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8th AACTA Awards

Date

3 and 5 December 2018

Location

The Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hosted by

Stephen Curry

Highlights

Most awards

Sweet Country

Best Film

Sweet Country

Best Drama Series

Mystery Road

Best Comedy Series

The Letdown

Television/radio coverage

Network

Seven Network

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The 8th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate Australian films of 2018. The industry awards were presented on 3 December 2018,^[1] with the main awards following on 5 December.^[2]^[3] The main ceremony was televised on Seven Network.

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Best Film Sweet Country – David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin Boy Erased – Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky Roberts Breath – Simon Baker, Jamie Hilton, Mark Johnson Cargo – Russell Ackerman, Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Mark Patterson Ladies in Black – Sue Milliken, Allanah Zitserman	Best Direction Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased Simon Baker – Breath Bruce Beresford – Ladies in Black
Best Original Screenplay Steven McGregor, David Tranter – Sweet Country Matt Nable – 1% Jaime Browne – Brothers' Nest Leigh Whannell – Upgrade	Best Adapted Screenplay *Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased, based on the book Boy Erased: A Memoir* by Garrard Conley** Simon Baker, Gerard Lee, Tim Winton – Breath, based on the novel Breath by Tim Winton Yolanda Ramke – Cargo, based on the short film of the same name by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke Bruce Beresford, Sue Milliken – Ladies in Black, based on the novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John
Best Lead Actor Hamilton Morris as Sam Kelly – Sweet Country Ryan Corr as Vice President Paddo – 1% Lucas Hedges as Jared Eamons – Boy Erased Damian Hill as Jimmy – West of Sunshine Daniel Monks as Olly – Pulse	Best Lead Actress Angourie Rice as Lisa – Ladies in Black Abbey Lee as Katrina – 1% Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene – Mary Magdalene Kate Mulvany as Angie Barlow – The Merger Julia Ormond as Magda – Ladies in Black
Best Supporting Actor Simon Baker as Sando – Breath Fayssal Bazzi as Sayyid – The Merger Russell Crowe as Marshall Eamons – Boy Erased Joel Edgerton as Victor Sykes – Boy Erased Josh McConville as Skink – 1%	Best Supporting Actress Nicole Kidman as Nancy Eamons – Boy Erased Elizabeth Debicki as Eva – Breath Natassia Gorey-Furber as Lizzie Kelly – Sweet Country Noni Hazlehurst as Miss Cartwright – Ladies in Black Simone Kessell as Hayley – 1%
Best Cinematography Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country Marden Dean, Rick Rifici – Breath Peter James – Ladies in Black Thom Neal – West of Sunshine	Best Editing Nick Meyers – Sweet Country Dany Cooper – Breath Mark Warner – Ladies in Black Andy Canny – Upgrade
Best Original Music Score Christopher Gordon – Ladies in Black Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mary Magdalene Dominic Lewis – Peter Rabbit Jed Palmer – Upgrade	Best Sound Jed Dodge, Trevor Hope, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb – Breath Liam Egan, Leah Katz, Des Kenneally, Robert Sullivan – Cargo Sam Gain-Emery, Thom Kellar, Will Sheridan, David Tranter – Sweet Country Will Files, P.K. Hooker, Andrew Ramage – Upgrade
Best Production Design Roger Ford, Lisa Thompson – Peter Rabbit Jo Ford – Cargo Felicity Abbott, Katie Sharrock – Upgrade Vanessa Cerne, Matthew Putland – Winchester	Best Costume Design Wendy Cork – Ladies in Black Jacqueline Durran – Mary Magdalene Heather Wallace – Sweet Country Wendy Cork – Winchester
Best Hair and Makeup Ladies in Black — Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Beth Halsted Cargo — Larry Van Duynhoven, Beverley Freeman, Helen Magelaki Upgrade — Chiara Tripodi, Larry Van Duynhoven Winchester — Tess Natoli, Steve Boyle	Best Casting Riot — Allison Meadows Breath — Nikki Barrett Friday On My Mind — Leigh Pickford Sweet Country — Anousha Zarkesh
Best Visual Effects or Animation Peter Rabbit — Will Reichelt, Simon Whiteley, Simon Pickard, Peter Stubbs, Jason Bath, Brian Lynch, Matt Middleton Black Panther — Brendan Seals, Michael Perdew, Andrew Zink, Raphael A. Pimentel The Lego Ninjago Movie — Fiona Chilton, Kim Taylor, Simon Whiteley, Matt Everitt, Gregory Jowle Upgrade — Jonathan Dearing, Matt Daly, Angelo Sahin, Kate Bernauer, Aevar Bjarnason

Best Indie Film Jirga – Benjamin Gilmour (dir.), John Maynard Brothers' Nest – Clayton Jacobson (dir.), Jason Byrne The Second – Mairi Cameron (dir.), Stephen Lance, Leanne Tonkes Strange Colours – Alena Lodkina (dir.), Kate Laurie, Isaac Wall West of Sunshine – Jason Raftopoulos (dir.), Alexandros Ouzas

Television

Best Drama Series Mystery Road – David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin Jack Irish – Ian Collie, Matt Cameron, Andrew Knight Mr Inbetween – Michele Bennett Rake – Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh Wentworth – Jo Porter, Pino Amenta	Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series Riot – Joanna Werner, Louise Smith Dead Lucky – Ellie Beaumont, Drew Proffitt, Diane Haddon Friday On My Mind – David Taylor, David Maher, Diane Haddon, Christopher Lee Picnic at Hanging Rock – Jo Porter, Brett Popplewell Safe Harbour – Stephen Corvini, Debbie Lee
Best Comedy Series The Letdown – Julian Morrow, Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell Black Comedy – Kath Shelper, Mark O’Toole Nanette – Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, Frank Bruzzese Rosehaven – Andrew Walker, Kevin Whyte, Celia Pacquola, Luke McGregor True Story with Hamish & Andy – Tim Bartley, Andy Lee, Ryan Shelton, Andrew Walker	Best Entertainment Program The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – Ellie Beaumont, Drew Proffitt, Diane Haddon Gogglebox Australia – David McDonald, Kerrie Kerr Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery – Damian Davis, Polly Connolly, Nick Murray, Julia Zemiro Little Big Shots – Karen Greene
Best Lifestyle Program Selling Houses Australia – Geoff Fitzpatrick, Duane Hatherly, Sonia Harding Better Homes and Gardens – Russell Palmer, Rani Eaton The Checkout – Julian Morrow, Nick Murray, Rebecca Annetts Food Safari Water – Toufic Charabati, Georgina Neal, Jacinta Dunn The Great Australian Bake Off – Nicole Rogers, David Briegel-Jones	Best Reality Series Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders – Amelia Fisk, Georgina Hinds, Adam Fergusson MasterChef Australia – Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Adam Fergusson My Kitchen Rules – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Tom Gleeson The Real Housewives of Melbourne – Kylie Washington, Lisa Potasz, Natalie Brosnan, Pip Rubira The Single Wives – Paul Franklin, Chris Culvenor
Best Children's Series The Bureau of Magical Things – Jonathan M. Shiff, Stuart Wood Grace Beside Me – Lois Randall, Dena Curtis Guess How Much I Love You – Suzanne Ryan My Year 7 Life – Laura Waters, Emma Fitzsimons, Karla Burt The New Legends of Monkey – Rachel Gardner, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Robin Scholes	Best Screenplay in Television Safe Harbour - Episode 1 – Belinda Chayko Mr Inbetween - Episode 2: Unicorns Know Everybody's Name – Scott Ryan Mystery Road - Episode 5: The Waterhole – Timothy Lee, Kodie Bedford, Steven McGregor, Michaeley O’Brien Riot – Greg Waters
Best Lead Actor – Drama Damon Herriman – Riot Aaron Pedersen – Mystery Road Richard Roxburgh – Rake Scott Ryan – Mr Inbetween Hazem Shammas – Safe Harbour	Best Lead Actress – Drama Kate Box – Riot Tina Bursill – Doctor Doctor Judy Davis – Mystery Road Leah Purcell – Wentworth Leeanna Walsman – Safe Harbour
Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama Wayne Blair – Mystery Road Damien Garvey – Rake Xavier Samuel – Riot Dan Wyllie – Romper Stomper Ashley Zukerman – Friday On My Mind	Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama Deborah Mailman – Mystery Road Caroline Brazier – Rake Nicole Chamoun – Safe Harbour Celia Ireland – Wentworth Tasma Walton – Mystery Road
Best Television Direction *Glendyn Ivin – Safe Harbour* - Episode 1** Nash Edgerton – Mr Inbetween - Episode 2: Unicorns Know Everybody's Name Rachel Perkins – Mystery Road - Episode 4: Silence Jeffrey Walker – Riot	Best Non-Fiction Television Direction *Bruce Permezel – Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader* - Episode 1: The Apprenticeship** Larissa Behrendt – After The Apology David Batty – Black As Aaron Smith, Kirk Docker – You Can't Ask That - Episode 1: Survivors of Sexual Assault
Best Cinematography in Television *Garry Phillips – Picnic at Hanging Rock* - Episode 1** Henry Pierce – A Place to Call Home - Episode 1: For Better or Worse Mark Wareham – Mystery Road - Episode 4: Silence Sam Chiplin – Safe Harbour - Episode 1	Best Editing in Television *Deborah Peart – Mystery Road* - Episode 5: The Waterhole** Mark Perry – Friday On My Mind - Part 1 Geoff Hitchins – Picnic at Hanging Rock - Episode 1 Geoffrey Lamb – Riot
Best Sound in Television *Greg Burgmann, Frank Lipson, Andrew McGrath – Romper Stomper* - Episode 3: Poetry** Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Ben Osmo, Cihan Saral – Friday On My Mind - Part 1 Andrew Neil, Paul Pirola, Frank Lipson, Ann Aucote – Picnic at Hanging Rock - Episode 1 Paul 'Salty' Brincat, Paul Pirola, Andrew Neil – Safe Harbour - Episode 1	Best Original Music Score in Television *Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales – Mystery Road* - Episode 4: Silence** Cezary Skubiszewski – Picnic at Hanging Rock - Episode 1 David Hirschfelder – Riot Richard Pike – Romper Stomper
Best Production Design in Television *Jo Ford – Picnic at Hanging Rock* - Episode 1** Fiona Donovan – A Place to Call Home - Episode 1: For Better or Worse Tim Ferrier, Nancy Dentice – Friday On My Mind - Part 1 Pete Baxter – Riot	Best Costume Design in Television *Edie Kurzer – Picnic at Hanging Rock* - Episode 1** Lisa Meagher – A Place to Call Home - Episode 1: For Better or Worse Liz McGregor – The New Legends of Monkey - Episode 1 Xanthe Heubel – Riot
Best Performance in a Television Comedy Hannah Gadsby – Nanette Alison Bell – The Letdown Wayne Hope – Back in Very Small Business Robyn Nevin – Back in Very Small Business Celia Pacquola – Rosehaven	Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent Scott Ryan – Mr Inbetween Inez Currò – Picnic at Hanging Rock Markella Kavenagh – Romper Stomper Nick Riewoldt – AFL 360 Chika Yasumura – Mr Inbetween
Subscription Television Award for Best Male Presenter Andrew Winter – Love It or List It Australia, Selling Houses Australia Matty Johns – Sunday Night with Matty Johns, The Late Show with Matty Johns Matt Moran – The Great Australian Bake Off Neale Whitaker – Love It or List It Australia Matt Wright – Outback Wrangler	Subscription Television Award for Best Female Presenter Shaynna Blaze – Selling Houses Australia Mel Buttle – The Great Australian Bake Off Margaret Pomeranz – Screen Yvonne Sampson – League Life, Big League Wrap, Thursday Night Footy, Super Saturday Ashleigh Wells – Hanging with Weekend Hangout
Subscription Television Award for Best Live Event Production Sky News Leadership Spill – David Speers, Kieran Gilbert, Laura Jayes Bathurst 2017 – James Harrison CMC Music Awards 2018 – Duane Hatherly Jeff Horn vs Gary Corcoran: WBO Welterweight Title Fight – Matt Weiss	Subscription Television Award for Best Sports Presentation Finals Footy on Fox: Richmond vs Collingwood – Ben Roberts, Zach Larkins, Leigh Carlson, Michael Neill AFL 360 – Tim Hodges, Tom Dullard, Sam Daddo League Life – Michael Sullivan Sunday Night with Matty Johns – Ben Churchill

Documentary

Best Feature Length Documentary Gurrumul – Paul Damien Williams, Shannon Swan Ghosthunter – Ben Lawrence, Rebecca Bennett Jill Bilcock: Dancing The Invisible – Axel Grigor, Faramarz K-Rahber Mountain – Jennifer Peedom, Jo-anne McGowan Working Class Boy – Mark Joffe, Matt Campbell, Andrew Farrell, Michael Cordell	Best Documentary Television Program Employable Me – Karina Holden, Sue Clothier, Jenni Wilks After the Apology – Michaela Perske (writer/producer), Larissa Behrendt (director) Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader – Laurie Critchley, Geraldine McKenna, Jo Cadman The Queen & Zak Grieve – Nial Fulton, Ivan O'Mahoney, Dan Box You Can't Ask That – Kirk Docker, Aaron Smith, Lou Porter
Best Editing in a Documentary Karen Johnson – Ghosthunter Shannon Swan, Ken Sallows – Gurrumul Johanna Scott – Have You Seen The Listers? Christian Gazal, Scott Gray – Mountain	Best Cinematography in a Documentary Renan Ozturk – Mountain Hugh Miller – Ghosthunter Dan Maxwell, Katie Milwright, Matt Toll, Gavin Head – Gurrumul Michael Latham – Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary Richard Tognetti – Mountain Caitlin Yeo – After The Apology Rafael May – Ghosthunter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Erkki Veltheim, Michael Hohnen, Matthew Cunliffe – Gurrumul	Best Sound in a Documentary David White, Robert Mackenzie – Mountain Pip Atherstone-Reid, Simon Rosenberg – Gurrumul Leo Dolgan – Island of the Hungry Ghosts Greg Fitzgerald, Mario Gabrieli, Lucinda Clutterbuck, Daniel Scharf – Midnight Oil: 1984

Short form

Best Short Fiction Film All These Creatures – Charles Williams, Elise Trenorden Judas Collar – Alison James, Brooke Silcox Nursery Rhymes – Tom Noakes, Lucy Gaffy, Morgan Benson-Taylor, Will Goodfellow Tangles and Knots – Renée Marie Petropoulos, Yingna Lu	Best Short Animation Lost and Found – Lucy Hayes, Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe IRONY – Radheya Jegatheva Monster's Playground – Seamus Spilsbury, Darcy Prendergast, Christina Remnant Peepin’ – Haein Kim, Paul Rhodes
Best Online Video or Series Deadlock – Fiona Eagger, Deb Cox, Belinda Mravicic, Billie Pleffer BC Explained – Carl J Sorheim, David Gannon, Troy Larkin Homecoming Queens – Michelle Law, Chloe Reeson, Corrie Chen, Katia Nizic Kiki and Kitty – Liz Watts, Sylvia Warmer, Nakkiah Lui, Catriona McKenzie Small Town Hackers – Lauren Elliott, Matt Lovkis, Henry Inglis

Additional awards

Best Asian Film Dying to Survive — Wang Yibing, Liu Ruifang 1987: When the Day Comes — Jung Won-chan The Bold, The Corrupt and The Beautiful — Weijan Liu Gali Guleiyan — Shuchi Jain, Dipesh Jain Newton — Manish Mundra, Aanand L. Rai, Sunil Lulla Sanju — Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra Shoplifters — Matsuzaki Kaoru, Yose Akihiko, Taguchi Hijiri Tombiruo: Penunggu Rimba — Zainir Aminullah, Imillya Roslan, Najwa Abu Bakar, Firdaus Hussamuddin Youth — Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Gong Yu, Song Ge

Individual awards

The Longford Lyell Award Bryan Brown	The Byron Kennedy Award Ian Darling

References

^ Harmon, Steph (3 December 2018). "Aactas 2018: Sweet Country and Ladies in Black lead early categories". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
^ "Winners & Nominees". Aacta.org. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ "Winners Announced at 2018 AACTA Awards Ceremony in Sydney". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

External links

Official AACTA website

AACTA Awards

Australian Film Institute (AFI)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)

Australian
Feature film

International
Feature film

Television

Best Comedy Series
Best Drama Series
Best Children's Series
Best Children's Animation
Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
Best Light Entertainment Series
Best Reality Series
Best Comedy Performance
Best Actor – Drama
Best Actress – Drama
Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama
Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
Best Direction – Drama or Comedy
Best Direction – Light Entertainment or Reality Series
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Production Design
Best Sound

Documentary
and Short film

Best Feature Length Documentary
Best Documentary Television Program
Best Short Animation
Best Short Fiction Film
Best Cinematography – Documentary
Best Director – Documentary
Best Editing – Documentary
Best Original Music Score– Documentary
Best Sound – Documentary

Special awards

Retired awards

AFI Members' Choice Award
Best Documentary
Best Documentary Under One Hour
Best Experimental Film
Best Foreign Film
Global Achievement Award
International Best Actor
International Best Actress
International Award Excellence in Filmmaking
Jury Prize
Best Screenplay
Best Screenplay in a Short Film
Best Sponsored Documentary
Best Television Documentary
Best Young Actor
Screen Content Innovation Award
Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft

Ceremonies

AFI Awards	1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974–75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
AACTA Awards (Australia)	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024
AACTA Awards (International)	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024

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Feature film

Television

Documentary

Short form

Additional awards

Individual awards

References

External links