Warwick Thornton’s The New Boy leads the way at the nominations for the 2023 AACTA Awards with 12 nods including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, and Best Lead Actress for Cate Blanchett. Danny and Michael Philippou’s horror hit Talk to Me was close behind with 11 nominations, while Noora Niasari’s Shayda scored 10 nods. All three will compete for the top prize of Best Film against Of An Age, Sweet As, and The Royal Hotel.
Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts whose membership contains professionals from a cross-section of the screen industry, the awards are considered the highest honour in Australian film. Winners will be announced on the Gold Coast, Queensland on February 10. Full list of nominations below.
BEST FILM
Of an Age
Shayda
Sweet As
Talk to Me
The New Boy
The Royal Hotel
BEST INDIE FILM
A Savage Christmas
Limbo
Monolith
Streets of Colour
The Rooster
The Survival of Kindness
BEST DIRECTION
Jub Clerc, Sweet As
Kitty Green, The Royal Hotel
Noora Niasari, Shayda,
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Talk to Me
Goran Stolevski, Of an Age
Warwick Thornton, The New Boy
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Shayda
Shantae Barnes-Cowan, Sweet As
Cate Blanchett, The New Boy
Julia Garner, The Royal Hotel
Sarah Snook, Run Rabbit Run
Sophie Wilde, Talk to Me
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Elias Anton, Of an Age
Simon Baker, Limbo
Thom Green, Of an Age
Phoenix Raei, The Rooster
Aswan Reid, The New Boy
Osamah Sami, Shayda
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alex Jensen, Talk to Me
Deborah Mailman, The New Boy
Tasma Walton, Sweet As
Mia Wasikowska, Blueback
Ursula Yovich, The Royal Hotel
Selina Zahednia, Shayda
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mojean Aria, Shayda
Eric Bana, Blueback
Wayne Blair, The New Boy
Rob Collins, Limbo
Zoe Terakes, Talk to Me
Hugo Weaving, The Rooster
BEST SCREENPLAY
Kitty Green, Oscar Redding, The Royal Hotel
Noora Niasari, Shayda
Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Talk to Me
Goran Stolevski, Of an Age
Warwick Thornton, The New Boy
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
Harley & Katya
John Farnham: Finding the Voice
The Dark Emu Story
The Giants
The Last Daughter
This Is Going to Be Big
To Never Forget
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carl Allison, Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism
Sherwin Akbarzadeh, Shayda
Aaron McLisky, Talk to Me
Katie Milwright, Sweet As
Warwick Thornton, The New Boy
BEST EDITING
Dany Cooper, Carmen
Katie Flaxman, Sweet As
Geoff Lamb, Talk to Me
Michelle McGilvray, Matt Villa, Courtney Teixera, Scarygirl
Nick Meyers, The New Boy
BEST SHORT FILM
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It
Ashes
Finding Addison
Jia
Mud Crab
Not Dark Yet
