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AACTA/AFI 2019 – decisions to make your head explode

A remarkable bunch of feature films are in competition this year, as teams wrestle with complexity, authenticity, sentiment and sheer sass.

10 Sep 2019

David Tiley

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Just because you are a great cultural ambassador doesn’t mean you don’t dream of an AACTA Award. Here is Miranda Tapsell in Top End Wedding.

The feathers will fly when the full list of 34 films is culled to the finalists. There are an awful lot of excellent actors with names like Radha Mitchell, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Wayne Blair, Holliday Grainger and Alia Shawkat, Dev Patel, Hilary Swank, Mia Wasikowska, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Damon Herriman, Teresa Palmer, and Richard E. Grant.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.