Competition
Congratulations to our 2025 AACTA Nominees!
19 December 2024
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) has revealed the nominees for the 14th International AACTA Awards. Celebrating the best in global film and television, the winners will be announced during the 2025 AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast this February.
Umbrella Entertainment is thrilled to announce there is a grand total of 24 nominations across 8 Umbrella films!
LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL: A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms.
- Best Film
- Best Direction
- Best Screenplay in Film
- Best Lead Actor
- Best Lead Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Original Music Score
- Best Sound
- Best Production Design
- Best Costume Design
- Best Casting
BEFORE DAWN: The journey of fictional WA outback kid Jim Collins and his battalion on the Western Front.
- Best Indie Film
EVERY LITTLE THING: A woman in Hollywood cares for injured hummingbirds, experiencing personal growth as she witnesses their fragility and resilience.
- Best Documentary
BIRDEATER: A bride-to-be is invited to her fiancé’s bachelor party, but when uncomfortable details of their relationship are exposed, the night takes a feral turn.
- Best Indie Film
YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME: Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated trailer park. During a violent storm, a mysterious young woman appears at his door seeking shelter from the elements.
- Best Indie Film
THE MOOGAI: A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby’s mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
- Best Hair and Makeup
THE SPEEDWAY MURDERS: Follows the unsolved ‘Burger Chef Murders’ of 1978 that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Speedway, Indiana.
- Best Cinematography in a Documentary
- Best Editing in a Documentary
- Best Score in a Documentary
- Best Original Sound in a Documentary
THE EMU WAR: Based on the infamous Great Emu War of 1932, a rag tag platoon of soldiers are driven into a brutal and bloody battle against Australia’s deadliest flightless beasts.
- Best Indie Film
Congratulations to all the films nominated and good luck with the awards in February!