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History
These Awards are a continuum of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, which began in 1958.
Australia's highest film and television Awards, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards are Australia's equivalent of the Oscars and the BAFTAs.
These Awards see practitioners from a broad cross-section of crafts come together to be recognised and awarded for outstanding work within their fields, and in recognition for their contribution to the Australian film, television, documentary and short film production industries.
The AACTA Awards are determined by accredited screen professionals, who are members of the Australian Academy, through an annual voting process, marking the highest screen accolade in Australia.
The inaugural AACTA Awards were held in Sydney and Los Angeles in January 2012, following the launch of AACTA by the AFI in August 2011.
The 2nd AACTA Awards were held in Sydney and Los Angeles in January 2013.
Source: AACTA website http://www.aacta.org/the-awards.aspx (Sighted 04/12/2013)
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'The AACTA [Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts] Awards see practitioners from a broad cross-section of crafts come together to be recognised and awarded for outstanding work within their fields, and in recognition for their contribution to the Australian film, television, documentary and shorts production industries.
'The AACTA Awards are determined by professionally accredited screen professionals, culminating in the prestigious annual Awards Ceremony. The AACTA Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on national television, allowing Australia's screen loving public to take a front row seat at the film and television industry's premier Awards night.
'The 2011 Awards mark the inauguration of the AACTA Awards, which are a continuum of the proud tradition of celebrating Australia's screen excellence and heritage established by the Australian Film Institute's (AFI) Awards.'
Source: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts website, http://www.aacta.org/
Sighted: 23/08/2011
Subcategories
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Works About this Award
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Stateless Sweeps AACTA Awards for TV, while Babyteeth Dominates Film Categories 2020 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2020; -
AACTA Awards Highlight Best Aussie Films, TV After Foreign Shows Dominate Lockdown Viewing 2020 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , November 2020;'It has been a year the inventors of television could have only dreamed of — a captive audience, mostly stuck at home, watching a never-ending stream of TV beaming out of dozens of different platforms.' (Introduction)
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Aacta Awards 2020 : Cate Blanchett’s Stateless and Shannon Murphy’s Babyteeth Win Big 2020 single work column
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AACTA Awards Honour Sam Neill as Deborah Mailman Takes Out Gong — but Netflix Is on the Agenda 2019 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , December 2019;'Period drama The Nightingale has taken out the best film category at the 2019 AACTA Awards, as the industry honoured veteran actor Sam Neill.' (Summary)
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BTS: 2018 AACTA Awards 2018 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 9 December 2018;
