Peter Mitchell, AAP US Correspondent
(Australian Associated Press)

 

AUSTRALIA’S HOPES FOR OSCAR NOMINATIONS

Best Picture:

– Lion (producers Emile Sherman and Angie Fielder)

– Hacksaw Ridge (producer Bruce Davey)

DIRECTOR

– Garth Davis (Lion)

– Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge)

BEST ACTOR

– Joel Edgerton (Loving)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

– Nicole Kidman (Lion)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

– Luke Davies (Lion)

– Andrew Knight (Hacksaw Ridge)

CINEMATOGRAPHY

– Greig Fraser (Lion)

– Simon Duggan (Hacksaw Ridge)

COSTUME DESIGN

– Cappi Ireland (Lion)

– Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker)

– Lizzy Gardiner (Hacksaw Ridge)

EDITING

– Alexandre de Franceschi (Lion)

– John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING

Shane Thomas (The Dressmaker)

PRODUCTION DESIGN

– Chris Kennedy (Lion)

– Barry Robison and Rebecca Cohen (Hacksaw Ridge)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

– Tanna (Bentley Dean and Martin Butler)

ORIGINAL SONG

– Sia for Never Give Up (Lion)

SOUND EDITING

– Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright (Hacksaw Ridge)

SOUND MIXING

– Peter Grace, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie (Hacksaw Ridge)