12th AACTA International Awards

12th AACTA International Awards
12th AACTA International Awards
Date	24 February 2023
Highlights
Best Film	Avatar: The Way of Water
Most awards	The Banshees of Inisherin (3)
Most nominations	Everything Everywhere All at Once / The Banshees of Inisherin (6)
	← 11th; AACTA International Awards; 13th →;

The 12th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards, commonly known as the AACTA International Awards, is presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television. Awards were handed out for the best films of 2022, regardless of the country of origin, and are the international counterpart to the awards for Australian films. Winners were announced virtually on 24 February 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Nominations were announced on 15 December 2022, with Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin leading with six each.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Film Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once The Banshees of Inisherin Top Gun: Maverick	Best Direction Baz Luhrmann – Elvis James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Water Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans
Best Actor *Austin Butler – Elvis* as Elvis Presley** Joel Edgerton – The Stranger as Mark Frame Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Hugh Jackman – The Son as Peter Miller	Best Actress *Cate Blanchett – Tár* as Lydia Tár** Ana de Armas – Blonde as Norma Jean Mortenson / Marilyn Monroe Margot Robbie – Babylon as Nellie LaRoy Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans as Mitzi Schildkraut-Fabelman Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang
Best Supporting Actor *Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin* as Colm Doherty** Woody Harrelson – Triangle of Sadness as The Captain Sean Harris – The Stranger as Henry Peter Teague / Peter Morley Brad Pitt – Babylon as Jack Conrad Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymong Wang	Best Supporting Actress *Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin* as Siobhán Súilleabháin** Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre Olivia DeJonge – Elvis as Priscilla Presley Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Jean Smart – Babylon as Elinor St. John
Best Screenplay Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Todd Field – Tár Rian Johnson – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Ruben Östlund – Triangle of Sadness Dana Stevens and Maria Bello – The Woman King

Television

Best Drama Series Mystery Road: Origin Heartbreak High Severance Stranger Things The Bear	Best Comedy Series The White Lotus: Sicily Hacks Only Murders in the Building The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Wednesday
Best Actor in a Series *Mark Coles Smith – Mystery Road: Origin* as Jay Swan** Jeremy Allen White – The Bear as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto Jason Bateman – Ozark as Marty Byrde Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill / Saul Goodman / Gene Takavic Thomas Weatherall – Heartbreak High as Malakai Mitchell	Best Actress in a Series *Jennifer Coolidge – The White Lotus: Sicily* as Tanya McQuoid-Hunt** Elizabeth Debicki – The Crown as Diana, Princess of Wales Laura Linney – Ozark as Wendy Byrde Jean Smart – Hacks as Deborah Vance Zendaya – Euphoria as Rue Bennett

References

^ Pedersen, Erik (23 February 2023). "Australia's International Awards: 'Avatar: The Way of Water', Cate Blanchett, & Austin Butler Take Top Prizes – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ Frater, Patrick (24 February 2023). "'Banshees' Wins Big at AACTA International Awards as 'Avatar' Named Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ Anderson, Erik (23 February 2023). "2023 AACTA International Awards: 'Avatar: The Way of Water' named Best Film; 'Banshees' and 'Elvis' win big". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ Shackleton, Liz (15 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin', 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Head Nominations for Australia's AACTA International Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ Frater, Patrick (15 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Lead Nominations for AACTA International Awards". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ Anderson, Erik (15 December 2022). "2023 AACTA International Awards nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

External links

The Official Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts website

[1] Pedersen, Erik (23 February 2023). "Australia's International Awards: 'Avatar: The Way of Water', Cate Blanchett, & Austin Butler Take Top Prizes – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[2] Frater, Patrick (24 February 2023). "'Banshees' Wins Big at AACTA International Awards as 'Avatar' Named Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[3] Anderson, Erik (23 February 2023). "2023 AACTA International Awards: 'Avatar: The Way of Water' named Best Film; 'Banshees' and 'Elvis' win big". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[4] Shackleton, Liz (15 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin', 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Head Nominations for Australia's AACTA International Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[5] Frater, Patrick (15 December 2022). "'The Banshees of Inisherin' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Lead Nominations for AACTA International Awards". Variety. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[6] Anderson, Erik (15 December 2022). "2023 AACTA International Awards nominations: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once', 'The Banshees of Inisherin' lead". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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