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AACTA Awards 2019 Winners & Nominees

The 9th AACTA Awards (2019) took place on December 4, 2019. The Nightingale won Best Film and 5 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 17 categories is below.

All 17 categories Most wins
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17
nominations
48
films nominated
14
winners
9
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Best Film
The Nightingale
Headline winners

AACTA Awards 2019: The Winners

The Nightingale won Best Film against 3 other nominees. Jennifer Kent (Best Director), Aisling Franciosi (Best Lead Actress) and Magnolia Maymuru (Best Supporting Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Nightingale (2019) movie poster Best Film

Best Film

The Nightingale

2019 · Adventure, Drama, Thriller · Echo Score 82 · $989K worldwide

With Jennifer Kent

6 wins from 15 nominations at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)

  • Best Director
  • Best Lead Actress
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted
  • Best Casting

In 1825 Australia, Clare, an Irish convict haunted by trauma, desperately seeks escape from her cruel master, Lieutenant Hawkins. When conventional justice fails, she begins a dangerous quest across the harsh and unforgiving landscape, facing conflict and peril to find the officer. Along the way, she reluctantly joins forces with an Aboriginal tracker named Billy. Together, they must overcome their personal struggles and learn to rely on each other as they journey through the wilderness in pursuit of retribution.

About The Nightingale
Scoreboard

AACTA Awards 2019: Which Films Won the Most

The Nightingale won 6 awards from 15 nominations. 4 films won at least once, while Ride Like a Girl went home empty-handed from 3 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. The Nightingale (2019) movie poster
    The Nightingale 6 / 15
    2019 · Adventure, Drama · 6 wins from 15 nominations
  2. Hotel Mumbai (2019) movie poster
    Hotel Mumbai 1 / 13
    2019 · Drama, History · 1 win from 13 nominations
  3. Buoyancy (2020) movie poster
    Buoyancy 1 / 1
    2020 · Drama, Crime · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) movie poster
    Spider-Man: Far from Home 1 / 1
    2019 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 1 nomination
  5. Ride Like a Girl (2020) movie poster
    Ride Like a Girl 0 / 3
    2020 · Biography, Drama · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  6. Top End Wedding (2020) movie poster
    Top End Wedding 0 / 3
    2020 · Comedy, Romance · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  7. Hearts and Bones (2020) movie poster
    Hearts and Bones 0 / 3
    2020 · Drama · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  8. Judy & Punch (2020) movie poster
    Judy & Punch 0 / 2
    2020 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  9. I Am Mother (2019) movie poster
    I Am Mother 0 / 2
    2019 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 0 wins from 2 nominations
  10. Sequin in a Blue Room (2021) movie poster
    Sequin in a Blue Room 0 / 1
    2021 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 17 AACTA Awards 2019 Categories: Winners & Nominees

17 categories and 48 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

17 categories · 48 nominations

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Movie marathon

The AACTA Awards 2019 Best Film Marathon

All 4 Best Film nominees at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019), back to back: 7 hours 50 minutes.

Total running time 7h 50m 7 hours 50 minutes All 4 films
Longest
The Nightingale 2h 16m
Shortest
Ride Like a Girl 1h 38m
By genre

The Genres Behind the AACTA Awards 2019 Winners

Drama led with 41 nominations across 9 films and won 8. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 8 wins · 41 nominations · 20%
  2. Thriller 7 wins · 33 nominations · 21%
  3. Adventure 7 wins · 18 nominations · 39%
  4. Crime 7 wins · 18 nominations · 39%
  5. History 1 win · 13 nominations · 8%
  6. Comedy 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  7. Sci-Fi 1 win · 6 nominations · 17%
  8. Action 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
  9. Biography 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  10. Sport 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
2019 season

How the Rest of the 2019 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2019, with the winner of each top prize. Roma won the most of them: 3.

All 2019 awards
Earlier years

Previous AACTA Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The AACTA Awards page has every year back to 2012.

Every AACTA Awards ceremony

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AACTA Awards 2019: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 9th AACTA Awards (2019), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)?

The Nightingale (2019) won Best Film. The other nominees were Hotel Mumbai, Ride Like a Girl and Top End Wedding.

About The Nightingale

Which film won the most awards at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)?

The Nightingale (2019) won the most: 6 awards from 15 nominations.

Which film had the most nominations at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)?

The Nightingale (2019) led with 15 nominations and won 6 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)?

Best Director: Jennifer Kent for The Nightingale. Best Lead Actress: Aisling Franciosi for The Nightingale. Best Supporting Actress: Magnolia Maymuru for The Nightingale.

When was the 9th AACTA Awards (2019)?

The 9th AACTA Awards (2019) took place on December 4, 2019. The database has 17 categories and 48 nominations for it.