Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) film nominations announced
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Nominations for the inaugural Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) – a re-jigged AFI Awards — were announced this afternoon. Director Daniel Nettheim‘s Tasmanian-set cross-country drama The Hunter, starring Willem Dafoe, leads the pack with 14 nominations. Fred Schipisi’s The Eye of the Storm follows with 12, Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown with 10 and Kriv Krenders’s crowd-pleaser Red Dog with eight.
Contenders for Best Film are The Eye of the Storm, The Hunter, Snowtown, Oranges and Sunshine, Red Dog and Mad Bastards.
It was sad and surprising to see one of the finest Australian films of the year, Michael Rymer’s Face to Face, virtually snubbed, collecting a meagre one nom for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Rabiah) despite a terrific central performance from Luke Ford and the best screenplay adapted from a David Williamson play in many, many years.
Wasted on the Young – the trailblazing debut of writer/director Ben C Lucas — also picked up only one nomination, unfortunately not surprising given this bold, edgy and socially explorative film was criminally under-rated by critics and, in turn, AFI members. They rightfully nominated it, however, for Best Editing.
Gettin’ Square writer/director Jonathan Teplitzky‘s scorching drama Burning Man will not contend in this year’s awards, due to a release date that fell outside the eligibility period (despite opening in cinemas November 17).
High on the list of AACTA’s priorities should be changing the rules so that an accurate calendar year can be reflected in the nominations. It’s ridiculous that a film that opens mid November 2011 should be considered a 2012 release. It’s also unfair, given the cold reality about awards ceremonies is that factors such as media attention and momentum inevitably come into play.
Every film buff will invariably have gripes with any list of nominations. It’s important to remember that nominations are not the organisation’s choice, per se, but the voters. If you want to join the crew, sign up for an AFI membership here.
Overall, not a bad list of list of films. Not bad at all.
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FACE TO FACE AWARDS 2011
Yes Luke – thanks for your support – here are the awards won by face to face internationally since we finished the film in Jan this year – so people all over are appreciating it – its a word of mouth film and once people do get into a theatre its a definite crowd pleaser…….
Loretta Crawford-Rymer
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
WINNER PANAVISION SPIRIT AWARD – BEST FEATURE
FIRSTGLANCE HOLLYWOOD –
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
NEWPORT BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR – VINCE COLOSIMO
BEST ACTRESS – RA CHAPMAN
BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
MONTE CARLO CHARITY FILM FESTIVAL –
BEST FEATURE FILM
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL –
BEST SCREENPLAY
LOS ANGELES NEW WAVE FILM FESTIVAL –
BEST SCREENPLAY,
THIRD PRIZE FOR FEATURE FILM
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
SEDONA FILM FESTIVAL
RUNNER UP BEST FEATURE FILM
HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GOLD KAHUNA AWARD WINNER – BEST FEATURE
MEXICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GOLDEN PALM AWARD – BEST FEATURE
LAS VEGAS FILM FESTIVAL
SILVER ACE AWARD – FEATURE
FILM FESTIVAL OF COLORADO –
BEST FEATURE
BEST FEATURE AUDIENCE AWARD
PUERTO RICO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST DRAMA FEATURE
BEST OF FEST – SEATTLE –
WINNER FEATURE FILM (CHOSEN FROM THE WINNING FILMS OF MANY FESTIVALS)
TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL – MICHAEL MOORE’S FILM FESTIVAL
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
FLICKERS – RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
GRAND PRIZE – BEST SCREENPLAY
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
RUNNER UP – PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD -
SACRAMENTO FIM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
BEST FEATURE FILM NARRATIVE – JURY
BEST FEATURE FILM NARRATIVE -AUDIENCE
ITN DISTRIBUTION AND NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL – LOS ANGELES
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
MAVERICK FILM AWARDS –
BEST FEATURE FILM,
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST LEADING ACTOR – LUKE FORD
PLUS EIGHT NOMINATIONS
TULSA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST FEATURE FILM
OKANAGAN FILM FESTIVAL – CANADA
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
PLUS TWO NOMINATIONS
SAINT TROPEZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BEST FILM AUDIENCE PRIZE FIRST PLACE
BEST ACTOR – LUKE FORD
BEL AIR FILM FESTIVAL – LOS ANGELES
BEST SCREENPLAY
MACAO INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL CINEMA FESTIVAL
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
CHASHAMA FILM FESTIVAL – NYC
JURORS AWARD – BEST FULL LENGTH FEATURE
OJAI FILM FESTIVAL
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE – HONORABLE MENTION