Promising Young Woman Wins Best Film at AACTA International Awards

Promising Young Woman

Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman has won Best Film at the 10th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards. The film also picked up Best Actress for Carey Mulligan. Chloé Zhao became the first female filmmaker to receive the AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film for Nomadland.

AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella said: “Today’s results are a testament to the depth and excellence being produced globally in film and TV. It is particularly special to see Australian powerhouse Margot Robbie behind the scenes on such an important piece of work with ‘Promising Young Woman’ taking out Best Film. To have started her career in Australia on a soap like ‘Neighbours’ to now cementing her position as one of Hollywood’s most significant and influential storytellers is incredible. It is also wonderful to see an actor like Aaron Pedersen rise up and receive Best Actor in a Series in a category overflowing with extraordinary talent.”

Winners in bold below.

International Award for Best Film
The Father
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

International Award for Best Direction in Film
Pete Docter – Soul
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

International Award for Best Screenplay in Film
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Adarsh Gourav – The White Tiger
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank

International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Eliza Scanlen – Babyteeth

International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Ben Mendelsohn – Babyteeth
Mark Rylance – The Trial of the Chicago 7
David Strathairn – Nomadland

International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman – The Father
Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Swankie – Nomadland

International Award for Best Drama Series
The Crown
I May Destroy You
The Mandalorian
Mystery Road
The Queen’s Gambit

International Award for Best Comedy Series
Afterlife
The Great
Schitt’s Creek
Sex Education
What We Do in the Shadows

International Award for Best Actor in a Series
Jason Bateman – Ozark
Hugh Grant – The Undoing
Daniel Levy – Schitt’s Creek
Paul Mescal – Normal People
Aaron Pedersen – Mystery Road

International Award for Best Actress in a Series
Cate Blanchett – Mrs America
Daisy Edgar-Jones – Normal People
Nicole Kidman – The Undoing
Catherine O’Hara – Schitt’s Creek
Anya Taylor-Joy – The Queen’s Gambit

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.