Hamnet Leads Film Nominations for Australian Academy International Awards

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet leads the film nominations for the 2026 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards receiving nods for Best Film, acting, direction and screenplay.

Australian talent among this year’s International Award nominees include Russell Crowe for Nuremberg, Hugh Jackman for Song Sung Blue) Joel Edgerton for Train Dreams, Jacob Elordi for Frankenstein, AACTA Festival Ambassador Dacre Montgomery for Dead Man’s Wire, Rose Byrne for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and Sarah Snook for All Her Fault.

Winners for the 2026 AACTA International Awards will be announced alongside the AACTA Awards Ceremony on Friday 6th February 2026.

The 2026 AACTA Awards ceremonies are part of AACTA Festival which will run for 5 days from February 4 – 8th offering a vast range of activities celebrating film, television, and pop culture.

Nominees for the 2026 AACTA International Awards:

FILM

AACTA International Award for Best Film:

Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Nuremberg
One Battle After Another
Sinners

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film:

Timothée Chalamet (as Marty Mauser) – Marty Supreme
Russell Crowe (as Hermann Goring) – Nuremberg
Leonardo DiCaprio (as Bob) – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton (as Robert Grainier) – Train Dreams
Hugh Jackman (as Mike) – Song Sung Blue

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film:

Jessie Buckley (as Agnes) – Hamnet
Rose Byrne (as Linda) – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kate Hudson (as Claire) – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti (as Willa Ferguson) – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve (as Nora Borg) – Sentimental Value

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film:

Benicio del Toro (as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos) – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi (as The Creature) – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal (as Will) – Hamnet
Dacre Montgomery (as Richard ‘Dick’ Hall) – Dead Man’s Wire
Sean Penn (as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw) – One Battle After Another

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film:

Glenn Close (as Martha Delacroix) – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Elle Fanning (as Rachel Kemp) – Sentimental Value
Mia Goth (as Elizabeth) – Frankenstein
Amy Madigan (as Aunt Gladys) – Weapons
Emily Watson (as Mary) – Hamnet

AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film:

Paul Thomas Anderson –One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film:

A House of Dynamite – Noah Oppenheim
Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt

SERIES

AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series

Adolescence – Season 1
Severance – Season 2
Slow Horses – Season 4
The Diplomat – Season 3
The Pitt – Season 1

AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series

Hacks – Season 4
Only Murders in the Building – Season 5
Shrinking – Season 3
The Bear – Season 4
The Studio – Season 1

AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series

Owen Cooper (as Jamie Miller) – Adolescence
Stephen Graham (as Eddie Miller) – Adolescence
Gary Oldman (as Jackson Lamb) – Slow Horses
Seth Rogen (as Matt Remick) – The Studio
Noah Wyle (as Dr Michael Robinavitch) – The Pitt

AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series

Erin Doherty (as Briony Ariston) – Adolescence
Keri Russell (as Kate Wyler) – The Diplomat
Jean Smart (as Deborah Vance) – Hacks
Sarah Snook (as Marissa Irvine) – All Her Fault
Michelle Williams (as Molly Kochan) – Dying for Sex