Bei den Nominierungen für die Australian Academy Awards 2019 konnte sich The Nightingale von Jennifer Kent mit 15 Nominierungen am stärksten in Positionen bringen. Dicht dahinter mit jeweils 13 Nominierungen folgen Hotel Mumbai und The King. Ebenfalls starke 9 Nominierungen erhielt Judy & Punch.
Die Nominierungen im Überblick:
Bester Film
- Hotel Mumbai
- Judy & Punch
- The King
- The Nightingale
- Ride Like a Girl
- Top End Wedding
Beste Regie
- Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai)
- Mirrah Foulkes (Judy & Punch)
- David Michôd (The King)
- Jennifer Kent (The Nightingale)
Bester Hauptdarsteller
- Timothée Chalamet (The King)
- Baykali Ganambarr (The Nightingale)
- Damon Herriman (Judy & Punch)
- Dev Patel (Hotel Mumbai)
- Hugo Weaving (Hearts and Bones)
Beste Hauptdarstellerin
- Nazanin Boniadi (Hotel Mumbai)
- Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale)
- Teresa Palmer (Ride Like a Girl)
- Miranda Tapsell (Top End Wedding)
- Mia Wasikowska (Judy & Punch)
Bester Nebendarsteller
- Joel Edgerton (The King)
- Damon Herriman (The Nightingale)
- Andrew Luri (Hearts and Bones)
- Ben Mendelsohn (The King)
- Michael Sheasby (The Nightingale)
Beste Nebendarstellerin
- Tilda Cobham-Hervey (Hotel Mumbai)
- Magnolia Maymuru (The Nightingale)
- Hilary Swank (I Am Mother)
- Bolude Watson (Hearts and Bones)
- Ursula Yovich (Top End Wedding)
Beste Kamera
- Ben Nott (Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan)
- Nick Remy Matthews (Hotel Mumbai)
- Adam Arkapaw (The King)
- Radek Ladczuk (The Nightingale)
Bester Schnitt
- Peter McNulty und Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai)
- Dany Cooper (Judy & Punch)
- Peter Sciberras (The King)
- Simon Njoo (The Nightingale)
Beste Filmmusik
- Caitlin Yeo (Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan)
- Volker Bertelmann (Hotel Mumbai)
- François Tétaz (Judy & Punch)
- David Hirschfelder (Ride Like a Girl)
Bester Ton
- Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
- Hotel Mumbai
- The King
- The Nightingale
Bestes Szenenbild
- Hotel Mumbai
- Judy & Punch
- The King
- The Nightingale
Bestes Kostümdesign
- Anna Borghesi (Hotel Mumbai)
- Edie Kurzer (Judy & Punch)
- Jane Petrie (The King)
- Margot Wilson (The Nightingale)
Bestes Drehbuch
- John Collee und Anthony Maras (Hotel Mumbai)
- Mirrah Foulkes (Judy & Punch)
- David Michod und Joel Edgerton (The King)
- Jennifer Kent (The Nightingale)
Beste visuelle Effekte oder Animationen
- Aquaman
- Captain Marvel
- Dumbo
- I Am Mother
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
Bestes Make-up und beste Frisuren
- The King
- Lambs of God
- Nekromancer
- The Nightingale
Bestes Casting
- Hotel Mumbai
- The King
- The Nightingale
- Total Control
Bester Independent-Film
- Acute Misfortune
- Book Week
- Buoyancy
- Emu Runner
- Sequin in a Blue Room
