The winners of the 13th annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) were announced on Saturday where Barbie was the big winner, taking Best Film in the international awards section of the ceremony. Margot Robbie won Best Lead Actress and was honored for her outstanding career with the AACTA Trailblazer Award. The ceremony was hosted by Rebel Wilson and held at HOTA (Home of the Arts) in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
In another Barbie win, Ryan Gosling was named Best Supporting Actor, while Cillian Murphy won Best Actor for Oppenheimer, Vanessa Kirby won Best Supporting Actress for Napoleon and Best Direction and Best Screenplay went to Oppenheimer and Poor Things, respectively.
For the international television awards it was all Succession and The Bear, each winning Best Drama and Comedy with Jeremy Allen White and Sarah Snook taking the acting prizes.
In the homegrown Australia-based section of the AACTAs The New Boy and Talk to Me dominated the wins with The New Boy, which stars AACTA nominee Cate Blanchett, taking Best Lead Actor for Aswan Reid, Best Supporting Actress for Deborah Mailman as well as Best Cinematography and Best Production Design. A24’s Talk to Me won a huge eight AACTAs, including Best Film, Best Direction and Screenplay for Danny Philippou and Michael Philippo, and Best Lead Actress for Sophie Wilde.
Australians voted for their favorite stars across film, TV and digital productions through the AACTA Audience Choice Awards, with Love Island Australia host Sophie Monk winning the gong for Favourite Australian Media Personality.
A record 300,000 people voted in the audience choice categories, with The Matildas winning Australia’s favorite sporting moment for their performance at the 2023 Women’s Football World Cup.
See the full list of 2024 AACTA Award Winners below:
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS– FILM
AACTA International Award for Best Film
American Fiction
WINNER: Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film
Barbie (Greta Gerwig)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorsese)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper)
WINNER: Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos)
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Killers of the Flower Moon)
WINNER: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film
Cate Blanchett (The New Boy)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
WINNER: Margot Robbie (Barbie)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film:
Matt Damon (Oppenheimer)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Jacob Elordi (Saltburn)
WINNER: Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film
Penélope Cruz (Ferrari)
WINNER: Vanessa Kirby (Napoleon)
Julianne Moore (May December)
Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film
American Fiction (Cord Jefferson)
Barbie (Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer)
Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan)
WINNER: Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
AACTA INTERNATIONAL AWARDS– TELEVISION
AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series
Beef
WINNER: Succession
The Crown
The Last of Us
Yellow Jackets
AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series
Only Murders in the Building
Sex Education
Ted Lasso
WINNER: The Bear
The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel
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 Actress in a Series
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
Helen Mirren (1923)
Bella Ramsey (The Last of Us)
WINNER: Sarah Snook (Succession)
Ali Wong (Beef)
FILM
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film: Talk to Me – Danny Philippou, Michael Philippo
AACTA Award for Best Film: Talk to Me – Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton – Causeway Films
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in Film: Aswan Reid – The New Boy
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film: Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film: Hugo Weaving – The Rooster
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film: Deborah Mailman – The New Boy
AACTA Award for Best Casting in Film presented by Casting Networks: Shayda – Anousha Zarkesh
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 presented by Spectrum Films: Talk to Me – Geoff Lamb
AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup presented by HASK: Talk to Me – Rebecca Buratto, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou
AACTA Award for Best Indie Film: Limbo – Ivan Sen (Dir.), David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Rachel Higgins – Bunya Productions
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
TELEVISION
AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy: Kate Box – Deadloch
AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program: Bluey – Joe Brumm, Charlie Aspinwall, Sam Moor, Daley Pearson – Ludo Studio (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program: Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh – Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer presented by Network Ten: Cal Wilson – The Great Australian Bake Off
AACTA Award for Best Drama Series: The Newsreader – Joanna Werner, Michael Lucas – Werner Film Productions (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program: Old People’s Home for Teenagers – Tony De La Pena, Tara McWilliams, Emily Potts – Endemol Shine Australia (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by BINGE: Hugo Weaving – Love Me
AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama presented by BINGE: Anna Torv – The Newsreader
AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program: Gardening Australia – Gill Lomas – ABCTV (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Miniseries: 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)
AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series: Colin From Accounts – Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer – Easy Tiger (Binge, Foxtel)
AACTA Award for Best Reality Program: MasterChef Australia – David Forster, Simon Child, Eoin Maher, April Mackay – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television: Deadloch(Episode 1) – Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan
AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special: Hannah Gadsby: Something Special – Hannah Gadsby, Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, Jenney Shamash, Frank Bruzzese – Guesswork Television Pty Ltd (Netflix)
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama: Hunter Page-Lochard – The Newsreader
AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama: Heather Mitchell – Love Me
AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks: 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 Direction in Drama or Comedy: The Newsreader(Episode 4) – Emma Freeman
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television: The Australian Wars(Episode 1) – Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling
AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program: The Australian Wars – Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins, Belinda Mravicic – Blackfella Films Pty Ltd (NITV, SBS)
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 Entertainment Program: Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Grand Final – Paul Clarke, Emily Griggs – Blink TV Production Pty Ltd (SBS)
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
DOCUMENTARY
AACTA Award for Best Documentary: John Farnham: Finding The Voice – Poppy Stockell (Dir.), Mikael Borglund, Paul Clarke, Martin Fabinyi, Olivia Hoopmann – Beyond Oz in association with Blink TV Production
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary: The Giants – Sherwin Akbarzadeh
AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary: The Dark Emu Story – Caitlin Yeo, Damien Lane
AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary: Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story – David Williams
ONLINE
AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy: Latecomers – Liam Heyen, Hannah Ngo, Angus Thompson, Emma Myers, Nina Oyama, Madeleine Gottlieb, Alistair Baldwin – Mad Ones Films & Lazy Susan Films
SHORT FILM
AACTA Award for Best Short Film: Finding Addison – Francisca Braithwaite, Jess Milne, Nick Bolton – Blue Sparrow Entertainment
OTHER
AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – Andrew Whitehurst, Kathy Siegel, Alistair Williams, Julian Hutchens, Ian Cope – Rising Sun Pictures
INDIVIDUAL
2024 AACTA Trailblazer Award Recipient: Margot Robbie
2024 AACTA Byron Kennedy Award Recipient: Bruna Papandrea
2024 AACTA Brian Walsh Award Recipient: Ngali Shaw
2024 AACTA Reg Grundy Award Recipient: Rachel Berger (Seriously Funny)
AACTA AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite TV Show: Ginny & Georgia
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Film: Barbie
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Actress: Margot Robbie
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Actor: Adam Sandler
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Media Personality: Sophie Monk
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Digital Creator: Kat Clark and family @katclark
AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Sporting Moment: Soccer: Matilda’s World Cup run
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