NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2015 AFCA FILM AWARDS

(Nominations and Winners are generated through a two-stage voting process involving all AFCA members.)  

BEST FILM

  • Charlie’s Country
  • Predestination
  • The Babadook
  • The Infinite Man
  • Tracks

BEST DIRECTOR

  • Rolf De Heer - Charlie's Country
  • Sophie Hyde - 52 Tuesdays
  • Jennifer Kent - The Babadook
  • David Michod - The Rover
  • Michael & Peter Spierig - Predestination

BEST ACTRESS

  • Tilda Cobham-Hervey - 52 Tuesdays
  • Essie Davis - The Babadook
  • Angourie Rice - These Final Hours
  • Sarah Snook - Predestination
  • Mia Wasikowska - Tracks

BEST ACTOR

  • David Gulpilil - Charlie's Country
  • Don Hany - Healing
  • Guy Pearce - The Rover
  • Nathan Phillips - These Final Hours
  • Angus Sampson - The Mule

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Noni Hazlehurst - The Mule
  • Erin James - The Little Death
  • Gillian Jones - The Rover
  • Susan Prior - The Rover
  • Sarah Snook - These Final Hours

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • Jai Courtney - Felony
  • Alex Dimitriades - The Infinite Man
  • Robert Pattinson - The Rover
  • Hugo Weaving - The Mule
  • Noah Wiseman - The Babadook

BEST SCREENPLAY

  • Rolf De Heer & David Gulpilil - Charlie's Country
  • Matthew Cormack - 52 Tuesdays
  • Jennifer Kent - The Babadook
  • Michael & Peter Spierig - Predestination
  • Hugh Sullivan - The Infinite Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Natasha Braier - The Rover
  • Ian Jones - Charlie's Country
  • Radek Ludczuk - The Babadook
  • Ben Nott - Predestination
  • Mandy Walker - Tracks

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
  • Ida
  • The Great Beauty
  • Two Days, One Night
  • Wadjda
  • Winter Sleep

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

  • Boyhood
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Nightcrawler
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Under The Skin

 BEST DOCUMENTARY (local or international)

  • 20000 Days On Earth
  • All This Mayhem
  • Finding Vivian Maier
  • Jodorowky's Dune
  • The Missing Picture



The Australian Film Critics Association annually award prizes to the best Australian film criticism across four categories.
 
1.  Ivan Hutchinson Award for writing on Australian cinema. ($500)
2.  Award for writing on non-Australian cinema. ($500)
3.  Award for a review of an individual Australian film. ($200)
4.  Award for a review of an individual non-Australian film. ($200)


This year entries will be judged by:
 
Phillipa Hawker - Film Critic/Arts Writer, The Age & Fairfax Media
Michael Bodey - Film Editor/Media Journalist, The Australian
Alan Finney – Chair of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) / AACTA
Kristian Connelly – General Manager, Cinema Nova

 

Both the Writing Award and Film Award winners will be announced at our Annual Awards Ceremony to be held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne's Federation Square on the evening of Saturday, February 7th.  

The event is open to both industry and non-industry patrons.
Limited tickets are available for $10 and can be secured by emailing Chair of AFCA Richard Haridy: rich@richonfilm.com