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South Australia sweeps 2019 AACTA Award nominations

23 October 2019

South Australian screen productions, creatives and talent have swept the nominations at the 9^th AACTA Awards, receiving 52 nominations across 29 categories.

Three of the six features nominated for Best Film were SAFC supported, including The Nightingale, which led the nominations with 15 overall, Top End Wedding, produced by Adelaide producer and SAFC CEO Kate Croser, and Adelaide Studios shot feature film Hotel Mumbai, produced by Adelaide producer Julie Ryan of Cyan Films.

Hotel Mumbai scored 13 nominations across almost every eligible category including Best Direction for Adelaide director Anthony Maras, as well as for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Costume Design and Best Casting. Adelaide actor Tilda Cobham Hervey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, with Dev Patel nominated for Best Lead Actor and Nazanin Boniadi for Best Lead Actress.

Adelaide Studios shot Netflix feature I Am Mother scored two nominations: Best Visual Effects and Best Supporting Actress for Hilary Swank.

In the television categories, South Australian made drama series The Hunting by Closer Productions followed up on its success as the highest rating SBS show in history with four nominations, including Best Telefeature or Mini Series, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy, Best Screenplay in Television and Best Supporting Actor in a Television Drama for Richard Roxburgh.

SAFC supported productions also scored in the documentary categories: In My Blood it Runs by Closer Productions earned nominations for Best Documentary and Best Cinematography in a Documentary, while Demonic by Pia Borg, Anna Vincent and Bonnie McBride was nominated for Best Short Documentary. Martha: A Picture Story was nominated for Best Original Score in a Documentary.

Adelaide based animation and interactive design studio Monkeystack scored a nomination for Best Online Drama or Comedy for its web series Koala Man, while Adelaide artist, animator and director Greg Holfeld was nominated for Best Short Animation for Pinchpot.

Honouring Australian screen excellence across feature film, television, documentary, short form and online, the AACTA Awards will be announced across two major events at The Star Event Centre in Sydney: The Industry Luncheon on Monday 2 December, and the AACTA Awards Ceremony on Wednesday 4 December, telecast on Channel Seven with encore screenings on Foxtel. Tickets to both events are on sale now from www.aacta.org/whats-on

Read the full list of nominations here.

9TH AACTA AWARD NOMINATIONS
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN & SAFC SUPPORTED RECIPIENTS

2019 AACTA Award for Best Film Presented by Foxtel

• Hotel Mumbai
  Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Julie Ryan, Jomon Thomas
  Hotel Mumbai Double Guess Productions
• The Nightingale
  Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent
  Causeway Films, Made Up Stories
• Top End Wedding
  Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne, Kate Croser
  Goalpost Pictures

AACTA Award for Best Direction

• Hotel Mumbai
  Anthony Maras
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor

• Baykali Ganambarr
  The Nightingale
• Dev Patel
  Hotel Mumbai
• Damon Herriman
  Judy & Punch

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress

• Nazanin Boniadi
  Hotel Mumbai
• Aisling Franciosi
  The Nightingale
• Miranda Tapsell
  Top End Wedding
• Teresa Palmer
  Ride Like A Girl

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor

• Damon Herriman
  The Nightingale
• Michael Sheasby
  The Nightingale

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress

• Tilda Cobham-Hervey
  Hotel Mumbai
• Magnolia Maymuru
  The Nightingale
• Hilary Swank
  I Am Mother
• Ursula Yovich
  Top End Wedding

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay

• Hotel Mumbai
  John Collee, Anthony Maras
• The Nightingale
  Jennifer Kent

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography

• Hotel Mumbai
  Nick Remy Matthews
• The Nightingale
  Radek Ladczuk

AACTA Award for Best Editing

• Hotel Mumbai
  Peter McNulty, Anthony Maras
• The Nightingale
  Simon Njoo

AACTA Award for Best Sound

• Hotel Mumbai
  Sam Petty, Pete Smith, Nakul Kamte, James Currie, Peter Ristic
• The Nightingale
  Robert Mackenzie, Dean Ryan, Leah Katz, Pete Smith

AACTA Award for Best Original Score

• Hotel Mumbai
  Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka)

AACTA Award for Best Production Design

• Hotel Mumbai
  Steven Jones-Evans
• The Nightingale
  Alex Holmes

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design

• Hotel Mumbai
  Anna Borghesi
• The Nightingale
  Margot Wilson

AACTA Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series

• The Hunting
  Sophie Hyde, Lisa Scott, Rebecca Summerton
  Closer Productions / SBS

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Program

• The Letdown
  Linda Micsko, Julian Morrow, Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell
  Giant Dwarf / ABC

AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy

• Alison Bell
  The Letdown

AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

• Richard Roxburgh
  The Hunting 
• Damon Herriman
  Lambs of God
• Damon Herriman
  Mr Inbetween

AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy

• The Hunting – Episode 3: #shittyboys
  Ana Kokkinos
• The Letdown – Episode 2: The Dilemma
  Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television

• The Hunting – Episode 3: #shittyboys
  Matthew Cormack, Niki Aken
  Closer Productions / SBS

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

• The Letdown – Episode 2: The Dilemma
  Roslyn Durnford
  Giant Dwarf / ABC

AACTA Subscription Television Award for Best Female Presenter

• Maggie Beer
  The Great Australian Bake Off
  FremantleMedia Australia / Foxtel – Lifestyle

AACTA Award for Best Documentary

• In My Blood It Runs
  Maya Newell (Dir), Sophie Hyde, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Larissa Behrendt

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

• In My Blood It Runs
  Maya Newell
  Closer Productions

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary

• Martha: A Picture Story
  Adit Gauchan, Vincent Goodyer
  Projector Films

AACTA Award for Best Short Documentary

• Demonic
  Pia Borg (Dir), Anna Vincent, Bonnie McBride

ACTA Award for Best Short Animation

• Pinchpot
  Greg Holfeld

AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy

• Koala Man
  Michael Cusack, Mike Cowap

AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects Or Animation

• I Am Mother
  Jonathan Dearing, Chris Spry
  Fin Design + Effects
• Dumbo
  Richard Stammers, Hal Couzens, Hayley Williams, Dennis Jones, Corinne Teng
  Rising Sun Pictures

AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup

• The Nightingale
  Nikki Gooley, Larry Van Duynhoven, Cassie O’Brien
  Causeway Films & Made Up Stories

AACTA Award for Best Casting presented by Casting Networks

• Hotel Mumbai
  Ann Fay, Leigh Pickford, Trishaan Sarkar
  Hotel Mumbai Double Guess Productions PL
• The Nightingale
  Nikki Barrett
  Causeway Films & Made Up Stories

Featured image: Top End Wedding (2019)