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The Great Gatsby leads AACTA nominations

Baz Luhrmann’s blockbuster The Great Gatsby has led the nominations for the 3rd annual AACTA Awards with 14 nods, closely followed by Kim Mordaunt’s independent film The Rocket

The two are vastly different Australian features. The Great Gatsby is a razzle dazzle adaptation of an American classic novel, while The Rocket, which earned 12 nominations, is a low-budget, foreign-language feature, filmed entirely in Laos with a lead actor plucked from the streets.

It means come January, Leonardo DiCaprio will face off against former street kid Sitthiphon “Ki” Disamoe for Best Lead Actor, while Luhrmann and Mordaunt are both in the running for Best Direction, alongside Ivan Sen for Mystery Road and the 17 directors of The Turning.

The two features are also up for Best Film alongside Dead Europe, Mystery Road, Satellite Boy and The Turning.

The AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) CEO Damian Trewhella says the nominations show the range of films our country is producing.

“The film and television productions that have been acknowledged this year are so incredibly diverse and as an ensemble illustrate our breadth of screen talent,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.

The nominations, which recognise outstanding contributions in Australian film and television in 39 categories, were announced in Sydney on Tuesday by filmmaker Gracie Otto and Puberty Blues actor Rodger Corser.

On the small screen, Jane Campion’s gripping miniseries, Top of the Lake, shot in New Zealand, led the nominations with 10 nods, while Mrs Biggs, Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story and Redfern Now – Series 2 all earned eight.

The event, hosted by Rob Carlton, also revealed NSW will continue to host the AACTA Awards until 2017.

– The 3rd annual AACTA Awards ceremony will be held on January 30, 2014

FEATURE FILM

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM
– DEAD EUROPE Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Liz Watts
– THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher and Catherine Knapman
– MYSTERY ROAD David Jowsey
– THE ROCKET Sylvia Wilczynski
– SATELLITE BOY David Jowsey, Julie Ryan and Catriona McKenzie
– THE TURNING Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles and The Turning Ensemble

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
– THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann
– MYSTERY ROAD Ivan Sen
– THE ROCKET Kim Mordaunt
– THE TURNING The Turning Ensemble

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
– ADORATION Christopher Hampton
– DEAD EUROPE Louise Fox
– THE GREAT GATSBY Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce
– THE TURNING The Turning Ensemble

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
– DRIFT Geoffrey Hall ACS, Rick Rifici and Rick Jakovich
– GODDESS Damian E. Wyvill ACS
– THE GREAT GATSBY Simon Duggan ACS
– THE ROCKET Andrew Commis ACS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
– THE GREAT GATSBY Matt Villa ASE, Jason Ballantine ASE and Jonathan Redmond
– MYSTERY ROAD Ivan Sen
– THE ROCKET Nick Meyers ASE
– THE TURNING The Turning Ensemble

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SOUND
– THE GREAT GATSBY Wayne Pashley MPSE, Jenny Ward MPSE, Fabian Sanjurjo, Steve Maslow, Phil Heywood and Guntis Sics
– MYSTERY ROAD Lawrence Horne, Nick Emond, Joe Huang, Phil Judd, Les Fiddess and Greg Fitzgerald
– THE ROCKET Sam Petty, Brooke Trezise, Nick Emond, Sam Hayward and Yulia Akerholt
– SATELLITE BOY Phil Judd, Liam Egan, Nick Emond, Glenn Butler, Les Fiddess and Jennifer Sochackyj

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE PRESENTED BY APRA
– DEAD EUROPE Jed Kurzel
– DRIFT Michael Yezerski
– THE GREAT GATSBY Craig Armstrong
– THE ROCKET Caitlin Yeo

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
– ADORATION Annie Beauchamp
– GODDESS Annie Beauchamp
– THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Ian Gracie and Beverley Dunn
– THE ROCKET Pete Baxter

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN
– ADORATION Joanna Mae Park
– GODDESS Shareen Beringer
– THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin, Silvana Azzi Heras, Kerry Thompson
– THE ROCKET Woranun Pueakpun, Sylvia Wilczynski

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
– Leonardo DiCaprio THE GREAT GATSBY
– Sitthiphon Disamoe THE ROCKET
– Ewen Leslie DEAD EUROPE
– Hugo Weaving THE TURNING

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
– Rose Byrne THE TURNING
– Carey Mulligan THE GREAT GATSBY
– Tasma Walton MYSTERY ROAD
– Naomi Watts ADORATION

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
– Marton Csokas DEAD EUROPE
– Joel Edgerton THE GREAT GATSBY
– Thep Phongam THE ROCKET
– Angus Sampson 100 BLOODY ACRES

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
– Elizabeth Debicki THE GREAT GATSBY
– Isla Fisher THE GREAT GATSBY
– Mirrah Foulkes THE TURNING
– Alice Keohavong THE ROCKET

– Yahoo