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Horror film Talk To Me cleans up at 2024 Aacta awards


Film takes home awards for best film and direction – with Deadloch, The New Boy, The Newsreader and Margot Robbie also winning big

The surprise international box office hit Talk To Me has collected eight gongs at the annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, including best film, best director for Danny and Michael Philippou and best lead actress for Sophie Wilde. The announcement, made by Blanchett sporting an oversized pink polkadot headdress representing “middle-age Barbie”, included pre-filmed congratulatory messages from Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Greta Gerwig and America Ferrera. Robbie’s role as the film’s star controversially failed to win her a best actress nomination at the forthcoming Academy Awards, but on Saturday she collected the Australian equivalent in the international category.

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