Maeve Dermody, Star of the Year at AIMC
The Australian International Movie Convention last night held their awards during a colourful gala at Jupiters Casino.
The News Limited Australian Star of the Year Award went to Maeve Dermody, most recently seen on our TVs in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and in our cinemas in Griff the Invisible.
The award has in the past gone to Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and Eric Bana, with Jacki Weaver receiving the award last year.
Oscar-winning The Kings Speech producer Emile Sherman was awarded the Outstanding Industry Achievement Award.
In a gala ceremony with the dress theme ‘colourful’, veteran animator Yoram Gross won the Murray Forrest Award.
Sophie Lowe, who is about to appear in ABC series The Slap, and most recently in our cinemas for Blame, won Female Star of Tomorrow Award.
Lincoln Lewis, star of Tomorrow When the War Began I & II, Home and Away and 33 Postcards won Male Star of Tomorrow Award.