‘Rake’ and ‘A Moody Christmas’ Win two awards at the AACTA Awards

31 January 2013


DCD Rights’ dramas continue to receive worldwide recognition as four new Australian drama acquisitions – A Moody Christmas, Devil’s Dust, Rake 2 and The Strange Calls have won 2 awards and received a total of 8 nominations at The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award ceremony held last night in Sydney.

Richard Roxburgh has taken the award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama in Rake. Richard plays criminal barrister Cleaver Greene in the second Season of the multi award winning series Rake produced for ABC Australia.

A Moody ChristmasPatrick Brammall  has won the award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy. The actor is Sean Moody in the 6 x30’ comedy A Moody Christmas produced by Jungleboys for ABC Australia.

In the last quarter DCD Rights’ dramas have received no less than 19 awards and international nominations including an Emmy nomination for The Slap.

More drama acquisitions to be announced soon.