‘Babyteeth’, ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ and ‘The Invisible Man’ Lead the 2020 AATCA Nominations – Concrete Playground

Maybe you've spent much of 2020 glued to the small screen, viewing your way through this year's lockdown periods. Perhaps, as cinemas have been reopening around the country, you've flocked to the big screen to get your movie fix. Either way, if you've been thinking and supporting local as has been the trend all-round in 2020 then you've had plenty of Australian films and television shows to watch. And, from this hectic year, the best of the bunch have just been named 2020 AACTA Award nominees.

The AACTA Awards which were previously called the AFI Awards, before changing their name span multiple types of screen content, so there's a hefty number of local productions vying for a gong when the winners are announced on Monday, November 30. From the initial rundown of nominees with more set to be revealed on November 12 three of the year's best Aussie movies rank among the top film contenders, with teen cancer drama Babyteeth scoring 12 nods, the blistering True History of the Kelly Gang picking up ten and the latest version of The Invisible Man receiving eight.

Other movie nominees across directing, acting and cinematography categories include the family-friendly H is for Happiness, horror flick Relic, zombie movie Little Monsters, sheep farming comedy-drama Rams and Helen Reddy biopic I Am Woman. In terms of stars, everyone from Hugo Weaving, Richard Roxburgh, Russell Crowe and Ben Mendelsohn to Eliza Scanlen, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Essie Davis and Deborah Mailman are in the running as well as overseas actors such as Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong'o, Sam Neill and George MacKay.

On the TV front, if you've been watching Mystery Road's latest season and mini-series Stateless, they each picked up seven nods a piece. Comedy-wise, series nominees include At Home Alone Together, Black Comedy, The Other Guy, Rosehaven and Upright.

The 2020 AACTA Awards will take place on Monday, November 30. Here's a rundown of the major nominations and you can check out the full list of nominees as they're announced on the AACTA's website:

FILM AWARDS:

BEST FILM

BEST INDIE FILM

BEST DIRECTION

BEST LEAD ACTOR

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BEST SCREENPLAY

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BEST DOCUMENTARY

TELEVISION AWARDS:

BEST DRAMA SERIES

BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINISERIES

BEST COMEDY SERIES

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

BEST COMEDY PERFORMER

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Published on November 01, 2020 by Sarah Ward

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'Babyteeth', 'True History of the Kelly Gang' and 'The Invisible Man' Lead the 2020 AATCA Nominations - Concrete Playground

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