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==Background==
On 5 May 2012, the Academy announced a new category for [[AACTA Award for Best Reality Television Series|Best Reality Television Series]], due to the growth of reality television productions in Australia. Reality television productions could previously be submitted in the [[AACTA Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series|Best Light Entertainment Series]] category.<ref name="realitytv">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/whats-on/aacta-awards-bow-to-reality-tv/story-e6frexmi-1226350234166 |title=AACTA Awards bow to reality TV |author=Vicky Roach|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|The Daily Telegraph]]|publisher=[[News Limited]] ([[News Corporation]]) |accessdate=30 November 2012|date=9 May 2012}}</ref> The twenty-three films eligible to compete for film awards were revealed on 29 August 2012. Of those competing, ''[[Burning Man (film)|Burning Man]]'' was made eligible, after being ineligible to compete at the previous awards due to a change in release date.<ref name=firstnoms>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/strong-selection-for-second-aacta-awards/story-e6frg8pf-1226460207829 |title=Strong selection for second AACTA Awards |author=Michael Bodey|work=[[The Australian]]|publisher=News Limited (News Corporation) |accessdate=30 November 2012|date=29 August 2012}}</ref> The details of the first nominees were also announced that day, in the non-feature film categories for: [[AACTA Award for Best Feature Length Documentary|Best Feature Length Documentary]], [[AACTA Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short Fiction Film]] and [[AACTA Award for Best Short Animation|Best Short Animation]], as determined by specially formed juries.<ref name=firstnoms /> Round one of voting took place between 5 October and 8 November 2012 to determine the winners of the aforementioned categories, and to decide the nominees in the feature-film awards.<ref name="voting">{{cite web|last= |first= |url=http://aacta.org/the-awards/voting.aspx |title=AFI/AACTA - The Awards - Voting |publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |date= |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6CkMHMsIl?url=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Faacta.org%2Fthe-awards%2Fvoting.aspx |archivedate=8 December 2012 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> For television, juries were established to select the nominees and winners.<ref name="voting" />
On 3 December 2012, the full list of nominees for feature-film, television and non-feature films were released during a press conference in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aacta.org/media/221418/2nd-aacta-awards-nominations-announced.pdf|title=2nd AACTA Awards Nomination Announced|author=|publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)|accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref> Of the nominees, ''[[The Sapphires (film)|The Sapphires]]'' (2012) received the most feature-film nominations with twelve, including [[AACTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[AACTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] for [[Wayne Blair]], [[AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]] for Keith Thompson and [[Tony Briggs]], [[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Lead Actor]] for [[Chris O'Dowd]], [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Lead Actress]] for [[Deborah Mailman]] and [[AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actress]] for [[Jessica Mauboy]].<ref>{{cite news | title=The Sapphires top of the AACTAs with 12 nominations |date=3 December 2012 | work=[[Herald Sun]] |publisher=[[The Herald and Weekly Times]] (News Corporation) | url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/aacta-award-nominations/story-e6frf96f-1226529040189 |first1=Vicky |last1=Roach|first2=Holly |last2=Byrnes | accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref> In television, ''[[Puberty Blues (TV series)|Puberty Blues]]'' received the most nominations with six. These include [[AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series|Best Drama Series]], [[AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama|Best Actress - Drama]] for [[Ashleigh Cummings]], [[AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama|Best Guest or Supporting Actor - Drama]] for [[Daniel Wyllie]], and [[AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama|Best Guest or Supporting Actress - Drama]] for [[Susan Prior]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aacta.org/media/221173/2nd%20aacta%20awards%20nominees_by%20production_final.pdf|title=2nd AACTA Awards Nominees - Nominations by production|author=|publisher=Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)|accessdate=7 January 2013}}</ref> Round two of voting, to determine the feature-film award winners, commenced on the day of the nominations announcement, and concluded on 13 December 2012.<ref name="voting" />
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