Logie Awards nominations come out - everyone goes crazy.
AACTA Award nominations come out and no one gives a rat…
Best Film nominees: Elvis, Here Out West, Sissy, The Drovers’ Wife, The Stranger, Three Thousand Years of Longing.
Mystery Road Origins, The Twelve and Heartbreak High dominate the television awards.
Five Bedrooms is nominated for the Best Comedy Program and is up against Aftertaste, Hard Quiz, Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell, Spicks and Specks, Summer Love.
The power of promotion at work!
It is interesting that a show that only been out for what, a month, can dominate the categories - when was the cutoff for eligibility?
Voting for the television awards were for this period: September 16 - October 3 (according to the AACTA website voting page).
Id say that the voting members were able to watch the show during that time in order to cast their vote.
A quick turnaround nonetheless, and quite impressive for Heartbreak High.
Is neighbours been nominated or at least getting a tribute and not like the most downgrading insult to Australian tv industry one it recieved at this years logies
I went through the list of nominated TV shows twice and couldn’t find Neighbours on the list.
posted 22 days ago:
Sadly, Neighbours isn’t nominated because it wasn’t put forward.
It really isn’t a comedy though. Dramedy at best. I would have thought it was more about the drama than the comedy.
i totally agree. Am not sure why they put it into the comedy category either. Its a drama (with a touch of dramedy added to it).
Noticeably BH&G missing from the Lifestyle category also.
One wonders whether 7 even bothered putting any of their shows forward.
Surely there were some better choices than Hard Quiz as best comedy program and Tom Gleeson Best Comedy Performer.
The Logies and AACTAs always manage to include some wacky nominations.
Years ago Kath and Kim won Best TV Drama at the then AFI Awards, beating All Saints, MDA and The Secret Life Of Us, and Best Screenplay in a Television Drama. Admittedly it doesn’t appear that the AFI awards then had a category for Best TV Comedy but I’m not sure how you’d rank K&K in the same field as those dramas.
Given the audience voting for AACTAs are effectively industry peers, its probably not a surprise that they wouldn’t bother with a lot of their content.
now that Seven has got the Logies and Ten has the AACTAs, Seven is probably favouring the Logies now whereas they usually gave the Logies a wide berth in the past
According to website of Eventbrite which is coordinating sales of tickets to the ceremonies for both general public and industry, the AACTA Awards on Wednesday, December 7 will start at 3pm AEDT.
I won’t be surprised if some winners are leaked before 10’s broadcast at 7.30pm local time.
In previous years AACTA themselves have tweeted out winners ahead of the telecast. Spoilers, guys 
The ABC’s depth of quality Australian content has been honoured with an incredible array of programs and personalities nominated in the 2022 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA).
From our unrivalled slate of drama, comedy and entertainment to our documentaries and kids content, the ABC has nominations in almost every category of the industry voted awards. These awards are voted on by AACTA members who are drawn from across the screen entertainment industry.
Prequel series Mystery Road: Origin led the ABC pack with an outstanding 15 nominations. The show is nominated for Best Drama Series and received nominations for direction, screenplay, editing, cinematography, costume design, production design, original score and sound.
Key talent were also nominated with lead Mark Coles Smith nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Drama and Tuuli Narkle nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Drama. Supporting cast members Hayley McElhinney, Steve Bisley and Daniel Henshall were all nominated in their respective categories.
Of the wealth of nominations, Acting Director Entertainment & Specialist Jennifer Collins said: “I am incredibly proud to see so many fantastic ABC programs and people recognised in these nominations. To have 55 nominations is a testament to our commitment to producing the highest quality Australian content. Congratulations to all our nominees and best of luck.”
These nominations are in addition to those announced in the first round in September which saw ABC commissioned documentaries Ithaka and River and ABC acquisition Ablaze all nominated in the Best Documentary category.
The winners of the 2022 AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group, will be presented over two ceremonies on Monday 5 December and Wednesday 7 December at The Hordern in Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter.
Academy Award-winning costume designer Catherine Martin is the recipient of this year’s Longford Lyell Award. There is a double page interview with her in Stellar magazine today.
Good to read that Catherine Martin is getting the Longford Lyell Award. She has had such an amazing career.
I see that 10 has schedule the 2022 AACTA Awards for 2 hours (7.30-9.30pm), which is great. I hope they show as many awards as possible, compared to some less than average ceremonies on Seven…
FOXTEL TO PREMIERE INSIDE THE AACTA STUDIO SPECIAL AHEAD OF 2022 AACTA AWARDS
Catherine Martin, Bojana Novakovic, Mark Coles Smith, Tuuli Narkle, James Majoos and Emma Freeman to feature in one-hour special
FOXTEL, AACTA and NIDA today announced the return of entertainment special INSIDE THE AACTA STUDIO, premiering on Saturday, 3 December on FOXTEL, ahead of the 2022 AACTA Awards on Wednesday, 7 December.
Hosted by Australian comedian, author, social commentator and journalist, Gretel Killeen, the one-hour special will feature candid and intimate discussions with 2022 AACTA nominees as they reflect on their performances and experiences making this year’s acclaimed productions.
Filmed in front of a live studio audience at the NIDA Playhouse, Inside the AACTA Studio will feature nominees across various categories for the first time this year including Bojana Novakovic (Love Me) and Tuuli Narkle (Mystery Road: Origins) for Best Lead Actress in a Drama; Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origins) and James Majoos (Heartbreak High) for Best Lead Actor in a Drama; Emma Freeman (Love Me) for Best Direction in Comedy or Drama; and Academy Award winner and recipient of the AACTA Longford Lyell Award for 2022, Catherine Martin (Elvis), for Best Costume Design in Film.
Brian Walsh, Executive Director of Drama & Senior Content Consultant for the Foxtel Group said: “We’re pleased to be producing Inside the AACTA Studio again this year with our partners AACTA and NIDA. We have a remarkable line-up of artists across various categories all willing to provide a first-hand view on the Australian film and television industry and their insights and experiences working on the year’s most celebrated productions.”
Inside the AACTA Studio will premiere on Saturday, December 3 at 7.30pm on FOXTEL, BINGE and AACTA TV.
The 2022 AACTA Awards Ceremony presented by Foxtel Group will take place on Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at Hordern Pavilion. An encore broadcast will air on Saturday, December 10 on Fox Docos, FOXTEL On Demand, BINGE and AACTA TV.
Inside the AACTA Studio premieres Saturday 3 December at 7.30pm AEDT
