| Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country*Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased*Simon Baker – Breath*Bruce Beresford – Ladies in Black |
| Steven McGregor, David Tranter – Sweet Country*Matt Nable – 1%*Jaime Browne – Brothers' Nest*Leigh Whannell – Upgrade | Joel Edgerton – Boy Erased, based on the book ' by Garrard Conley*Simon Baker, Gerard Lee, Tim Winton – Breath, based on the novel Breath by Tim Winton*Yolanda Ramke – Cargo, based on the short film of the same name by Ben Howling, Yolanda Ramke*Bruce Beresford, Sue Milliken – Ladies in Black, based on the novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John |
| Hamilton Morris as Sam Kelly – Sweet Country*Ryan Corr as Vice President Paddo – 1%*Lucas Hedges as Jared Eamons – Boy Erased*Damian Hill as Jimmy – West of Sunshine*Daniel Monks as Olly – Pulse | Angourie Rice as Lisa – Ladies in Black*Abbey Lee as Katrina – 1%*Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene – Mary Magdalene*Kate Mulvany as Angie Barlow – The Merger*Julia Ormond as Magda – Ladies in Black |
| Simon Baker as Sando – Breath*Fayssal Bazzi as Sayyid – The Merger*Russell Crowe as Marshall Eamons – Boy Erased*Joel Edgerton as Victor Sykes – Boy Erased*Josh McConville as Skink – 1% | Nicole Kidman as Nancy Eamons – Boy Erased*Elizabeth Debicki as Eva – Breath*Natassia Gorey-Furber as Lizzie Kelly – Sweet Country*Noni Hazlehurst as Miss Cartwright – Ladies in Black*Simone Kessell as Hayley – 1% |
| Warwick Thornton – Sweet Country*Marden Dean, Rick Rifici – Breath*Peter James – Ladies in Black*Thom Neal – West of Sunshine | Nick Meyers – Sweet Country*Dany Cooper – Breath*Mark Warner – Ladies in Black*Andy Canny – Upgrade |
| Christopher Gordon – Ladies in Black*Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mary Magdalene*Dominic Lewis – Peter Rabbit*Jed Palmer – Upgrade | Jed Dodge, Trevor Hope, Robert Mackenzie, Tara Webb – Breath*Liam Egan, Leah Katz, Des Kenneally, Robert Sullivan – Cargo*Sam Gain-Emery, Thom Kellar, Will Sheridan, David Tranter – Sweet Country*Will Files, P.K. Hooker, Andrew Ramage – Upgrade |
| Roger Ford, Lisa Thompson – Peter Rabbit*Jo Ford – Cargo*Felicity Abbott, Katie Sharrock – Upgrade*Vanessa Cerne, Matthew Putland – Winchester | Wendy Cork – Ladies in Black*Jacqueline Durran – Mary Magdalene*Heather Wallace – Sweet Country*Wendy Cork – Winchester |
