justin Wight
The Missing Key: Garth Nix, Jonathan Nix, Anna McFarlane

Best Documentary Series

WINNER

SAS: The Search for Warriors: Julia Redwood, Ed Punchard

NOMINEES

Outback Fight Club: Isabel Perez, Paul Scott
Outback Kids: Mark Hamlyn, Marc Radomsky, Mike Bluett
Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us: Lucy Maclaren, Alex West, Jacob Hickey

Best Documentary Under One Hour

WINNER

Jandamarra's War: Andrea Quesnelle, Eileen Torres, Andrew Ogilvie

NOMINEES

Orchids: My Intersex Adventure: Phoebe Hart
The Ball: Jessica Leski, Yael Bergman, Laura Waters

Best Feature Length Documentary

WINNER

Mrs. Carey's Concert: Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst, Sophie Raymond

NOMINEES

The Tall Man: Darren Dale
Life in Movement: Bryan Mason, Sophie Hyde
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure: Sophie Hyde, Matthew Bate

Best Production Design

WINNER

The Eye of the Storm: Melinda Doring

NOMINEES

Sleeping Beauty: Annie Beauchamp
Red Dog: Ian Gracie
The Hunter: Steven Jones-Evans

Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

WINNER

The Slap: Alex Dimitriades

NOMINEES

The Slap: Jonathan LaPaglia
East West 101: Don Hany
Season 3
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo: Rob Carlton

Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama

WINNER

Sisters of War: Sarah Snook

NOMINEES

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo: Asher Keddie
Cloudstreet: Kerry Fox
Cloudstreet: Essie Davis

Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

WINNER

Killing Time: Richard Cawthorne
Episode 2

NOMINEES

East West 101: Aaron Fa'aoso
Season 3 - Episode 18, 'The Price of Salvation'
Cloudstreet: Todd Lasance
Part 3
Spirited: Jacek Koman
Season 2 - Episode 2, 'Time After Time'

Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama

WINNER

The Slap: Diana Glenn
Episode 3, 'Harry'

NOMINEES

Cloudstreet: Lara Robinson
Part 1
Sisters of War: Susie Porter
East West 101: Rena Owen
Season 3 - Episode 18, 'The Price of Salvation'

Best Direction in Television

WINNER

The Slap: Matthew Saville
Episode 3, 'Harry'

NOMINEES

Small Time Gangster: Jeffrey Walker
Episode 1, 'Jingle Bells'
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo: Daina Reid
Episode 1
The Slap: Jessica Hobbs
Episode 1, 'Hector'

Best Screenplay in Television

WINNER

The Slap: Brendan Cowell
Episode 3, 'Harry'

NOMINEES

The Slap: Kris Mrksa
Episode 1, 'Hector'
Cloudstreet: Tim Winton, Ellen Fontana
Part 3
Laid: Kirsty Fisher
Season 1 - Episode 3

Best Children's Television Series

WINNER

My Place: Penny Chapman
Series 2

NOMINEES

H2O: Just Add Water: Jonathan M. Shiff
Series 3
Emma's Chatroom: Noel Price

Best Television Drama Series

WINNER

East West 101: Kris Wyld (Proucer), Peter Andrikidis (Director), Steve Knapman (Producer)

NOMINEES

Spirited: Claudia Karvan, Jacquelin Perske
Season 2
Offspring: John Edwards, Imogen Banks
Season 2
Rake: Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh
Season 1

Best Television Comedy Series

WINNER

Laid: Liz Watts
Season 1

NOMINEES

At Home with Julia: Carol Hughes, Greg Quail, Rick Kalowski
Twentysomething: Nicole Minchin

Best Light Entertainment Television Series

WINNER

The Gruen Transfer: Jon Casimir, Anita Jacoby, Andrew Denton
Series 4

NOMINEES

Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey: Todd Abbott
RocKwiz: Joe Connor, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg, Brian Nankervis
Series 8
Hungry Beast: Jon Casimir, Andy Nehl, Anita Jacoby, Andrew Denton
Series 3
Junior MasterChef: Tara McWilliams
Series 1

Best Performance in a Television Comedy

WINNER

Angry Boys: Chris Lilley

NOMINEES

Laid: Celia Pacquola
Twentysomething: Jess Harris
Laid: Alison Bell

Switched On Audience Choice Award

Best Performance in a Television Drama

WINNER

Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo: Asher Keddie

NOMINEES

Packed to the Rafters: Erik Thomson
Season 4
Underbelly: Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Underbelly: Razor
Packed to the Rafters: Rebecca Gibney
Season 4

Best Television Program

WINNER

Packed to the Rafters
Season 4

NOMINEES

Underbelly
Underbelly: Razor
Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo
Masterchef Australia
Season 3

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