Background
On 5 May 2012, the Academy announced a new category for AACTA Award for Best Reality Television Series, Best Reality Television Series, due to the growth of reality television productions in Australia. Reality television productions could previously be submitted in the AACTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series, Best Light Entertainment Series category. The twenty-three films eligible to compete for film awards were revealed on 29 August 2012. Of those competing, ''Burning Man (film), Burning Man'' was made eligible, after being ineligible to compete at the previous awards due to a change in release date. The details of the first nominees were also announced that day, in the non-feature film categories for: AACTA Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Feature Length Documentary, AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film, Best Short Fiction Film and AACTA Award for Best Short Animation, Best Short Animation, as determined by specially formed juries. Round one of voting took place between 5 October and 8 November 2012 to determine the winners of the aforementioned categories, and to decide the nominees in the feature-film awards. For television, juries were established to select the nominees and winners. On 3 December 2012, the full list of nominees for feature-film, television and non-feature films were released during a press conference in Sydney. Of the nominees, ''The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires'' (2012) received the most feature-film nominations with twelve, including AACTA Award for Best Film, Best Film, AACTA Award for Best Direction, Best Direction for Wayne Blair (director), Wayne Blair, AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for Keith Thompson and Tony Briggs, AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Lead Actor for Chris O'Dowd, AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Lead Actress for Deborah Mailman and AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy. In television, ''Puberty Blues (TV series), Puberty Blues'' received the most nominations with six. These include AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series, Best Drama Series, AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama, Best Actress - Drama for Ashleigh Cummings, AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama, Best Guest or Supporting Actor - Drama for Daniel Wyllie, and AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama, Best Guest or Supporting Actress - Drama for Susan Prior. Round two of voting, to determine the feature-film award winners, commenced on the day of the nominations announcement, and concluded on 13 December 2012.Special awards
A call for recommendations, for the Raymond Longford Award, was made on 13 September 2012 with the submission period ending on 28 September. It was announced on 22 November Al Clark (producer), Al Clark will receive the award, for his work as a film producer, at the AACTA Awards Luncheon in 2013. The Byron Kennedy Award was presented posthumously to Sarah Watt, an Australian film director. Watt was chosen for: "her brave, innovative filmmaking. Painter, photographer, animator, she brought consummate skill and elegance to the live action form. Without pretension, her work broke all the rules, yet her singular view connected to a wide audience by its profound emotional honesty." The accolade was presented at the AACTA Awards Ceremony to her son Clem.Ceremony
The AACTA Awards Luncheon and Ceremony were held at The Star, Sydney, The Star Event Centre in Sydney, New South Wales on 28 and 30 January, respectively. The AACTA Awards Luncheon, which handed out awards for technical achievements across film and television, as well as all non-feature categories, was hosted by Adam Elliot. The AACTA Awards Ceremony, presenting honours in all other categories, was originally to be presided over by Hugh Sheridan, but due to conflicting schedules he was replaced by Russell Crowe. The latter presentation which had been previously shown on Nine Network since 2005, aired on Network Ten on the day of the ceremony, but as an edited version of the event.Winners and nominees
Feature film
Winners will be listed first and highlighted in boldface.Television
Documentary
Short film
Additional awards
Individual awards
Productions with multiple nominations
Feature film
The following feature films received multiple nominations. *Twelve: ''The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires'' *Ten: ''Burning Man (film), Burning Man'' *Eight: ''Lore (film), Lore'', ''Mental (2012 film), Mental'' and ''Wish You Were Here (2012 film), Wish You Were Here'' *Four: ''Not Suitable for Children'' *Two: ''33 Postcards'' and ''Killer Elite (film), Killer Elite'' The following feature films received multiple awards. * Eleven: ''The Sapphires (film), The Sapphires'' * Two: ''Wish You Were Here (2012 film), Wish You Were Here''Television
The following television shows received multiple nominations. * Six: ''Puberty Blues (TV series), Puberty Blues'' * Five: ''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' and ''Redfern Now'' * Three: ''A Moody Christmas'' * Two: ''The Amazing Race Australia'', ''Beaconsfield (film), Beaconsfield'', ''Devil's Dust'', ''Lowdown (TV series), Lowdown'', ''Rake (2010 TV series), Rake'' and ''Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' The following television shows received multiple awards. * Two: ''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' and ''Redfern Now''See also
*2nd AACTA International AwardsReferences
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