A total of 15 films will duke it out at next year’s AACTA International Awards, with Luca Guadagnino’s 'Call Me By Your Name', Greta Gerwig’s 'Lady Bird' and Martin McDonagh’s 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' leading the pack with five nominations each.
If the consensus views of the 200 members of AACTA's International chapter are a bellwether of the Academy Awards, it could be a memorable night for Korean director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy/thriller Parasite, Quentin Tarantino, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie.
Female-led stories across film and television dominated the AACTA International Awards, with 'Promising Young Woman', 'Nomadland', and 'The Queen's Gambit' leading the winners.
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The AACTA Audience Award for Best Film will this year be a duke between local titles and Hollywood blockbusters that recently called Australia home: 'Thirteen Lives', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', 'Ticket to Paradise', 'Elvis', 'The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson' and 'Wog Boys Forever'.
Margot Robbie is well positioned to add an AACTA Audience Choice Award to her Trailblazer prize at this Saturday's ceremony, getting a nod for Favourite Actress, while two of the films she produced — 'Barbie' and 'Saltburn' — are up for Favourite Film.
Stunt performer Lachlan Robbie is building an impressive resume with credits in major productions including 'Alien: Covenant', 'Aquaman' and 'Thor: Ragnarok' as well as Luke Sparke’s 'Occupation'.
Joel Edgerton, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Rebel Wilson, Garth Davis, Cate Shortland, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Eva Orner are among the Australians who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).