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AACTA Awards 2022 Winners & Nominees

The 12th AACTA Awards (2022) took place on December 7, 2022. Elvis won Best Film and 8 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 14 categories is below.

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Best Film
Elvis
Headline winners

AACTA Awards 2022: The Winners

Elvis won Best Film against 3 other nominees. Baz Luhrmann (Best Director), Austin Butler (Best Lead Actor) and Sean Harris (Best Supporting Actor) took the main individual prizes.

Elvis (2022) movie poster Best Film

Best Film

Elvis

2022 · Biography, Drama, Music · Echo Score 71 · $289M worldwide

With Baz Luhrmann

9 wins from 12 nominations at the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)

  • Best Director
  • Best Lead Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Costume Design

The film explores the complex and often turbulent relationship between iconic singer Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, spanning two decades. It examines the dynamic between Presley's creative talent and Parker's shrewd business acumen, set against the changing landscape of American culture. Priscilla Presley’s role is also portrayed, highlighting both the extraordinary highs of Elvis’s rise to fame and the personal sacrifices he made along the way.

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Scoreboard

AACTA Awards 2022: Which Films Won the Most

Elvis won 9 awards from 12 nominations. 3 films won at least once, while Three Thousand Years of Longing went home empty-handed from 11 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Elvis (2022) movie poster
    Elvis 9 / 12
    2022 · Biography, Drama · 9 wins from 12 nominations
  2. The Stranger (2022) movie poster
    The Stranger 2 / 10
    2022 · Drama, Thriller · 2 wins from 10 nominations
  3. Falling for Figaro (2021) movie poster
    Falling for Figaro 1 / 2
    2021 · Comedy, Romance · 1 win from 2 nominations
  4. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) movie poster
    Three Thousand Years of Longing 0 / 11
    2022 · Drama, Fantasy · 0 wins from 11 nominations
  5. Blaze (2023) movie poster
    Blaze 0 / 5
    2023 · Drama, Fantasy · 0 wins from 5 nominations
  6. Sissy (2022) movie poster
    Sissy 0 / 3
    2022 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  7. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2023) movie poster
    Are You Lonesome Tonight? 0 / 1
    2023 · Drama, Mystery · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Interceptor (2022) movie poster
    Interceptor 0 / 1
    2022 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 14 AACTA Awards 2022 Categories: Winners & Nominees

14 categories and 45 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.

14 categories · 45 nominations

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The Genres Behind the AACTA Awards 2022 Winners

Drama led with 43 nominations across 7 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 43 nominations · 26%
  2. Crime 2 wins · 16 nominations · 13%
  3. Romance 1 win · 16 nominations · 6%
  4. Fantasy 0 wins · 16 nominations · 0%
  5. Thriller 2 wins · 14 nominations · 14%
  6. Biography 9 wins · 12 nominations · 75%
  7. Music 9 wins · 12 nominations · 75%
  8. Comedy 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  9. Animation 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
  10. Horror 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
2022 season

How the Rest of the 2022 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2022, with the winner of each top prize. The Power of the Dog won the most of them: 4.

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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.

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AACTA Awards 2022: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 12th AACTA Awards (2022), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Film at the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)?

Elvis (2022) won Best Film. The other nominees were Sissy, The Stranger and Three Thousand Years of Longing.

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Which film won the most awards at the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)?

Elvis (2022) won the most: 9 awards from 12 nominations. The Stranger was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)?

Elvis (2022) led with 12 nominations and won 9 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)?

Best Director: Baz Luhrmann for Elvis. Best Lead Actor: Austin Butler for Elvis. Best Supporting Actor: Sean Harris for The Stranger. Best Supporting Actress: Olivia DeJonge for Elvis.

When was the 12th AACTA Awards (2022)?

The 12th AACTA Awards (2022) took place on December 7, 2022. The database has 14 categories and 45 nominations for it.