Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Alison Janney are amongst the nominees for the seventh edition of the awards.

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) on Tuesday announced the nominees for the 7th AACTA International Awards.

Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, with five nominations each, lead the total of fifteen films to receive nominations across seven categories. Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig and Alison Janney are among the nominees.

Mirroring the American Film Institute Movie of the Year acknowledgements were the five nominees for Best Feature: Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, Lady Bird, The Shape Of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Over three quarters of nominees receive their first AACTA nominations, including: Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Australian actress Margot Robbie, who follows her first Golden Globe nomination with her first AACTA International Award nomination for Best Lead Actress for I, Tonya.

“Now in our seventh year, we are delighted to continue celebrating international excellence within the film industry, honouring the world’s best performers, practitioners and productions,” said AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella. “It’s great to see our International Chapter members adding their uniquely Australian perspective to the conversations, with a number of nominations for Australians who have excelled on the world stage. We are very proud to count these Australian filmmakers among our nominees and I congratulate all the nominees and wish them every success during the upcoming Awards season.”

The AACTA International Award winners are determined by over 150 Australian filmmakers and executives who “recognize film excellence regardless of geography.”

Winners of the 7th AACTA International Awards will be announced in Los Angeles on Friday, January 5 at a ceremony held at The Avalon Hollywood.

 The full list of nominees is:

AACTA International Award for Best Film

Call Me By Your Name

Dunkirk

Lady Bird

The Shape Of Water

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

AACTA International Award for Best Direction

Call Me By Your Name– Luca Guadagnino

Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan

I, Tonya – Craig Gillespie

Lady Bird– Greta Gerwig

The Shape Of Water– Guillermo del Toro

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay

Call Me By Your Name– James Ivory

Dunkirk – Christopher Nolan

Get Out– Jordan Peele

Lady Bird– Greta Gerwig

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri– Martin McDonagh

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress

Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul

Sally Hawkins – The Shape Of Water

Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Margot Robbie – I, Tonya

Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name

Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread

Hugh Jackman – Logan

Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out

Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress

Mary J. Blige – Mudbound

Abbie Cornish – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Allison Janney – I, Tonya

Nicole Kidman – The Killing Of A Sacred Deer

Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project

Armie Hammer – Call Me By Your Name

Tom Hardy – Dunkirk

Ben Mendelsohn – Darkest Hour

Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

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