6th AACTA Awards


The 6th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards are a series of awards which includes the 6th AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 6th AACTA Awards ceremony and the 6th AACTA International Awards. The former two events were held at The Star Event Centre, in Sydney, New South Wales. Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, the awards celebrate the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2016. The first winners announced on 5 December 2016 and the AACTA Awards ceremony occurred on 7 December 2016 and was broadcast on the Seven Network for the second year running with an extended broadcast to air on Arena.
The first round of nominees, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Short Animation and Best Short Fiction Film, were announced on 14 July 2016. A new feature film and television category for Best Hair and Makeup was presented for the first time. Through a partnership with Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association five additional awards, for subscription television programs, were handed out for Best Lifestyle Program, Best New Talent, Best Male Presenter, Best Female Presenter and Best Live Event Production.

Nominees

The nominations are as follows:

Feature film


  • Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Rosemary Myers – Girl Asleep
  • *Ivan Sen – Goldstone
  • *Bentley Dean, Martin Butler – Tanna
    • Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
  • Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Abe Forsythe – Down Under
  • *Ivan Sen – Goldstone
  • *Damian Hill – Pawno
  • Simon Stone – The Daughter, based on the play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen
  • *Matthew Whittet – Girl Asleep, based on the play Girl Asleep by Matthew Whittet
    • Best Lead ActorBest Lead Actress
  • Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *John Brumpton as Les Underwood – Pawno
  • *Damian Hill as Danny Williamson – Pawno
  • *Ewen Leslie as Oliver – The Daughter
  • Odessa Young as Hedvig – The Daughter
  • *Maeve Dermody as Kate – Pawno
  • *Maggie Naouri as Anu Singh – Joe Cinque's Consolation
  • *Teresa Palmer as Dorothy Schutte – Hacksaw Ridge
    • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Hugo Weaving as Tom Doss – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Mark Coles Smith as Pauly – Pawno
  • *Damon Herriman as Jason – Down Under
  • *Sam Neill as Walter – The Daughter
  • Miranda Otto as Charlotte – The Daughter
  • *Kerry Armstrong as Jennifer Montgomery – Pawno
  • *Rachel Griffiths as Bertha Doss – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Anna Torv as Anna – The Daughter
    • Best CinematographyBest Editing
  • Simon Duggan – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Andrew Commis – Girl Asleep
  • *Bonnie Elliott – Spear
  • *Bentley Dean – Tanna
  • John Gilbert – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Veronika Jenet – The Daughter
  • *Karryn de Cinque – Girl Asleep
  • *Ivan Sen – Goldstone
    • Best Original Music ScoreBest Sound
  • Antony Partos – Tanna
  • *Darrin Verhagen – Boys in the Trees
  • *Marco Beltrami – Gods of Egypt
  • *David Barber – Teenage Kicks
  • Andrew Wright, Robert Mackenzie, Kevin O'Connell, Mario Vaccaro, Tara Webb, Peter Grace – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Tony Murtagh, James Andrews, Yulia Akerholt, Robert Sullivan – The Daughter
  • *Wayne Pashley, Peter Grace, Derryn Pasquill, Fabian Sanjurjo, Greg P. Fitzgerald, Peter Purcell – Gods of Egypt
  • *Emma Bortignon, James Ashton, Martin Butler – Tanna
    • Best Production DesignBest Costume Design
  • Barry Robinson – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Steven Jones-Evans – The Daughter
  • *Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep
  • *Matt Putland – Goldstone
  • Jonathon Oxlade – Girl Asleep
  • *Liz Palmer – Gods of Egypt
  • *Lizzy Gardiner – Hacksaw Ridge
  • *Jennifer Irwin – Spear

    • Television

    Documentary

    Short film

    Other awards

    Special awards

    Feature film