Während in Hollywood heute auf die „Screen Actors Guild“ und morgen auf die Foreign Press bezüglich der GOLDEN GLOBE-Nominierungen geschaut wird, wurden in Australien die AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY Awards verliehen und neben MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (8! Awards) hat THE DRESSMAKER mit 5 Awards groß abgeräumt, inkl. Kate Winslet, die mit STEVE JOBS ein heißer Eisen im Oscarrennen hat. Comeback geglückt würde ich sagen!Best Film: Mad Max: Fury Road
People’s Choice Award: The Dressmaker
Best Direction: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Lead Actor: Michael Caton, Last Cab to Darwin
Best Lead Actress: Kate Winslet, The Dressmaker
Best Supporting Actor: Hugo Weaving, The Dressmaker
Best Supporting Actress: Judy Davis, The Dressmaker
Best Original Screenplay: Robert Connolly and Steve Worland, Paper Planes
Best Adapted Screenplay: Reg Cribb and Jeremy Sims, Last Cab to Darwin
Best Documentary Feature: That Sugar Film

Best Cinematography: John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Editing: Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Costume Design: Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson, The Dressmaker
Best Production Design: Colin Gibson, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Original Music Score: Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Sound: Ben Osmo, David White, Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, Scott Hecker, Wayne Pashley and Mark Mangini, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Visual Effects or Animation: Andrew Jackson, Holly Radcliffe, Dan Oliver, Andy Williams, Tom Wood and Fiona Crawford, Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Short Animation: Ernie Biscuit, Adam Elliot
Best Short Fiction Film: Nulla Nulla, Dylan River and Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Best Direction in a Documentary: Bill Guttentag and Michael Ware, Only the Dead
Best Editing in a Documentary: Jane Moran, Only the Dead
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary: Antony Partos, Sherpa