‘Talk To Me’ Scores Best Film, Director & Actress At Australia’s AACTA Awards; ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ & Emmy Winners Dominate International Categories – Full List

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Talk to Me was named Best Film at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, which were handed out today on the Gold Coast. The teen horror pic also won Best Director for Danny and Michael Philippou and Best Lead Actress for Sophie Wilde.

Talk to Me took eight total statuettes, including five from the AACTA Industry Awards earlier in the week. The Newsreader and Deadloch also won five AACTAs each, including the Industry nods.

The group also revealed its winners in TV, online and other categories. See the full list from both AACTA Awards ceremonies below.

Aswan Reid took Best Lead Actor in a Film for The New Boy, and his co-star Deborah Mailman won the Supporting Actress prize. Hugo Weaving scooped Best Supporting Actor for The Rooster and added a Best Lead Actor in a Drama trophy for Love Me.

On the TV side, The Newsreader took Best Drama Series, with its second season adding to its collection of six awards from Season 1. Colin from Accounts, which was just renewed for Season 2, won Best Narrative Comedy Series.

The Bear and its star Jeremy Allen White followed up their Emmy success with AACTA International Award wins for Best Comedy Series and Lead Actor in a Comedy. Best Drama Series Emmy winner Succession and its star Sarah Snook, who also was feted by the Television Academy last month, snagged the AACTA International Awards for Best Drama Series and Actress in a Drama.

Other international winners included Barbie and its stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling (Best Film, Lead Actress and Supporting Actor), Oppenheimer‘s Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy (Best Director and Actor), Poor Things (Best Screenplay for Tony McNamara) and Napoleon‘s Vanessa Kirby (Supporting Actress).

Robbie also honored Saturday with the Trailblazer Award, which highlights the achievements, abilities and success of an Australian screen practitioner who inspires others in the industry. Bruna Papandrea, who won an Best Miniseries AACTA today for The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, also received the Byron Kennedy Award for outstanding creative enterprise within the film and TV industries.

Here are the winners of the 2024 AACTA Awards for screen excellence in Australia:

FILM

Best Direction in Film

Talk to Me – Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou

Best Film

Talk to Me – Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton – Causeway Films

Best Lead Actor in Film

Aswan Reid – The New Boy

Best Lead Actress in Film

Sophie Wilde – Talk to Me

Best Supporting Actor in Film

Hugo Weaving – The Rooster

Best Supporting Actress in Film

Deborah Mailman – The New Boy

Best Casting in Film

Shayda – Anousha Zarkesh

Best Cinematography in Film

The New Boy – Warwick Thornton

Best Costume Design in Film

Carmen – Emily Seresin

Best Editing in Film

Talk to Me – Geoff Lamb

Best Hair and Makeup

Talk to Me – Rebecca Buratto, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou

Best Indie Film

Limbo – Ivan Sen (Dir.), David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Rachel Higgins – Bunya Productions

Best Original Score in Film

Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek

Best Production Design in Film

The New Boy – Amy Baker

Best Screenplay in Film

Talk to Me – Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman

Best Sound in Film

Talk to Me – Emma Bortignon, Pete Smith, Nick Steele

TELEVISION

Best Acting in a Comedy

Kate Box – Deadloch

Best Children’s Program

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

Best Comedy Entertainment Program

Hard Quiz – Chris Walker, Kevin Whyte, Tom Gleeson, John Tabbagh – Thinkative Television and ABC (ABC)

Best Comedy Performer

Cal Wilson – The Great Australian Bake Off

Best Drama Series

The Newsreader – Joanna Werner, Michael Lucas – Werner Film Productions (ABC)

Best Factual Entertainment Program

Old People’s Home for Teenagers – Tony De La Pena, Tara McWilliams, Emily Potts – Endemol Shine Australia (ABC)

Best Lead Actor in a Drama

Hugo Weaving – Love Me

Best Lead Actress in a Drama

Anna Torv – The Newsreader

Best Lifestyle Program

Gardening Australia – Gill Lomas – ABC TV (ABC)

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)

Best Narrative Comedy Series

Colin From Accounts – Ian Collie, Rob Gibson, Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer – Easy Tiger (Binge, Foxtel)

Best Reality Program

MasterChef Australia – David Forster, Simon Child, Eoin Maher, April Mackay – Endemol Shine Australia (Network Ten)

Best Screenplay in Television

Deadloch (Episode 1) – Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan

Best Stand-Up Special

Hannah Gadsby: Something Special – Hannah Gadsby, Kevin Whyte, Kathleen McCarthy, Jenney Shamash, Frank Bruzzese – Guesswork Television Pty Ltd (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

Hunter Page-Lochard – The Newsreader

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

Heather Mitchell – Love Me

Best Casting in Television

Deadloch – Alison Telford, Kate Leonard

Best Cinematography in Television

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 1 – Sam Chiplin

Best Costume Design in Television

The Newsreader – Episode 4 – Zed Dragojlovich

Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

The Newsreader (Episode 4) – Emma Freeman

Best Direction in Nonfiction Television

The Australian Wars (Episode 1) – Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling

Best Documentary or Factual Program

The Australian Wars – Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins, Belinda Mravicic – Blackfella Films Pty Ltd (NITV, SBS)

Best Editing in a Documentary

The Australian Wars – Andrea Lang, Mark Atkin, Hilary Balmond

Best Editing in Television: Deadloch – Episode 1 – Angie Higgins

Best Entertainment Program

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 – Grand Final – Paul Clarke, Emily Griggs – Blink TV Production Pty Ltd (SBS)

Best Original Score in Television

Deadloch – Episode 1 – Amanda Brown

Best Production Design in Television

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 1 – Melinda Doring

Best Sound in Television

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – Episode 6 – David Lee, Robert Mackenzie, Leah Katz, James Ashton

DOCUMENTARY

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

Best Cinematography in a Documentary

The Giants – Sherwin Akbarzadeh

Best Original Score in a Documentary

The Dark Emu Story – Caitlin Yeo, Damien Lane

Best Sound in a Documentary

Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story – David Williams

ONLINE

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

Best Short Film

Finding Addison – Francisca Braithwaite, Jess Milne, Nick Bolton – Blue Sparrow Entertainment

OTHER

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