7th AACTA Awards


The 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards took place on 6 December 2017. Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2017. A record number of thirty five feature films were submitted for competition. The main ceremony was televised in Australia by the Seven Network.

Recipients and nominations

Feature film

Television

Subscription television

Documentary and short film

Additional awards


  • RackaRacka – Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou, Judd Wild and Timani Seve
  • *Doodles – Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Meg O’Connell and Benjamin Zaugg
  • *High Life – Luke Eve and Adam Dolman
  • *Superwog – Paul Walton, Theodore Saidden and Nathan Saidden
  • *The Katering Show Tamasin Simpkin, Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan and Kevin Whyte
  • Joe Bauer, Steve Kullback, Glenn Melenhorst, Ineke Majoor, Josh Simmonds – Game of Thrones, episode 4: "The Spoils of War"
  • *Jason Billington, James Whitlam, Linda Luong – Deepwater Horizon
  • *Brendan Seals, Steven Swanson, Raphael A. Pimentel, Andrew Zink – Doctor Strange
  • *Rob Coleman, Amber Naismith, Miles Green, Damien Gray, Craig Welsh – The Lego Batman Movie
  • Katherine Brown, Troy Follington, Simon Joseph – Cleverman
  • *Nikki Gooley, Sheldon Wade – '
  • *Hayley Atherton, Kate Anderson – Hounds of Love
  • *Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Melissa Chew –

    • Special awards

  • Longford Lyell Award – Phillip Noyce
  • Trailblazer Award – Simon Baker
  • Byron Kennedy Award – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean