‘Barbie,’ ‘Talk to Me’ Win Big at Australian Academy Awards (AACTA)
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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