These Awards are a continuum of the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards, which began in 1958.
Australia's highest film and television Awards, the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards are Australia's equivalent of the Oscars and the BAFTAs.
These Awards see practitioners from a broad cross-section of crafts come together to be recognised and awarded for outstanding work within their fields, and in recognition for their contribution to the Australian film, television, documentary and short film production industries.
The AACTA Awards are determined by accredited screen professionals, who are members of the Australian Academy, through an annual voting process, marking the highest screen accolade in Australia.
The inaugural AACTA Awards were held in Sydney and Los Angeles in January 2012, following the launch of AACTA by the AFI in August 2011.
The 2nd AACTA Awards were held in Sydney and Los Angeles in January 2013.
The 13th AACTAs, which would normally have been given in December 2023, were brought forward to early 2024 instead, to bring the awards into line with the global awards season. This created a 'gap' between 2022 and 2024, with no official awards given in the 2023 calendar year.
Source: AACTA website http://www.aacta.org/the-awards.aspx (Sighted 04/12/2013)
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