NEWS: Rob Nominated for 'BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR' for THE ROVER at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts

Update: Livestream for AACTAS:

http://t.co/VCdaAdqHJS

The show starts at 8:30 pm EST.

December 2, 2014:

Patrick Brammall, Yilmaz Erdogan, Robert Pattinson and TJ Power are nominated for #AACTAs Best Supporting Actor!
— AACTA (@AACTA) December 3, 2014

HEALING, PREDESTINATION, THE RAILWAY MAN and THE ROVER are nominated for #AACTAs Best Original Music Score Presented by APRA AMCOS!
— AACTA (@AACTA) December 3, 2014

HEALING, PREDESTINATION, THE RAILWAY MAN and THE ROVER are nominated for #AACTAs Best Original Music Score Presented by APRA AMCOS!
— AACTA (@AACTA) December 3, 2014

A total of 14 feature film Awards will be presented at the 4th AACTA Awards.

Competition is fierce, with just two nominations separating the top three most nominated feature films. Sci-Fi thriller PREDESTINATION by the Spierig brothers leads the race with nine nominations, followed by Russell Crowe’s World War I epic THE WATER DIVINER with eight nominations and David Michôd’s dystopian thrillerTHE ROVER with seven nominations.

Competition within the category of Best Lead Actor is strong. Past AFI Award winners Russell Crowe (THE WATER DIVINER) and David Gulpilil (CHARLIE’S COUNTRY) compete with Guy Pearce (THE ROVER), marking his sixth nomination from the AFI and AACTA since 2005, and Damon Herriman (THE LITTLE DEATH), who received an nomination at the 2nd AACTA Awards for his performance in LAID SERIES 2.

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION PRESENTED BY HYUNDAI GENESIS

• THE BABADOOK Jennifer Kent

• CHARLIE'S COUNTRY Rolf de Heer

• PREDESTINATION Peter Spierig and Michael Spierig

• THE ROVER David Michôd

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR

• Russell Crowe THE WATER DIVINER

• David Gulpilil CHARLIE'S COUNTRY

• Damon Herriman THE LITTLE DEATH

• Guy Pearce THE ROVER 

AACTA AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Patrick Brammall THE LITTLE DEATH

• Yilmaz Erdogan THE WATER DIVINER

• Robert Pattinson THE ROVER

• TJ Power THE LITTLE DEATH 

Also: 

FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN-- THE ROVER Jo Ford

Sam Petty, Des Kenneally, Justine Angus, Brooke Trezise, Francis Ward Lindsay and Robert Mackenzie for Best Sound.
- Antony Partos and Sam Petty for Best Original Music Score.
- Jo Ford for Best Production Design.

The 4th AACTA Awards Ceremony will be broadcast on Network Ten on Thursday 29 January 2015. 

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Congrats to Rob, Guy, David and Susan!!!! :) This is just the beginning! THE ROVER was a very weird movie, but Rob did such a transformative performance of Rey, so I'm so happy for his nomination. 

Check out more of the nominees on AATCA's website HERE.