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Husband and wife duo writer Vanessa Marion Varghese and director Stefan Hunt have won Best Australian Short Film at this year's Flickerfest for 'Yeah The Boys'.
Margot Robbie will follow in the footsteps of Simon Baker, Isla Fisher Rose Byrne, and Chris Hemsworth in receiving the AACTA Trailblazer Award.
'My Brilliant Career' producer Margaret Fink, ACS Hall of Fame inductee Daryl Binning, Emmy-winning natural history filmmaker David Parer and Heather Croall, CEO of the Adelaide Fringe and former director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, have been recognised with Australia Day honours.
Factual entertainment series 'Seriously Funny', to be hosted by Rachel Berger and directed by Josh Ben-Moshe, has been selected as the winner of the AACTA Reg Grundy Award.
Screenwriter Tony McNamara is Australia's lone individual nominee for this year's Oscars, with Margot Robbie missing out in the lead actress category and instead recognised as a producer on 'Barbie', which is up for Best Motion Picture.
Rebel Wilson has been announced as the host of the AACTA Ceremony, while US crooner Harry Connick Jr. will host the Industry Awards.
Writer/directors have dominated the feature film categories for this year's AWGIE Awards, which will be presented in Sydney next month.