2024 AACTA Awards: Check out the full list of nominations

AACTA has unveiled the much-anticipated nominees for the prestigious 2024 AACTA Awards, presented by Foxtel Group.

This ceremony serves as a celebration, acknowledging exceptional Australian Film, TV, Documentary, and Online productions.

Held on the Gold Coast on February 10, the awards will recognise excellence within the industry with powerhouse productions like The Newsreader, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Colin from Accounts, and Deadloch amassing an impressive array of nods. 

In terms of film, The New Boy, Talk to Me, and Shayda all lead the film nominations.

See below for the full list of nominations for the 2024 AACTA Awards.

AACTA Award for Best Film

• Of An Age – Kristina Ceyton, Samantha Jennings – Causeway Films
• Shayda – Vincent Sheehan, Noora Niasari – Origma 45
• Sweet As – Liz Kearney – Arenamedia
• Talk to Me – Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton – Causeway Films
• The New Boy – Kath Shelper, Andrew Upton, Cate Blanchett, Lorenzo de Maio – Dirty Films & Scarlett Pictures
• The Royal Hotel – Liz Watts, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning, Kath Shelper – See-Saw Films

AACTA Award for Best Drama Series

• Bay Of Fires – Marta Dusseldorp, Yvonne Collins – Archipelago Productions and Fremantle Australia (ABC)
• Black Snow – Kaylene Butler, Lois Randall, Rosemary Blight – Goalpost Pictures (Stan)
• Bump – Dan Edwards, John Edwards, Claudia Karvan, Kelsey Munro – Roadshow Rough Diamond (Stan)
• Erotic Stories – Liam Heyen, Helen Bowden, Jason Stephens – Lingo Pictures (SBS)
• Love Me – Nicole O’Donohue, Hamish Lewis, Michael Brooks – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (Binge)
• The Newsreader – Joanna Werner, Michael Lucas – Werner Film Productions (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series

• Colin From Accounts – Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer – Easy Tiger (Binge, Foxtel)
• Deadloch – Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan, Andrew Walker, Kevin Whyte – Guesswork Television, OK Great Productions and Amazon Studios (Amazon Prime Video)
• Fisk – Vincent Sheehan, Kitty Flanagan – Origma 45 (ABC)
• Gold Diggers – Ujuk Linda, John-Paul Sarni, Muffy Potter, Kate Butler – KOJO Studios (ABC)
• Upright – Jason Stephens, Meg O’Connell, Tim Minchin, Helen Bowden – Lingo Pictures (Foxtel)
• Utopia – Michael Hirsh, Deb Herman – Working Dog Productions (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Miniseries

• Bad Behaviour – Amanda Higgs – Matchbox Pictures (Stan)
• In Our Blood – Nathan Mayfield, Tracey Robertson – Hoodlum Entertainment PTY LTD (ABC)
• Safe Home – Imogen Banks, Emelyne Palmer – Kindling Pictures (SBS)
• The Clearing – Jude Troy, Richard Finlayson, Matt Cameron, Elise McCredie, Jeffrey Walker – Wooden Horse (Disney+)
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Jodi Matterson, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky, Barbara Gibbs, Sarah Lambert, Glendyn Ivin – Made Up Stories, Amazon Studios, Fifth Season (Amazon Prime Video)
• While The Men Are Away – Lisa Shaunessy, Alexandra Burke, Kim Wilson, Elissa Down – Arcadia (SBS)

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

• Zar Amir Ebrahimi – Shayda
• Shantae Barnes-Cowan – Sweet As
• Cate Blanchett – The New Boy
• Julia Garner – The Royal Hotel
• Sarah Snook – Run Rabbit Run
• Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

• Elias Anton – Of An Age
• Simon Baker – Limbo
• Thom Green – Of An Age
• Phoenix Raei – The Rooster
• Aswan Reid – The New Boy
• Osamah Sami – Shayda

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama presented by BINGE

• Kate Box – Erotic Stories
• Aisha Dee – Safe Home
• Bojana Novakovic – Love Me
• Teresa Palmer – The Clearing
• Anna Torv – The Newsreader
• Sigourney Weaver – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by BINGE

• Tim Draxl – In Our Blood
• Travis Fimmel – Black Snow
• Joel Lago – Erotic Stories
• Sam Reid – The Newsreader
• Richard Roxburgh – Bali 2002
• Hugo Weaving – Love Me

AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy

• Celeste Barber – Wellmania
• Kate Box – Deadloch
• Patrick Brammall – Colin From Accounts
• Harriet Dyer – Colin From Accounts
• Kitty Flanagan – Fisk
• Nina Oyama – Deadloch
• Helen Thomson – Colin From Accounts
• Julia Zemiro – Fisk

AACTA Award for Best Documentary

• Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story – Paul Goldman (Dir.), Bethany Jones, Paige McGinley – Mushroom Studios
• Harley & Katya – Selina Miles (Dir.), Blayke Hoffman, Jo-anne McGowan, Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury – Stranger Than Fiction
• John Farnham: Finding The Voice – Poppy Stockell (Dir.), Mikael Borglund, Paul Clarke, Martin Fabinyi, Olivia Hoopmann – Beyond Oz in association with Blink TV Production
• The Dark Emu Story – Allan Clarke (Dir.), Darren Dale, Belinda Mravicic, Jacob Hickey – Blackfella Films
• The Giants – Laurence Billiet (Dir.), Rachael Antony (Dir.), Helen Panckhurst – General Strike and Matchbox Pictures
• The Last Daughter – Brenda Matthews (Dir.), Nathaniel Schmidt (Dir.), Simon Williams, Brendon Skinner – Gravity Films
• This Is Going To Be Big – Thomas Charles Hyland (Dir.), Jim Wright, Josie Mason-Campbell – Truce Films and Fremantle Media
• To Never Forget – Peter Hegedüs (Dir.), Jaclyn McLendon, Bobbi-Lea Dionysius – Soul Vision Films

AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

• A Savage Christmas – Madeleine Dyer (Dir.), Ben McNeill, Daniel Mulvihill – Roaring Entertainment
• Limbo – Ivan Sen (Dir.), David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Rachel Higgins – Bunya Productions
• Monolith – Matt Vesely (Dir.), Bettina Hamilton – Black Cat White Rabbit Productions
• Streets of Colour – Ronnie S Riskalla (Dir.), Yolandi Franken – SkyCross Entertainment
• The Rooster – Mark Leonard Winter (Dir.), Geraldine Hakewill, MahVeen Shahraki – Don’t Crow!, Thousand Mile Productions and Clever Rabbit Productions
• The Survival of Kindness – Rolf de Heer (Dir.), Julie Byrne – Vertigo Productions and Triptych Pictures

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer presented by Network Ten

• Tom Gleeson – Hard Quiz
• Jim Jefferies – The 1% Club
• Luke McGregor – Taskmaster Australia
• Rhys Nicholson – RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under
• Nina Oyama – Taskmaster Australia
• Charlie Pickering – The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
• Natalie Tran – The Great Australian Bake Off
• Cal Wilson – The Great Australian Bake-Off

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

• Alex Jensen – Talk to Me
• Deborah Mailman – The New Boy
• Tasma Walton – Sweet As
• Mia Wasikowska – Blueback
• Ursula Yovich – The Royal Hotel
• Selina Zahednia – Shayda

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

• Mojean Aria – Shayda
• Eric Bana – Blueback
• Wayne Blair – The New Boy
• Rob Collins – Limbo
• Zoe Terakes – Talk to Me
• Hugo Weaving – The Rooster

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Alycia Debnam-Carey – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
• Marg Downey – The Newsreader
• Michelle Lim Davidson – The Newsreader
• Heather Mitchell – Love Me
• Leah Purcell – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
• Brooke Satchwell – Black Snow

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

• Tim Draxl – Erotic Stories
• Alexander England – Black Snow
• William McInnes – The Newsreader
• Bob Morley – Love Me
• Hunter Page-Lochard – The Newsreader
• Guy Pearce – The Clearing

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film

• Of An Age – Goran Stolevski
• Shayda – Noora Niasari
• Sweet As – Jub Clerc
• Talk to Me – Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
• The New Boy – Warwick Thornton
• The Royal Hotel – Kitty Green

AACTA Award for Best Entertainment Program

• Dancing With The Stars – Peter Beck, Kylie Washington, Deb Spinocchia – BBC Studios Australia (Seven Network)
• Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Grand Final – Paul Clarke, Emily Griggs – Blink TV Production Pty Ltd (SBS)
• Lego Masters: Grand Masters – David McDonald, AJ Johnson, Di Yang – Endemol Shine Australia (Nine Network)
• Mastermind – Lucy De Luca, Kylie Washington, Deb Spinocchia – BBC Studios Australia (SBS)
• The 1% Club – John Leahy, Deb Spinocchia, Kylie Washington – BBC Studios Australia (Seven Network)
• The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition – Rikkie Proost – Eureka Productions (Network Ten)

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

• Colin From Accounts (Episode 3) – Trent O’Donnell
• Colin From Accounts (Episode 6) – Matt Moore
• Deadloch (Episode 1) – Ben Chessell
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1) – Glendyn Ivin
• The Newsreader (Episode 4) – Emma Freeman

AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program

• Barrumbi Kids – Monica O’Brien, Danielle Maclean, Julia Morris – Ambience Entertainment Pty Limited and Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty Ltd (NITV, SBS)
• Beep and Mort – Kaye Weeks – Windmill Pictures (ABC)
• Bluey – Charlie Aspinwall, Sam Moor, Daley Pearson – Ludo Studio (ABC)
• Crazy Fun Park – Joanna Werner – Werner Film Productions (ABC)
• The PM’s Daughter – Tim Powell, Kieran Hoyle, Warren Clarke, Yingna Lu – Fremantle (ABC)
• Turn Up The Volume – Philippa Campey, Amanda Higgs, Rachel Davis – Matchbox Pictures and Film Camp (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special

• Aaron Chen: If Weren’t Filmed, Nobody Would Believe – Aaron Chen, Craig Ivanoff, Joshua Duncan – Junkyard Artists (YouTube Premium)
• Celeste Barber: Fine, thanks – Celeste Barber, Andy McIntyre, Nicole Dixon, Sarah Ben-m’rad, Steven Fisher, Trevor Engelson, Lisa Mann, Kay Lawrence– Big Yellow Taxi Productions (Netflix)
• Hannah Gadsby: Something Special – Hannah Gadsby, Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, Jenney Shamash, Frank Bruzzese – Guesswork Television Pty Ltd (Netflix)
• Jim Jefferies: High & Dry – Jim Jefferies, Brian Volk-Veiss, Andrew Murray – Nugget Productions (Netflix)
• Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares!? – Lizzy Hoo, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen McCarthy, Georgina Ogilvie, Lauren Moore – Guesswork Television Pty Ltd (Amazon Prime Video)
• Rhys Nicholson’s Big Queer Comedy Concert – Rhys Nicholson, Andy McIntyre, Nicole Dixon, Sarah Ben-m’rad, Kay Lawrence, Katherine Dale – Big Yellow Taxi Productions (Amazon Prime Video)

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program

• Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh – Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)
• RocKwiz – Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg, Brian Nankervis, Joe Connor – Renegade Films (Foxtel)
• Taskmaster Australia – Cam Bakker – Kevin & Co and Avalon (Network Ten)
• Thank God You’re Here – Michael Hirsh, Deb Herman, Rob Sitch – Working Dog Productions (Network Ten)
• The Cheap Seats – Michael Hirsh, Deb Herman, Rob Sitch – Working Dog Productions (Network Ten)
• The Weekly with Charlie Pickering – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Charlie Pickering, Julia Holmes – Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program

• Alone Australia – Riima Daher, Beth Hart – ITV Studios Australia (SBS)
• Gogglebox Australia – David McDonald, Will Minchin, Danielle Vos – Endemol Shine Australia (Foxtel, Network Ten)
• Kitchen Cabinet – Julie Hanna, Madeleine Hawcroft, Annabel Crabb, Rebecca Lamond – Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
• Old People’s Home for Teenagers – Tony De La Pena, Tara McWilliams, Emily Potts – Endemol Shine Australia (ABC)
• Take 5 with Zan Rowe – Nikita Agzarian, Josh Schmidt, Zan Rowe, Phoebe Bennett – ABC (ABC)
• Who The Bloody Hell Are We? – Tony Jackson, David Collins, Nick McInerney – Chemical Media (SBS)

AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program

• Matildas: The World at Our Feet – Steve Bibb – Barking Mad Productions and Station 10 Media (Disney+)
• Ningaloo Nyinggulu – Celia Tait, Tim Winton, Peter Rees, Karen Williams – Artemis Media (ABC)
• Queerstralia – Jon Casimir, Kevin Whyte, Zoë Coombs Marr, Plum Stubbings – Guesswork Television Pty Ltd (ABC)
• The Australian Wars – Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins, Belinda Mravicic – Blackfella Films Pty Ltd (NITV, SBS)
• War on Waste – Craig Reucassel, David Galloway, Leonie Lowe – Lune Media (ABC)
• Who Do You Think You Are – Maxine Gray – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program

• Adam and Poh’s Great Australian Bites – Adam Liaw – i8 Studio (SBS)
• Gardening Australia – Gill Lomas, Rachel Coffey – ABCTV (ABC)
• Grand Designs Australia – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Fremantle (Foxtel)
• Love it or List It Australia – Karen Warner, Geoff Fitzpatrick, Caroline Audcent, Howard Myers – Beyond Productions, a Banijay Company (Binge, Foxtel)
• Selling Houses Australia – Nicole Rogers, Monique Bushby, Kam Vurlow – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (Foxtel)
• The Great Australian Bake Off – Alenka Henry, Howard Myers, Kylie Washington, Deb Spinocchia – BBC Studios Australia (Foxtel)

AACTA Award for Best Reality Program

• Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains – Amelia Fisk, David Forster, Maria Handas, Toby Trappel – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)
• FBOY Island Australia – Caroline Swift, Anson Charody-Bognar, Dean Toccini, Laura Cassidy – Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia (Binge)
• Hunted Australia – Marty Benson, Natalie Cattach, Ben Davis – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)
• MasterChef Australia – David Forster, Simon Child, Eoin Maher, April Mackay – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)
• Real Housewives of Sydney – Samantha Martin, Natalie Brosnan, Dan Sheldon – Matchbox Productions (Binge, Foxtel)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under – Amanda Duthie, Cailah Scobie – World of Wonder (Stan)

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film

• Of An Age – Goran Stolevski
• Shayda – Noora Niasari
• Talk to Me – Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman
• The New Boy – Warwick Thornton
• The Royal Hotel – Kitty Green, Oscar Redding

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television

• Black Snow (Episode 1) – Lucas Taylor
• Colin From Accounts (Episode 3) – Harriet Dyer
• Colin From Accounts (Episode 6) – Patrick Brammall
• Deadloch (Episode 1) – Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan
• The Newsreader (Episode 4) – Adrian Russell Wills

AACTA Award for Best Short Film

• An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It – Lachlan Pendragon – Griffith Film School
• Ashes – Georgina Haig, Dean Francis, Daisy Betts-Miller, Charmaine Kuhn – Stewart Haig Productions
• Finding Addison – Francisca Braithwaite, Jess Milne, Nick Bolton – Blue Sparrow Entertainment
• Jia – Vee Shi, Nicholson Ren, Taysha McFarland – Niu Studios
• Mud Crab – David Robinson-Smith, Adam Daniel, Adam Finney – Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)
• Not Dark Yet – Bonnie Moir, Nicholas Denton, Michael Jones – Exit Films

AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy

• Appetite – Mohini Herse, Karen Radzyner – Fell Swoop Pictures and Photoplay Films
• Latecomers – Liam Heyen, Hannah Ngo, Angus Thompson, Emma Myers, Nina Oyama, Madeleine Gottlieb, Alistair Baldwin – Mad Ones Films & Lazy Susan Films
• Me & Her(pes) – Gemma Bird Matheson, Hannah Ngo, Kasia Vickery, Vic Zerbst – Chips & Gravy Films in association with Lazy Susan Films
• Monologue – Jim Wright, Elise Trenorden, Nicholas Clifford, Nina Oyama – Truce Films
• The Disposables – Karen Radzyner, Renny Wijeyamohan, Sonia Whiteman, Keir Wilkins – Photoplay Films and Dragonet Films
• The Future of Everything – Nicholas Colla, Mike Greaney, Nicolette Minster – LateNite

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television

• Aaron Chen: If Weren’t Filmed, Nobody Would Believe – Henry Stone
• Adam and Poh’s Great Australian Bites (Episode 1) – Josh Martin
• Matildas: The World at Our Feet  (Episode 2) – Katie Bender Wynn
• Queerstralia (Episode 1) – Stamatia Maroupas
• The Australian Wars (Episode 1) – Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling

AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – Jesse James Chisholm, Fiona Campbell Westgate, Jamie Macdougall, Rachel Copp, Paul Corbould – Rising Sun Pictures
• I Am Groot: Season 2 – Kirsten Lepore, Brad Winderbaum, Raphael de Almeida Pimentel, Adam Goins – Luma Pictures
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Alistair Williams, Julian Hutchens, Ian Cope – Rising Sun Pictures
• Scarygirl – Sophie Byrne, Tania Vincent, Ricard Cussó, Nathan Jurevicius – Highly Spirited
• Wolf Like Me – Jason Hawkins, Mark Millar, Martina Joison, Flavia Riley, Matthew Chance – Alt.vfx

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film

• Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism – Carl Allison
• Shayda – Sherwin Akbarzadeh
• Sweet As – Katie Milwright
• Talk to Me – Aaron McLisky
• The New Boy – Warwick Thornton

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television

• Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe – Episode 1 – Aaron Farrugia
• Deadloch – Episode 1 – Katie Milwright
• Erotic Stories – Episode 2 – Tania Lambert
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 1 – Sam Chiplin
• The Newsreader – Episode 4 – Earle Dresner

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films

• Carmen – Dany Cooper
• Scarygirl – Michelle McGilvray, Matt Villa, Courtney Teixera
• Sweet As – Katie Flaxman
• Talk to Me – Geoff Lamb
• The New Boy – Nick Meyers

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television

• Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe – Episode 1 – Peter Bennett
• Colin From Accounts – Episode 3 – Danielle Boesenberg
• Deadloch – Episode 1 – Angie Higgins
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 1 – Deborah Peart
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 6 – Deborah Peart, Dany Cooper
• The Newsreader – Episode 4 – Angie Higgins

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film

• Blueback – Nigel Westlake
• Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism – Dmitri Golovko
• Suka – Me-Lee Hay
• Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek
• The Big Dog – Sam Weiss

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television

• Bad Behaviour – Episode 1 – Caitlin Yeo
• Deadloch – Episode 1 – Amanda Brown
• Fisk – Episode 4 – Megan Washington, Daniel O’Brien
• In Limbo – Episode 1 – Matteo Zingales
• RFDS – Episode 5 – Amanda Brown, Damien Lane

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film

• Carmen – Steven Jones-Evans
• Scarygirl – Nathan Jurevicius
• The New Boy – Amy Baker
• The Portable Door – Matthew Putland
• True Spirit – Michelle McGahey, Bill Booth, Gillian Butler

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

• Beep and Mort – Episode 2 – Jonathon Oxlade
• Black Snow – Episode 1 – Helen O’Loan
• Deadloch – Episode 1 – Emma Fletcher
• Gold Diggers – Episode 3 – Simon McCutcheon
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 1 – Melinda Doring
• The Newsreader – Episode 4 – Paddy Reardon

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film

• Blueback – Lien See Leong
• Carmen – Emily Seresin
• Seriously Red – Tim Chappel
• The New Boy – Heather Wallace
• The Rooster – Ellen Stanistreet

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television

• Ten Pound Poms – Episode 1 – Xanthe Heubel
• The Claremont Murders – Episode 1 – Lisa Galea Gunning
• The Clearing – Episode 1 – Erin Roche
• The Newsreader – Episode 4 – Zed Dragojlovich
• While The Men Are Away – Episode 2 – Nina Edwards

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Film

• Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism – Benni Knop
• Scarygirl – Stuart Morton, Cameron Grant
• Seriously Red – Sam Hayward, Angus Robertson, Guntis Sic, Danielle Wiessner
• Talk to Me – Emma Bortignon, Pete Smith, Nick Steele
• Three Chords and the Truth – Anthony Marsh

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television

• Black Snow – Episode 6 – Mark Cornish, Tom Heuzenroeder, Justin Spasevski, Robert Mackenzie
• Last King of The Cross 

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