Fifth AFI/AACTAs completely as expected

If you had bet on the most rationally predictable outcome in each category, you would have been pretty well on the money.
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Image: Cate Blanchett in all her splendour. That is pretty well how she looked last night, though Oscar and Lucinda started her career, and now she is truly in her prime, nearly twenty years later.  

The eager interrogators on the red carpet did a straw poll in between spruiking Presto and the streaming movie of Home and Away about who would walk away with glory. Cate Blanchett mentioned The Dressmaker but not in this context and everyone else betted on Fury Road. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.