Aacta awards 2022

2022 - 12 - 7

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Live updates: AACTA Awards underway as Elvis, Mystery Road ... (ABC News)

The biggest names in Australia's film and television industry gather to celebrate the 2022 AACTA Awards in Sydney. Follow live.

I'm very excited to take my place in the future of this industry in Australia. And to have someone by your side to share the treacherous territory and unexpected twists and turns is an extraordinary gift. My own career has spanned a period of great progress for women in the arts and entertainment. A future that I fundamentally believe is changing for the better. I know — I need an award for that too. "She stood by us through thick and thin when COVID came. Terrifying and overwhelming at times. By Jessica Riga There is a personal dimension to the honour as well — in receiving an award named for Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell — partners in work, art, and in life. I was particularly moved by Mandy Walker's historic win on Monday as the first woman ever to win the AACTA for Cinematography.

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Aacta awards 2022: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, Mystery Road and ... (The Guardian)

Mandy Walker became the first female to win best cinematographer for Elvis, which beat out the Drover's Wife and the Stranger in most film categories.

She was also nominated for best direction, screenwriting and as co-producer in the best film category. She said she worked intensively to get the Molly Johnson character right, telling Rove McManus – who was roving among the seated nominees with questions and a microphone – “It’s a relief, I can now let her go.” The ABC’s Mystery Road was the only nominee in TV’s best drama category that screened on a free-to-air broadcaster. “To give you some idea how clueless [the judges] are, you only need to look at the garbage we’ve been nominated with,” the statement said. “Some big things have been happening in my life this year, big changes,” she said. “Home and Away was the closest I got to acting school,” he said. Best comedy program went to Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell. Aacta’s chief executive, Damian Trewhella, said Hemsworth had given “an epic performance” in bringing the international industry to Australia. Elvis also won best production design, editing, sound, makeup and visual effects. She also paid tribute to Elvis’s cinematographer. No woman has ever won for cinematography at the Oscars or the Baftas. [global success story Bluey](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jun/11/bluey-australian-children-cartoon-joe-brumm) won best children’s program for the fourth year in a row, with the ABC also picking up best documentary/factual program for Miriam Margolyes’ Australia Unmasked, and best lifestyle program for Gardening Australia, now in its 32nd year.

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Baz Luhrmann's Elvis dominates Australian film awards, Mystery ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The dazzling biopic won 11 awards including best film, best director, best actor for Austin Butler and best supporting actress for Olivia DeJonge.

In the audience choice awards, Elvis won best film and Heartbreak High won best TV show. Brooke Satchwell, who played emotionally abused Georgina Merrick in The Twelve, won best supporting actress in a TV drama. Creator Hannah Carroll Chapman added to that by winning best screenplay in television for the first episode that When I said I wanted to be an actor, they said ‘absolutely, go for it, the couch will be here if it ever fails’.” to bring audiences back into the theatre, old and young, and it’s gratifying that we did it,” he said. “I feel incredibly lucky to able to do what I do - to tell stories, to act, to be able to take on many different adventures across the globe,” he said. After praising the “the many, many talented and dedicated women” she worked alongside, Martin called for better childcare for working mothers who were not as fortunate as her. Wright collected best screenplay at the Industry Awards on Monday. That was just two short of the 13 that Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby won in 2014 but more than the 10 that Strictly Ballroom, his debut film, won at the preceding Australian Film Institute Awards 30 years ago. She was also nominated for writing, directing and producing the film. Accepting best director from London, Luhrmann said it was especially touching to be acknowledged by his home team. Luhrmann has been travelling to support the film’s international awards season campaign, including an event hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House.

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