AACTA Awards

The AACTA Awards ( until January 2012 Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards short ) is a film award of the year by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA ) is awarded. The award goes to individuals who have distinguished themselves in film or television through special services, including most directors, actors and screenwriters. The AACTA Award is the most prestigious prize in Australian film and television industry. President of the Academy 's 2012 Geoffrey Rush.

The awards were launched in 1958 to life and included a total of 30 applications in six categories, one year later, the number had doubled. In 1976, the first time a special award for the Best Film was awarded the Fred Schepisi received for The Devil's Playground. In the same year, the ceremony was broadcast for the first time on Australian television. Since 1986, the price also includes the special services of the television industry.

To apply for the award, it must be an Australian production or program and the film must not already have been filed earlier. A movie must have been shown in addition to at least seven consecutive days in at least two Australian states. In television productions or documentaries broadcast must have occurred during a given period.

Since 2012, the AACTA stands apart from the normal award at the AACTA International Awards from the best films outside of Australia. On January 10, 2014 as was the third ceremony held just this.