World News – AU – Babyteeth, Stateless, Rebel Wilson & Tim Minchin among Australian Oscar winners

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) crowned the winners of their 2020 awards ceremony today, with Babyteeh and Stateless being the film and TV categories.

Shannon Murphy’s tragic comedy Babyteeth was the big winner on the film side, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Screenplay (Rita Kalnejais), Actor (Toby Wallace), Actress (Eliza Scanlen), Supporting Actor (Ben Mendelsohn ) and supporting actress (Essie Davis).

On the TV side, Stateless, the series starring Cate Blanchett, won Best Miniseries, Leading Actor (Fayssal Bazzi), Leading Actress (Yvonne Strahovski), Supporting Actress (Darren Gilshenan), Supporting Actress (Blanchett), Screenplay (Elise McCredie) and Director (Emma Freeman).

Other winners were Rebel Wilson, who won Best Presenter for LOL: Last One Laughing Australia, and Tim Minchin, who won comedy performer for Upright.

Elsewhere, Better Days was recognized for Best Asian Film, the Bryon Kennedy Award was given to Babadook filmmaker Jennifer Kent, and Steve Bedwell, Bryan Cockerill and Geraldine Coy received the first AACTA Reg Grundy Award, reaching 50 years old. 000 US dollars is prize.

« COVID has been a tremendous challenge for everyone, but it has also shown the importance of our display industry to audiences around the world, » said Damian Trewhella, CEO of AACTA. “We reached out to the local entertainment industry to keep us updated and entertained. The work of our creative industry is valued more than ever by the public. It was a great pleasure to be able to come together tonight, albeit in fewer numbers than we are used to, to celebrate the outstanding productions of 2020 in television, film, documentary and the ever-evolving, exciting online space. “

AACTA Award Best Telefeature or Mini-Series: Stateless Cate Blanchett, Elise McCredie, Tony Ayres, Sheila Jayadev, Paul Ranford, Liz Watts and Andrew Upton – Matchbox Pictures, Dirty Films (ABC) AACTA Award Best Reality Program: Masterchef Australia Marty Benson, Adam Fergusson – Endemol Shine Australia (Network 10) AACTA Award Best Entertainment: Have you been paying attention? Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Michael Hirsh, Rob Sitch – Working dog productions (Network 10) AACTA Award Best Lifestyle Program – The Living Room Sarah Thornton, Caroline Spencer, Nicole Rogers, Ciaran Flannery – Network 10 (Network 10) AACTA Award Best Online Entertainment: The Norris Nuts Saber Norris, Sockie Norris, Biggie Norris, Naz Norris – The Norris NutsAACTA Prize Best Online Drama or Comedy: Love In Lockdown Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope, Lucy Durack, Eddie Perfect – GristmillAACTA Prize Best Children’s Program : Bluey Joe Brumm, Charlie Aspinwall, Sam Moor, Daley Pearson – Ludo Studio (ABC) AACTA Award Best Comedy Entertainment: Shaun Micallef’s Crazy Madness Shaun Micallef, Peter Beck, Gary McCaffrie – ITV Studios Australia, Giant Baby Productions (ABC) AACTA Award Best Drama Series: Mystery Road David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin – Bunya Productions (ABC) AACTA Award Best Comedy Series: Upright Jason Stephens, Helen Bowden, Melissa Kelly, Chris Taylor , Tim Minchin – Lingo Pictures (Foxtel) AACTA Aw and Best Actual Entertainment: Gogglebox Australia Howard Myers, David McDonald, Kerrie Kerr – Endemol Shine, Network Ten, Foxtel (Foxtel, Network Ten) AACTA Award Best Documentary or Actual Program: Mord im Outback: The Falcon and Less Secret Andrew Farrell, Matt Campbell, Bethan Arwel-Lewis, Sophie Meyrick – CJZ (Seven Network) AACTA Award Subscription TV Award for Best Presenter: Rebel Wilson – LOL: Last Laughing AustraliaAACTA Award for Best Actor in a television drama: Fayssal Bazzi (stateless) AACTA award for best leading actress in a television drama: Yvonne Strahovski (stateless) AACTA award Best guest or supporting actor in a television drama: Darren Gilshenan (stateless) AACTA award best guest or supporting actress in a television drama: Cate Blanchett (Stateless) AACTA Award Best Screenplay on TV: Elise McCredie Stateless Episode 1 – The Circumstances, u Where They ComeAACTA Award Best Director in a TV Drama or Comedy: Emma Freeman Stateless Episode 1 – The Circumstances In Which They ComeAACTA Award Best Comedy Actor: Tim Minchin (upright) AACTA Award Best Film by Foxtel: Babyteeth Alex White – Whitefalk FilmsAACTA Award Best Indie Film: Stand up for the sunny Steve Vidler (Director), Jamie Hilton, Michael Pontin, Drew Bailey – Ticket to the RideAACTA Award Best Asian Film: Better Days Kwok Cheung Tsang (Dir. ), Jojo Yuet-Jan HuiAACTA Award Best Documentary: Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra Nel Minchin (Dir. ), Wayne Blair (Dir. ), Ivan O’Mahoney – In FilmenAACTA Award Best Screenplay in a Film: Rita Kalnejais (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Director in a Film: Shannon Murphy (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Actor in a Film: Toby Wallace (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Actress in a Film : Eliza Scanlen (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Supporting Actor in a Film: Ben Mendelsohn (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Essie Davis (Babyteeth) AACTA Award Best Short Film: The Mirror Joel Kohn (Dir. ), Mike Horvath, Tom Davies – Screen Invaders, Finest Hour Company, Savvy CinemaAACTA Award Best VFX or Animation: The Eight Hundred Tim Crosbie, Joy Wu, Jason Troughton, Tom Wood and Julian Hutchens – Rising Sun Pictures

AACTA Awards, Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, Ben Mendelsohn, Cate Blanchett, Eliza Scanlen, Shannon Murphy