The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...
(AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the
film
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and
television industry
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, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the
Australian film
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and
television industry
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. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the
Academy Awards
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for the U.S. and the
BAFTA Awards
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for the U.K.
The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011.
The AACTA International Awards, inaugurated on 27 January 2012, are presented every January in
Los Angeles
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.
History
1958–2010: AFI Awards
The awards were presented annually by the
Australian Film Institute (AFI) as the
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, ...
(more commonly known as the AFI Awards), "to recognise and honour outstanding achievement in the Australian film and television industry."
They were instituted in 1958, "as a way to improve the impoverished state of Australian cinema", and was part of the
Melbourne International Film Festival (known then as the Melbourne Film Festival) until 1972.
The first AFI Awards ceremony consisted of seven fields: Documentary, Educational, Advertising, Experimental Film, Public Relations and Teaching, and an Open category for other films which didn't fit in the aforementioned categories.
Between 1958 and 1980, submitted films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, and in some circumstances, a Grand Prix award, which was the highest honour a film could receive.
Additionally, films were also presented with a gold or silver medallion for technical achievements, and films which didn't receive a prize were given a certificate of honourable mention.
From the awards inception to 1968, documentary and educational films were the only films submitted for awards due to few feature films produced in Australia, but in 1969, ''
Jack and Jill: A Postscript'' became the first feature film to receive an award from the AFI, with a silver prize in the "Open" category, and is considered a winner in the
Best Film
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
category of the current awards.
Up until 1970, prizes were handed out in recognition of the film and production, rather than achievements of individual filmmakers and crafts people. However, from 1971 special achievement awards were introduced to recognise actors, directors, screenwriters, musicians, editors and cinematographers in feature films, and from 1975, an additional cash prize was given per achievement.
In 1977 feature film categories became competitive, while non-feature films continued to be awarded the gold, silver and bronze prizes until 1981, when they also became competitive.
In 1976 the awards were broadcast live on television for the first time on the
Nine Network
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at the
Hilton Hotel
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The original company was founded by Conrad Hilton. As ...
in Melbourne. In 1986 television categories were introduced, presenting awards for
mini-series and telefeatures before expanding to dramas, comedies and documentaries in the 1990s.
2011–present: AACTA Awards
![Diana Glenn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Diana_Glenn.jpg)
In June 2011, the AFI announced an industry consultation for an "Australian Academy".
The aim of the Academy is to create awareness for Australian film in local and international markets and to improve the way the AFI rewards practitioners with the formation of an "Honorary Council".
Of the announcement Damian Trewhella, CEO of the AFI said, "We thought a better way to engage with the industry would be to try and improve our professional membership structure...It's quite a big improvement on the way the AFI does things." The consultation period ended in July 2011 and on 20 July it was announced that the AFI would go ahead with the Australian Academy with Trewhella stating that "
he AFI
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envisage that this will lead to greater opportunities for those working in the industry, as well as greater audience recognition and connection with Australian screen content."
The name of the new Academy was revealed on 18 August 2011 as the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...
(AACTA), with the awards renamed to the AACTA Awards. Prior to this announcement, the awards date and location was changed to January 2012 at the
Sydney Opera House
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in
Sydney
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as opposed to
Melbourne
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where it was held for the majority of the AFI Awards history.
The date change was made to align the awards with the international awards season.
When the Academy announced the dates for the inaugural awards season, they introduced awards which "recognise international excellence within the categories of best film, acting, writing and direction". On 23 November 2011, it was announced that the first award to be handed out since the Academy's inception is the
Longford Lyell Award
The Longford Lyell Award is a lifetime achievement award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is "to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements ...
, which was presented to
Don McAlpine for his contribution to cinematography, at the inaugural awards luncheon.
Rules and voting
To be eligible for nomination, a production must be an Australian production or program and, in the case of a film, cannot have been previously submitted for consideration; the material is sent to the AFI in
DVD
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or
video
Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...
formats; for a feature film, it must have been publicly exhibited for seven consecutive days in at least two Australian states; for television and documentaries, the production must have been broadcast on television between the eligibility period. The submission of a production is accompanied by an entry fee in Australian dollars, of up to
A$1680 for feature films, $400 for documentaries, $330 for short film and animation and $1125 for television categories.
At the time of the awards inception, a jury of five judges, composed of film critics and filmmakers, determined the winner of a production.
In 1976, the jury system was replaced by a peer voting process for feature films which would allow public members the right to vote, but only in the
Best Film
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
category. The nominees and winners were later peer-voted by a jury which was made up of representatives from all industry crafts, including members of guilds, who have a "professional membership" with the AFI.
When the AFI announced the launch of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, it introduced the Chapters who vote through a two step voting process. The fifteen Chapters consist of professionals from industry guilds and organisations including actors, producers, directors and screenwriters.
In round one of feature film voting, each chapter determines the nominees for their own respective category; in round two all members of the Academy can vote for the shortlisted nominees in each category to determine the winner.
All television and non-feature film awards, and feature film pre-selection are determined by juries.
Members of the Australian Film Institute are eligible to vote in the Best Short Fiction Film,
Best Short Animation, and Audience Choice award categories only.
The votes are audited by accounting firm
Ernst and Young
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from 2011.
Statuette
![Lara Bingle and Sam Worthington on 2014 AACTAS Awards red carpet (1)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Lara_Bingle_and_Sam_Worthington_on_2014_AACTAS_Awards_red_carpet_%281%29.jpg)
Throughout the history of the awards there have been several differently designed awards given to winners. Most notable ones given are: the "Kodak film award", a gold, silver or bronze medal, which was handed out from 1958 to 1975; the Grand Prix award which was a "bronze leaf shaped award mounted on a square wooden base", also presented between 1958 and 1975; a statuette, made of acrylic on a silver metal base, handed out from 1979 to 2010; and a gold statuette, based on the
Southern Cross
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constellation, which has been in use since 2012 for the
2011 AACTA Awards.
A medal was used between 1958 and 1975 as a gold, silver or bronze prize and depicted "three leaping
jesters. Around left side,
film strip
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with leaping jester in each
frame
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*Framing (con ...
. Around right side: THE KODAK FILM AWARD".
The medal, which was designed by Andor Mészáros, represents two elements of film-making: the leaping jesters represent what the audience sees on screen; the
roll
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** Roll (aviation), ...
of film on the right symbolises the individual frames which capture the motion depicted.
It was designed in
Melbourne
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,
Victoria
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
and minted by John Pinchas in
London
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, in 1958.
The statuette used between 1979 and 2010 is made of "four clear acrylic rectangular prisms on a silver metal base, green felt on bottom"; a plaque, which is attached to the base, has the "afi" insignia, with the words "Australian Film Institute" beneath it; a description of the award category, the recipient of the award, and the film title cascade below each other.
The statuette stands at 295mm in height, 70mm in width and 70mm in depth.
When the
Australian Film Institute launched the
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The Academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...
, it set out to create a new gold cast statuette.
The statuette, which will be handed out from 2012, for the inaugural AACTA Awards, had to "reflect the prestige and heritage of the Awards
..but which was above all distinctly Australian", while incorporating the Southern Cross constellation and the human spirit.
After receiving submissions from Australian artists, with their interpretations of the design brief, a statuette designed by sculptor
Ron Gomboc
Ratimir Marijan "Ron" Gomboc is an Australian sculptor.
Biography
Gomboc was born in 1947 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia and received his early schooling in the town of Novi Vinodolski, Croatia. At the age of 13 he emigrated to Australia w ...
became the winning design.
The statuette, which has a 22 karat gold body, whose human form takes on the shape of the Southern Cross, on a
tiger iron
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gemstone base, was designed over three months at Gomboc's home in
Western Australia
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, before it was presented to the AFI board in June 2011.
Gomboc worked with stone artist, Richard Williamson, who cut and polished each individual gemstone base for the statuette, with each base representing "
..the unique talent and contribution to the industry of every AACTA Award recipient."
When the statuette was unveiled at the launch of the Academy by
Geoffrey Rush
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, he announced that a competition to name the award would commence, where people could log onto the Academy's
Facebook
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page and post potential names on its wall. In the media it was well received, with Gary Maddox from the ''
Sydney Morning Herald
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'' comparing it to the previous statuette, stating that it, "looks less like a lethal doorstop and more like a stylised Oscar, possibly Oscar's flamboyant brother waving 'hi'". The AACTA Award statuette remains the property of the Australian Film Institute, and is to remain with the winner and their heirs and descendants.
It cannot be sold to a third party and if it were to part from the winner or their heir and descendants, the Academy reserves the right to repurchase it for
one dollar.
The award may, however, have its ownership transferred to a museum, gallery or other not-for-profit institution, at the AFI's discretion.
Ceremony
The awards were first presented in 1958 during the Melbourne Film Festival at
Melbourne University's Union Theatre.
Since its inception, the awards have been predominantly presented in
Melbourne
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but the event has alternated in there and
Sydney
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during the 1990s and 2000s (decade). Awards are handed out over two separate events; the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event where accolades are given for achievements in non-feature and short films, film production (with the exception of the Best Film, Direction and Screenplay awards), non-drama related television programs and the
Longford Lyell Award
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; the AACTA Awards Ceremony presents the awards in all other categories at a larger venue and is broadcast on television.
Awards were presented at the end of each calendar year (November or December) to celebrate film achievements of the corresponding year but beginning in 2012, the awards date was changed to January to celebrate films from the previous year.
List of AACTA ceremonies
Categories
Hosts / television coverage
* 1997: Hosted by
Hugh Jackman
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* 1998: Hosted by
Mary Coustas
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* 1999–2000: Hosted by
Peter Kay
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Born and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied ...
* 2001: Hosted by
Sigrid Thornton
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,
John Doyle and
Greig Pickhaver
* 2002: Hosted by
Paul McDermott
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* 2003: Hosted by
Tony Squires
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* 2004: Hosted by
Peter Berner
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* 2005: Hosted by
Russell Crowe
* 2006–2007: Hosted by
Geoffrey Rush
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* 2008: Hosted by
Stephen Curry
* 2009: Hosted by
Julia Zemiro
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* 2010: Hosted by
Shane Jacobson
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* 2011: Hosted by
Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Em ...
,
Rachael Taylor
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,
Richard Wilkins and
Julia Morris
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* 2012–2013: Hosted by
Russell Crowe
* 2014: Hosted by
Shane Bourne
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Career
1970s
Co-founded Australian band Bandicoot with Mick Fettes (formerly of the band Madder Lake). The ...
* 2015: Hosted by
Cate Blanchett
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,
Deborah Mailman
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* 2016–2017: No hosts
* 2018: Hosted by
Stephen Curry
* 2019: Hosted by
Shane Jacobson
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* 2020: Film hosted by
Susie Youssef
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and
Rove McManus
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; Television hosted by
Tom Gleeson
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* 2021: No hosts
* 2022: Hosted by
Amanda Keller
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and
Rove McManus
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Criticisms and controversies
There have been controversial decisions of the Australian Film Institute Awards that have led to claims that it has broken its own rules by including an unscreened mini series in the 2005 awards judging:
The controversy is a blow for the institute, which after years of criticism this year revamped its awards in an effort to restore credibility. Producer John Edwards, who collected seven nominations for Foxtel's ''Love My Way
''Love My Way'' is an Australian television drama series. It won the AFI award for Best Television Drama Series for each of its three seasons (2004–2007).
Premise
Set in Sydney, ''Love My Way'' was about a group of 30-somethings dealing wit ...
'', did not enter a second drama series, ''The Surgeon
''The Surgeon'' is a 2005 Australian television medical drama. It screened at 9:30pm on Thursdays on Network Ten and in Ireland early morning on RTÉ One. The show was based at a fictional hospital named Sydney General Hospital.
The first s ...
'', because it missed the screening deadline. "If I'd known it was this flexible, of course I would have entered it," Edwards said. "Awards are useless if they break their own rules."
AFIA has also been criticised for narrow selection of artists for award nominations and an unfair judging process.
There has also been controversy over both the exclusion and inclusion of films that are technically Australian productions, but are made overseas, with foreign funding and/or foreign talent.
* A lack of recognition for the Australian film production
''Disgrace'' (released in late 2008) was noted by critics
Eddie Cockrell
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and
Lynden Barber, commentator
Charles Waterstreet
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and others. The film – based on a book by the
South African-born Australian novelist
J. M. Coetzee
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, set in South Africa and made on location there with an international cast – was directed and adapted for the screen by the Australian husband and wife team of
Anna Maria Monticelli
Anna Maria Monticelli is an Australian actress, screenwriter and producer.
Monticelli won the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in '' Silver City''. In 2001 she was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Original ...
and
Steve Jacobs.
* Conversely, the 13 AACTA awards, including an acting award presented to
Leonardo DiCaprio, received in 2014 by
Baz Luhrmann
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's
''The Great Gatsby'' were controversial, due to the film's perceived
Americanness. Lurhrmann pointed out that – although the film was financed by a major US film studio and based on a
classic US novel of the same name – ''Gatsby'' met the criteria of an Australian production.
See also
*
List of television awards
This list of television awards is a index to articles on notable awards that are given to television shows in different countries and categories.
The list is organized by region and country. Typically the awards are given only for local production ...
*
Cinema of Australia
Notes
:A: From 2003–2005, the Best Television Comedy Series award was known as Best Comedy Series – Sitcom or Sketch.
:B: In 1993, and then from 1995 to 2001, the award was split into two categories: Best Episode in a Television Drama, Series or Serial and Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial (the latter was changed to Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long) in 1998).
:C: From 1991–2010, the Best Children's Television Series was known as Best Children's Television Drama.
:D: From 1986–1989, the Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series was two separate categories for Mini Series and Telefeatures. The two categories were merged in 1990 and became known as Best Telefeature or Mini Series, and in 2008 the awards name was changed to include Short Run Series.
:E: The award for Best Comedy Performance, and the awards for Best Lead Actor and Best Actress in a Television Drama was merged from 2004–2005 as the award for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. They were separated in 2006 when the Best Comedy Performance award was introduced.
:F: The awards for Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama was first awarded in 1986, in two categories for performance by an actor in a Mini Series and Telefeature. The two awards were merged, and presented in 1990, and was changed again in 1991 as the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. In 2000 the awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series was re-introduced as a separate category. From 2002 all awards were combined under the titles Best Lead Actor and Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama.
:G: The awards for Best Guest or Supporting Actor and Best Guest or Supporting Actress was first awarded for a performance in a guest role in a television drama from 2000–2001. In 2002, the categories were changed to Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama, and in 2004 it became Best Actor and Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy. In 2006, the Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama was reintroduced after the Best Comedy Performance award was established.
:H: From 1986–1989 the award for Best Direction in Television was presented in two separate categories for Mini Series and Telefeatures. In 1990 both categories were merged as Best Direction in a Telefeature or Mini Series, and in 1991 it was renamed Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama. It then became Best Direction in Television in 2004.
:I: From 1986–1989 the award for Best Screenplay in Television was presented in two separate categories for Mini Series and Telefeatures. In 1990 both categories were merged as Best Screenplay in a Telefeature or Mini Series, and in 1991 it was renamed Best Screenplay in a Television Drama. It then became Best Screenplay in Television in 2004.
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{{National Cinema Awards
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Australian film awards
Awards established in 2011
2011 establishments in Australia
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