The 2025 AACTA Awards were held Friday night at Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, Queensland. This is the third year that the awards have been held in Queensland, with previous years, the event being held in Sydney.

This year’s show was hosted by AACTA President Russell Crowe, who also featured presenters from Stephen Curry and Guy Montgomery to Henry Cavill–which is to say it’s a real mix of presenters this year.

If you missed the live stream of the show on Channel Ten, you’ll be able to watch it on BINGE from 7:30 PM on Saturday, February 8.

Read on for all the winners from the 2025 AACTA Awards below.

AACTA Award for Best Film

  • Better Man [WINNER]
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail
  • Runt

AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

  • Before Dawn
  • Birdeater [WINNER]
  • Christmess
  • Just A Farmer
  • The Emu War
  • You’ll Never Find Me

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film

  • Better Man [WINNER]
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

  • Eric Bana for Force of Nature: The Dry 2
  • David Dastmalchian for Late Night With the Devil
  • Jonno Davies for Better Man [WINNER]
  • Daniel Henshall for How To Make Gravy
  • Guy Pearce for The Convert
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee for Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

  • Laura Gordon for Late Night With the Devil
  • Sarah Snook for Memoir of a Snail [WINNER]
  • Anya Taylor-Joy for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Phoebe Tonkin for Kid Snow
  • Anna Torv for Force of Nature: The Dry 2
  • Jackie van Beek for Audrey

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

  • Fayssal Bazzi for Late Night With the Devil
  • Chris Hemsworth for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Damon Herriman for Better Man [WINNER]
  • Damon Herriman for How To Make Gravy
  • Richard Roxburgh for Force of Nature: The Dry 2
  • Hugo Weaving for How To Make Gravy

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

  • Alyla Browne for Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • Hannah Diviney for Audrey
  • Kate Mulvany for Better Man
  • Kate Mulvany for How To Make Gravy
  • Ingrid Torelli for Late Night With the Devil
  • Jacki Weaver for Memoir of a Snail [WINNER]

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film

  • Better Man [WINNER]
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film

  • Better Man
  • Force of Nature: The Dry 2
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [WINNER]
  • Late Night With The Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film

  • Better Man
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [WINNER]
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Runt

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films

  • Better Man
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [WINNER]
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film

  • Better Man
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [WINNER]
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Devil
  • Memoir of a Snail

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Film presented by Casting Networks

  • Better Man [WINNER]
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Late Night With the Deil
  • Runt

AACTA Award for Best Drama Series

  • Fake
  • Heartbreak High [WINNER]
  • The Artful Dodger
  • The Twelve
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal
  • Total Control

AACTA Award for Best Miniseries

  • Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Exposure
  • Four Years Later
  • House of Gods
  • Human Error
  • Last Days of the Space Age

AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series

  • Austin
  • Bump
  • Colin From Accounts
  • Fisk [WINNER]
  • Strife
  • The Office

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Entertainment Program

  • Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee
  • Hard Quiz [WINNER]
  • Have You Been Paying Attention?
  • Thank God You’re Here
  • The Cheap Seats
  • The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

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

  • Dancing With The Stars
  • LEGO Masters Australia vs The World
  • Mastermind
  • Spicks and Specks [WINNER]
  • The 1% Club
  • Tipping Point Australia

AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program

  • Alone Australia
  • Gogglebox Australia
  • Muster Dogs [WINNER]
  • Stuff The British stole
  • Take 5 with Zan Rowe
  • The Assembly

AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program

  • Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia
  • Gardening Australia
  • Grand Designs Australia [WINNER]
  • Grand Designs Transformations
  • Restorations Australia
  • Selling Houses Australia

AACTA Award for Best Reality Program presented by Network 10

  • Australian Idol
  • Australian Survivor: Titans V Rebels
  • MasterChef Australia [WINNER]
  • Shark Tank Australia
  • The Amazing Race
  • The Great Australian Bake Off

AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program

  • Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley
  • I Was Actually There
  • Maggie Beer’s Big Mission
  • Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian [WINNER]
  • Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye
  • Who Do You Think You Are?

AACTA Award for Best Children’s Program

  • Bluey [WINNER]
  • Eddie’s Lil Homies
  • Hard Quiz Kids
  • Little J & Big Cuz
  • Play School: Big Ted’s Time Machine
  • Spooky Files

AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special

  • Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet? [WINNER]
  • Lloyd Langford: Current Mood
  • Mel Buttle: Let Me Know Either Way
  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival – The Allstars Supershow
  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival – The Gala
  • Rove McManus: Loosey Goosey

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

  • Asher Keddie for Fake
  • Deborah Mailman for Total Control
  • Leah Purcell for High Country
  • Phoebe Tonkin for Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Anna Torv for Territory
  • Shery-Lee Watson for Though Shalt Not Steal

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

  • Zac Burgess for Boy Swallows Universe
  • Felix Cameron for Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Rob Collins for Total Control
  • Brendan Cowell for Plum
  • Sam Neill for The Twelve
  • Noah Taylor for Though Shalt Not Steal

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer

  • Wil Anderson for Taskmaster Australia
  • Aaron Chen for Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee
  • Anne Edmonds for Taskmaster Australia
  • Tom Gleeson for Hard Quiz [WINNER]
  • Guy Montgomery for Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee
  • Charlie Pickering for The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy

  • Patrick Brammall for Colin From Accounts
  • Aaron Chen for Fisk
  • Harriet Dyer for Colin From Accounts
  • Kitty Flanagan for Fisk [WINNER]
  • Genevieve Hegney for Colin From Accounts
  • Asher Keddie for Strife
  • Michael Theo for Austin
  • Felicity Ward for The Office

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

  • Essie Davis for Exposure
  • Rachel Griffiths for Total Control
  • Deborah Mailman for Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Heather Mitchell for Fake
  • Sophie Wilde for Boy Swallows Universe
  • Asher Yasbincek for Heartbreak High

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

  • Simon Baker for Boy Swallows Universe
  • Wayne Blair for Total Control
  • Bryan Brown for Boy Swallows Universe
  • Travis Fimmel for Boy Swallows Universe
  • Lee Tiger Halley for Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Ewen Leslie for Prosper

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 1 [WINNER]
  • Colin From Accounts – Episode 3
  • Colin From Accounts – Episode 6
  • Fake – Episode 5
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 [WINNER]
  • Colin From Accounts – Episode 6
  • Fake – Episode 1
  • Fisk – Episode 3
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television

  • Anne Edmonds: Why Is My Bag All Wet?
  • Better Date than Never – Episode 1
  • Muster Dogs – Episode 3 [WINNER]
  • Stuff The British Stole – Episode 5
  • The Jury: Death on The Staircase – Episode 1

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 [WINNER]
  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 6
  • Exposure – Episode 5
  • Territory – Episode 1
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2

AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4
  • Heartbreak High – Episode 1
  • Ladies in Black – Episode 2 [WINNER]
  • Swift Street – Episode 1
  • The Artful Dodget – Episode 6

AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 [WINNER]
  • Colin From Accounts – Episode 3
  • Exposure – Episode 5
  • Fisk – Episode 4
  • The Artful Dodger – Episode 6

AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 [WINNER]
  • Exposure – Episode 5
  • House of Gods – Episode 6
  • Ladies in Black – Episode 2
  • The Artful Dodger – Episode 6

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television

  • Bluey – Episode 2 [WINNER]
  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4
  • Exposure – Episode 5
  • The Artful Dodget – Episode 8
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2

AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television

  • Bluey – Episode 2
  • Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 [WINNER]
  • Exposure – Episode 5
  • Territory – Episode 1
  • Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks

  • Boy Swallows Universe [WINNER]
  • Colin From Accounts
  • Fake
  • The Artful Dodger
  • The Twelve

AACTA Award for Best Documentary

  • A Horse Named Winx
  • Every Little Thing
  • Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
  • Otto By Otto [WINNER]
  • Porcelain War
  • The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

  • Megafauna: What Killed Australia’s Giants?
  • Skategoat
  • The Mission
  • The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process [WINNER]
  • The Speedway Murders

AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

  • Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line [WINNER]
  • ONEFOUR: Against All Odds
  • Revealed: Ben Roberts Smith Truth on Trial
  • The Speedway Murders
  • Welcome To Babel

AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary

  • Aquarius
  • Brand Bollywood Downunder
  • Mozart’s Sister [WINNER]
  • Otto by Otto
  • The Speedway Murders

AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary

  • A Horse Named Winx
  • Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
  • Mozart’s Sister [WINNER]
  • The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process
  • The Speedway Murders

AACTA Award for Best Short Film

  • And The Ocean Agreed
  • Before We Sleep
  • Die Bully Die
  • Favourites
  • Gorgo [WINNER]
  • Why We Fight

AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy Series

  • Bad Ancestors
  • Buried [WINNER]
  • Descent
  • Girl Crush
  • Urvi Went to an All Girl’s School
  • Videoland

AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup

  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [WINNER]
  • Ladies in Black
  • The Artful Dodger
  • The Moogai

AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation

  • Alien: Romulus
  • Better Man [WINNER]
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • The Fall Guy
  • Transformers One

AACTA Award for Best Original Song

  • Dream On from How To Make Gravy
  • Fine from How To Make Gravy [WINNER]
  • Forbidden Road from Better Man
  • Side By Side from Runt
  • Streetlights from Under Streetlights

AACTA Award for Best Soundtrack

  • Better Man
  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Heartbreak High [WINNER]
  • How To Make Gravy
  • Last Days of the Space Age

AACTA International Award for Best Drama Series

  • After the Party
  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Shougun
  • Slow Horses
  • The Diplomat

AACTA International Award for Best Comedy Series

  • Colin From Accounts
  • Curb your Enthusiasm
  • Hacks
  • Only Murders in the Building
  • The Bear

AACTA International Award for Best Actor in a Series

  • Larry David for Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • Idris Elba for Hijack
  • Gary Oldman for Slow Horses
  • Hiroyuki Sanada for Shogun
  • Jeremy Allen White for The Bear

AACTA International Award for Best Actress in a Series

  • Elizabeth Debicki for The Crown
  • Ayo Edebiri for The Bear
  • Jessica Gunning for Baby Reindeer
  • Anna Sawai for Shogun
  • Jean Smart for Hacks

AACTA International Award for Best Film

  • Anora
  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Perez
  • The Brutalist

AACTA International Award for Best Direction in Film

  • Better Man
  • Dune: Part Two
  • Emilia Perez
  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
  • The Brutalist

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay in Film

  • A Real Pain
  • Anora
  • Better Man
  • Conclave
  • The Brutalist

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor in Film

  • Adrien Brody for The Brutalist
  • Daniel Craig for Queer
  • Jonno Davies for Better Man
  • Colman Domingo for Sing Sing
  • Ralph Fiennes for Conclave

AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

  • Kirsten Dunst for Civil War
  • Karla Sofia Gascon for Emilia Perez
  • Nicole Kidman for Babygirl
  • Mikey Madison for Anora
  • Kate Winslet for Lee

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

  • Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain
  • Damon Herriman for Better Man
  • Guy Pearce for The Brutalist
  • Stanley Tucci for Conclave
  • Denzel Washington for Gladiator II

AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film

  • Toni Collette for Juror
  • Ariana Grande for Wicked
  • Felicity Jones for The Brutalist
  • Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez
  • Alison Steadman for Better Man

AACTA Longford Lyell Award

  • Working Dog [WINNER]

AACTA Byron Kennedy Award

  • Greig Fraser [WINNER]

AACTA Award for Outstanding Contribution

  • Paul Kelly [WINNER]

AACTA Reg Grundy Award

  • Jamie Durie, Neville Poelina, and Melanie Hogan [WINNER]

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Film

  • Deadpool & Wolverine
  • Inside Out 2
  • It Ends With Us
  • Moana 2
  • Twisters
  • Wicked [WINNER]

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite TV Show

  • Boy Swallows Universe
  • Bridgerton
  • Emily in Paris
  • Heartbreak High
  • Heartstopper
  • Outer Banks [WINNER]

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Actress

  • Cate Blanchett
  • Celeste Barber
  • Chloe Hayden
  • Margot Robbie [WINNER]
  • Nicole Kidman
  • Phoebe Tonkin

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Actor

  • Chris Hemsworth [WINNER]
  • Hugh Jackman
  • Jacob Elordi
  • Liam Hemsworth
  • Travis Fimmel
  • Will McDonald

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Media Personality

  • Abbie Chatfield
  • Dr Chris Brown
  • Hamish Blake
  • Jimmy Rees
  • Robert Irwin [WINNER]
  • Sophie Monk

AACTA Audience Choice Award for Favourite Australian Digital Creator

  • Bridey Drake [WINNER]
  • Chloe Hayden
  • Esme Louise James
  • Indy Clinton
  • Jiny Maeng
  • Luke and Sassy Scott
  • Maddy MacRae
  • Olly Bowman