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Hacksaw Ridge, Rake and No Activity take out gongs at AACTA’s screen craft awards

Mel Gibson’s World War II epic Hacksaw Ridge led the way at the AACTA screen craft awards yesterday, taking home four gongs, while streaming service Stan’s No Activity landed the top actor award for Patrick Brammall.

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Hacksaw Ridge led the feature film category taking home four out of six nominations while in the TV category the ABC’s Rake was the only show to receive more than one award.

Streaming service Stan also completed a first with the best performance in a TV comedy award for Brammall

AFI | AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella said: “This year we had over 800 of the screen industry’s finest at the Industry Luncheon, celebrating the talented practitioners who work in front and behind the camera to create Australia’s finest screen productions.

“The Awards showcase the inspiring level of talent Australia produces across so many screen crafts and genres, and on behalf of AFI | AACTA I’d like to congratulate all winners announced today. From the multi-AFI and AACTA Award winners to those receiving their first AACTA Award, we look forward to watching the next chapter in your careers.

Richard Finlayson, ABC Director of Television, said: “The AACTA Awards are Australia’s highest industry honour and today’s successes are a testament to the rich and diverse range of content we offer our audience.

“These awards reinforce the importance of ABC’s role in commissioning quality Australian stories.”

The Television award winners were:

  • Patrick Brammall won the AACTA Award for best performance in a television comedy for his performance in No Activity airing on Stan.
  • Damon Herriman won the AACRA for best guest supporting actor in television drama for episode 1 of Secret City airing on Foxtel.
  • Celia Pacquola from Episode 3 of The Beautiful Lie on ABC won the AACTA Award for best guest or supporting actress in television drama.
  • Peter Duncan for ABC’s RAKE episode 8 won the AACTA Award for best director in a television drama or comedy.
  • Michael Venables from Foxtel won an AACTA for best director in a television light entertainment, lifestyle or reality series for episode 2 of The Recruit.
  • Geoffrey Hall won the AACTA Award for best cinematography in television for episode 3 of Stan’s Wolf Creek.
  • Ben Joss won the award for best editing in telelvision for episode 3 of Wentworth airing on Soho and Foxtel.
  • Michol Marsh, Peter Hall and Olivia Monteith for RAKE episode 7 won the AACTA Award for best sound in television.
  • Matteo Zingales and Max Lyandvert won the award for best original music score in television for episode 1 of The Kettering Incident on Foxtel on Showcase.
  • Sam Rickard won the AACTA for best production design in television for Ten’s Mary: The Making of a Princess.
  • Edie Kurzer won the AACTA for best costume design in television for the Seven Network’s Molly Part 1.
  • Josh Wakely, Jennifer Twinner McCarron won the award for best children’s television series with Beat Bugs on 7Two.

The feature film winners were:

  • Simon Stone for The Daughter which won best adapted screenplay.
  • Simon Duggan for Hacksaw Ridge which won best cinematography.
  • John Gilbert for Hacksaw Ridge which on best editing.
  • Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O’Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb and Peter Grace for Hacksaw Ridge which won best sound.
  • Antony Partos for Tanna which won the award for best original movie score.
  • Barry Robison for Hacksaw Ridge which won the award for best production design.
  • Jonathon Oxlade for Girl Asleep which won best costume design.

The docuemtary winners were:

  • Nial Fulton, Sarah Ferguson and Ivan O’Mahoney from Hitting Home who won the AACTA Award for best documentary television program.
  • Anna Broinowski for Hanson: Please Explain who won the award for best direction in a documentary.
  • Dan Jackson who won best cinematoraphy in a documentary for In the Shadow of the Hill.
  • Steven Robinson and Dan Jackson for In the Shadow of the Hill who won best sound in a documentary.
  • Cezary Skubiszewski for Monsieur Mayonnaise who won the award for best original movie score in a documentary.

The short film award winners were:

  • Angie Fielder, Brendan Fletcher and Del Kathryn Barton won the award for best short animation with Oscar Wilde’s “The Nightingale and the Rose”.
  • Lucy Gaffy and Kiki Dillon won the award for best short fiction film with Dream Baby.
  • Maggie Beer won the subscription television award for best female presenter with Foxtel and Lifestyle Food’s Great Australian Bake Off.
  • Stan Grant won AACTA subscription television award for best male presenter with Foxtel and Crime+Investigation’s Crimes that Shook Australia.
  • Murray Shaw and Geoff Bullock won the subscription television award for best live event production for Foxtel’s 2015/16 Hyundai A-League Adelaide United V Western Sydney Wanderers
  • James Rochford won the AACTA subscription television award for best new talent for Foxtel’s Not the NRL News.

The Visual Effects or Animation award winners were:

  • Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst and Ineke Majoor won best visual effects or animation for Foxtel and Showcase’s Game of Thrones.
  • Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington from Cleverman won the AACTA Award for best hair and makeup.
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