2026 AACTA International Awards Gives Some Attention To Book-Based Films & TV Series

Here are the book-based/book-inspired films/TV Series nominees recognized by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts or AACTA:


FILM
AACTA  International Award for Best Film:

“Hamnet”
“Nuremberg”
“One Battle After Another”


AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film:

Russell Crowe (as Hermann Goring)  –  “Nuremberg” 
Leonardo DiCaprio (as Bob)  –  “One Battle After Another”
Joel Edgerton (as Robert Grainier)  –  “Train Dreams”


AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film:

Jessie Buckley (as Agnes)  – “Hamnet”

Chase Infiniti (as Willa Ferguson)  – “One Battle After Another”


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” 
Sean Penn (as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw) – “One Battle After Another”

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film:

Mia Goth (as Elizabeth) – “Frankenstein” 
Emily Watson (as Mary) – “Hamnet” 

AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film:

Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Guillermo del Toro – “Frankenstein” 
Chloé Zhao – “Hamnet”

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film:

“Hamnet” – Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson


TV SERIES
AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series

“Slow Horses”- Season 4


AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series

Gary Oldman (as Jackson Lamb) – “Slow Horses”



​AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series

Sarah Snook (as Marissa Irvine) – “All Her Fault”
Michelle Williams (as Molly Kochan) – “Dying for Sex”



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