Celebrating the AACTA Award Nominations 2025 December 17, 2024

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards are held each year to recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of the Australian film and television industry from the past year. 

The marshalls+dent+wilmoth Media and Entertainment Law team are proud to have worked on a diverse range of projects which have garnered nominations across several award categories.  

MDW are thrilled to have provided Production Legals to the following nominated projects: 

• Runt (Best Film) 
• Fake (Best Drama Series) 
• Strife (Best Narrative Comedy Series) 
• The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process (Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Sound in a Documentary)
• The Speedway Murders (Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Original Score in a Documentary)  

We also provided Production Legals to the following projects in which individual artists received individual nominations:

Best Lead Actress in a Film

• Jackie van Beek (Audrey) 
• Phoebe Tonkin (Kid Snow) 
• Anna Torv (Force of Nature: The Dry 2) 

Best Lead Actor in a Film 

• Guy Pearce (The Convert) 

MDW are proud to have contributed to the following projects. 

Late Night with the Devil 

Picking up nominations for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Direction, MDW are pleased to have acted on behalf of the directors and writers of the film, Colin and Cameron Cairns. 

Better Man 

Contributing to another Best Film nomination, MDW are pleased to have acted for the film’s director and producer Michel Gracey and the Completion Guarantor Unify.