2023 Australian International Academy Awards nominations

The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once each received six leading nominations for the 2023 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards. Both films were nominated for Best Picture alongside Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick.

This is the second year that these kudos span four TV categories. Australian hits “Heartbreak High” and “Mystery Road: Origin” took home Best Drama Series awards alongside Emmy favorites “Severance” and “Stranger Things” and Newcomer FX’s “The Bear.” Defending champion “The White Lotus” went up against “Hacks”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Only Murders in the Building” and “Wednesday” for best comedy series of the second season in Sicily.

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AACTA launched its international film awards a decade ago to give Australian filmmakers and artists a voice in the run-up to the Oscars. While the Australian academy is somewhat prescient about which films and performers will win Oscars, voters here prefer local talent.

The second round of voting is currently open and will close mid-next week. The winners are scheduled to be announced on Thursday, February 23, 2023 in Los Angeles. The winners are chosen from around 150 Australian filmmakers and around half of these voters cast ballots for the Academy Awards and BAFTAs, and their list also includes members of the Screen Actors Guild and the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which awards the Golden Globe Awards.

Full list of nominees:

best picture
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Elvis”
“Everything everywhere at once”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Director
James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything everywhere at once”
Baz Luhrman – “Elvis”
Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans”

Best actor
Austin Butler – “Elvis”
Joel Edgerton – “The Stranger”
Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”
Hugh Jackman – “The Son”

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – “Tar”
Ana de Armas – “Blonde”
Margot Robbie – “Babylon”
Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans”
Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere at Once”

Best supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Woody Harrelson – “Triangle of Sadness”
Sean Harris – “The Stranger”
Brad Pitt – “Babylon”
Ke Huy Quan – “Everything everywhere at once”

The best supporting actress
Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Olivia DeJonge – “Elvis”
Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere at Once”
Jean Smart – “Babylon”

Best Screenplay
Todd Field – “Tar”
Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ruben Ostlund – “Triangle of Sadness”
Dana Stevens, Maria Bello – “The Lady King”

Best Drama Series
“Heartbreak High”
“Mystery Road: Origin”
“Severance pay”
“Stranger Things”
“The bear”

Best Comedy Series
“hacks”
“Only Murders in the Building”
“The Wonderful Mrs. Maisel”
“The White Lotus: Sicily”
“Wednesday”

Best Actor in a Series
Jeremy Allen White – “The Bear”
Jason Bateman – “Ozark”
Mark Coles Smith – “Mystery Road: Origin”
Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul”
Thomas Weatherall – “Heartbreak High”

Best Actress in a Series
Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus: Sicily”
Elizabeth Debecki – “The Crown”
Laura Linney – “Ozark”
Jean Smart – “Hacks”
Zendaya – “euphoria”

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