The 2025 AACTA Award took place on Friday, February 7, 2025, on the Gold Coast, and we have the winners thus far!
Held at HOTA (Home of the Arts) in Sunshine Coast and hosted by Russell Crowe, the Oscar-winning actor and president of AACTA — if you missed you can stream it on 10Play.
For a full list of all nominations and more information about the 2025 AACTA Awards, aka The Aussie Oscars, read it here.
Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe led the AACTA Awards this year. Better Man won nine awards and Boy Swallows Universe scored a staggering 12 AACTA awards.
The Weekly is updating live as the AACTA award winners 2025 are announced…
The complete list of 2025 AACTA Award Winners:
Best Film
Better Man – Paul Currie, Michael Gracey, Coco Xiaolu Ma, Craig McMahon
Robbie signed off his speech with an “Aussie Aussie Aussie oy oy oy!” chant with the audience!
Best Drama Series
Heartbreak High – Carly Heaton, Sarah Freeman, Hannah Carroll Chapman
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Best Narrative Comedy Series
Fisk – Nicole Minchin, Kitty Flanagan, Vincent Sheehan, Tom Peterson
Best Miniseries
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Best Lead Actress in Film
Sarah Snook – Memoir Of A Snail
Best Lead Actor in Film
Jonno Davies – Better Man
Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Phoebe Tonkin – Boy Swallows Universe
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Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Felix Cameron – Boy Swallows Universe
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Best Acting in a Comedy Series
Kitty Flanagan – Fisk
This marks Kitty’s first AACTA for her acting performance. She has previously won Best Comedy Performer in 2021.
Best Supporting Actress in Film
Jacki Weaver – Memoir Of A Snail
Best Supporting Actor in Film
Damon Herriman – Better Man
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Deborah Mailman — Boy Swallows Universe
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Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Lee Tiger Halley — Boy Swallows Universe
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Best Direction in Film
Michael Gracey – Better Man
Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy Series
Boy Swallows Universe (Episode 1) – Bharat Nalluri
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Best Documentary
Otto by Otto – Gracie Otto (Dir.), Cody Greenwood, Nicole O’Donohue
The subject of the movie is Grace’s father’s dementia diagnosis. Grace wasn’t expecting the win and so gave a powerful and passionate speech:
“I want to thank my sister Miranda, my brother Eddie, my mum who kept dad alive for the past five years being a caretaker…Alzheimer’s is a f*cked disease.
“Russell [Crowe] talks about inspirations. Dad is an inspiration… unfortunately, he does not know who we are but I also want to thank my dad, and there is always an amazing woman behind the man and that is my mum Sue.”
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Best Documentary or Factual Program
Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian
Best Indie Film
Birdeater
Best Comedy Performer
Tom Gleeson – Hard Quiz
Best Entertainment Program
Spicks and Specks
Best Original Song
“Fine” – Meg Washington, Brendan Maclean and The Prison Choir, How To Make Gravy
Best Soundtrack
Heartbreak High – Jemma Burns
Best Sound in Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Sound in Television
Boy Swallows Universe (Episode 4)
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Best Children’s Program
Bluey – Joe Brumm, Charlie Aspinwall, Daley Pearson, Sam Moor
Best Stand-Up Special
Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet? – Anne Edmonds, Frank Bruzzese, Kathleen McCarthy, Kevin Whyte, Georgina Ogilvie
She beat out her partner Lloyd Langford, who was nominated in the same category.
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Best Comedy Entertainment Program
Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh
Best Factual Entertainment Program
Muster Dogs – Monica O’Brien, Michael Boughen, John Unwin, Matthew Street, Jo Chichester, Rachel Robinson
Best Lifestyle Program
Grand Designs Australia
Best Reality Program
MasterChef Australia – Marty Benson, Simon Child, Eoin Maher, April Mackay
Best Screenplay in Film
Better Man – Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole, Michael Gracey
Best Screenplay in Television
Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – John Collee
Best Short Film
Gorgo
Best Online Drama or Comedy
Buried – Miriam Glaser, Charlotte George, Fran Derham
Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
Muster Dogs (Episode 3) – Sally Browning
Best Visual Effects or Animation
Better Man
Best Cinematography in Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Best Cinematography in Television
Boy Swallows Universe (Episode 4) – Shelley Farthing-Dawe
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Best Editing in Film
Better Man
Best Editing in Television
Boy Swallows Universe (Episode 4) – Mark Perry
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Best Original Score in Film
Better Man – Batu Sener
Best Original Score in Television
Bluey (Episode 2) – Joff Bush, Daniel O’Brien, Jazz Darcy
Best Production Design in Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock
Best Production Design in Television
Boy Swallows Universe (Episode 4) – Michelle McGahey
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Best Costume Design in Film
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
Best Costume Design in Television
Ladies in Black (Episode 2) – Marion Boyce
Best Casting in Film
Better Man – Alison Telford, Kate Leonard, Kate Dowd
Best Casting in Television
Boy Swallows Universe – Nikki Barrett
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Best Hair and Makeup
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Lesley Vanderwalt, Larry Van Duynhoven, Matteo Silvi, Luca Vannella
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
The Musical Mind: A Portrait In Process – Geoffrey Hall, Emerson Hoskin
Best Editing in a Documentary
Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line – Gretchen Peterson
Best Original Score in a Documentary
Mozart’s Sister – Jessica Wells
Best Sound in a Documentary
Mozart’s Sister – Damian Jory
AACTA Longford Lyell Award
Working Dog – Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Michael Hirsh, Rob Sitch
The production company are behind some of the most iconic Australian films and television shows including The Castle, Utopia, Thank God You’re Here, The Dish, and Russel Coight’s All Aussie Adventures.
AACTA Byron Kennedy Award
Greig Fraser
AACTA Award for Outstanding Contribution
AACTA Reg Grundy Award
Unspoiled – Jamie Durie, Neville Poelina, and Melanie Hogan
