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References |
The Dressmaker is a 2015 Australian revenge comedy-drama film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, based on the novel of the same name by Rosalie Ham. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It stars Kate Winslet as a femme fatale in the titular role of the dressmaker, Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, who returns to a small Australian town to take care of her ailing, mentally unstable mother. [6] It had a theatrical release on 29 October 2015 in Australia and New Zealand. [7]
The film led the 5th AACTA Awards with thirteen nominations, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Production Design, Best Original Music Score, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Cinematography [8] and won Best Lead Actress for Winslet, Best Supporting Actress for Judy Davis, Best Supporting Actor For Hugo Weaving, Best Costume Design for Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson, and People's Choice Award for Favourite Australian Film. [9]
Apart from AACTA, Winslet and Davis both won awards from Australian Film Critics Association and Film Critics Circle of Australia for their performances. In addition, Davis was also nominated at AACTA International Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
In The Hollywood Reporter's annual critic picks, Davis's performance in the film was included among "the 25 Best Film Performances of 2016". [10] It was one of the seven films shortlisted by the Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 89th ceremony. [11]
List of awards and nominations | |||||
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Year | Group/Award | Category | Recipients | Result | Refs |
2015 | AACTA Awards (5th) | Best Film | Sue Maslin | Nominated | [8] [9] |
Best Direction | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Nominated | |||
Best Lead Actress | Kate Winslet | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Hugo Weaving | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | Won | |||
Sarah Snook | Nominated | ||||
Best Production Design | Roger Ford | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Donald McAlpine | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Jill Bilcock | Nominated | |||
Best Original Music Score | David Hirschfelder | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Andrew Ramage, Glenn Newnham, Chris Goodes, David Williams, Mario Vaccaro and Alex Francis | Nominated | |||
People's Choice Award for Favourite Australian Film | Sue Maslin | Won | |||
AACTA International Awards (5th) | Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | Nominated | [12] [13] | |
Australian Directors Guild | Best Direction in a Feature Film | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Nominated | [14] | |
Australian Film Critics Association | Best Film | Sue Maslin | Nominated | [15] | |
Best Director | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Kate Winslet | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Hugo Weaving | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | Won | |||
Sarah Snook | Nominated | ||||
Best Screenplay | Jocelyn Moorhouse and P.J. Hogan | Won | |||
Best Cinematography | Doanld McAlpine | Nominated | |||
Australian Screen Sound Guild | Best Film Sound Recording | Andrew Ramage, Dan Giles and Paradox Delilah | Won | [16] | |
Best Film Sound Mixing | Chris Goodes | Won | |||
Film Critics Circle of Australia | Best Film | Sue Maslin | Nominated | [17] [18] | |
Best Director | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Nominated | |||
Best Actress | Kate Winslet | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | Won | |||
Sarah Snook | Nominated | ||||
Best Supporting Actor | Hugo Weaving | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Donald McAlpine | Nominated | |||
Best Music | David Hirschfelder | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Roger Ford | Nominated | |||
Best Editor | Jill Bilcock | Nominated | |||
London Film Critics' Circle | British Actress of the Year | Kate Winslet (also for Steve Jobs and A Little Chaos ) | Nominated | [19] | |
Mill Valley Film Festival | Audience Favorite, Silver Award – Mind the Gap: Women | Jocelyn Moorhouse | Won | [20] | |
Screen Producers Australia | Feature Film of the Year | Sue Maslin | Won | [21] | |
Women Film Critics Circle | Best Theatrically Unreleased Movie By Or About Women | Sue Maslin | Nominated | [22] | |
2016 | Australian Movie Convention | Highest Grossing Australian Film | Sue Maslin | Won | [23] |
Casting Guild of Australia | Best Casting in a Feature Film | Christine King | Nominated | [24] | |
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Film | Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson | Nominated | [25] | |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | 5th Place | [26] | |
Dorian Awards | Best Campy Film of the Year | Sue Maslin | Won | [27] | |
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actress | Judy Davis | Runner-up | [28] [29] | |
Best Costume Design | Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson | Nominated | |||
Screen Music Awards | Feature Film Score of the Year | David Hirschfelder | Nominated | [30] | |
Best Soundtrack Album | Nominated | ||||
Women Film Critics Circle | Best Movie by a Woman | The Dressmaker | Nominated | [31] | |
Best Comedic Actress | Judy Davis | Nominated | |||
Best Ensemble | The cast of The Dressmaker | Nominated | |||