AACTA Award for Best Film

The AACTA Award for Best Film is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries, and short films. The inaugural award was presented in 1969 by the Australian Film Institute, becoming a competitive award in 1976. Since 2011 it has awarded by the Academy, established by the AFI in 2010.

Best Film AACTA Award
Awarded for	Best Australian film of the year
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded	1969
Currently held by	Talk to Me (2023)
Website	www.aacta.org

History

From 1969 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards).^[1] When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Film.^[1]

From 1969 to 1975, the award was presented as a gold, silver, bronze or grand prix prize, or in some years, a cash prize.^[2][3]

The first winner, Jack and Jill: A Postscript, was nominated in the "general" category of the 1969 awards, and received a silver prize.^[4][5] Because non-feature films dominated the Australian film industry at that time, the film was submitted in the general category.^[4][5] Despite this, it is considered the first winner by the Academy. From the 1976 Australian Film Awards, the award became competitive, and has been given as such since then.^[6]

Eligibility

To be eligible, the film must be Australian; consist of a dramatised story of at least 70 minutes duration; and be publicly exhibited in a commercial cinema for a minimum of seven consecutive days, in at least two capital cities (one of which is Sydney or Melbourne).^[7] The producer of the film is considered the nominee, and is presented the award upon winning.^[8]

Description

The AACTA Award for Best film is presented by AACTA, a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television".^[9] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.^[10]

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year.^[A] Films in bold and in dark blue background have received a gold, silver, bronze or grand prix prize, or a cash prize; those in bold and in yellow background have won a regular competitive award. Films that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning film first and then the other nominees.^[11][12]

Contents
AFI Awards (1969–2010) AACTA Awards (2011–present) 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s • 2020s

  Winner of a gold, silver or bronze prize (1969–1975)

  Winner of a competitive award (1976–present)

Year	Film	Producer(s)
AFI Awards
1960s
1969 (11th)	Jack and Jill: A Postscript[B]	Phillip Adams and Brian Robinson
1970s
1970 (12th)	Three to Go: Michael[C]	Gil Brealey
1971 (13th)	Homesdale[D]	Grahame Bond and Richard Brennan
1972 (14th)	Stork[E]	Tim Burstall
1973 (15th)	27A[F]	Haydn Keenan
	Libido: The Child[F]	Christopher Muir and John B. Murray
1974–75 (16th and 17th)
	Sunday Too Far Away[G]	Gil Brealey and Matt Carroll
	Petersen[H]	Tim Burstall
	Between Wars[H]	Michael Thornhill
1976 (18th)
	The Devil's Playground	Fred Schepisi
	Caddie	Anthony Buckley
	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Hal and Jim McElroy
	Pure Shit	Bob Weis
1977 (19th)
	Storm Boy	Matt Carroll and Jane Scott
	Break of Day	Patricia Lovell
	Don's Party	Phillip Adams
	The Picture Show Man	Joan Long
1978 (20th)
	Newsfront	David Elfick
	Mouth to Mouth	John Duigan and Jon Sainken
	Patrick	Richard Franklin and Antony I. Ginnane
	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Fred Schepisi
1979 (21st)
	My Brilliant Career	Margaret Fink
	Cathy's Child	Pom Oliver and Errol Sullivan
	In Search of Anna	Esben Storm
	Mad Max	Byron Kennedy
1980s
1980 (22nd)
	Breaker Morant	Matt Carroll
	Manganinnie	Gilda Baracchi
	...Maybe This Time	Brian Kavanagh
	Stir	Richard Brennan
1981 (23rd)
	Gallipoli	Patricia Lovell and Robert Stigwood
	The Club	Matt Carroll
	Winter of Our Dreams	Richard Mason
	Wrong Side of the Road	Graeme Isaac and Ned Lander
1982 (24th)
	Lonely Hearts	John B. Murray
	Goodbye Paradise	Jane Scott
	Monkey Grip	Patricia Lovell
	We of the Never Never	Greg Tepper and John B. Murray
1983 (25th)
	Careful, He Might Hear You	Jill Robb
	Man of Flowers	Jane Ballantyne and Paul Cox
	Phar Lap	John Sexton
	The Year of Living Dangerously	Jim McElroy
1984 (26th)
	Annie's Coming Out	Don Murray
	My First Wife	Jane Ballantyne and Paul Cox
	Silver City	Joan Long
	Strikebound	Miranda Bain, Richard Lowenstein and Timothy White
1985 (27th)
	Bliss	Anthony Buckley
	A Street to Die	Bill Bennett
	Fran	David Rapsey
	Unfinished Business	Rebel Penfold-Russell
1986 (28th)
	Malcolm	Margaret Fink
	Short Changed	Ross Matthews
	The Fringe Dwellers	Sue Milliken
	The More Things Change...	Jill Robb
1987 (29th)
	The Year My Voice Broke	Terry Hayes, George Miller and Doug Mitchell
	Ground Zero	Michael Pattinson
	High Tide	Sandra Levy
	The Tale of Ruby Rose	Bryce Menzies, Andrew Wiseman
1988 (30th)
	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	David Elfick
	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Frank Howson, Jacques Khouri and William J. Vass
	Grievous Bodily Harm	Richard Brennan
	Mull	D. Howard Grigsby
1989 (31st)
	Evil Angels[13]	Verity Lambert
	Dead Calm	Terry Hayes, George Miller and Doug Mitchell
	Ghosts... of the Civil Dead	Evan English
	Island	Paul Cox and Santhana K. Naidu
1990s
1990 (32nd)
	Flirting	Terry Hayes, George Miller and Doug Mitchell
	Blood Oath	Charles Waterstreet and Denis Whitburn
	Struck by Lightning	Terry J. Charatsis and Trevor Farrant
	The Big Steal	Nadia Tass and Davide Parker
1991 (33rd)
	Proof	Lynda House
	Death in Brunswick	Timothy White
	Dingo	Rolf de Heer, Giorgio Draskovic, Marie-Pascale Osterrieth, Marc Rosenberg
	Spotswood	Richard Brennan and Timothy White
1992 (34th)
	Strictly Ballroom	Tristram Miall
	Black Robe	Robert Lantos, Sue Milliken and Stéphane Reichel
	Romper Stomper	Ian Pringle and Daniel Scharf
	The Last Days of Chez Nous	Jan Chapman
1993 (35th)
	The Piano	Jan Chapman
	Map of the Human Heart	Tim Bevan and Vincent Ward
	On My Own	Leo Pescarolo and Elisa Resegotti
	The Heartbreak Kid	Ben Gannon
1994 (36th)
	Muriel's Wedding	Lynda House and Jocelyn Moorhouse
	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Al Clark, Michael Hamlyn
	Bad Boy Bubby	Rolf de Heer, Domenico Procacci, Giorgio Draskovic
	The Sum of Us	Hal McElroy
1995 (37th)
	Angel Baby	Jonathan Shteinman and Timothy White
	All Men Are Liars	John Maynard
	Hotel Sorrento	Richard Franklin and Peter Fitzpatrick
	That Eye, the Sky	Hal McElroy
1996 (37th)
	Shine	Jane Scott
	Children of the Revolution	Tristram Miall
	Love and Other Catastrophes	Helen Bandis, Stavros Kazantzidis and Yael Bergman
	Mr. Reliable	Hal McElroy
1997 (39th)
	Kiss or Kill	Bill Bennett
	Blackrock	David Elfick, Rick Enright and Melanie Ritchie
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline	Chris Kennedy
	The Well	Sandra Levy
1998 (40th)
	The Interview	Bill Hughes
	The Boys	Robert Connolly and John Maynard
	Head On	Jane Scott
	Radiance	Ned Lander and Andy Myer
1999 (41st)
	Two Hands	Marian Macgowan
	Praise	Martha Coleman
	Siam Sunset	Max Dann and Andrew Knight
	Soft Fruit	Helen Bowden
2000s
2000 (42nd)
	Looking for Alibrandi	Robyn Kershaw
	Better Than Sex	Frank Cox and Bruna Papandrea
	Bootmen	Hilary Linstead
	Chopper	Michele Bennett
2001 (43rd)
	Lantana	Jan Chapman
	The Bank	John Maynard
	The Dish	Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Michael Hirsh, Jane Kennedy and Rob Sitch
	Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron and Martin Brown
2002 (44th)
	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen and John Winter
	Australian Rules	Mark Lazarus
	Beneath Clouds	Teresa-Jayne Hanlon
	The Tracker	Julie Ryan and Rolf de Heer
2003 (45th)
	Japanese Story	Sue Maslin
	Alexandra's Project	Rolf de Heer and Antonio Zeccola
	Gettin' Square	Martin Fabinyi, Timothy White, Trisha Lake
	The Rage in Placid Lake	Marian McGowan
2004 (46th)
	Somersault	Anthony Anderson and Jan Chapman
	Love's Brother	Jane Scott
	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Julie Ryan
	Tom White	Daniel Scharf
2005 (47th)
	Look Both Ways	Bridget Ikin, Barbara Masel and Andrew Myer
	Little Fish	Robert Mullis, Devesh Chetty and Kirk D'amico
	Oyster Farmer	Anthony Buckley and Piers Tempest
	The Proposition	Chris Brown, Jackie O'Sullivan, Chiara Menage and Cat Villiers
2006 (48th)
	Ten Canoes	Rolf de Heer and Julie Ryan
	Candy	Margaret Fink and Emile Sherman
	Jindabyne	Philippa Bateman, Garry Charny and Catherine Jarman
	Kenny	Clayton Jacobson and Rohan Timlock
2007 (49th)
	Romulus, My Father	Robert Connolly and John Maynard
	The Home Song Stories	Michael McMahon and Liz Watts
	Lucky Miles	Jo Dyer and Lesley Dyer
	Noise	Trevor Blainey
2008 (50th)
	The Black Balloon	Tristram Miall
	The Jammed	Dee McLachlan and Andrea Buck
	The Square	Louise Smith
	Unfinished Sky	Cathy Overett and Anton Smit
2009 (51st)
	Samson and Delilah	Kath Shelper
	Balibo	Anthony LaPaglia, John Maynard, Dominic Purcell and Rebecca Williamson
	Beautiful Kate	Bryan Brown and Leah Churchill-Brown
	Blessed	Al Clark, Barbara Gibbs, Phil Hunt, Marian Macgowan and Compton Ross
	Mao's Last Dancer	Jane Scott
	Mary and Max	Melanie Coombs
2010s
2010 (52nd)
	Animal Kingdom	Liz Watts
	Beneath Hill 60	Bill Leimbach
	Bran Nue Dae	Robyn Kershaw and Graeme Isaac
	Bright Star	Jan Chapman and Caroline Hewitt
	The Tree	Sue Taylor and Yael Fogiel
	Tomorrow, When the War Began	Andrew Mason and Michael Boughen
AACTA Awards
2011 (1st)
	Red Dog	Nelson Woss and Julie Ryan
	The Eye of the Storm	Antony Waddington, Gregory J. Read and Fred Schepisi
	The Hunter	Vincent Sheehan
	Mad Bastards	David Jowsey, Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram and Brendan Fletcher
	Oranges and Sunshine	Camilla Bray, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning
	Snowtown	Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw
2012 (2nd)
	The Sapphires	Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne
	Burning Man	Andy Paterson and Jonathan Teplitzky
	Lore	Karsten Stöter, Liz Watts, Paul Welsh and Benny Drechsel
	Wish You Were Here	Angie Fielder
2013 (3rd)
	The Great Gatsby	Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, and Catherine Knapman
	Dead Europe	Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, and Liz Watts
	Mystery Road	David Jowsey
	The Rocket	Sylvia Wilczynski
	Satellite Boy	David Jowsey, Julie Ryan, and Catriona McKenzie
	The Turning	Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, and The Turning Ensemble
2014 (4th)
	The Babadook	Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Molière
	The Water Diviner	Andrew Mason, Troy Lum, and Keith Rodger
	Charlie's Country	Nils Erik Nielsen, Peter Djigirr, and Rolf de Heer
	Predestination	Paddy McDonald, Tim McGahan, Peter Spierig, and Michael Spierig
	The Railway Man	Chris Brown, Andy Paterson, and Bill Curbishley
	Tracks	Emile Sherman and Iain Canning
2015 (5th)[14]
	Mad Max: Fury Road	Doug Mitchell, P. J. Voeten, George Miller
	The Dressmaker	Sue Maslin
	Holding the Man	Kylie du Fresne
	Last Cab to Darwin	Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff and Jeremy Sims
	Paper Planes	Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, Liz Kearney
2016 (6th)
	Hacksaw Ridge	Bill Mechanic, David Permut, Paul Currie and Bruce Davey
	The Daughter	Jan Chapman and Nicole O’Donohue
	Girl Asleep	Jo Dyer
	Goldstone	David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin
	Tanna	Martin Butler, Bentley Dean and Carolyn Johnson
2017 (7th)
	Lion	Iain Canning, Angie Fielder, Emile Sherman
	Ali's Wedding	Sheila Jayadev, Helen Panckhurst
	Berlin Syndrome	Polly Staniford
	Hounds of Love	Melissa Kelly
	Jasper Jones	David Jowsey, Vincent Sheehan
2018 (8th)
	Sweet Country	David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin
	Boy Erased	Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky Roberts
	Breath	Simon Baker, Jamie Hilton, Mark Johnson
	Cargo	Russell Ackerman, Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings, Mark Patterson
	Ladies in Black	Sue Milliken, Allanah Zitserman
2019 (9th)
	The Nightingale	Kristina Ceyton, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Jennifer Kent
	Hotel Mumbai	Basil Iwanyk, Gary Hamilton, Julie Ryan, Jomon Thomas
	Judy and Punch	Michele Bennett, Nash Edgerton, Danny Gabai
	The King	Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Liz Watts, David Michôd, Joel Edgerton
	Ride Like a Girl	Richard Keddie, Rachel Griffiths, Susie Montague
	Top End Wedding	Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne, Kate Croser
2020s
2020 (10th)
	Babyteeth	Alex White
	H is for Happiness	Julie Ryan, Tenille Kennedy, Lisa Hoppe
	I Am Woman	Rosemary Blight, Unjoo Moon
	The Invisible Man	Kylie du Fresne, Jason Blum
	True History of the Kelly Gang	Hal Vogel, Liz Watts, Justin Kurzel, Paul Ranford
	Relic	Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw
2021 (11th)
	Nitram	Nick Batzias, Shaun Grant, Justin Kurzel, Virginia Whitwell
	The Dry	Eric Bana, Robert Connolly, Steve Hutensky, Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea
	The Furnace	Tenille Kennedy, Timothy White
	High Ground	Stephen Maxwell Johnson, David Jowsey, Witiyana Marika, Maggie Miles, Greer Simpkin
	Penguin Bloom	Emma Cooper, Steve Hutensky, Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea, Naomi Watts
	Rams	Janelle Landers, Aidan O'Bryan
2022 (12th)
	Elvis	Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss
	Here Out West	Sheila Jayadev, Annabel Davis, Bree-Anne Sykes
	Sissy	Lisa Shaunessy, John De Margheriti, Jason Taylor, Bec Janek
	The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson	Bain Stewart, David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn, Greer Simpkin, Leah Purcell
	The Stranger	Rachel Gardner, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Joel Edgerton, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts, Kim Hodgert
	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Doug Mitchell, George Miller

Notes

A^ : From 1958–2010, the awards were held during the year of the films release. However, the 1974–75 awards was held in 1975 for films released in 1974 and 1975, and the first AACTA Awards were held in 2012 for films released in 2011.^[15][16]

B^ : Jack and Jill: A Postscript received a silver prize, and was nominated in the "general category" in 1969.^[17]

C^ : Three to Go: Michael received the Grand Prix award for the film in 1970.^[18]

D^ : Homesdale was the winner of the Grand Prix award in 1971, and was the last film to receive this prize.^[19]

E^ : Stork was awarded the Australian Film Development Corporation Award for the Best Fiction Film over 65 minutes, and was given a five-thousand dollar cash prize.^[20]

F^{1 2} : Libido: The Child and 27A were joint recipients of the gold prize for fiction in 1973.^[21]

G^ : Sunday Too Far Away won the golden reel prize, and an additional A$5000, at the 1974–75 Awards.^[22][23]

H^{1 2} : Although not considered to be nominees, Petersen and Between Wars won the silver and bronze prizes, respectively.^[22][23] They are not highlighted in dark blue, in order not to confuse the reader in regards to who the winner is, and in order of precedence gold was always the highest honour, followed by silver then bronze.^[2]

Further reading

• Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. 2009. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.

References

1. "AACTA – The Academy – Background". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
3. "IMDb Australian Film Institute Awards". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
4. Staff (3 December 1969). "P.M. Presents Film Awards". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
5. French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
6. "AACTA – Past Winners: 1969". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
7. "Part2: Rule 5 – Special Conditions for Feature Film" (PDF). 2013 AACTA Awards Rule Book. Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
8. "Part2: Rule 5.4 – Special Rules for Best Film" (PDF). 2013 AACTA Awards Rule Book. Australian Film Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
9. "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
10. "Overview". AACTA. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
11. Winners and nominees by year:

    • 1969: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1960–1969–1969". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
    • 1970: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1970". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1971: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1971". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1972: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1972". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1973: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1973". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1974–75: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1974–1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1976: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1976". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1977: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1977". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1978: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1978". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1979: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1979". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1980: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1980". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1981: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1981". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1982: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1982". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1983: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1983". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1984: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1984". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1985: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1985". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1986: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1986". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1987: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1987". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1988: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1988". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1989: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1980–1989–1989". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1990: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1990". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1991: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1991". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1992: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1992". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1993: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1993". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1994: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1994". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1995: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1995". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1996: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1996". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1997: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1997". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1998: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1998". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 1999: "AACTA – Past Winners – 1990–1999–1999". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2000: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2000". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2001: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2001". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2002: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2002". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2003: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2003". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2004: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2004". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2005: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2005". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2006: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2006". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2007: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2007". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2008: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2008". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2009: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2009". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2010: "AACTA – Past Winners – 2000–2010–2010". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2011: "AACTA – Winners and Nominees – 2011". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
    • 2012: "AACTA – Winners and Nominees – 2012". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 8 December 2014.
    • 2013: "AACTA – Winners and Nominees – 2013". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 8 December 2014.
    • 2014: "AACTA – Winners and Nominees – 2014". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 8 December 2014.
12. Additional winners and nominees references:

    • French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
    • French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
    • French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
    • French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009). Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. Australian Teachers of Media. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-876467-20-3.
13. "A Cry in the Dark (1988) – Release dates". IMDb.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
14. Winners & Nominees | AACTA
15. "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1974–1975". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
16. Bodey, Michael (8 November 2011). "Industry academy announces new awards". The Australian. News Limited (News Corporation). Retrieved 5 June 2012.
17. Staff (3 December 1969). "Film award for life of bullocky". The Age. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
18. "MILESAGO – Awards". Milesago. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
19. "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1971". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
20. "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1972". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
21. "AACTA – Past Winners – 1970–1979–1973". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 3 June 2012.
22. Staff (24 March 1975). "Shearer feature gets good clip of 'Oscars'". The Age. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
23. Staff (24 March 1975). "Shearers' strike film wins top Aust award". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

External links

• Official website