AACTA Awards nominations 2020: Babyteeth leads in film, Stateless and Mystery Road in TV - NEWS.com.au

Shannon Murphy’s debut feature Babyteeth leads the charge with 12 nominations for the prestigious AACTA Awards.

Babyteeth will compete for Best Film against H is For Happiness, I Am Woman, The Invisible Man, True History of the Kelly Gang and Relic.

Starring Eliza Scanlen, Essie Davis, Ben Mendelsohn and Toby Wallace (who are all nominated in their respective acting categories) is the story of a terminally ill teen girl who becomes infatuated with a boy her parents initially don’t approve of.

Murphy directed from Rita Kalnejais’ screenplay. Both women are also nominated in the directing and screenwriting categories respectively.

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On the TV side, ABC dramas Mystery Road season two and Stateless both secured seven nominations each, the most of any TV programs so far.

Mystery Road will compete for Best Drama Series against Bloom, Doctor Doctor, Halifax: Retribution, The Heights and Wentworth. Stateless is contending for Best Telefeature or Miniseries against The Gloaming, Hungry Ghosts, Operation Buffalo and The Secrets She Keeps.

The AACTA Awards winners will be announced across TV events, on November 27 and November 30.

NOMINEES IN THE MAJOR CATEGORIES

(Full list of nominations can be found at the AACTA website.)

BEST FILM

Babyteeth

H is For Happiness

I Am Woman

The Invisible Man

True History of the Kelly Gang

Relic

BEST DIRECTION

Shannon Murphy, Babyteeth

John Sheedy, H is For Happiness

Leigh Whannel, The Invisible Man

Relic, Natalie Erika James, Relic

Justin Kurzel, True History of the Kelly Gang

BEST LEAD ACTOR

George MacKay, True History of the Kelly Gang

Sam Neill, Rams

Richard Roxburgh, H is For Happiness

Toby Wallace, Babyteeth

Hugo Weaving, Measure for Measure

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

Tilda Cobham-Hervey, I Am Woman

Laura Gordon, Undertow

Elisabeth Moss, Invisible Woman

Lupita Nyong’o, Little Monsters

Eliza Scanlen, Babyteeth

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Fayssal Bazzi, Measure for Measure

Russell Crowe, True History of the Kelly Gang

Aaron Jeffrey, The Flood

Ben Mendelsohn, Babyteeth

Wesley Patten, H is For Happiness

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emma Booth, H is For Happiness

Essie Davis, Babyteeth

Bella Heathcote, Relic

Deborah Mailman, H is For Happiness

Doris Younane, Measure for Measure

BEST SCREENPLAY

Rita Kalnejais, Babyteeth

Abe Forsythe, Little Monsters

Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man

Natalie Erika James and Christian White, Relic

Shaun Grant, True History of the Kelly Gang

BEST DRAMA SERIES

Bloom

Doctor Doctor

Halifax: Retribution

The Heights

Mystery Road

Wentworth

BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINISERIES

The Gloaming

Hungry Ghosts

Operation Buffalo

The Secrets She Keeps

Stateless

BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Fayssal Bazzi, Stateless

Bryan Brown, Bloom

Jai Courtney, Stateless

Ewen Leslie, Operation Buffalo

Aaron Pedersen, Mystery Road

BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

Jada Alberts, Mystery Road

Rebecca Gibney, Halifax: Retribution

Asher Keddie, Stateless

Pamela Rabe, Wentworth

Yvonne Strahovski, Stateless

BEST COMEDY SERIES

At Home Alone Together

Black Comedy

The Other Guy

Rosehaven

Upright

BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

Australian Amazon Original Stand-Up Specials

Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival

Drunk History Australia

LOL: Last One Laughing Australia

Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

Eurovision – Australia Decides, Gold Coast 2020

Hard Quiz

Have You Been Paying Attention?

Lego Masters Australia

The Voice

The Weekly

BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

Gogglebox Australia

Hamish & Andy’s “Perfect” Holiday

Love on the Spectrum

The Project

Who Do You Think You Are?

You Can’t Ask That

BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAM

Better Homes and Gardens

Jimmy Shu Taste of the Territory

The Living Room

Luke Nguyen’s Railway Vietnam

Restoration Australia

Selling Houses Australia

BEST REALITY PROGRAM

The Amazing Race Australia

Australian Survivor: All Stars

The Block

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

MasterChef Australia

The Real Dirty Dancing

BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAM

Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors?

Bluey

First Day

The Inbestigators

Little J & Big Cuz

Mustangs FC

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