Australian film and television awards ceremony
The
2nd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
(generally known as
AACTA Awards
) are a series of awards which includes the 2nd AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 2nd AACTA Awards ceremony and the
2nd AACTA International Awards
. The former two events were held at the
Star Event Centre
, in
Sydney
,
New South Wales
on 28 January and 30 January 2013, respectively.
[2]
Presented by the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
(AACTA), the awards celebrated the
best in Australian feature film
,
television
, documentary and short film productions of 2012. The AACTA Awards ceremony was televised on
Network Ten
. Actor
Russell Crowe
hosted the show. These awards are a continuum of the Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards), established in 1958 and presented until 2010, which was rebranded the AACTA Awards when the
Australian Film Institute
(AFI) established AACTA in 2011.
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On 9 May 2012, the Academy revealed a new category for
Best Reality Television Series
, due to a growth in reality programming in Australia. The recipient of the
Raymond Longford Award
was
Al Clark
, for his work as a film producer, and the
Byron Kennedy Award
was handed out
posthumously
to
Sarah Watt
. The nominees were announced during a press conference on 3 December 2012.
The Sapphires
won eleven of the thirteen film awards it was nominated for, including
Best Film
,
Best Direction
,
Best Actor
,
Best Actress
and
Best Supporting Actress
. Other feature film winners were
Wish You Were Here
with two awards, and
Lore
,
Not Suitable for Children
and
Iron Sky
with one. In the television categories
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
and
Redfern Now
won two awards, and
A Moody Christmas
,
The Adventures of Figaro Pho
,
Agony Aunts
,
The Amazing Race Australia
,
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
,
Lowdown
,
Puberty Blues
,
Rake
and
Underbelly: Badness
with one.
Background
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On 5 May 2012, the Academy announced a new category for
Best Reality Television Series
, due to the growth of reality television productions in Australia. Reality television productions could previously be submitted in the
Best Light Entertainment Series
category.
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The twenty-three films eligible to compete for film awards were revealed on 29 August 2012. Of those competing,
Burning Man
was made eligible, after being ineligible to compete at the previous awards due to a change in release date.
[5]
The details of the first nominees were also announced that day, in the non-feature film categories for:
Best Feature Length Documentary
,
Best Short Fiction Film
and
Best Short Animation
, as determined by specially formed juries.
[5]
Round one of voting took place between 5 October and 8 November 2012 to determine the winners of the aforementioned categories, and to decide the nominees in the feature-film awards.
[6]
For television, juries were established to select the nominees and winners.
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On 3 December 2012, the full list of nominees for feature-film, television and non-feature films were released during a press conference in
Sydney
.
[7]
Of the nominees,
The Sapphires
(2012) received the most feature-film nominations with twelve, including
Best Film
,
Best Direction
for
Wayne Blair
,
Best Adapted Screenplay
for Keith Thompson and
Tony Briggs
,
Best Lead Actor
for
Chris O'Dowd
,
Best Lead Actress
for
Deborah Mailman
and
Best Supporting Actress
for
Jessica Mauboy
.
[8]
In television,
Puberty Blues
received the most nominations with six. These include
Best Drama Series
,
Best Actress - Drama
for
Ashleigh Cummings
,
Best Guest or Supporting Actor - Drama
for
Daniel Wyllie
, and
Best Guest or Supporting Actress - Drama
for
Susan Prior
.
[9]
Round two of voting, to determine the feature-film award winners, commenced on the day of the nominations announcement, and concluded on 13 December 2012.
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Special awards
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A call for recommendations, for the
Raymond Longford Award
, was made on 13 September 2012 with the submission period ending on 28 September.
[10]
It was announced on 22 November
Al Clark
will receive the award, for his work as a film producer, at the AACTA Awards Luncheon in 2013.
[11]
The
Byron Kennedy Award
was presented posthumously to
Sarah Watt
, an Australian film director. Watt was chosen for: "her brave, innovative filmmaking. Painter, photographer, animator, she brought consummate skill and elegance to the live action form. Without pretension, her work broke all the rules, yet her singular view connected to a wide audience by its profound emotional honesty."
[12]
The accolade was presented at the AACTA Awards Ceremony to her son Clem.
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Ceremony
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The AACTA Awards Luncheon and Ceremony were held at
The Star Event Centre
in
Sydney
,
New South Wales
on 28 and 30 January, respectively.
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The AACTA Awards Luncheon, which handed out awards for technical achievements across film and television, as well as all non-feature categories, was hosted by
Adam Elliot
.
[13]
The AACTA Awards Ceremony, presenting honours in all other categories, was originally to be presided over by
Hugh Sheridan
, but due to conflicting schedules he was replaced by
Russell Crowe
.
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[15]
The latter presentation which had been previously shown on
Nine Network
since 2005, aired on
Network Ten
on the day of the ceremony, but as an edited version of the event.
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Winners and nominees
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Feature film
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Winners will be listed first and highlighted in
boldface
.
Best Film
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Best Direction
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Best Original Screenplay
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Lead Actor
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Best Lead Actress
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Best Supporting Actor
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Best Supporting Actress
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Best Cinematography
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Best Editing
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Best Original Music Score
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Best Sound
|
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- The Sapphires
?
Andrew Plain
,
Bry Jones
,
Pete Smith
,
Ben Osmo
and
John Simpson
- Burning Man
? David Lee, Andrew Plain and Gethin Creagh
- Lore
? Sam Petty, Michael Busch, Robert Mackenzie, Antony Gray, Yulia Akerholt and BrookeTrezise
- Swerve
? Pete Smith, John Simpson, Martyn Zub and Des Kenneally
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Best Production Design
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Best Costume Design
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Television
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Non-feature film
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Additional awards
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Productions with multiple nominations
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Feature film
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The following feature films received multiple nominations.
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The following feature films received multiple awards.
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Television
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The following television shows received multiple nominations.
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The following television shows received multiple awards.
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See also
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References
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Dale, David (28 January 2013).
"THE RATINGS RACE: Week 5, when My Kitchen Rules creamed MasterChef"
.
National Times
. Retrieved
18 February
2013
.
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a
b
Goodacre, Kate (4 December 2012).
"
'The Sapphires' dominates second annual AACTA nominations"
.
Digital Spy
. Hearst Magazines UK (
National Magazine Company Ltd.
)
. Retrieved
8 December
2012
.
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"Awarding screen excellence in Australia"
. Australian Film Institute. Archived from
the original
on 31 August 2011
. Retrieved
4 March
2013
.
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Vicky Roach (9 May 2012).
"AACTA Awards bow to reality TV"
.
The Daily Telegraph
(
News Corporation
)
. Retrieved
30 November
2012
.
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a
b
Michael Bodey (29 August 2012).
"Strong selection for second AACTA Awards"
.
The Australian
. Retrieved
30 November
2012
.
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a
b
c
"AFI/AACTA - The Awards - Voting"
. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).
Archived
from the original on 29 October 2012.
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"2nd AACTA Awards Nomination Announced"
(PDF)
. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 30 August 2014
. Retrieved
8 December
2012
.
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Roach, Vicky; Byrnes, Holly (3 December 2012).
"The Sapphires top of the AACTAs with 12 nominations"
.
Herald Sun
.
The Herald and Weekly Times
(News Corporation)
. Retrieved
8 December
2012
.
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"2nd AACTA Awards Nominees - Nominations by production"
(PDF)
. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 30 August 2014
. Retrieved
7 January
2013
.
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"AACTA E-News - 13 September 2012"
.
Informz.net
. Informz, Inc. 13 September 2012
. Retrieved
11 December
2012
.
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"AACTA gong for Al"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. 22 November 2012
. Retrieved
30 November
2012
.
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a
b
Byrnes, Holly; Roach, Vicky (30 January 2013).
"Sarah Watt received prestigious Byron Kennedy Award at the AACTAs in a moving posthumous honour"
.
News.com.au
. Retrieved
11 February
2013
.
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"Adam Elliot announced as host of 2nd AACTA Awards luncheon"
.
if.com.au
. Inside Film magazine. 16 January 2013
. Retrieved
16 January
2013
.
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"Sheridan to host AACTAs on Ten"
.
Ninemsn
(
Nine Entertainment Co.
and
Microsoft
). 7 January 2013. Archived from
the original
on 10 January 2013
. Retrieved
16 January
2013
.
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Vickery, Colin (23 January 2013).
"Russell Crowe steps in to host AACTA Awards"
.
The Australian
. Retrieved
24 January
2013
.
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Quinn, Karl (8 January 2013).
"Ten to screen AACTA Awards, Hugh Sheridan to host"
.
The Sydney Morning Herald
. Retrieved
16 January
2013
.
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