Belfast Leads AACTA International Awards Nominations

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast leads the nominations for the 11th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards with seven nods including Best Film, Best Director and Screenplay for Branagh. Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog scored six nominations including Best Film.

The AACTA International Awards honour achievements in screen excellence, regardless of geography, across eleven categories. The Awards add a uniquely Australian voice to the international awards season.

Usually held in Los Angeles, this year the awards show will be presented virtually on January 27, 2022 on a digital platform still to be announced.

Full list of nominations below.

Best Film
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
Dune
Licorice Pizza
Nitram
The Power of the Dog

Best Direction
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Justin Kurzel – Nitram
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog

Best Screenplay
Being The Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
Belfast
– Kenneth Branagh
Licorice Pizza 
– Paul Thomas Anderson
Nitram
 – Shaun Grant
The Power Of The Dog 
– Jane Campion

Best Lead Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick… BOOM!
Caleb Landry Jones – Nitram
Will Smith – King Richard
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Lead Actress
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer

Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
Al Pacino – House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress
Catriona Balfe – Belfast
Cate Blanchett – Don’t Look Up
Judi Dench – Belfast
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Sally Hawkins – Spencer

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.