2nd ACCTA Awards Ceremony

Cate Blanchett

Tonight has seen the wrap up of the 2nd ACCTA Awards Season, with an international acclaimed line up of Aussie stars. After the 2nd ACCTA Awards Luncheon on Monday, the final slew of Awards have been presented and the season is over for another year.

Nicole Kidman

The event, hosted by Russell Crowe and ACCTA President Geoffrey Rush, has once again been dominated by The Sapphires.

The hosts were joined on stage by other A-List Australian exports Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman.

After taking out 5 of the 6 available awards in the Feature Film section on Monday, The Sapphires have added another 6 awards tonight taking their grand total to a staggering 11 for the season.

Wish You Were Here added another 2 to there total. And Lore managed to finally take out a win with Saskia Rosendahl winning the ACCTA Award for Best Young Actor.

The original Sapphires

Cast of The Sapphires

The Byron Kennedy Award was emotionally awarded to the late Sarah Watt (1958-2011), which was accepted by her son, Clem McInnes. The filmmaker, animator and artist was remembered for films such as Look Both Ways and My Year Without Sex.

Hugo Weaving

Lachy Hulme

Television Winners:

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
Puberty Blues. John Edwards, Imogen Banks. Network Ten. SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War. John Edwards, Mimi Butler. Nine Network

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN TELEVISION
Jack Irish: Bad Debts. Jeffrey Walker. ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
Redfern Now– Episode 6 'Pretty Boy Blue'. Steven McGregor. ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Richard Roxburgh. Rake – Season 2. ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Leah Purcell. Redfern Now. ABC1

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Aaron Jeffery. Underbelly Badness – Episode 3 'The Loaded Dog'. Nine Network.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Mandy McElhinney. Howzat! Kerry Packer's War – Part 2. Nine Network.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST REALITY TELEVISION SERIES
The Amazing Race Australia. Michael McKay, Trent Chapman, David Gardner, Matt Kowald. Seven Network.

Redfern Now

Feature Film Winners:

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM
The Sapphires. Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
The Sapphires. Wayne Blair.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wish You Were Here. Kieran Darcy-Smith, Felicity Price.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Sapphires. Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
Chris O'Dowd. The Sapphires.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Deborah Mailman. The Sapphires.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Antony Starr. Wish You Were Here.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Mauboy. The Sapphires.

Brendan Cowell

 So without a doubt The Sapphires dominated this years ACCTA Awards, leaving not much room for other Feature Films such as Mental.
Unfortunately popular ABC show The Slap also didn't win any awards this season.

Are you watching the ACCTA Awards?
What do you think of this years winners?

Rachel
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