'Mad Max: Fury Road' Crowned Best Film And Best Director At AACTA Awards

Having already cleaned up at the AACTA Screen Craft Awards ten days ago, picking up six of its eight nominations including Best Cinematography and Best Original Music Score, George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road has been crowned the king of this year's Australian film and TV at last night's 5th AACTA Awards. 

Winning both Best Film (Miller, Doug Mitchell and PJ Voeten) and Best Direction (Miller), the revival of the 1970s franchise marked the Australian film industry's biggest year since the '90s.

Revenge drama The Dressmaker picked up another four awards, too — Best Lead Actress (Kate Winslet), Best Supporting Actor (Hugo Weaving) and Best Supporting Actress (Judy Davis), in addition to the People's Choice Award For Favourite Australian Film. At last week's Screen Craft Awards, the film also picked up Best Costume Design. 

On the television front, Peter Allen — Not The Boy Next Door smashed all its nominations, taking home Best Telefeature or Mini Series (Kerrie Mainwaring and Rory Callaghan), Best Screen Play In Television (Episode 2, Michael Miller), Best Guest Or Supporting Actress In A Television Drama (Episode 1, Sigrid Thornton), Best Guest Or Supporting Actor In A Television Drama (Episode 1, Ky Baldwin) and Best Lead Actor In A Television Drama (Joel Jackson). Last night's five wins will sit next to the two awards — Best Direction In A Television Drama Or Comedy (Shawn Seet, Episode 2) and Best Costume Design In Television (Jenny Miles, Episode 1) — it won last week.

A-lister Cate Blanchett was awarded the AACTA Longford Lyell Award for her outstanding achievements, including her Golden Globe, Oscar, BAFTA and five-time AFI/AACTA wins in her storied career. Additionally, cinematographer Adam Arkapaw was awarded the Byron Kennedy Award for his outstanding creative enterprise within the film/TV industries, having worked on acclaimed films like Animal Kingdom, Snowtown and True Detective.

2015 aacta ceremony award recipients

AACTA LONGFORD LYELL AWARD

 Cate Blanchett

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD

 Adam Arkapaw

TELEVISION

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES

 DANGER 5 SERIES 2 Kate Croser, Dario Russo – SBS

 SAMMY J & RANDY IN RICKETTS LANE Donna Andrews, Stu Connolly – ABC

 SHAUN MICALLEF'S MAD AS HELL Shaun Micallef, Peter Beck – ABC

 UTOPIA Michael Hirsh, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch – ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST REALITY TELEVISION SERIES

 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA Margaret Bashfield, Marty Benson, Tim Toni, Rob Wallace - Network Ten

 MY KITCHEN RULES 6 Rikkie Proost, Evan Wilkes, Matt Apps – Seven Network

 REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MELBOURNE SEASON 2 Kylie Washington, Lisa Potasz, Virginia Hodgson - FOXTEL - Arena

 THE VOICE AUSTRALIA Richard Rietveld – Nine Network

 THE X FACTOR Digby Mitchell – Seven Network

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES

 GLITCH Tony Ayres, Louise Fox, Ewan Burnett – ABC

 LOVE CHILD SERIES 2 Tom Hoffie – Nine Network

 MISS FISHER'S MURDER MYSTERIES SERIES 3 Fiona Eagger, Deb Cox – ABC

 WENTWORTH SERIES 3 Jo Porter, Amanda Crittenden – FOXTEL - SoHo

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES

 BANISHED Sita Williams, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Jamie Laurenson, Brett Popplewell - FOXTEL - BBC First

 PETER ALLEN - NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Kerrie Mainwaring, Rory Callaghan – Seven Network

 THE PRINCIPAL Ian Collie – SBS

 THE SECRET RIVER Stephen Luby – ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION

 DEADLINE GALLIPOLI Part 1 Jacquelin Perske, Shaun Grant – FOXTEL - Showcase

 PETER ALLEN - NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 2 Michael Miller – Seven Network

 THE PRINCIPAL Episode 1 Kristen Dunphy – SBS

 UTOPIA Episode 1 - A Fresh Start Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch – ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

 Wayne Blair REDFERN NOW - PROMISE ME – ABC

 Joel Jackson DEADLINE GALLIPOLI – FOXTEL - Showcase

 Joel Jackson PETER ALLEN - NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR – Seven Network

 Oliver Jackson-Cohen THE SECRET RIVER – ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

 Deborah Mailman REDFERN NOW - PROMISE ME – ABC

 Pamela Rabe WENTWORTH SERIES 3 – FOXTEL - SoHo

 Peta Sergeant HOUSE OF HANCOCK – Nine Network

 Sarah Snook THE SECRET RIVER – ABC

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

 John Bach GALLIPOLI Episode 6 - If Only … – Nine Network

 Ky Baldwin PETER ALLEN - NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 1 – Seven Network

 Lachy Hulme THE SECRET RIVER Part 1 – ABC

 Rahel Romahn THE PRINCIPAL Episode 2 – SBS

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

 Harriet Dyer LOVE CHILD SERIES 2 Episode 3 – Nine Network

 Rarriwuy Hick REDFERN NOW - PROMISE ME – ABC

 Hannah Monson GLITCH Episode 4 – ABC

 Sigrid Thornton PETER ALLEN - NOT THE BOY NEXT DOOR Episode 1 – Seven Network

AACTA SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION 20TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD FOR BEST DRAMA

 DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

 LOVE MY WAY

 TOP OF THE LAKE

 WENTWORTH

FEATURE FILM

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST FILM PRESENTED BY PRESTO

 THE DRESSMAKER Sue Maslin

 HOLDING THE MAN Kylie du Fresne

 LAST CAB TO DARWIN Greg Duffy, Lisa Duff, Jeremy Sims

 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Doug Mitchell, PJ Voeten, George Miller

 PAPER PLANES Robert Connolly, Maggie Miles, Liz Kearney

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION PRESENTED BY HYUNDAI GENESIS

 THE DRESSMAKER Jocelyn Moorhouse

 HOLDING THE MAN Neil Armfield

 LAST CAB TO DARWIN Jeremy Sims

 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD George Miller

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR

 Patrick Brammall RUBEN GUTHRIE

 Michael Caton LAST CAB TO DARWIN

 Ryan Corr HOLDING THE MAN

 Sullivan Stapleton CUT SNAKE

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS

 Robyn Butler NOW ADD HONEY

 Ningali Lawford-Wolf LAST CAB TO DARWIN

 Charlize Theron MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

 Kate Winslet THE DRESSMAKER

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 Mark Coles Smith LAST CAB TO DARWIN

 Alex Dimitriades RUBEN GUTHRIE

 Anthony LaPaglia HOLDING THE MAN

 Hugo Weaving THE DRESSMAKER

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 Judy Davis THE DRESSMAKER

 Emma Hamilton LAST CAB TO DARWIN

 Deborah Mailman PAPER PLANES

 Sarah Snook THE DRESSMAKER

AACTA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR FAVOURITE AUSTRALIAN FILM

 THE DRESSMAKER

 LAST CAB TO DARWIN

 MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

 ODDBALL

 PAPER PLANES