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Aacta awards 2016

The latest news and comment on the 2016 Aacta awards

14 December 2016

  • Anna Broinowski

    The Australian film industry is a sausage party. Here’s what we can do about it

    Anna Broinowski
    Between 2009 and 2014, only 15% of film directors in Australia were women – that is too extreme not to address

7 December 2016

  • Luke Buckmaster

    Hacksaw Ridge dominating the Aactas is no surprise – blockbusters always do

    Luke Buckmaster
  • Mel Gibson at Aactas 2016

    Aactas 2016: Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge wins major awards

  • Samuel Johnson wins the AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

    Aacta awards 2016: Australian screen stars walk the red carpet – in pictures

  • Protesters dressed as sausages to highlight the male domination of the film and television industries at the Aacta awards on Wednesday afternoon.

    Protesters gatecrash Aacta awards red carpet, chanting 'end the sausage party'

5 December 2016

  • Paul Hogan as Crocodile Dundee

    Paul Hogan receives top Australian film honour at Aacta awards

  • Aacta president Geoffrey Rush; Aacta winner Celia Pacquola (The Beautiful Lie); Aacta winner Damon Herriman (Secret City)

    Aacta awards 2016: Hacksaw Ridge and Rake win early screen honours

December 2015

  • Cate Blanchett arrives at the 5th AACTA Awards ceremony in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015. The Australian Academy of Film and Television Awards celebrate excellence in the Australian film and television industry. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

    Aacta awards 2015: Mad Max and The Dressmaker win big – as it happened

    Who won what at Australia’s glitziest film and TV awards do? And why is Cate Blanchett so snotty? Seriously, catch up on all the gossip and gongs here
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