9th AACTA Awards

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9th AACTA Awards
Date4 December 2019
Location The Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hosted by Shane Jacobson
Highlights
Most awardsThe Nightingale
Best Film The Nightingale
Best Television Drama Series Total Control
Best Television Comedy Series The Letdown
Television/radio coverage
Network Seven Network
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The 9th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2019. The main ceremony was held at The Star in Sydney and was televised on the Seven Network. First awards were presented on 4 December 2019. [1] The recipient of the Longford Lyell Award was actor and filmmaker Sam Neill. [1]

Contents

Feature film

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Jennifer Kent, Best Direction winner
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Damon Herriman, Best Lead Actor winner
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Aisling Franciosi, Best Lead Actress winner
Joel Edgerton, Best Supporting Actor winner Joel Edgerton by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Joel Edgerton, Best Supporting Actor winner

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Best Casting

Television

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Scott Ryan, Best Lead Actor – Drama winner
Deborah Mailman, Best Lead Actress - Drama winner Deborah Mailman, August 2012.jpg
Deborah Mailman, Best Lead Actress – Drama winner
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Richard Roxburgh, Best Supporting Actor – Drama winner
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Rachel Griffiths, Best Supporting Actress – Drama winner
Best Lifestyle Program
Best Reality Series
Best Non-Fiction Television Direction
Best Cinematography in Television
Best Editing in Television
Best Sound in Television
  • Lambs of God — Nick Emond, Stephen Smith, Paul Devescovi, Mia Stewart – Episode 1: The Devil into Paradise
Best Original Music Score in Television
Best Production Design in Television
Best Costume Design in Television
  • Lambs of God — Xanthe Heubel – Episode 1: The Devil into Paradise
    • Frayed — Nina Edwards – Episode 1
    • Les Norton — Jenny Miles – Episode 1: You Wouldn't Be Dead for Quids
    • The Masked Singer — Tim Chappel – Episode 1: Face Off 1
Best Factual Entertainment Program
Best Performance in a Television Comedy
Best Sports Entertainment Program
Best Sports Coverage
Subscription Television Award for Best Male Presenter
Subscription Television Award for Best Female Presenter
Subscription Television Award for Best Male New Talent
Subscription Television Award for Best Female New Talent
  • Asha Boswarva — Lambs of God
    • Usha Cornish — Bloom
    • Paulene Gibson — Wentworth
    • Emma Lancaster — Lambs of God
    • Yvonne Rae — Lambs of God

Documentary

Best Documentary Television Program
Best Editing in a Documentary
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
  • Magical Land of Oz — Paul Bell, Dan Proud, Jon Shaw
    • 100 Days To Victory — Torstein Dyrting – Episode 1: The Spring Offensive
    • Finke: There and Back — Dylan River, Shane Mulcahy, Peter Beeh
    • In My Blood It Runs Maya Newell
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
Best Sound in a Documentary
  • 100 Days To Victory – Episode 1: The Spring Offensive – Ric Curtin, Xoe Baird, Laurie Chlanda, Adrian Tucker
    • Defend, Conserve, Protect — Chris Goodes
    • Don't Stop The Music — Ric Curtin, Glenn Martin, Ben Ohayon, Gavin Fernie, Ash Charlton
    • Mystify: Michael Hutchence Robert Mackenzie, Mick Boraso, Simon Rosenberg, Lynn-Maree Milburn

Short form

Best Short Fiction Film
  • The Egg — Jane Cho, Ilana Lazar
    • Rebooted — Michael Shanks, Nicholas Colla, Chris Hocking
    • Snare — Madeleine Gottlieb, Tom Slater
    • Yulubidyi – Until The End — Curtis Taylor, Nathan Mewett, Glen Stasiuk
  • Pinchpot — Greg Holfeld
    • Jasper — Simon Rippingale, Alessandra Grasso
    • Sohrab And Rustum — Lee Whitmore
    • Sole — Yori Narpati, Erika Ju, Quynh Truong
Best Online Drama or Comedy
  • Robbie Hood — Dylan River, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Meg O'Connell, Charlie Aspinwall
    • Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College — Katherine Dale, Rachel Millar, Max Miller
    • Content — Meg O'Connell, Daley Pearson, Jackson Lapsley Scott, Anna Barnes
    • Koala Man Michael Cusack, Mike Cowap
    • Over and Out — Adele Vuko, Christiaan Van Vuuren, Bridget Callow-Wright, Gemma Knight, Abi Tabone
Best Online Entertainment
Best Short Documentary
  • Home Front: Facing Australia's Climate Emergency — Luke Taylor
    • Demonic — Pia Borg, Anna Vincent, Bonnie McBride
    • War Mothers: Unbreakable — Stefan Bugryn, Steven Zelko
    • Woven Threads — Michi Marosszeky, Paul Sullivan

Additional awards

Best Asian Film

Individual awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Winners & Nominees – 2019" . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. "Aacta awards 2019 winners: The Nightingale and Total Control dominate Australian screen awards". The Guardian . 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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