Shut Up Little Man, The Moment and Cropped among first nominees for AACTAs
The AFI (Australian Film Institute) and AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) have announced the first nominees for the inaugural AACTA Awards to be held in January 2012.
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the AACTA launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI AACTA CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung AACTA Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
Goes to show you what happens if variety in the film world were to ever see the light of day. It took Australia to put out something as eerie, disturbing, fascinating, and hilarious as “Shut Up Little Man” . American filmmakers would have green-lit the swearing and drinking, but Raymond and Peter were not 24-year old ‘slackers’ looking for sex with 24-year old girls, so they were not interesting enough to study on film. So kudos to our neighbors down under for rising to the top.