Australia’s AACTA International Awards 2026 Nominations: Complete list of nominees explored

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts, AACTA International Awards, unveiled their list of nominations for next year’s award ceremony. The AACTA International Awards are scheduled to take place on February 6 next year at HOTA (Home of the Arts) in Gold Coast, Australia.

The AACTA International Awards nominations are divided in two primary categories, namely Film and TV Series. The popular movies of this year, including Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Hamnet, and more are nominated in different sub-categories of Film at AACTA International Awards. While shows like Adolescence, Severance, The Diplomat, The Pitt, and more earned nominations in TV Series categories at AACTA International Awards.

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Here’s complete rundown of nominees for next year’s Australia’s AACTA International Awards:

Film

AACTA International Award for Best Film

• Hamnet
• Marty Supreme
• Nuremberg
• One Battle After Another
• Sinners

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

• Timothée Chalamet (as Marty Mauser) – Marty Supreme
• Russell Crowe (as Hermann Goring) – Nuremberg
• Leonardo DiCaprio (as Bob) – One Battle After Another
• Joel Edgerton (as Robert Grainier) – Train Dreams
• Hugh Jackman (as Mike) – Song Sung Blue

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

• Jessie Buckley (as Agnes) – Hamnet
• Rose Byrne (as Linda) – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Kate Hudson (as Claire) – Song Sung Blue
• Chase Infiniti (as Willa Ferguson) – One Battle After Another
• Renate Reinsve (as Nora Borg) – Sentimental Value

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

• Benicio Del Toro (as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos) – One Battle After Another
• Jacob Elordi (as The Creature) – Frankenstein
• Paul Mescal (as Will) – Hamnet
• Dacre Montgomery (as Richard ‘Dick’ Hall) – Dead Man’s Wire
• Sean Penn (as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw) – One Battle After Another

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

• Glenn Close (as Martha Delacroix) – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Elle Fanning (as Rachel Kemp) – Sentimental Value
• Mia Goth (as Elizabeth) – Frankenstein
• Amy Madigan (as Aunt Gladys) – Weapons
• Emily Watson (as Mary) – Hamnet

AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Ryan Coogler – Sinners
• Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
• Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
• Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film

• A House of Dynamite – Noah Oppenheim
• Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao
• Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
• One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt

TV Series

AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series

• Adolescence – Season 1
• Severance – Season 2
• Slow Horses – Season 4
• The Diplomat – Season 3
• The Pitt – Season 1

AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series

• Hacks – Season 4
• Only Murders in the Building – Season 5
• Shrinking – Season 3
• The Bear – Season 4
• The Studio – Season 1

AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series

• Owen Cooper (as Jamie Miller) – Adolescence
• Stephen Graham (as Eddie Miller) – Adolescence
• Gary Oldman (as Jackson Lamb) – Slow Horses
• Seth Rogen (as Matt Remick) – The Studio
• Noah Wyle (as Dr Michael Robinavitch) – The Pitt

AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series

• Erin Doherty (as Briony Ariston) – Adolescence
• Keri Russell (as Kate Wyler) – The Diplomat
• Jean Smart (as Deborah Vance) – Hacks
• Sarah Snook (as Marissa Irvine) – All Her Fault
• Michelle Williams (as Molly Kochan) – Dying for Sex

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