AACTA Awards: The Babadook and The Water Diviner tie for Best Film
Last night’s AACTA Awards saw two films named Best Film, with horror film The Babadook and Russell Crowe’s directorial debut The Water Diviner sharing the award while The Lego Movie picked up the AACTA for Best Visual Effects or Animation after being snubbed at the Oscars.
The event saw Rose Byrne awarded the inaugural AACTA Trailblazer, honouring the actress for her work across Australia and US film and television including her performance in US series Damages alongside co-star Glenn Close, and her role in comedy Bridesmaids.
Director, producer, writer Amiel Courtin-Wilson was announced as the Byron Kennedy Award while the AACTA Longford Lyell Award went to writer, producer Andrew Knight.
In television ABC and ABC2 shows picked up a total of nine awards, with Nine grabbing two and Foxtel Showcase taking home the AACTA for Best Telefeature or Mini series for Devil’s Playground.
Might want to spell Babadook properly in the head (it’s not Babadok)
Thanks for flagging Vortex, changed now.
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Loved the Babadook!
Well deserved award!
Babadook was a frightening film (in a good way). Glad it did well.
The only story I expected to see about the AACTA Awards today was the announcement that the whole production team behind that disaster was sacked.
The dangerous set, the lame script, the dodgy camera work, the weird music, the clumsy direction, the shocking editing – everything! It was unbearably bad. The presenters ridiculed the evening with sarcastic quips, so the whole thing had the atmosphere of a high school presentation night where the students were taking the piss.
Just as well the rating were so bad and hardly anyone saw it.
Will TEN issue an apology to the Australian film & TV industry?
Predestination – original and massively underrated movie!
Terrible broadcast from Ch10