Although the 6th Annual AACTA Awards are to be held on Wednesday, a special luncheon yesterday saw 30 categories release their winners.
Mel Gibson‘s acclaimed war biopic Hacksaw Ridge, has 13 nominations across the awards, including Best Film and Best Director, and yesterday took home four: Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography and Best Sound.
The leader in television was veteran Rake, winning Best Sound and Best Direction in Television. Another win for ABC included Rosehaven‘s Celia Pacquola, who won for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for The Beautiful Lie.
See the full list of yesterday’s winners here:
Best editing in a documentary
Winner: In the Shadow of the Hill – Steven Robinson, Dan Jackson
Hitting Home
Remembering the Man
Snow Monkey
Best editing in television
Winner: Wentworth (episode three) – Ben Joss, Foxtel/SoHo
Janet King
Rake
The Beautiful Lie
Best editing
Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – John Gilbert
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Daughter
Best original music score in a documentary
Winner: Monsieur Mayonnaise – Cezary Skubiszewski
In the Shadow of the Hill
Michelle’s Story
The Diplomat, the Artist and the Suit
Best original music score in television
Winner: The Kettering Incident (episode one) – Matteo Zingales, Max Lyandvert, Foxtel/Showcase
The Divorce
Deep Water
The Deep
Best original music score
Winner: Tanna – Antony Partos
Gods Of Egypt
Boys in the Trees
Teenage Kicks
Best production design in television
Winner: Mary: The Making of a Princess – Sam Rickard, Channel Ten
A Place To Call Home
Molly
The Beautiful Lie
Best production design
Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – Barry Robison
Girl Asleep
Goldstone
The Daughter
Best visual effects or animation
Winner: Game of Thrones, Battle of the Bastards – Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor, Foxtel/Showcase
Game Of Thrones, Sept Wildfire Destruction
Gods Of Egypt
X-Men: Apocalypse, Quicksilver Extraction
Best costume design in television
Winner: Molly, part one – Edie Kurzer, Channel Seven
A Place To Call Home
Mary: The Making of a Princess
The Beautiful Lie
Best costume design
Winner: Girl Asleep – Jonathon Oxlade
Gods Of Egypt
Hacksaw Ridge
Spear
Best hair and makeup
Winner: Cleverman – Kath Brown, Simon Joseph, Troy Follington
A Place To Call Home
Hacksaw Ridge
Gods Of Egypt
Best short animation
Winner: Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose – Angie Fielder, Brendan Fletcher and Del Kathryn Barton
Femme Enfant
The Albatross
The Crossing
Best short fiction film
Winner: Dream Baby – Lucy Gaffy, Kiki Dillon
Homebodies
Nathan Loves Ricky Martin
Bluey
Best documentary television program
Winner: Hitting Home – Nial Fulton, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O’Mahoney
#BlackLivesMatter
Changing Minds: The Inside Story
Matilda and Me
Best children’s television series
Winner: Beat Bugs – Josh Wakely, Jennifer Twiner McCarron, 7Two
Bottersnikes & Gumbles
Play School
The Deep
Best adapted screenplay
Winner: The Daughter – Simon Stone
Girl Asleep
Best cinematography in a documentary
Winner: In the Shadow of the Hill – Dan Jackson
Another Country
Changing Minds: The Inside Story
DNA Nation
Best cinematography in television
Winner: Wolf Creek, episode three – Geoffrey Hall, Stan
The Beautiful Lie
The Kettering Incident
A Place To Call Home
Best cinematography
Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – Simon Duggan
Tanna
Girl Asleep
Spear
Best sound in a documentary
Winner: Highly Strung – James Curry
Another Country
Chasing Asylum
In the Shadow of the Hill
Best sound in television
Winner: Rake – Guntis Sics, Michol Marsh, Peter Hall, Olivia Monteith, ABC
Deep Water
RocKwiz
The Beautiful Lie
Best sound in a feature film
Winner: Hacksaw Ridge – Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Peter Grace
Gods Of Egypt
Tanna
The Daughter
Best performance in a television comedy
Winner: No Activity – Patrick Brammall
ABC Comedy Showroom
The Family Law
Black Comedy
Best direction in a documentary
Winner: Hanson: Please Explain – Anna Broinowski, SBS
Changing Minds: The Inside Story
Chasing Asylum
Putuparri and the Rainmakers
Best direction in a television drama or comedy
Winner: Rake, episode eight – Peter Duncan, ABC
Wentworth
The Code
The Kettering Incident
Best direction in a television light entertainment or reality series
Winner: The Recruit, episode two – Michael Venables
Luke Warm Sex
MasterChef Australia
Meet the Mavericks
Best live event production (subscription TV)
Winner: 2015/16 Hyundai A-League Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers
Sky News 2016 election coverage
6th Annual CMC music awards
The Helpmann Awards 2015
Best female presenter (subscription TV)
Winner: Maggie Beer, Great Australian Bake Off
Donna Hay, Basics to Brilliance
Shaynna Blaze, Selling Houses Australia
Margaret Pomeranz, Stage & Screen
Best male presenter (subscription TV)
Winner: Stan Grant (Crimes That Shook Australia)
Morgan Evans (6th Annual CMC music awards)
Charlie Albone (Charlie’s Chelsea Garden 2015)
David Speers (PM Agenda & Speers Tonight)
Best new talent (subscription TV)
Winner: James Rochford (Not the NRL News)
Zac & Jordan Stenmark (Australian’s Next Top Model)
Matilda Brown (Let’s Talk About)
George H. Xanthis (Open Slather)
Best guest or supporting actor in a television drama
Winner: Damon Herriman (Secret City)
Hamish Michael (Janet King – The Invisible Wound)
Ben Gerrard (Molly)
Russell Dykstra (Rake)
Best guest or supporting actress in a television drama
Winner: Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie)
Caroline Brazier (Rake)
Sianoa Smit-McPhee (The Kettering Incident)
Sacha Horler (The Kettering Incident)
The 6th Annual AACTAs will be telecast on Channel 7, tomorrow, Wednesday 7 December at 8.30pm.
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