From their first ever Australian-based event in Sydney, the Australians in Film organization has announced the 2016 nominees of the annual Heath Ledger Scholarship.

The HLS Scholarship is awarded to an actor that exhibits distinctive and unique potential, with an objective to provide support to further their career.

The full nominees for the scholarship’s eighth inception, including 3 names who’ve previously received coverage on this blog (Uli Latukefu, Meyne Wyatt, and Shareena Clanton), are: Christian Antidormi (“Spartacus: War of the Damned,” “Home and Away”), Mojean Aria (“The Bronx Bull”), Natasha Bassett (“Hail, Caesar!”), Chloe Bayliss (“Backtrack”), Harley Bonner (“Neighbours”), Shareena Clanton (“Last Cab to Darwin”), Ashleigh Cummings (“Tomorrow When the

War Began,” “Puberty Blues”), Georgia Flood (“Anzac Girls,” “Wentworth,” “House Husbands”), Sean Keenan (“Strangerland”), Uli Latukefu (upcoming “Alien: Covenant”), Sara West (“Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door,” “The Daughter”) and Meyne Wyatt (“Neighbours,” “Strangerland,” “The Sapphires”).

Heath’s father, Kim Ledger said “Australian’s in Film have encouraged another wonderful group of applicants for the Heath Ledger Scholarship in 2016. I would like to thank all of them, including Matilda and the team at AiF, and further congratulate those excellent aspirants who have managed to make the cut to a final twelve this year.”

The winner will be announced on June 1 from a special annual dinner held in Los Angeles.