IT’S probably a little too early to call, but The Water Diviner appears to be losing momentum in the lead-up to this year’s AACTA Awards ceremony.
Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, which has taken an impressive $14 million at the box office, picked up just one award - for best costume design - at a lunch in Sydney today to announce the winners in the technical film and television categories.
Crowd pleaser ... Crowe and Olga Kurylenko in The Water Diviner. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied
Since the academy has already snubbed him for best director, and David Gulpilil is short-odds favourite to win best actor, Crowe might well go home from the big night on Thursday empty handed.
If that’s how things pan out, however, the Oscar-winning actor can take some consolation from the fact that audiences have voted with their feet - his WWI drama is the highest-grossing Australian film at the box office by a considerable margin.
Predestination, the latest sci-fi thriller from the Queensland-based Spierig brothers, was the major winner at Tuesday’s lunch, held at The Star Event Centre in Sydney.
Star performer ... Sarah Snook in Predestination. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied
Starring Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook, it took home three awards - for best editing, best production design and best cinematography.
Jennifer Kent’s internationally-acclaimed horror film The Babadook, which has performed much better overseas than it did at home, failed to pick up any technical awards, but its chances shouldn’t be underestimated in the major categories of best film, best director, best original screenplay and best actress (Essie Davis), since that’s where the sleeper hit’s strengths lie.
The Railway Man, starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, won best original music score. And David Michod’s The Rover took home the gong for best sound.
Unrecognisable ... Jacki Weaver stars in Florence Has Left The Building. Source: Supplied
Michod’s partner, Mirrah Foulkes, won best short fiction for her film Florence Has Left the Building which stars Jacki Weaver as a foul-mouthed nursing home resident. The beautifully realised stop-motion drama Grace Under Water won best animated short.
Carlotta, the ABC drama based on the life of the popular transgendered cabaret performer starring Jessica Marais, picked up two technical awards - for costume and production design.
Winner ... Eamon Farren and Jessica Marais in Carlotta. Picture: ABC. Source: Supplied
ABC crime thriller The Broken Shore won best cinematography while the national broadcaster’s hit six-part drama The Code went home with best editing and best original music score.
The Flamin’ Thongs won best children’s television series and Tender, about a community centre in an industrial seaside town, won best documentary television program.
Best direction in a television light entertainment series went to Beck Cole and Craig Anderson for Episode 3 of the ABC’s Black Comedy.
The Academy of Television and Cinema Arts will announce the full list of winners at a glittering, star-studded event at The Star Event Centre on Thursday hosted by Cate Blanchett and Deborah Mailman. The ceremony will screen on Network 10 in a delayed national broadcast from 8.30pm.
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