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8th AACTA Awards

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8th AACTA Awards
Date3 and 5 December 2018
LocationThe Star, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Hosted byStephen Curry
Highlights
Most awardsSweet Country
Best FilmSweet Country
Best Drama SeriesMystery Road
Best Comedy SeriesThe Letdown
Television/radio coverage
NetworkSeven Network
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The 8th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate Australian films of 2018. The industry awards were presented on 3 December 2018,[1] with the main awards following on 5 December.[2][3] The main ceremony was televised on Seven Network.

Feature film

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  • Jed Dodge, Trevor Hope, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb – Breath
    • Liam Egan, Leah Katz, Des Kenneally, Robert Sullivan – Cargo
    • Sam Gain-Emery, Thom Kellar, Will Sheridan, David Tranter – Sweet Country
    • Will Files, P.K. Hooker, Andrew Ramage – Upgrade
  • Ladies in Black — Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Beth Halsted
    • Cargo — Larry Van Duynhoven, Beverley Freeman, Helen Magelaki
    • Upgrade — Chiara Tripodi, Larry Van Duynhoven
    • Winchester — Tess Natoli, Steve Boyle
Best Casting
  • Peter Rabbit — Will Reichelt, Simon Whiteley, Simon Pickard, Peter Stubbs, Jason Bath, Brian Lynch, Matt Middleton

Television

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Best Lifestyle Program
Best Reality Series
Best Non-Fiction Television Direction
  • Bruce Permezel – Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader - Episode 1: The Apprenticeship
  • Larissa BehrendtAfter The Apology
  • David Batty – Black As
  • Aaron Smith, Kirk Docker – You Can't Ask That - Episode 1: Survivors of Sexual Assault
Best Cinematography in Television
Best Editing in Television
Best Sound in Television
Best Original Music Score in Television
Best Production Design in Television
Best Costume Design in Television
Best Performance in a Television Comedy
Subscription Television Award for Best New Talent
Subscription Television Award for Best Male Presenter
Subscription Television Award for Best Female Presenter
Subscription Television Award for Best Live Event Production
Subscription Television Award for Best Sports Presentation

Documentary

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Best Documentary Television Program
Best Editing in a Documentary
  • Karen Johnson – Ghosthunter
    • Shannon Swan, Ken Sallows – Gurrumul
    • Johanna Scott – Have You Seen The Listers?
    • Christian Gazal, Scott Gray – Mountain
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
Best Sound in a Documentary

Short form

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Best Short Fiction Film
  • All These Creatures – Charles Williams, Elise Trenorden
    • Judas Collar – Alison James, Brooke Silcox
    • Nursery Rhymes – Tom Noakes, Lucy Gaffy, Morgan Benson-Taylor, Will Goodfellow
    • Tangles and Knots – Renée Marie Petropoulos, Yingna Lu
  • Lost and Found – Lucy Hayes, Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe
    • IRONY – Radheya Jegatheva
    • Monster's Playground – Seamus Spilsbury, Darcy Prendergast, Christina Remnant
    • Peepin’ – Haein Kim, Paul Rhodes
Best Online Video or Series

Additional awards

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Best Asian Film

Individual awards

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References

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  1. ^ Harmon, Steph (3 December 2018). "Aactas 2018: Sweet Country and Ladies in Black lead early categories". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Winners & Nominees". Aacta.org. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Winners Announced at 2018 AACTA Awards Ceremony in Sydney". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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