Better Man Leads AACTA International Awards Nominations

Michael Gracey’s Better Man leads the nominations for the 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards with six nods including Best Film and Best Director. This adds to the film’s record-breaking tally of 16 nominations at the AACTA Awards. Elsewhere, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist scored five nominations, while Jacques Audiard Emilia Pérez earned four nods.

Full list of nominations below. Winners will be announced at the AACTA Awards on February 7.

Best Film

• Anora
• Better Man
• Dune: Part two
• Emilia Pérez 
• The Brutalist

Best Lead Actor in Film

• Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – as László Tóth
• Daniel Craig – Queer – as Lee
• Jonno Davies – Better Man – as Robbie Williams
• Colman Domingo – Sing Sing – as John “Divine G.” Whitfield
• Ralph Fiennes – Conclave – as Thomas Lawrence

Best Lead Actress in Film

• Kirsten Dunst – Civil War – as Lee Smith
• Karla Sofia Gascón – Emilia Pérez – as Emilia Pérez
• Nicole Kidman – Babygirl – as Romy
• Mikey Madison – Anora – as Mikheeva
• Kate Winslet – Lee – as Lee Miller

Best Supporting Actor in Film

• Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain – as Benji Kaplan
• Damon Herriman – Better Man – as Nigel
• Guy Pearce – The Brutalist – as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
• Stanley Tucci – Conclave – as Cardinal Bellini
• Denzel Washington – Gladiator II – as Macrinus

Best Supporting Actress in Film

• Toni Collette – Juror #2 – as Prosecutor
• Ariana Grande-Butera – Wicked – as Glinda
• Felicity Jones – The Brutalist – as Erzsébet Tóth
• Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez – as Rita Mora Castro
• Alison Steadman – Better Man – as Betty

Best Direction in Film

• Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
• Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
• Michael Gracey – Better Man
• George Miller – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

Best Screenplay in Film

• Anora – Sean Baker
• Better Man – Michael Gracey, Oliver Cole, Simon Gleeson
• Conclave – Peter Straughan
• The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold
• A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg