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The 2024 AACTA Awards have been handed out to the best and brightest of the Australian TV and film industry, with Margot Robbie recognised with the 2024 trailblazer award.
Talk to Me, The Newsreader, Deadloch and The New Boy were the big winners among locally made shows, with Talk to Me taking out best film and best direction in film.
Sophie Wilde won best lead actress in film for her performance in Talk to Me, and another young talent, Aswan Reid, won best lead actor in film for his role in The New Boy.
On the small screen, The Newsreader and Deadloch each won five awards, with The Newsreader again winning best drama series and Deadloch comedy duo Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan winning best television screenplay.
Anna Torv won best lead actress in a drama for a second time as Helen Norville in The Newsreader, while Hugo Weaving won two awards for his performances in Love Me and The Rooster.
The late Cal Wilson was honoured with an AACTA Award for best comedy performer.
Robbie and her international hit movie Barbie took home half a dozen gongs after the movie smashed box office records to become the biggest film of 2023 but was overlooked in Oscar nominations for best director and best actress.
Yet the homegrown talent and the film she produced have now won a swag of academy accolades.
Barbie was recognised in the international film category with the best film and best international actress prizes going to Robbie, and best supporting actor to Ryan Gosling.
A 2024 trailblazer award also recognised Robbie's success both in front of the camera and behind it through her production company LuckyChap.
"The real world is forever and irrevocably messed up," said Barbie, but all those AACTA Awards are a good excuse for a giant blowout party with planned choreography and a bespoke song.
Rebel Wilson hosted the star-studded night at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on Saturday with Cate Blanchett, Simon Baker and Ron Howard walking the red carpet.
A record 300,000 people voted in the audience choice categories, with The Matildas winning Australia's favourite sporting moment for their performance at the 2023 Women's Football World Cup.
Here are the nominees and winners of the main categories.
Film
AACTA Award for Best Film
- Of An Age
- Shayda
- Sweet As
- WINNER: Talk to Me
- The New Boy
- The Royal Hotel
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film
- Goran Stolevski: Of An Age
- Noora Niasari: Shayda
- Jub Clerc: Sweet As
- WINNER: Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou: Talk to Me
- Warwick Thornton: The New Boy
- Kitty Green: The Royal Hotel
AACTA Award for Best Indie Film
- A Savage Christmas
- WINNER: Limbo
- Monolith
- Streets of Colour
- The Rooster
- The Survival of Kindness
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)
- WINNER: 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)
- Pheonix Raei (The Rooster)
- WINNER: Aswan Reid (The New Boy)
- Osamah Sami (Shayda)
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film
- Alex Jensen (Talk to Me)
- WINNER: Deborah Mailman (The New Boy)
- Mia Wasikowska (Blueback)
- Tasma Walton (Sweet As)
- 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)
- WINNER: Hugo Weaving (The Rooster)
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film
- Of An Age
- Shayda
- WINNER: Talk to Me
- The New Boy
- The Royal Hotel
- Television
Other film awards winners
- AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film: The New Boy (Warwick Thornton)
- AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film: Carmen (Emily Seresin)
- AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film: Talk to Me (Geoff Lamb)
- AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup: Talk to Me (Rebecca Buratto, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou)
- AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film: Talk to Me (Cornel Wilczek)
- AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film: The New Boy (Amy Baker)
- AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film: Talk to Me (Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman)
- AACTA Award for Best Sound in Film: Talk to Me (Emma Bortignon, Pete Smith, Nick Steele)
TV
AACTA Award for Best Drama Series
- Bay of Fires (ABC)
- Black Snow (Stan)
- Bump (Stan)
- Erotic Stories (SBS)
- Love Me (Binge)
- WINNER: The Newsreader (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Miniseries
- Bad Behaviour (Stan)
- In Our Blood (ABC)
- Safe Home (SBS)
- The Clearing (Disney+)
- WINNER: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Amazon Prime Video)
AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series
- WINNER: Colin From Accounts
- Deadloch
- Fisk
- Gold Diggers
- Upright
- Utopia
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama
- Kate Box (Erotic Stories)
- Aisha Dee (Safe Home)
- Bojana Novakovic (Love Me)
- Teresa Palmer (The Clearing)
- WINNER: Anna Torv (The Newsreader)
- Sigourney Weaver (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama
- Tim Draxl (In Our Blood)
- Travis Fimmel (Black Snow)
- Joel Lago (Erotic Stories)
- Sam Reid (The Newsreader)
- Richard Roxburgh (Bali 2002)
- WINNER: Hugo Weaving (Love Me)
AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy
- Celeste Barber (Wellmania)
- WINNER: 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 Entertainment Program
- Dancing With The Stars (Seven Network)
- WINNER: Eurovision Song Contest 2023 Grand Final (SBS)
- Lego Masters: Grand Masters (Nine Network)
- Mastermind (SBS)
- The 1% Club (Seven Network)
- The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition (Network 10)
AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program
- Alone Australia (SBS)
- Gogglebox Australia (Foxtel, Network 10)
- Kitchen Cabinet (ABC)
- WINNER: Old People's Home for Teenagers (ABC)
- Take 5 with Zan Rowe (ABC)
- Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (SBS)
AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program
- Adam and Poh's Great Australian Bites (SBS)
- WINNER: Gardening Australia (ABC)
- Grand Designs Australia (Foxtel)
- Love it or List it Australia (Binge, Foxtel)
- Selling Houses Australia (Foxtel)
- The Great Australian Bake Off (Foxtel)
AACTA Award for Best Reality Program
- Australian Survivor: Heroes V Villains (Network 10)
- FBOY Island Australia (Binge)
- Hunted Australia (Network 10)
- WINNER: MasterChef Australia (Network 10)
- Real Housewives of Sydney (Binge, Foxtel)
- RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (Stan)
AACTA Award for Best Documentary of Factual Program
- Matildas: The World at Our Feet (Disney+)
- Ningaloo Nyinggulu (ABC)
- Queerstralia (ABC)
- WINNER: The Australian Wars (NITV, SBS)
- War on Waste (ABC)
- Who Do You Think You Are (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Children's Program
- Barrumbi Kids (NITV, SBS)
- Beep and Mort (ABC)
- WINNER: Bluey (ABC)
- Crazy Fun Park (ABC)
- The PM's Daughter (ABC)
- Turn Up The Volume (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special
- Aaron Chen: If Weren't Filmed, Nobody Would Believe (YouTube Premium)
- Celeste Barber: Fine, thanks (Netflix)
- WINNER: Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (Netflix)
- Jim Jefferies: High & Dry (Netflix)
- Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares!? (Amazon Prime Video)
- Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert (Amazon Prime Video)
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer
- 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)
- WINNER: Cal Wilson (The Great Australian Bake Off)
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)
- WINNER: 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)
- WINNER: Hunter Page-Lochard (The Newsreader)
- Guy Pearce (The Clearing)
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
- WINNER: The Newsreader (Episode 4) – Emma Freeman
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
- WINNER: Deadloch (Episode 1) – Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan
- The Newsreader (Episode 4) – Adrian Russell Wills
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
- WINNER: The Australian Wars (Episode 1) – Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling
Best Short Film
- An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It (Lachlan Pendragon)
- Ashes (Georgina Haig, Daisy Betts-Miller, Charmaine Kuhn, Dean Francis)
- WINNER: Finding Addison (Jess Milne, Nick Bolton, Francisca Braithwaite)
- Jia (Nicholson Ren, Taysha McFarland, Vee Shi)
- Mud Crab (Adam Daniel, Adam Finney, David Robinson-Smith)
- Not Dark Yet (Bonnie Moir, Michael Jones, Nicholas Denton)
AACTA Award for Best Documentary
- Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
- Harley & Katya
- WINNER: John Farnham: Finding The Voice
- The Dark Emu Story
- The Giants
- The Last Daughter
- This Is Going To Be Big
- To Never Forget
Other TV awards winners
- AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program: Hard Quiz
- AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television: Deadloch (Alison Telford, Kate Leonard)
- AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1, Sam Chiplin)
- AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television: The Newsreader (Episode 4, Zed Dragojlovich)
- AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary: The Australian Wars (Andrea Lang, Mark Atkin, Hilary Balmond)
- AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television: Deadloch (Episode 1, Angie Higgins)
- AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television: Deadloch (Episode 1, Amanda Brown)
- AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1, Melinda Doring)
- AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 6, David Lee, Robert Mackenzie, Leah Katz, James Ashton)
International Awards
AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series
- Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
- Helen Mirren (1923)
- Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
- WINNER: Sarah Snook (Succession)
- Ali Wong (Beef)
AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series
- Kieran Culkin (Succession)
- Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)
- Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us)
- Jeremy Strong (Succession)
- WINNER: Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)
AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series
- Only Murders in the Building
- Sex Education
- Ted Lasso
- WINNER: The Bear
- The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel