6th AACTA Awards explained

Number:	6
Award:	AACTA Awards
Date:	5 December 2016 and 7 December 2016
Site:	The Star Event Centre Sydney, New South Wales
Network:	Seven Network Arena
Ratings:	416,000^[1]
Last:	5th
Next:	7th

The 6th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as AACTA Awards) are a series of awards which includes the 6th AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 6th AACTA Awards ceremony and the 6th AACTA International Awards. The former two events were held at The Star Event Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), the awards celebrate the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2016. The first winners announced on 5 December 2016 and the AACTA Awards ceremony occurred on 7 December 2016 and was broadcast on the Seven Network for the second year running with an extended broadcast to air on Arena.

The first round of nominees, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film, were announced on 14 July 2016.^[2] A new feature film and television category for Best Hair and Makeup was presented for the first time.^[3] Through a partnership with Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) five additional awards, for subscription television programs, were handed out for Best Lifestyle Program, Best New Talent, Best Male Presenter, Best Female Presenter and Best Live Event Production.^[4]

Nominees

The nominations are as follows:^[5]

Feature film

Hacksaw Ridge – Bill Mechanic, David Permut, Paul Currie, Bruce Davey The Daughter – Jan Chapman, Nicole O'Donohue Girl Asleep – Jo Dyer Goldstone – Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey Tanna – Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Carolyn Johnson	Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge Rosemary Myers – Girl Asleep Ivan Sen – Goldstone Bentley Dean, Martin Butler – Tanna
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan – Hacksaw Ridge Abe Forsythe – Down Under Ivan Sen – Goldstone Damian Hill – Pawno	Simon Stone – The Daughter, based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen Matthew Whittet – Girl Asleep, based on the play Girl Asleep by Matthew Whittet
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss – Hacksaw Ridge John Brumpton as Les Underwood – Pawno Damian Hill as Danny Williamson – Pawno Ewen Leslie as Oliver – The Daughter	Odessa Young as Hedvig – The Daughter Maeve Dermody as Kate – Pawno Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh – Joe Cinque's Consolation Teresa Palmer as Dorothy Schutte – Hacksaw Ridge
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Hugo Weaving as Tom Doss – Hacksaw Ridge Mark Coles Smith as Pauly – Pawno Damon Herriman as Jason – Down Under Sam Neill as Walter – The Daughter	Miranda Otto as Charlotte – The Daughter Kerry Armstrong as Jennifer Montgomery – Pawno Rachel Griffiths as Bertha Doss – Hacksaw Ridge Anna Torv as Anna – The Daughter
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Simon Duggan – Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Commis – Girl Asleep Bonnie Elliott – Spear Bentley Dean – Tanna	John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge Veronika Jenet – The Daughter Karryn de Cinque – Girl Asleep Ivan Sen – Goldstone
Best Original Music Score	Best Sound
Antony Partos – Tanna Darrin Verhagen – Boys in the Trees Marco Beltrami – Gods of Egypt David Barber – Teenage Kicks	Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Peter Grace – Hacksaw Ridge Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Tony Murtagh, James Andrews, Yulia Akerholt, Robert Sullivan – The Daughter Wayne Pashley, Peter Grace, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo, Greg P. Fitzgerald, Peter Purcell – Gods of Egypt Emma Bortignon, James Ashton, Martin Butler – Tanna
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Barry Robinson – Hacksaw Ridge Steven Jones-Evans – The Daughter Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep Matt Putland – Goldstone	Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep Liz Palmer – Gods of Egypt Lizzy Gardiner – Hacksaw Ridge Jennifer Irwin – Spear

Television

Wentworth – Pino Amenta, Jo Porter - Foxtel/SoHo The Code – David Maher, David Taylor, Shelley Birse, Diane Haddon - ABC Jack Irish – Ian Collie, Andrew Knight - ABC Rake – Ian Collie, Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh - ABC	The Kettering Incident – Vincent Sheehan, Victoria Madden, Andrew Walker - Foxtel/Showcase Barracuda – Tony Ayres, Amanda Higgs - ABC The Beautiful Lie – John Edwards, Imogen Banks - ABC Molly – John Molloy - Seven Network
Best Comedy Series	Best Light Entertainment Series
Upper Middle Bogan – Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope, Ben Grogan - ABC Black Comedy – Kath Shelper, Mark O'Toole - ABC The Family Law – Sophie Miller, Julie Eckersley, Debbie Lee, Tony Ayres - SBS Please Like Me – Todd Abbott, Josh Thomas, Lisa Wang, Kevin Whyte - ABC	Gruen – Jon Casimir - ABC Gogglebox – David McDonald, Kam Vurlow - Foxtel/Lifestyle Luke Warm Sex – Jon Casimir, Richard Huddleston, Karina Holden, Anna Bateman - ABC RocKwiz – Peter Bain-Hogg, Ken Connor, Brian Nankervis - SBS
Best Children's Series	Best Reality Series
Beat Bugs – Josh Wakely, Jennifer Twiner McCarron – 7Two Bottersnikes & Gumbles – Patrick Egerton – Seven Network The Deep – Avrill Stark, Asaph Fipke, Tom Taylor – 7Two Play School – Jan Stradling, Sophie Emtage, Sarah Dabro, Rebecca O'Brien– ABC 2	Masterchef Australia – Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Rob Wallace - Network Ten First Dates – Geraldine Orrock, Bikkie Proost, Brad Gustafson - Seven Network My Kitchen Rules – Matt Apps, Joe Herdman, Rikkie Proost - Seven Network The Recruit – Luke Tuncliffe, Lara Hopkins - Foxtel/Fox8
Best Lifestyle Program
Destination Flavour – Erik Dwyer, Rachel Hardie - SBS Grand Designs Australia – Anna Gregory - Foxtel/Lifestyle Poh & Co. – Erik Dwyer - SBS River Cottage Australia – Judi Boylan - Foxtel/Lifestyle
Best Lead Actor – Drama	Best Lead Actress – Drama
Samuel Johnson – Molly – Seven Network Matt Nable – Barracuda – ABC Richard Roxburgh – Rake – ABC Ashley Zukerman – The Code – ABC	Elizabeth Debicki – The Kettering Incident – Foxtel/Showcase Danielle Cormack – Wentworth – Foxtel/SoHo Pamela Rabe – Wentworth – Foxtel/SoHo Sarah Snook – The Beautiful Lie – ABC
Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama	Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
Damon Herriman – Secret City, Episode 1 – A Donation to the Struggle – Foxtel/Showcase Russell Dykstra – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC Ben Gerrard – Molly, Part 1 – Seven Network Hamish Michael – Janet King – The Invisible Wound, Episode 8 – The Long Goodbye – ABC	Celia Pacquola – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Caroline Brazier – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC Sacha Horler – The Kettering Incident, Episode 3 – Foxtel/Showcase Sianoa Smit-McPhee – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase
Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy	Best Direction in a Light Entertainment, Lifestyle or Reality Series
Peter Duncan – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC Shawn Seet – The Code, Episode 1 – ABC Rowan Woods – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase Kevin Carlin – Wentworth, Episode 12 – Seeing Red – Foxtel/SoHo	Michael Venables – The Recruit, Episode 2 – Foxtel/Fox8 Hayden Guppy – Luke Warm Sex, Episode 4 – It's A Pleasure To Meet You – ABC Richard Franc – MasterChef Australia, Episode 41 – Network Ten Claude Gonzalez – Meet the Mavericks, Episode 1 – Ben Quilty & Warwick Thornton – ABC
Best Comedy Performance	Best Screenplay in Television
Patrick Brammall – No Activity – Stan Alison Bell – ABC Comedy Showroom – The Letdown – ABC Fiona Choi – The Family Law – SBS Leah Purcell – Black Comedy – ABC	Sarah Scheller, Alison Bell – ABC Comedy Showroom – The Letdown – ABC Jonathan Gavin – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Victoria Madden – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope – Upper Middle Bogan, Episode 1 – New Kids on the Block – ABC
Best Cinematography in Television	Best Editing in Television
Geoffrey Hall – Wolf Creek, Episode 3 – Salt Lake – Stan Henry Pierce – A Place to Call Home, Episode 1 – A Nagging Doubt – Foxtel John Brawley – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Ari Wegner – The Kettering Incident, Episode 3 – Foxtel/Showcase	Ben Joss – Wentworth, Episode 3 – Prisoner – Foxtel/SoHo Denise Haratzis – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 6 – ABC Nicole La Macchia – Janet King – The Invisible Wound, Episode 6 – The Thaw – ABC Mark Perry – Rake, Episode 8 – ABC
Best Sound in Television	Best Original Music Score in Television
Guntis Sics, Michol Marsh, Peter Hall, Olivia Monteith – Rake, Episode 7 – ABC John McKerrow, Glenn Newnham, Cameron Grant, Blair Slater, Andrew Neil, Paul Pirola – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 6 – ABC Wes Chew, Luke Mynott, Tom Herdman, Mick Boraso, Blair Slater, Nick Emond – Deep Water, Chapter 1 – SBS Ernie Rose, Tim Milliken, Michael Letho, Todd Shattock – RocKwiz Episode 7 – RocKwiz Salutes the Legends of Australia – SBS	Matteo Zingales, Max Lyandvert – The Kettering Incident, Episode 1 – Foxtel/Showcase Nerida Tyson-Chew – The Deep, Episode 11 – Monster Hunter – 7Two/ABC Antony Partos – Deep Water, Chapter 1 – SBS Elena Kats-Chernin – The Divorce, Episode 1 – ABC
Best Production Design in Television	Best Costume Design in Television
Sam Rickard – – Network Ten Fiona Donovan – A Place to Call Home (season 4), Episode 1 – A Nagging Doubt – Foxtel Elizabeth Mary Moore – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Ben Morieson, Carrie Kennedy – Molly, Part 1 – Seven Network	Edie Kurzer – Molly, Part 1 – Seven Network Lisa Meagher – A Place to Call Home (season 4), Episode 1 – A Nagging Doubt – Foxtel Erin Roche – The Beautiful Lie, Episode 3 – ABC Jan Hurley – – Network Ten

Documentary

Chasing Asylum – Eva Orner In the Shadow of the Hill – Dan Jackson Remembering the Man – Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe Snow Monkey – Lizzette Atkins and George Gittoes	Hitting Home – Nial Fulton, Sarah Ferguson, Ivan O'Mahoney - ABC blacklivesmatter – Sally Sara, Matthew Davis - ABC Changing Minds: The Inside Story – Karina Holden, Alison Black, Jenni Wilks - ABC Matilda and Me – Ivan O'Mahoney, Nial Fulton, Nel Minchin - ABC
Best Direction in a Documentary	Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Anna Broinowski – Hanson: Please Explain - SBS Cian O'Clery – Changing Minds: The Inside Story Episode 1 - ABC Eva Orner – Chasing Asylum Nicole Ma – Putuparri and the Rainmakers	Dan Jackson – In the Shadow of the Hill Matt Nettheim – Another Country Simon Morris, Cian O'Clery – Changing Minds: The Inside Story Episode 1 - ABC Simon Morris – DNA Nation Episode 3 - SBS
Best Editing in a Documentary	Best Sound in a Documentary
Steven Robinson, Dan Jackson – In the Shadow of the Hill Andrew Cooke – Hitting Home Episode 1 – ABC Nickolas Bird, Tony Stevens, Eleanor Sharpe – Remembering the Man Nick Meyers – Snow Monkey	James Currie, Pete Smith, Tom Heuzenroeder – Highly Strung James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder – Another Country Andy Wright, Diego Ruiz, Mario Vaccaro, Adam Connolly – Chasing Asylum Mark Street, Doron Kipen, Dan Jackson – In the Shadow of the Hill
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
Cezary Skubiszewski – Monsieur Mayonnaise Amanda Brown – The Diplomat, the Artist and the Suit – ABC Kevin Kiner – In the Shadow of the Hill Elena Kats-Chernin, Alies Sluiter – Michelle's Story – ABC

Other awards

Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst and Ineke Majoor – Game of Thrones, season six, episode 9: "Battle of the Bastards" (Showcase) Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Sam Conway, Hubert Maston and Anthony Smith – Game of Thrones, The Winds of Winter (Showcase) Eric Durst, Jack Geist, Andrew Hellen, James Whitlam and Julian Dimsey – Gods of Egypt John Dykstra, Matt Sloan, Blondel Aidoo, Stephen Hamilton, Tim Crosbie and Dennis Jones –

Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington – Cleverman (ABC) Wizzy Molineaux – A Place to Call Home (Foxtel) Lesley Vanderwalt, Lara Jade Birch and Adam Johansen – Gods of Egypt Shane Thomas, Larry Van Duynhoven and Noriko Watanabe – Hacksaw Ridge

Special awards

• Longford Lyell Award - Paul Hogan, for his work as an actor, producer and writer.^[6]
• Trailblazer Award - Isla Fisher, for her work as an actress.^[7]
• Byron Kennedy Award - Lynette Wallworth, for her work as a filmmaker and her use of virtual reality and the mixing of technology with art.

Productions with multiple nominations

Feature film

• Twelve: Hacksaw Ridge
• Ten: The Daughter
• Seven: Girl Asleep
• Six: Pawno
• Five: Goldstone, Tanna, Gods of Egypt
• Two: Down Under, Spear

External links

• The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website
• Official broadcast website at Yahoo7

Notes and References

1. News: AACTA Awards and Highway Patrol win the night for Seven. 8 December 2016. 9 December 2017. Abigail. Dawson. Mumbrella.
2. News: AACTA unveils documentary and short film nominees. 14 July 2016. 22 August 2016. Inside Film (IF). 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919075547/http://if.com.au/2016/07/14/article/AACTA-unveils-documentary-and-short-film-nominees/XENBTPXIXQ.html. dead.
3. News: AACTA awards return to Seven, new hair and makeup award announced. 20 April 2016. 22 August 2016. Inside Film (IF). 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919062413/http://if.com.au/2016/04/20/article/AACTA-awards-return-to-Seven-new-hair-and-makeup-award-announced/UJLGLGOKVV.html. dead.
4. Web site: The Search for Australia's Best TV of 2016 is on as AACTA Calls for Entries, Announces Five New Awards. 12 May 2016. 22 August 2016. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). https://web.archive.org/web/20160916212944/http://www.aacta.org/media/280776/Media%20Release%20AACTA%20Calls%20for%20TV%20Entries%20511516.pdf. 2016-09-16. dead.
5. Web site: Hacksaw Ridge leads with 13 AACTA nominations . 27 October 2016 . 1 November 2016 . Sky News . 28 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201128105921/https://www.skynews.com.au/culture/showbiz/movies/2016/10/27/hacksaw-ridge-leads-with-13-aacta-nominations.html . dead .
6. News: Paul Hogan 'mystified' by Longford Lyell Lifetime Achievement Award. 7 December 2016. Michaela. Boland. 8 December 2016. The Australian. News Corp Australia.
7. News: Isla Fisher thanks Donald Trump for her AACTA Award. Yasmin. Vought. 7 December 2016. 8 December 2016. Yahoo7. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220224810/https://au.be.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/a/33444649/isla-fisher-thanks-donald-trump-for-her-2016-aacta-award-gingers-winyahoo7-be/. 2016-12-20. dead.