Nominees include international screen luminaries such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington and Marion Cotillard, through to Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee.
Australian actors Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables), Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Nicole Kidman (The Paperboy) have also been nominated, and Australian writer-director Ben Lewin has been nominated for Best Direction for The Sessions.
Of the six films competing for the 2nd AACTA International Award for Best Film, Silver Linings Playbook leads with five nominations across each of the five categories. Lincoln and Zero Dark Thirty each received four nominations, while Argo has been recognised with three nominations. Les Misérables and Life of Pi each have two nominations.
Speaking of the 2nd AACTA International Awards, AACTA President Geoffrey Rush said:
"In this, the second year of the AACTA International Awards, we're delighted to build on the huge success of our inaugural event held in LA in January 2012. This year's nominees include actors, directors and screenwriters who truly represent international excellence – from French actresses Marion Cotillard and Emmanuelle Riva, to Taiwanese director Ang Lee, and from British actor Daniel Day-Lewis, to US icons Joaquin Phoenix, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino.
"As the Australian Academy engages in the international Awards conversation, it's brilliant to see Australian performers and practitioners nominated alongside international talent for the 2nd AACTA International Awards. Indeed, the talents of Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts and Ben Lewin stand on their own and will no doubt be honoured by our international screen peers.
"We look forward with great anticipation to the announcement of the winners of the AACTA International Awards in late January in L.A., the epicentre of international film."
AFI | AACTA CEO, Damian Trewhella, said that it was also gratifying to see the talents of so many Australian performers in the nominated international productions – Russell Crowe in Les Misérables, Jacki Weaver in Silver Linings Playbook, and Joel Edgerton in Zero Dark Thirty.
Trewhella said that with a burgeoning industry and with Australian performers and practitioners consistently acknowledged as among the world's best by other international screen organisations such as AMPAS and BAFTA, it was important that the Australian screen industry could equally recognise the talents of their international peers through the Australian Academy's International Awards.
"The Australian Academy's International Awards are dedicated to identifying and awarding the pinnacle of screen excellence and success regardless of geography. Last year's inaugural AACTA International Awards presaged the huge Academy Awards success of The Artist as well as Meryl Streep's win for her performance in The Iron Lady, and we wait with anticipation to see if there are such synergies between Australian jurors and their international counterparts in this year's Awards season."
The 2nd AACTA International Awards winners' announcement event will be held in L.A., late January 2013.
Complete list of nominations for the 2nd AACTA International Awards
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Argo. Chris Terrio
Django Unchained. Quentin Tarantino
Lincoln. Tony Kushner
The Master. Paul Thomas Anderson
Silver Linings Playbook. David O. Russell
Zero Dark Thirty. Mark Boal
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
Argo. Ben Affleck
Life Of Pi. Ang Lee
Lincoln. Steven Spielberg
The Sessions. Ben Lewin
Silver Linings Playbook. David O. Russell
Zero Dark Thirty. Kathryn Bigelow
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper. Silver Linings Playbook
Daniel Day-Lewis. Lincoln
John Hawkes. The Sessions
Hugh Jackman. Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix. The Master
Denzel Washington. Flight
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain. Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard. Rust and Bone
Nicole Kidman. The Paperboy
Jennifer Lawrence. Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva. Amour
Naomi Watts. The Impossible
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST FILM
Argo. Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Les Misérables. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh
Life of Pi. Ang Lee, Gil Netter, David Womark
Lincoln. Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Silver Linings Playbook. Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
Zero Dark Thirty. Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Megan Ellison
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