13th AACTA Awards
Sponsored byFoxtel Group
Date8 February 2024 (2024-02-08) (industry luncheon)
10 February 2024 (2024-02-10) (main ceremony)
LocationHome of the Arts, Gold Coast, Australia
Hosted byRebel Wilson
Most nominationsThe Newsreader
Television/radio coverage
Networks
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The 13th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (generally known as the AACTA Awards) is an awards ceremony to celebrate the best Australian films and television of 2023. The main ceremony is due to take place on the afternoon of 10 February 2024 at the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, and will be broadcast on Network 10 and Fox Arena.

Previously held towards the end of each year, the date in early 2024 instead of December 2023 is designed to bring the Australian ceremony in line with the global awards season and the international awards schedule.[1]

In 2024, the previously single award for Best Casting was split by film and television. Awards for Comedy were expanded to include Best Acting in a Comedy, Best Comedy Entertainment Program and Best Online Drama or Comedy.

The nominations were announced on 8 December 2023:[1][2][3][4][5]

Film

Best Indie Film
  • Goran Stolevski – Of an Age
  • Noora Niasari – Shayda
  • Danny Philippou, Bill HinzmanTalk to Me
  • Warwick Thornton – The New Boy
  • Kitty Green, Oscar ReddingThe Royal Hotel
  • Nigel WestlakeBlueback
  • Dmitri Golovko – Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism
  • Me-Lee Hay – Suka
  • Cornel Wilczek – Talk to Me
  • Sam Weiss – The Big Dog
  • Benni Knop – Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism
  • Stuart Morton & Cameron Grant – Scarygirl
  • Sam Hayward, Angus Robertson, Guntis Sic, Danielle Wiessner – Seriously Red
  • Emma Bortignon, Pete Smith, Nick Steele – Talk to Me
  • Anthony Marsh – Three Chords and the Truth
  • Lien See Leong – Blueback
  • Emily Seresin – Carmen
  • Tim Chappel – Seriously Red
  • Heather Wallace – The New Boy
  • Ellen Stanistreet – The Rooster
Best Casting
  • Allison Meadows & Keziah Morgan – Run Rabbit Run
  • Anousha Zarkesh – Shayda
  • Jane Norris – Sweet As
  • Anousha Zarkesh – The New Boy
  • Kirsty McGregor – The Royal Hotel

Television

Best Comedy Entertainment Program
Best Factual Entertainment Program
Best Lifestyle Program
Best Reality Series
Best Stand-Up Special
Best Comedy Performer
Best Acting in a Comedy
Best Direction in Non-Fiction Television
Best Casting
  • Kirsty McGregor & Stevie Ray – Colin From Accounts
  • Alison Telford & Kate Leonard – Deadloch
  • Nathan Lloyd – Safe Home
  • Jane Norris – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
  • Nathan Lloyd – The Newsreader
Best Cinematography in Television
  • Aaron Farrugia – Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (Episode 1)
  • Katie Milwright – Deadloch (Episode 1)
  • Tania Lambert – Erotic Stories (Episode 2)
  • Sam Chiplin – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1)
  • Earle Dresner – The Newsreader (Episode 4)
Best Costume Design in Television
  • Xanthe Heubel – Ten Pound Poms (Episode 1)
  • Lisa Galea Gunning – The Claremont Murders (Episode 1)
  • Erin Roche – The Clearing (Episode 1)
  • Zed Dragojlovich – The Newsreader (Episode 4)
  • Nina Edwards – While The Men Are Away (Episode 2)
Best Editing in Television
  • Peter Bennett – Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (Episode 1)
  • Danielle Boesenberg – Colin From Accounts (Episode 3)
  • Angie Higgins – Deadloch (Episode 1)
  • Deborah Peart – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1)
  • Deborah Peart & Dany CooperThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 6)
  • Angie Higgins – The Newsreader (Episode 4)
Best Production Design in Television
  • Jonathon Oxlade – Beep and Mort (Episode 2)
  • Helen O’Loan – Black Snow (Episode 1)
  • Emma Fletcher – Deadloch (Episode )
  • Simon McCutcheon – Gold Diggers (Episode 3)
  • Melinda DoringThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 1)
  • Paddy Reardon – The Newsreader (Episode 4)
Best Original Music Score in Television
Best Sound in Television
  • Mark Cornish, Tom Heuzenroeder, Justin Spasevski, Robert MackenzieBlack Snow (Episode 6)
  • Grant Shepherd – Last King of The Cross (Episode 4)
  • Roger van Wensveen, David Williams, Ralph Ortner – The Clearing (Episode 1)
  • David Lee, Robert Mackenzie – The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Episode 6)
  • Nick Godkin, Ralph Ortner, Lee Yee, Liesl Pieterse – The Newsreader (Episode 6)

Documentary

Best Editing in a Documentary
  • Patrick McCabe – Because We Have Each Other
  • Peter Crombie, Lawrie Silvestrin – Folau
  • Simon Njoo, Pete Ward – Harley & Katya
  • Aleck Morton, Lydia Springhall – Queerstralia
  • Andrea Lang, Mark Atkin, Hilary Balmond – The Australian Wars
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
  • Nick Robinson, Jack Riley, Ashley Gibb, Caspar Mazzotti – Australia’s Wild Odyssey
  • Caspar Mazzotti, Cam Batten, Nick Robinson, Miles Rowland – Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival
  • Simon Morris – The Dark Emu Story
  • Sherwin Akbarzadeh – The Giants
  • Alex Serafini – This is Going To Be Big
Best Original Music Score in a Documentary
Best Sound in a Documentary
  • David Williams – Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
  • Wayne PashleyJohn Farnham: Finding The Voice
  • Damien Lane, Andrew BellettyKindred
  • Tristan Meredith – Memory Film: A Filmmaker’s Diary
  • Eren Sener, Andrew Wright, Will Carroll, Megan Howieson – The Dark Emu Story

Short film and Online

Best Short Film
Best Online Drama or Comedy
  • Appetite – Mohini Herse, Karen Radzyner (Fell Swoop Pictures & 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 & Dragonet Films)
  • The Future of EverythingNicholas Colla, Mike Greaney, Nicolette Minster (LateNite)

Additional awards

References

  1. ^ a b Dervisevic, Hanan (10 December 2023). "Cate Blanchett, Sigourney Weaver, and the late Cal Wilson receive nominations for 2024 AACTA awards". ABC News. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ Cain, Sian (8 December 2023). "Aacta awards 2024: The Newsreader, Deadloch and Colin from Accounts lead TV nominations". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ Story, Hannah (8 December 2023). "Talk to Me, The New Boy and The Newsreader lead AACTA Award nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Winners & Nominees". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  5. ^ Estera, Christine (9 December 2023). "AACTA 2024 film and TV nominations revealed". news.com.au. Retrieved 10 December 2023.