9th AACTA Awards


The 9th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards is an award's ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2019. The main ceremony was held at The Star in Sydney and was televised on the Seven Network. First awards were presented on 4 December 2019.
The recipient of the Longford Lyell Award was actor and filmmaker Sam Neill

Feature film


  • Jennifer Kent — The Nightingale
  • *Anthony Maras — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Mirrah Foulkes — Judy and Punch
  • *David Michôd — The King
  • Damon Herriman as Punch — Judy and Punch
  • *Timothée Chalamet as King Henry VThe King
  • *Baykali Ganambarr as "Billy" Mangana — The Nightingale
  • *Dev Patel as Arjun — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Hugo Weaving as Dan FisherHearts and Bones
  • Aisling Franciosi as Clare Carroll — The Nightingale
  • *Nazanin Boniadi as Zahra — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Teresa Palmer as Michelle PayneRide Like a Girl
  • *Miranda Tapsell as Lauren — Top End Wedding
  • *Mia Wasikowska as Judy — Judy and Punch
  • Joel Edgerton as FalstaffThe King
  • *Damon Herriman as Ruse — The Nightingale
  • *Andrew Luri as Sebastian Ahmed — Hearts and Bones
  • *Ben Mendelsohn as King Henry IVThe King
  • *Michael Sheasby as Aidan Carroll — The Nightingale
  • Magnolia Maymuru as Lowanna — The Nightingale
  • *Tilda Cobham-Hervey as Sally — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Hilary Swank as Woman — I Am Mother
  • *Bolude Watson as Anishka Ahmed — Hearts and Bones
  • *Ursula Yovich as Daffy Ford — Top End Wedding
  • Adam ArkapawThe King
  • *Ben Nott — '
  • *Nick Remy Matthews — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Radek Ladczuk — The Nightingale
  • Peter McNulty, Anthony Maras — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Dany Cooper — Judy & Punch
  • *Peter Sciberras — The King
  • *Simon Njoo — The Nightingale
  • François TétazJudy and Punch
  • *Caitlin Yeo — '
  • *Volker Bertelmann — Hotel Mumbai
  • *David Hirschfelder — Ride Like a Girl
  • Liam Egan —
  • *Sam Petty, Pete Smith, Nakul Kamte, James Currie, Peter Ristic — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Robert Mackenzie, Sam Petty, Gareth John, Leah Katz, Mario Vacarro, Tara Webb — The King
  • *Robert Mackenzie, Dean Ryan, Leah Katz, Pete Smith — The Nightingale
  • Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton — The King
  • *Steven Jones-Evans — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Jo Ford — Judy and Punch
  • *Alex Holmes — The Nightingale
  • Jane Petrie — The King
  • *Anna Borghesi — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Edie Kurzer — Judy and Punch
  • *Margot Wilson — The Nightingale
  • Jennifer Kent — The Nightingale
  • *John Collee, Anthony Maras — Hotel Mumbai
  • *Mirrah Foulkes — Judy & Punch
  • *David Michod, Joel Edgerton — The King
  • — Brendan Seals, Michael Perdew, Andrew Zink, Adam Gailey
  • *Aquaman — Kelvin McIlwain, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio, Josh Simmonds, David Nelson
  • *Captain MarvelChris Townsend, Damien Carr, Paul Butterworth, Greg Jowle
  • *DumboRichard Stammers, Hal Couzens, Hayley Williams, Dennis Jones, Corinne Teng
  • *I Am Mother — Jonathan Dearing, Chris Spry
  • Lambs of God — Zeljka Stanin, Paul Pattison, Cheryl Williams
  • *The KingAlessandro Bertolazzi
  • *Nekrotronic — Angela Conte, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou, Rosemary Saffioti
  • *The NightingaleNikki Gooley, Larry Van Duynhoven, Cassie O'Brien
  • The Nightingale — Nikki Barrett
  • *Hotel Mumbai — Ann Fay, Leigh Pickford, Trishaan Sarkar
  • *The KingDes Hamilton, Francine Maisler
  • *Total Control — Anousha Zarkesh
  • BuoyancyRodd Rathjen, Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Rita Walsh
  • *Book Week — Heath Davis, Joanne Weatherstone
  • *Acute Misfortune — Thomas M. Wright, Virginia Kay, Jamie Houge, Liz Kearney
  • *Emu Runner — Imogen Thomas, Victor Evatt, Antonia Barnard, John Fink
  • *Sequin in a Blue Room — Samuel Van Grinsven, Sophie Hattch, Linus Gibson
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    Television

    Documentary

    Short film

    Additional awards