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Double win and double takes at the AACTAs

It’s a family not an industry; that was the feeling last night at the AACTAs.

30 Jan 2015

Gina Fairley

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The Babadook; Supplied.

Not one, but two, films took the Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts Awards, or AACTAs, for Best Feature Film this year. Russell Crowe’s directing debut with the WWII drama, The Water Diviner, and Jennifer Kent’s haunting horror drama, The Babadook, managed to neatly contain the industry’s love of both mainstream and arthouse success.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina