[2] Presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), the awards celebrate the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2015.
The AACTA Awards ceremony televised on Seven Network for the fourth year running.
[3] The nominees were announced during a press conference on 31 October 2015 at The Star hôtel in Sydney.
[5] The nominees for feature-films and Television were announced during a press conference on 29 October 2015 in Sydney.
Of the nominees, Jocelyn Moorhouse's revenge drama The Dressmaker received the most feature-film nominations with thirteen, including Best Film, Best Direction, Best Lead Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.