AACTA 2025 film and TV nominations revealed

AACTA has announced the nominations for its 2025 awards ceremony, and one drama has managed to break records for the most nods ever.

The Australian Academy of Cinema Television Arts (AACTA) has unveiled the nominees for the 2025 awards ceremony.

When it comes to film, leading the race is the Robbie Williams-inspired Better Man, which has picked up a record-breaking 16 nominations.

It’s followed closely behind by George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and BINGE’s How to Make Gravy which both secured 15.

Horror-favourite Late Night with the Devil and animated flick Memoir of a Snail have also picked up a flurry of nominations.

Chris Hemsworth’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is up for numerous awards this year despite underperforming at the box office. Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images

It’s been a huge year for television too, with the critically acclaimed Boy Swallows Universe dominating with 22 nominations, the most nominations for any production in AACTA history. Far behind but not to be shrugged at is Dylan River’s Thou Shalt Not Steal with nine nods, while Colin From Accounts and The Artful Dodger both have an impressive eight nominations each.

AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy

Patrick Brammall – Colin From Accounts

Aaron Chen – Fisk

Harriet Dyer – Colin From Accounts

Kitty Flanagan – Fisk

Genevieve Hegney – Colin From Accounts

Asher Keddie – Strife

Michael Theo – Austin

Felicity Ward – The Office

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks

Boy Swallows Universe – Nikki Barrett

Colin From Accounts – Kirsty McGregor, Stevie Ray

Fake – Nathan Lloyd

The Artful Dodger – Leigh Pickford

The Twelve – Kirsty McGregor

AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program

Bluey – Joe Brumm, Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor – Ludo Studio (ABC)

Eddie’s Lil Homies – Sophie Byrne, Mark O Toole, Anna Scullie, Eddie Betts – Highly

Spirited and Eddie Betts Promotions (Netflix, NITV)

Hard Quiz Kids – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh –

Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)

Little J & Big Cuz – Ned Lander – Ned Lander Media Pty Ltd (ABC, NITV)

Play School: Big Ted’s Time Machine – Bryson Hall – Australian Broadcasting

Corporation (ABC)

Spooky Files – Paul Watters, Andrea Denholm, Tony Ayres, Guy Edmonds, Matt

Zeremes – Tony Ayres Productions and Megaboom Pictures (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Shelley Farthing-Dawe

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 6 – Mark Wareham

Exposure – Episode 5 – Aaron McLisky

Territory – Episode 1 – Simon Duggan

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 – Tyson Perkins

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program

Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee – Cam Bakker, Bronwynn Bakker, Greg

Sitch – Kevin & Co and ABC (ABC)

Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh – Thinkative

Television and ABC (ABC)

Have You Been Paying Attention? – Michael Hirsh, Rob Sitch, Deb Herman –

Working Dog Productions (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, Charlie Pickering, Kevin Whyte,

Frank Bruzzese – Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)

Actor Virginia Gay in Colin From Accounts. Supplied: BINGE

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer

Wil Anderson – Taskmaster Australia

Aaron Chen – Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee

Anne Edmonds – Taskmaster Australia

Tom Gleeson – Hard Quiz

Guy Montgomery – Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee

Charlie Pickering – The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Kerry Thompson

Heartbreak High – Episode 1 – Rita Carmody

Ladies in Black – Episode 2 – Marion Boyce

Swift Street – Episode 1 – Ntombi Moyo

The Artful Dodger – Episode 6 – Xanthe Heubel

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 1 – Bharat Nalluri

Colin From Accounts – Episode 3 – Trent O’Donnell

Colin From Accounts – Episode 6 – Madeline Dyer

Fake – Episode 5 – Emma Freeman

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 – Dylan River

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television

Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet? – Simon Francis

Better Date than Never – Episode 1 – Mariel Thomas

Muster Dogs – Episode 3 – Sally Browning

Stuff The British Stole – Episode 5 – Marc Fennell

The Jury: Death on The Staircase – Episode 1 – Tosca Looby, Ben Lawrence

AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program

Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley – Celia Tait – Artemis Media

(SBS)

I Was Actually There – Kirk Docker, Josh Schmidt, Loni Cooper, Julie Hanna – Docker

Media Pty Ltd (ABC)

Maggie Beer’s Big Mission – Celia Tait, Laki Baker, Phillipa Hutchinson – Artemis

Media (ABC)

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian – Jo Siddiqui – Southern Pictures Pty Ltd

(ABC)

Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye – Sky Kinninmont, Deb Spinocchia, Kylie Washington

– BBC Studios Australia (SBS)

Who Do You Think You Are? – Maxine Gray – Warner Bros. International Television

Production Australia Pty Ltd (SBS)

Thomas Brodie-Sangster and David Thewlis in a scene from The Artful Dodger. Picture: Supplied

AACTA Award for Best Drama Series

Fake – Imogen Banks, Emelyne Palmer, Asher Keddie – Kindling Pictures

(Paramount+)

Heartbreak High – Carly Heaton, Sarah Freeman, Hannah Carroll Chapman –

Fremantle Australia (Netflix)

The Artful Dodger – Jo Porter, David Maher, David Taylor – Curio Pictures (Disney+)

The Twelve – Hamish Lewis, Michael Brooks, Ally Henville, Ian Collie, Rob Gibson –

Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia Pty Ltd and Easy Tiger

Productions Pty Ltd (Binge, Foxtel)

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Dylan River, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Charlie Aspinwall, Daley

Pearson, Sam Moor – Ludo Studio & Since1778 Productions (Stan)

Total Control – Darren Dale, Rachel Griffiths, Stuart Page, Erin Bretherton –

Blackfella Films (ABC)

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Mark Perry

Colin From Accounts – Episode 3 – Danielle Boesenberg

Exposure – Episode 5 – Leila Gaabi

Fisk – Episode 3 – Katie Flaxman

The Artful Dodger – Episode 6 – Rodrigo Balart

AACTA Award for Best Entertainment Program presented by EMG/Gravity Media

Dancing With The Stars – Peter Beck, Deb Spinocchia, Kylie Washington – BBC

Studios Australia (Seven Network)

LEGO® Masters Australia vs. The World – David McDonald, AJ Johnson, Di Yang –

Endemol Shine Australia (Nine Network)

Mastermind – Lucy De Luca, Kylie Washington, Deb Spinocchia – BBC Studios

Australia (SBS)

Spicks and Specks – Rowdie Walden, Michiko Smith, Anthony Watt – ABC (ABC)

The 1% Club – John Leahy, Michiko Smith, Kylie Washington, Deb Spinocchia – BBC

Studios Australia (Seven Network)

Tipping Point Australia – Amelia Fisk, Becky Taylor, Miles Reeves, Roslyn Saunders –

Endemol Shine Australia (Nine Network)

AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program

Alone Australia – Riima Daher, Beth Hart, Keely Sonntag – ITV Studios Australia (SBS)

Gogglebox Australia – David McDonald, Will Minchin, Natasha Pizzica – Endemol

Shine Australia (Binge, Foxtel, Network Ten)

Muster Dogs – Monica O’Brien, Michael Boughen, John Unwin, Matthew Street, Jo

Chichester, Rachel Robinson – Ambience Entertainment Pty Ltd (ABC)

Stuff The British Stole – Marc Fennell, Alan Erson, Richard Finlayson, Kate Pappas –

Wooden Horse & Wildbear Entertainment and Cream (Canada) (ABC)

Take 5 with Zan Rowe – Zan Rowe, Nikita Agzarian, Josh Schmidt – Australian

Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

The Assembly – Mark Fennessy, Therese Hegarty, Julie Hanna, Vanessa Oxlad –

HELIUM Pictures (ABC)

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

Zac Burgess – Boy Swallows Universe

Felix Cameron – Boy Swallows Universe

Rob Collins – Total Control

Brendan Cowell – Plum

Sam Neill – The Twelve

Noah Taylor – Thou Shalt Not Steal

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

Asher Keddie – Fake

Deborah Mailman – Total Control

Leah Purcell – High Country

Anna Torv – Territory

Phoebe Tonkin – Boy Swallows Universe

Sherry-Lee Watson – Thou Shalt Not Steal

AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program

Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia – Naomi Elkin, Sarah Thornton, Helen Biggs,

Leisa Pratt – Network Ten Pty Ltd (Network Ten)

Gardening Australia – Gill Lomas – ABC (ABC)

Grand Designs Australia – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Fremantle Australia

(ABC)

Grand Designs Transformations – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Fremantle

Australia (ABC)

Restoration Australia – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Fremantle Australia (ABC)

Selling Houses Australia – Kam Vurlow, Monique Bushby – Warner Bros.

International Television Production Australia Pty Ltd (Foxtel)

Phoebe Tonkin in Boy Swallows Universe. Picture: Supplied

AACTA Award for Best Miniseries

Boy Swallows Universe – Andrew Mason, Troy Lum – Brouhaha Entertainment

Australia (Netflix)

Exposure – Nicole O’Donohue, Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant – Thirdborn (Stan)

Four Years Later – Ian Collie, Stephen Corvini, Rob Gibson – Easy Tiger Productions

(SBS)

House of Gods – Sheila Jayadev, Deborah Lee, Bree-Anne Sykes, Blake Ayshford –

Matchbox Pictures (ABC)

Human Error – John Edwards, Dan Edwards, Samantha Winston, Greg Haddrick –

Roadshow Rough Diamond (Nine Network)

Last Days of the Space Age – Laura Waters, Emma Fitzsimons, Chris Loveall,

Stephanie Swedlove – Princess Pictures (Disney+)

AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series

Austin – Catherine Nebauer, Joe Weatherstone, Darren Ashton, Ben Miller –

Northern Pictures (ABC)

Bump – Dan Edwards, John Edwards, Claudia Karvan, Kelsey Munro – Roadshow

Rough Diamond (Stan)

Colin From Accounts – Kevin Greene, Ian Collie, Rob Gibson – Easy Tiger Productions

(Binge, Foxtel)

Fisk – Nicole Minchin, Kitty Flanagan, Vincent Sheehan, Tom Peterson – Origma 45

(ABC)

Strife – Steve Hutensky, Jodi Matterson, Asher Keddie, Mia Freedman, Sarah

Scheller, Lorelle Adamson – Made Up Stories and Fifth Season (Binge, Foxtel)

The Office – Sophia Zachariou, Kylie Washington, Linda Micsko – BBC Studios

Australia and Bunya Entertainment (Amazon Prime Video)

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television

Bluey – Episode 2 – Joff Bush, Daniel O’Brien, Jazz Darcy

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Johnny Klimek, Gabriel Isaac Mounsey

Exposure – Episode 5 – Mikey Young

The Artful Dodger – Episode 8 – Antony Partos

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 – Vincent Goodyer

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Michelle McGahey

Exposure – Episode 5 – Marni Kornhauser

House of Gods – Episode 6 – Roslyn Durnford

Ladies in Black – Episode 2 – Michael Rumpf

The Artful Dodger – Episode 6 – Matt Putland

AACTA Award for Best Reality Program presented by Network Ten

Australian Idol – Joel McCormack, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost – Eureka (Seven

Network)

Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels – Amelia Fisk, David Forster, Toby Trappel,

Phoebe McMahon – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)

MasterChef Australia – Marty Benson, Simon Child, Eoin Maher, April Mackay –

Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)

Shark Tank Australia – Cat Bowden, Ben Ulm, Jemma Carlton – Curio Pictures

(Network Ten)

The Amazing Race – Jane Rowley, Rikkie Proost, Lucy Connors, Emma Hanna –

Eureka Productions (Network Ten)

The Great Australian Bake Off – Alenka Henry, Sophie Johnston, Kylie Washington,

Deb Spinocchia – BBC Studios Australia (Foxtel)

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – John Collee

Colin From Accounts – Episode 6 – Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer

Fake – Episode 1 – Anya Beyersdorf

Fisk – Episode 3 – Penny Flanagan, Kitty Flanagan

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 – Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Sophie Miller, Dylan River

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television

Bluey – Episode 2 – Dan Brumm

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Sam Hayward

Exposure – Episode 5 – Paul Finlay, Andrew Miller, Joe Mount, Jared Dwyer

Territory – Episode 1 – Josh Williams, Pete Smith, Duncan Campbell, Tom

Heuzenroeder

Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 – Luke Mynott

AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special

Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet? – Anne Edmonds, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen

McCarthy, Kevin Whyte, Georgina Ogilvie – Guesswork Television (Network Ten,

Paramount+)

Lloyd Langford: Current Mood – Lloyd Langford, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen McCarthy,

Kevin Whyte, Georgina Ogilvie – Guesswork Television (Network Ten, Paramount+)

Mel Buttle: Let Me Know Either Way? – Mel Buttle, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen

McCarthy, Kevin Whyte, Georgina Ogilvie – Guesswork Television (Network Ten,

Paramount+)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Allstars Supershow – Rowdie

Walden, Claire Hammond, Susan Provan – ABC (ABC)

Melbourne International Comedy Festival - The Gala – Rowdie Walden, Claire

Hammond, Susan Provan – ABC (ABC)

Rove McManus: Loosey Goosey – Rove McManus, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen

McCarthy, Kevin Whyte, Georgina Ogilvie – Guesswork Television (Network Ten,

Paramount+)

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

Simon Baker – Boy Swallows Universe

Wayne Blair – Total Control

Bryan Brown – Boy Swallows Universe

Travis Fimmel – Boy Swallows Universe

Lee Tiger Halley – Boy Swallows Universe

Ewen Leslie – Prosper

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

Essie Davis – Exposure

Rachel Griffiths – Total Control

Heather Mitchell – Fake

Deborah Mailman – Boy Swallows Universe

Sophie Wilde – Boy Swallows Universe

Asher Yasbincek – Heartbreak High

Robbie Williams and Ayda Field at the premiere for his new biopic, Better Man. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

FILM

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Film presented by Casting Networks

Better Man – Alison Telford, Kate Leonard, Kate Dowd

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Nikki Barrett

How To Make Gravy – Nikki Barrett

Late Night with the Devil – Leigh Pickford

Runt – Kirsty McGregor, Annie Murtagh-Monks

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film

Better Man – Erik A. Wilson, Matt Toll, Ashley Wallen

Force Of Nature: The Dry 2 – Andrew Commis

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan

Late Night with the Devil – Matthew Temple

Memoir Of A Snail – Gerald Thompson

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film

Better Man – Cappi Ireland

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan

How To Make Gravy – Christina Validakis

Late Night with the Devil – Steph Hooke

Runt – Terri Lamera

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film

Better Man – Michael Gracey

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – George Miller

How To Make Gravy – Nick Waterman

Late Night with the Devil – Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes

Memoir Of A Snail – Adam Elliot

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films

Better Man – Martin Connor, Lee Smith, Spencer Susser, Jeff Groth, Patrick Correll

Force Of Nature: The Dry 2 – Alexandre de Franceschi, Maria Papoutsis

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Eliot Knapman, Margaret Sixel

Late Night with the Devil – Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes

Memoir Of A Snail – Bill Murphy

AACTA Award for Best Film

Better Man – Paul Currie, Michael Gracey, Coco Xiaolu Ma, Craig McMahon – Better

Man Productions Pty Ltd

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Doug Mitchell, George Miller – Kennedy Miller Mitchell

and Warner Bros

How To Make Gravy – Schuyler Weiss, Hamish Lewis, Nick Waterman, Meg

Washington, Michael Brooks – Warner Bros. International Television Production

Australia Pty Ltd

Late Night with the Devil – Mathew Govoni, Adam White – Future Pictures Pty Ltd

Memoir Of A Snail – Liz Kearney, Adam Elliot – Arenamedia

Runt – Jamie Hilton, Craig Silvey – See Pictures Pty Ltd

Late Night with the Devil was one of the biggest horror movies of the year. Picture: Shudder

AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

Before Dawn – Jordon Prince-Wright (Dir.), Ian Hale – Prince-Wright Productions

Birdeater – Jack Clark (Dir.), Jim Weir (Dir.), Ulysses Oliver, Stephanie Troost –

Breathless Films and Fax Machine

Christmess – Heath Davis (Dir.), Daniel Fenech, Cindy Pritchard, Rick Beecroft,

Jonathan Page – Crash House Productions Pty Ltd and Brick Studios

Just A Farmer – Simon Lyndon (Dir.), Leila McDougall, Sean McDougall – VAM

Paddock Productions

The Emu War – John Campbell (Dir.), Lisa Fineberg (Dir.), Jay Morrissey (Dir.) – Hot

Dad Productions Pty Ltd

You’ll Never Find Me – Indianna Bell (Dir.), Josiah Allen (Dir.), Christine Williams,

Jordan Cowan – Stakeout Films, Someone Like U

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

Eric Bana – Force Of Nature: The Dry 2

David Dastmalchian – Late Night with the Devil

Jonno Davies – Better Man

Daniel Henshall – How To Make Gravy

Guy Pearce – The Convert

Kodi Smit-McPhee – Memoir Of A Snail

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

Laura Gordon – Late Night with the Devil

Sarah Snook – Memoir Of A Snail

Jackie van Beek – Audrey

Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anna Torv – Force Of Nature: The Dry 2

Phoebe Tonkin – Kid Snow

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film

Better Man – Batu Sener

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Tom Holkenborg

How To Make Gravy – Sam Dixon

Late Night with the Devil – Roscoe Irwin, Glenn Richards

Memoir Of A Snail – Elena Kats-Chernin

How To Make Gravy Dan has become a massive success for BINGE. Picture: Supplied

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film

Better Man – Joel Chang

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock

How To Make Gravy – Benjamin Fountain, Peter Kodicek

Late Night with the Devil – Otello Stolfo

Memoir Of A Snail – Adam Elliot

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film

Better Man – Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole, Michael Gracey

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – George Miller, Nico Lathouris

How To Make Gravy – Meg Washington, Nick Waterman

Late Night with the Devil – Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes

Memoir Of A Snail – Adam Elliot

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Film

Better Man – Paul Pirola, Guntis Sics, Greg P. Russell, Tom Marks, Andy Nelson

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Rob Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, James Ashton, Yulia

Akerholt, Jessica Meier, Tom Holkenborg

How To Make Gravy – Craig Walmsley, Stuart Morton, Diego Ruiz, Sam Hayward

Late Night with the Devil – Emma Bortignon, Manel Lopez, Pete Smith, Cameron

Grant

Memoir Of A Snail – David Williams, Andy Wright, Lee Yee, Dylan Burgess

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

Fayssal Bazzi – Late Night with the Devil

Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Damon Herriman – Better Man

Damon Herriman – How To Make Gravy

Richard Roxburgh – Force Of Nature: The Dry 2

Hugo Weaving – How To Make Gravy

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Hannah Diviney – Audrey

Kate Mulvany – Better Man

Kate Mulvany – How To Make Gravy

Ingrid Torelli – Late Night with the Devil

Jacki Weaver – Memoir Of A Snail

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