Media Release: Wednesday December 13, 2017
7th AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
BROADCAST EXCLUSIVELY ON FOXTEL ARTS
Sunday January 7 at 8.30pm
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts announces Nominees for the 7th AACTA International Awards
Foxtel Arts, Foxtel’s High Definition dedicated arts channel is proud to exclusively broadcast the 7th AACTA International Awards on Sunday January 7 at 8.30pm followed by encores on Monday January 8 at 6pm and Wednesday January 10 at 7.30pm.
Foxtel Arts is the home to awards shows including Broadway’s coveted Tony Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards® broadcast live and in HD. Foxtel Arts continues to support and participate in Australia’s creative industries and arts organisations and as part of this role the channel is proud to add the 7th AACTA International Awards to the prestigious list of awards broadcast, with winners being announced in Los Angeles on Friday 5 January at an exclusive ceremony held at The Avalon Hollywood.
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), has today announced the nominees for the 7th AACTA International Awards. A total of 15 films have received nominations this year, with CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI leading the way with five nominations each.
Best Film nominations follow American Film Institute Movie of the Year acknowledgements for all five nominees: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, DUNKIRK, LADY BIRD, THE SHAPE OF WATER and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI.
Fresh from receiving two Awards at the Sydney-hosted AACTA Awards last week, Nicole Kidman continues an incredible year with her second consecutive AACTA International Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. Nicole is chasing her second consecutive win, having won the Award earlier this year for LION.
This year also sees over three quarters of nominees receive their first AACTA nominations, including: Greta Gerwig (LADY BIRD), Christopher Nolan (DUNKIRK), Allison Janney (I, TONYA), Gary Oldman (DARKEST HOUR), Frances McDormand (THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI), Willem Dafoe (THE FLORIDA PROJECT) and Australian actress Margot Robbie, who follows her first Golden Globe nomination with her first AACTA International Award nomination for Best Lead Actress for I, TONYA.
Fellow Australians also receiving nominations are: Hugh Jackman (LOGAN), Ben Mendelsohn (DARKEST HOUR), Abbie Cornish (THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI) and Australian director Craig Gillespie (I, TONYA).
“Now in our seventh year, we are delighted to continue celebrating international excellence within the film industry, honouring the world’s best performers, practitioners and productions,” said AFI | AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella. “It’s great to see our International Chapter members adding their uniquely Australian perspective to the conversations, with a number of nominations for Australians who have excelled on the world stage. We are very proud to count these Australian filmmakers among our nominees and I congratulate all the nominees and wish them every success during the upcoming Awards season.”
Foxtel Executive Director of Television Brian Walsh said, “We are proud to partner with AACTA and bring our subscribers the official broadcast of the AACTA International Awards from Los Angeles on Foxtel Arts. This special event outlines our ongoing commitment to supporting the Australian film and television industry on a global scale.”
NOMINEES
AACTA International Award for Best Film
· CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
· DUNKIRK
· LADY BIRD
· THE SHAPE OF WATER
· THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
AACTA International Award for Best Direction
· CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – Luca Guadagnino
· DUNKIRK – Christopher Nolan
· I, TONYA – Craig Gillespie
· LADY BIRD – Greta Gerwig
· THE SHAPE OF WATER – Guillermo del Toro
AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
· CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – James Ivory
· DUNKIRK – Christopher Nolan
· GET OUT – Jordan Peele
· LADY BIRD – Greta Gerwig
· THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Martin McDonagh
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress
· Judi Dench – VICTORIA & ABDUL
· Sally Hawkins – THE SHAPE OF WATER
· Frances McDormand – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
· Margot Robbie – I, TONYA
· Saoirse Ronan – LADY BIRD
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor
· Timothée Chalamet – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
· Daniel Day-Lewis – PHANTOM THREAD
· Hugh Jackman – LOGAN
· Daniel Kaluuya – GET OUT
· Gary Oldman – DARKEST HOUR
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress
· Mary J. Blige – MUDBOUND
· Abbie Cornish – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
· Allison Janney – I, TONYA
· Nicole Kidman – THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER
· Laurie Metcalf – LADY BIRD
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor
· Willem Dafoe – THE FLORIDA PROJECT
· Armie Hammer – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
· Tom Hardy – DUNKIRK
· Ben Mendelsohn – DARKEST HOUR
· Sam Rockwell – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Following its broadcast on Foxtel Arts, the 7th AACTA International Awards, will be available to watch from Foxtel’s on demand library on internet enabled iQ set top boxes.
-Brad