Actor and comedian Shane Bourne will host this year's Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTAs), broadcast in a 90-minute presentation on Thursday, January 30, at 8.30pm on TEN.
The nominees for the two short film categories at the 4th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AATCA) Awards were announced today.
Ahead of the release of his feature directorial debut 'Breath', Simon Baker is set to receive this year's AACTA Trailblazer Award.
While a lively debate over the 13 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards for The Great Gatsby rages on social media, TV viewers have given their verdict on the Network Ten telecast.
Jocelyn Moorhouse's The Dressmaker has been nominated in 12 categories at the 5th AACTA Awards, ahead of George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road with 11 and eight for Jeremy Sims' Last Cab to Darwin.
While AACTA's Byron Kennedy Award is typically given to an individual or organisation who demonstrates "outstanding creative enterprise", this year the award will go to a film.
"It is essential that Australia’s highest national awards body publicly commit to improving an opaque selection process that resulted in a disproportionately low representation of female-driven and focused films in the 2016 awards category," said WIFT N
'Ellie and Abbie' star Zoe Terakes has made history ahead of this year's AACTA Awards, becoming the first non-binary Australian actor in consideration for Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film.