Early winners begin to trickle in at the annual AACTA Awards — including a lifetime achievement award for Sam Neill — as controversy around a Netflix production dominates the red carpet chatter.
"It [the movie] does have a lot of Australians involved in the creative side and some Australian money," he said on the red carpet before the event.
Neill was earlier this week honoured with the Australian screen industry's highest accolade, the Longford Lyell Award, in recognition of his illustrious screen career. Because the awards celebrate Australian film, he suggested — tongue in cheek — someone had made a"terrible mistake"."But I've devoted a great deal of my life to Australia, and Australian film, so I'm very chuffed."
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