7th AACTA International Awards explained

Number:	7
Award:	AACTA International Awards
Date:	5 January 2018 (ceremony date) 6 January 2018 (broadcast date)
Site:	The Avalon, Hollywood Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Host:	Daniel MacPherson
Best Film:	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Most Wins:	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (3)
Most Nominations:	Call Me by Your Name, Lady Bird, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (5)
Last:	6th
Next:	8th

The 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (commonly known as the AACTA International Awards is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television. Awards were handed out for the best films of 2017 regardless of the country of origin, and are the international counterpart to the awards for Australian films. The awards were presented on 5 January 2018 at The Avalon in Hollywood.^[1]

Nominees

The nominees were announced on 13 December 2017.^[2]

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Call Me by Your Name Dunkirk Lady Bird The Shape of Water	Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name Craig Gillespie – I, Tonya Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock Hugh Jackman – Logan as James "Logan" Howlett / Wolverine Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington	Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul as Queen Victoria Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Officer Jason Dixon Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Ricks Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name as Oliver Tom Hardy – Dunkirk as Farrier Ben Mendelsohn – Darkest Hour as King George VI	Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson Abbie Cornish – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Anne Willoughby Nicole Kidman – The Killing Of A Sacred Deer as Anna Murphy Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk Jordan Peele – Get Out Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird

See also

• 24th Screen Actors Guild Awards
• 23rd Critics' Choice Awards
• 71st British Academy Film Awards
• 75th Golden Globe Awards
• 90th Academy Awards

External links

• The Official Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'Three Billboards' Wins Best Film at Australian Academy International Awards. McNary. Dave. Variety. 5 January 2018. 6 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106185639/http://variety.com/2018/film/news/three-billboards-australian-academy-international-awards-1202655103/. 6 January 2018. live.
2. News: Australian Academy Announces Nominees for AACTA International Awards. The Hollywood Reporter. 2017-12-14. en.