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“Mad Max: Fury Road” has taken out the Best Film Award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Awards (AACTA).
The film also picked up the Best Director Award for George Miller while Cate Blanchett won the AACTA Longford Lyell Award, the highest honour in Australian cinema.
“The Dressmaker” also had a good night, winning four awards from seven nominations.
The full list of winners are below:
AACTA LONGFORD LYELL AWARD • Cate Blanchett
BYRON KENNEDY AWARD • Adam Arkapaw
TELEVISION
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
SHAUN MICALLEF’S MAD AS HELL Shaun Micallef, Peter Beck – ABC
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST REALITY TELEVISION SERIES
MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Margaret Bashfield, Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Rob Wallace – Network Ten
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
GLITCH Tony Ayres, Louise Fox, Ewan Burnett – ABC
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
PETER ALLEN – NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Kerrie Mainwaring, Rory Callaghan – Seven Network
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
PETER ALLEN – NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 2 Michael Miller – Seven Network
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Joel Jackson PETER ALLEN – NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR – Seven Network
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Pamela Rabe WENTWORTH SERIES 3 – FOXTEL – SoHo
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Ky Baldwin PETER ALLEN – NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 1 – Seven Network
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Sigrid Thornton PETER ALLEN – NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 1 – Seven Network
AACTA SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION 20TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD FOR BEST DRAMA
LOVE MY WAY
FEATURE FILM
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Doug Mitchell, PJ Voeten, George Miller
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD George Miller
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
Michael Caton LAST CAB TO DARWIN
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Kate Winslet THE DRESSMAKER
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugo Weaving THE DRESSMAKER
AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judy Davis THE DRESSMAKER
