The 3rd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as

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) are a series of awards which includes the 3rd AACTA Awards Luncheon, the 3rd AACTA Awards ceremony and the 3rd AACTA International Awards. The former two events were held at The Star Event Centre, in

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on 28 January and 30 January 2014, respectively. Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film,

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, documentary and short film productions of 2013. The AACTA Awards ceremony were televised on

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. These awards were a continuum of the Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards), established in 1958 and presented until 2010, which was rebranded the AACTA Awards when the

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(AFI) established AACTA in 2011. The Academy announced new television craft categories on 16 May 2013. However, a lack of funds and loss of a naming rights sponsor caused other categories to be either discontinued or merged with other awards. This included the merger of documentary craft categories into the new television craft prizes, which caused anger in the documentary making community. Due to the outcry, the Academy announced that it had received industry support and reinstated the documentary craft categories. The nominees were announced during a press conference on 3 December 2013 in

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'' (2013) received the most feature-film nominations with fourteen, earning a nomination in all categories, except for

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. In television, '' Top of the Lake'' gained the most nominations with ten. ''Desert War'' and ''I Am A Girl'' earned four nominations each in the documentary field.

Background

Category restructuring

In December 2012, AACTA launched a campaign for additional awards. The aim was to include craft awards for television, which the Academy acknowledged was a big gap in the AACTA Awards categories. After consulting various industry guilds in the Australian screen industry, AACTA announced seven new craft categories in the television field for: Best Direction in a Light Entertainment or Reality Series, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Music Score, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design. However, a lack of funds, due to the loss of

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as a naming rights sponsor in September 2012, lead to the restructuring of some accolades by the Academy for the 2014 awards. The Best Comedy Series and Best Light Entertainment Series were merged into a single Best Television Comedy or Light Entertainment Series. The award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film, Best Visual Effects and Best Young Actor was removed. Several of the documentary awards were also cancelled, including: Best Documentary Under One Hour, Best Documentary Series, Best Direction in a Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Sound in a Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary. The documentary craft awards would instead fall under the newly established television craft categories. This caused anger in the Australian documentary making community, who found the changes to be "completely unacceptable". Representatives of Australian documentary group OzDox, condemned the process by which the category restructuring was made, saying that no one from the documentary sector was consulted during the industry guild consultation period. Australian actor Josh Lawson felt the merger of the Best Comedy Series and Light Entertainment Series categories is "insulting", and the general lack of comedy awards is a "slap in the face" for people working on comedic productions. Following the outcry by OzDox, AACTA announced it had received industry support and reinstated the four documentary craft awards, and split the television directing categories into Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy and Best Direction in a Television Light Entertainment or Reality Series.

Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced during a press conference on 3 December 2013 in

. The nominations event was hosted by Rob Carlton and read by Rodger Corser and Gracie Otto. Of the nominees, ''

'' (2013) received the most feature-film nominations with fourteen, including Best Film, Best Direction for

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, Best Adapted Screenplay for Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce, Best Cinematography for Simon Duggan, Best Lead Actor for

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, Best Lead Actress for

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, Best Supporting Actor for Joel Edgerton, Best Supporting Actress for Elizabeth Debicki and Isla Fisher, and Best Original Music Score for Craig Armstrong. In television, '' Top of the Lake'' received the most nominations with ten. These include Best Telefeature or Mini Series, Best Direction in a Television Drama or Comedy, Best Cinematography in Television, Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama for Peter Mullan, and Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama for Robyn Nevin, and Best Original Music Score in Television.

Feature film

Television

Documentary

Short film

Productions with multiple nominations

Feature film

The following feature films received multiple nominations. * Fourteen: ''

'' (won 12) * Twelve: '' The Rocket'' * Seven: '' The Turning'' * Six: '' Mystery Road'' * Five: '' Dead Europe'' * Four: ''

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'' * Three: '' Drift'' and ''

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'' * Two: '' 100 Bloody Acres'' and '' Satellite Boy''

Television

The following television shows received multiple nominations. * Ten: '' Top of the Lake'' (won 3) * Eight: '' Mrs Biggs'', '' Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch War'' (won 3), and '' Redfern Now'' * Six: '' An Accidental Soldier'' * Four: ''

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'' * Three: ''

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'' and '' Upper Middle Bogan'' * Two: '' Australia's Got Talent'', '' MasterChef Australia: The Professionals'', ''

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'', ''Peleda'', '' Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'', and '' Wentworth''

Notes

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, Rhys Graham, Justin Kurzel, Yaron Lifschitz, Anthony Lucas, Claire McCarthy, Ian Meadows, Ashlee Page, Stephen Page,

Warwick Thornton Warwick Thornton is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer. His debut feature film '' Samson and Delilah'' won the Caméra d'Or at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the award for Best Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awar ...

, Marieka Walsh, Mia Wasikowska and

David Wenham David Wenham (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre. He is known for his roles as Faramir in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, Friar Carl in ' ...

References

External links

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website

Official broadcast website
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{{Australian Film Institute Awards AACTA Awards ceremonies

2014 awards in Australia 2010s in Sydney

Background

Category restructuring

Winners and nominees

Feature film

Television

Documentary

Short film

Productions with multiple nominations

Feature film

Television

See also

Notes

References

External links