14th AACTA Awards

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14th AACTA Awards
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Date5 February 2025 (2025-02-05) (industry luncheon)
7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) (main ceremony)
Location Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Australia
Most nominations Boy Swallows Universe
Television/radio coverage
Networks
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The 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 2024. The main ceremony is scheduled to take place on 7 February 2025 at the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast and will be broadcast on Network 10 and Arena. [1] The recipient of the Longford Lyell Award has been announced to be film and television production company Working Dog Productions. [2] The ceremony is preceded by an earlier industry luncheon on 5 February 2025.

Contents

Feature film

The nominations are as follows: [3] [1]

    • Before Dawn – Jordon Prince-Wright, Ian Hale
    • Birdeater – Jack Clark, Jim Weir, Ulysses Oliver, Stephanie Troost
    • Christmess Heath Davis, Daniel Fenech, Cindy Pritchard, Rick Beecroft, Jonathan Page
    • Just A FarmerSimon Lyndon, Leila McDougall, Sean McDougall
    • The Emu War – John Campbell, Lisa Fineberg, Jay Morrissey
    • You'll Never Find Me – Indianna Bell, Josiah Allen, Christine Williams, Jordan Cowan
    • Michael Gracey — Better Man
    • George Miller — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Nick Waterman — How to Make Gravy
    • Colin Cairnes, Cameron CairnesLate Night with the Devil
    • Adam Elliot — Memoir of a Snail
    • Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole, Michael Gracey – Better Man
    • George Miller, Nico LathourisFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Meg Washington, Nick Waterman – How to Make Gravy
    • Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes – Late Night with the Devil
    • Adam Elliot – Memoir of a Snail
    • Alyla BrowneFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Hannah Diviney – Audrey
    • Kate MulvanyBetter Man
    • Kate Mulvany – How to Make Gravy
    • Ingrid Torelli – Late Night with the Devil
    • Jacki WeaverMemoir of a Snail
    • Erik A. Wilson, Matt Toll, Ashley WallenBetter Man
    • Andrew Commis – Force of Nature: The Dry 2
    • Simon DugganFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Matthew Temple – Late Night with the Devil
    • Gerald Thompson – Memoir of a Snail
    • Martin Connor, Lee Smith, Spencer Susser, Jeff Groth, Patrick Correll – Better Man
    • Alexandre de Franceschi, Maria Papoutsis – Force of Nature: The Dry 2
    • Eliot Knapman, Margaret SixelFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes – Late Night with the Devil
    • Bill Murphy – Memoir of a Snail
    • Paul Pirola, Guntis Sics, Greg P. Russell, Tom Marks, Andy NelsonBetter Man
    • Robert Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, James Ashton, Yulia Akerholt, Jessica Meier, Tom Holkenborg – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Craig Walmsley, Stuart Morton, Diego Ruiz, Sam Hayward – How to Make Gravy
    • Emma Bortignon, Manel Lopez, Pete Smith, Cameron Grant – Late Night with the Devil
    • David Williams, Andy Wright, Lee Yee, Dylan Burgess – Memoir of a Snail
    • Joel Chang – Better Man
    • Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Benjamin Fountain, Peter Kodicek – How to Make Gravy
    • Otello Stolfo – Late Night with the Devil
    • Adam Elliot – Memoir of a Snail
    • Cappi Ireland – Better Man
    • Jenny BeavanFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Christina Validakis – How to Make Gravy
    • Steph Hooke – Late Night with the Devil
    • Terri Lamera – Runt
Best Casting
    • Alison Telford, Kate Leonard, Kate Dowd – Better Man
    • Nikki BarrettFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga
    • Nikki Barrett – How to Make Gravy
    • Leigh Pickford – Late Night with the Devil
    • Kirsty McGregor, Annie Murtagh-Monks – Runt

Television

Best Comedy Entertainment Program
Best Factual Entertainment Program
Best Lifestyle Program
Best Reality Series
Best Stand-Up Special
    • Why is My Bag All Wet?Anne Edmonds – Guesswork Television (Network 10, Paramount+)
    • Current MoodLloyd Langford – Guesswork Television (Network 10, Paramount+)
    • Let Me Know Either WayMel Buttle – Guesswork Television (Network 10, Paramount+)
    • Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Allstars Supershow (ABC)
    • Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Gala (ABC)
    • Loosey GooseyRove McManus – Guesswork Television (Network 10, Paramount+)
Best Comedy Performer
Best Acting in a Comedy
    • Bharat NalluriBoy Swallows Universe – Episode 1: Boy Smells Rat
    • Trent O'DonnellColin from Accounts – Episode 3: Heavy
    • Madeline Dyer – Colin from Accounts – Episode 6: Yass King
    • Emma FreemanFake – Episode 5: Love Kitten
    • Dylan River – Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2: Stealin' Donkeys
Best Direction in Non-Fiction Television
    • Simon Francis – Anne Edmonds: Why is My Bag All Wet?
    • Mariel Thomas – Better Date than Never – Episode 1
    • Sally Browning – Muster Dogs – Episode 3
    • Marc Fennel – Stuff the British Stole – Episode 5
    • Tosca Looby & Ben Lawrence – The Jury: Death on the Staircase – Episode 1: The Death
    • John ColleeBoy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Patrick Brammall & Harriet Dyer – Colin from Accounts – Episode 6: Yass King
    • Anya BeyersdorfFake – Episode 1: Lanolin
    • Penny Flanagan & Kitty Flanagan – Fisk – Episode 3: "I'm the Fisk"
    • Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Sophie Miller & Dylan River – Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2: Stealin' Donkeys
Best Casting
    • Nikki BarrettBoy Swallows Universe
    • Kirsty McGregor & Stevie Ray – Colin from Accounts
    • Nathan Lloyd – Fake
    • Leigh Pickford – The Artful Dodger
    • Kirsty McGregor – The Twelve
Best Cinematography in Television
    • Shelley Farthing-Dawe – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Mark Wareham – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 6: Boy Seeks Work
    • Aaron McLisky – Exposure – Episode 5
    • Simon DugganTerritory – Episode 1
    • Tyson Perkins – Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2: Stealin' Donkeys
Best Costume Design in Television
    • Kerry Thompson – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Rita Carmody – Heartbreak High – Episode 1: Bird Psycho
    • Marion Boyce – Ladies in Black – Episode 2: Secret Designs
    • Ntombi Moyo – Swift Street – Episode 1
    • Xanthe Heubel – The Artful Dodger – Episode 6: Bully in the Alley
Best Editing in Television
    • Mark Perry – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Danielle Bosenberg – Colin from Accounts – Episode 3: Heavy
    • Leila Gaabi – Exposure – Episode 5
    • Katie Flaxman – Fisk – Episode 3: "I'm the Fisk"
    • Rodrigo BalartThe Artful Dodger – Episode 6: Bully in the Alley
Best Production Design in Television
    • Michelle McGahey – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Marni Kornhauser – Exposure – Episode 5
    • Roslyn Durnford – House of Gods – Episode 6: When God Speaks
    • Michael Rumpf – Ladies in Black – Episode 2: Secret Designs
    • Matt Putland – The Artful Dodger – Episode 6: Bully in the Alley
Best Original Music Score in Television
    • Joff Bush, Daniel O'Brien, Jazz Darcy – BlueyEpisode 2: The Sign
    • Johnny Klimek, Gabriel Isaac Mounsey – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Mikey Young – Exposure – Episode 5
    • Antony PartosThe Artful Dodger – Episode 8: Untapped Potential
    • Vincent GoodyerThou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2: Stealin' Donkeys
Best Sound in Television
    • Dan Brumm – Bluey – Episode 2: The Sign
    • Sam Hayward – Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4: Boy Loses Dad
    • Paul Finlay, Andrew Miller, Joe Mount, Jared Dwyer – Exposure – Episode 5
    • Josh Williams, Pete Smith, Duncan Campbell, Tom Heuzenroeder – Territory – Episode 1
    • Luke Mynott – Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2: Stealin' Donkeys

Documentary

    • Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley – Celia Tait (SBS)
    • I Was Actually There – Kirk Docker, Josh Schmidt, Loni Cooper, Julie Hanna (ABC)
    • Maggie Beer's Big Mission – Celia Tait, Laki Baker, Phillipa Hutchinson (ABC)
    • Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian – Jo Siddiqui (ABC)
    • Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye – Sky Kinninmont, Deb Spinocchia, Kylie Washington (SBS)
    • Who Do You Think You Are? – Maxine Gray (SBS)
Best Editing in a Documentary
    • Gretchen Peterson – Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
    • Johanna Scott – Onefour: Against All Odds
    • Orly Danon – Revealed: Ben Roberts-Smith - Truth On Trial
    • Sean Lahiff – The Speedway Murders
    • Karen Johnson – Welcome to Babel
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
    • Jeff Siberry – Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants?
    • Dan Freene & Jordan Ritz – Skategoat
    • Dean Brosche – The Mission
    • Geoffrey Hall & Emerson Hoskin – The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process
    • Maxx Corkindale – The Speedway Murders
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
    • Damien Lane – Aquarius
    • Dmitri Golovko, Burkhard Dallwitz, Brett Aplin – Brand Bollywood Downunder
    • Jessica Wells – Mozart's Sister
    • Stefan Gregory – Otto by Otto
    • Antony Partos, Jackson Milas, Josh Pearson, Josie Mann – The Speedway Murders
Best Sound in a Documentary
    • Abigail Sie – A Horse Named Winx
    • Wayne Pashley, Travis Handley, Stephen Hopes, Jason King – Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
    • Damian Jory – Mozart's Sister
    • Pete Smith, Tom Heuzenroeder – The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process
    • Michael Darren, Pete Smith, Des Kenneally, Hamish Keen – The Speedway Murders

Short form and online

Best Short Film
    • And the Ocean Agreed – Tanya Modini, Luisa Martiri, Stephanie Dower
    • Before We Sleep – Josh Lacy, Michelle Walker, Mason Jay Lewis, Joshua Walsh
    • Die Bully Die – Nathan Lacey, Nick Lacey, Matthew Backer, Drew Weston
    • FavouritesNick Russell, Nick Musgrove
    • Gorgo – Veniamin Gialouris, Katie Amos, Danielle Stamoulos
    • Why We FightDanielle Cormack, Nicole da Silva
Best Online Drama or Comedy
    • Bad Ancestors – Vanilla Tupu, Jessica Magro, Wendy Mocke, Rizcel Gagawanan
    • Buried – Fran Derham, Charlotte George, Miriam Glaser
    • Descent – Millie Holten, Madi Savage, Ella Lawry, Liam Fitzgibbon, Sam Lingham
    • Girl Crush – Ally Morgan, Hew Sandison, Sayuri Kawamura, Madeleine Mallis, Samantha Andrew
    • Urvi Went to an All Girls School – Urvi Majumdar, Nina Oyama, Lauren Nichols, Kate Cornish
    • Videoland – Jessica Smith, Scarlett Koehne

Additional awards

Best Original Song
Best Soundtrack

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