It doesn’t matter where it’s held. The biggest issue is the broadcast on the telly itself. Air ALL the major awards. Hire a better editing team. And have a host start from the beginning, not 10-15 minutes in after the pre-package host (Claudia Karvan) and the AACTA President (Russel Crowe) talk…
Gold Coast has been locked in to host the AACTA Awards for the next three years. Also note that it will now be held in February, instead of December. And that the International AACTA Awards will be combined with the normal Australian Award ceremony too.
This might be a result with the Logies moving south again.
Russell Crowe made the official announcement at a press conference on the Gold Coast today.
https://twitter.com/linc_lewis/status/1619151743081943040
The “other awards” no-one talks about have announced their 2024 dates.
The main ceremony will be held on Saturday 10 February 2024, with the Industry Awards held two days earlier on Thursday 8 February 2024. Both to be held at the Gold Coast.
The main awards will air on 10, and replayed on FOX Docos.
AACTA FESTIVAL 2024: WHERE AUSSIE SCREEN MAGIC TAKES CENTRE STAGE ON THE GOLD COAST!
The Australian Academy presents the inaugural AACTA Festival. With more than 70 film, television, music, gaming, pop culture and family events coming to the Gold Coast, QLD – February 8-11 2024
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) proudly announces the debut of the AACTA Festival, a four-day celebration of Australia’s vibrant screen industry, that promises an immersive experience for all, from industry professionals to film enthusiasts, school-leavers, families, and aspiring creatives – the Festival, including the AACTA Awards presented by Foxtel Group, will be hosted at the Home of the Arts (HOTA) from February 8-11, 2024.
With more than 70 events on the program and more to be added, the AACTA Festival will present a dynamic array of panels, meet-and-greet, screenings and activities which are predominantly free to attend. The festival will provide an opportunity to go behind the scenes of your favourite films, immerse yourself in the industry’s latest trends, meet your favourite stars, network with screen practitioners, and learn more about the exciting world of Australian film, TV, gaming, music and more.
The AACTA Industry Awards Ceremony will kick things off on Thursday February 8, followed by a day of industry events, masterclasses, and creator discussions on Friday. Saturday February 10 the AACTA Awards Ceremony will welcome all the stars on the red carpet. Finishing on Sunday February 11 with an array of screenings, live music, kids events, acting workshops, meet-and-greets, and more. Sunday will also feature the Screen Careers Expo presented by Essential Screen Skills, running all day and offering pathways for anyone wanting to break into the industry. It promises to be a great day out for the entire family.
Cinematic highlights include a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Matrix; an animation deconstruction of international blockbuster Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, a deep dive into the stunt work from Mad Max: Fury Road and a showcase of the upcoming BINGE Original series High Country, with Leah Purcell. Michael Gracey (The Greatest Showman), and producer Paul Currie will give audiences an exclusive look of their upcoming Australian film Better Man starring singer Robbie Williams. Iconic Australian musician Russell Morris (The Real Thing) will take part in an exclusive in-conversation with composer David Hirschfelder, and audiences can hear from Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid on the progress of the film franchise currently being shot in Queensland.
Many of Queensland’s top writers will attend and be showcased throughout the festival, including Trent Dalton, author of Boy Swallows Universe, and Holly Ringland author of Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. In addition to this, audiences can hear from writers Nick Earls, Lystra Rose, Mathew Condon, Richard Jameson, Tristan Michael Savage, Ben Hobson to name just a few.
The festival will also host a series of Meet the Creators events – panel discussions with internationally renowned talent including directors Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me),Warwick Thornton (The New Boy), and the team behind the hit TV show The Newsreader. Our Meet the Nominee panels offer a chance hear from some of Australia’s biggest stars, producers, and directors, nominated for a prestigious AACTA Award. The festival also features a wide range of topical industry panels covering various aspects of the screen industry, from the future of AI and streaming to First Nations truth-telling and storytelling panels. Also included are a range of online gaming ‘Let’s Play’ events, and an immersive art experience led by acclaimed painter, actor, and musician Stan Yarramunua.
There will be fun for the whole family, with a series of kids events, including a Play School LIVE event, kid’s acting workshops, face painting, livemusic, and a very special appearance from Queensland’s beloved Bluey.
For those looking to join the industry, the AACTA Screen Careers Expo presented by Essential Screen Skills will be operating all-day on Sunday and provide a comprehensive and insightful immersion into the diverse facets of the screen industry.
AACTA CEO Damian Trewhella said, “AACTA Festival is a must-attend event for anyone who loves Australian film, television, music, gaming, art, and pop culture. We are excited to present more than 70 events over four days celebrating the excellence of our industry. From red carpet glamour to workshops and a special kids’ line-up, it’s an invitation for everyone to step into the magic of storytelling and creativity.”
Amanda Laing, Foxtel Group Chief Content and Commercial Officer, and BINGE Managing Director said, “The AACTAs festival will provide more ways to showcase and celebrate the best of Australian storytelling and the incredible talent powering it. The Foxtel Group is proud to support this exciting new initiative.”
“The Gold Coast is one of the most prolific screen production centres in the Southern Hemisphere, with the screen sector contributing an estimated $590 million in direct and flow-on benefits for our city,” said Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate.
The AACTA Festival program is filled with opportunities for seasoned industry professionals, budding creators and the community alike to explore Australia’s screen sector and celebrate the Gold Coast’s leading role in it. Plan your visit, pack your popcorn, and enjoy the show!
Jacqui Feeney, Screen Queensland CEO said, “The AACTA Festival will bring leading local and national screen practitioners together on the Gold Coast—a renowned production and screen talent hub, and the ideal home for this event. Screen Queensland is proud to support the inaugural AACTA Festival and welcome aspiring filmmakers and audiences alike to also connect, learn and revel in this celebration of screen culture.”
The AACTA Festival is now live. For more information, please visit aactafestival.com to get your tickets. Stay tuned for new events that will be added soon.
Key Details:
2024 AACTA Industry Awards presented by Foxtel Group& After Party Presented by Screen Queensland: Thursday, 8 February
2024 AACTA Awards Ceremony presented by Foxtel Group & Official After Party: Saturday, 10 February
AACTA Festival: Thursday, 8 February – Sunday, 11 February
Nominees for the 2024 AACTA Awards were announced on the Gold Coast this morning. The event was hosted by Stephen Curry and Narelda Jacobs. Foxtel also used the occasion to announce that it will extend their partnership with AACTA for a further three years.
The AACTA Audience Choice Awards will commence in December, with AACTA to call for contenders on social media, and then voting to begin in January.
Logies nominations come out, and there’s usually an uproar on who’s nominated, and who’s not. Come AACTA time, and no one seems to care. lol.
Up for Best Drama Series are: Bay Of Fires (ABC), Black Snow (Stan), Bump (Stan), Erotic Tales (SBS), Love Me (Binge) and The Newsreader (ABC).
Up for Best Films are: Of an Age, Shayda, Sweet As, Talk to Me, The New Boy, The Royal Hotel.
I’ve only seen Talk to Me and The New Boy advertised a fair bit this year. The others, sadly, not as much.
Erotic tales the ones i watched were boring as batshit does anyone like any of them
Foxtel Group Secures 26 Nominations for 2024 AACTA AWARDS
The Foxtel Group today confirmed it has secured a total of 26 nominations for the 2024 AACTA Awards, with all eligible BINGE and FOXTEL scripted and unscripted series being nominated for an award.
BINGE hit comedy series Colin From Accounts received an outstanding 10 nominations including Best Narrative Comedy Series, Best Acting in Comedy Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer along with first time nominee Helen Thomson, two nominations for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy, two nominations for Best Screenplay in Television, Best Editing and Best Casting in Television making it the most nominated comedy series this year and one of the most nominated shows.
Upright Season 2 has also been nominated for Best Narrative Comedy Series while BINGE’s first Australian Original Love Me Season 2 landed 5 nominations including once again for Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actor in a Drama – Hugo Weaving, Best Lead Actress in a Drama – Bojana Novakovic, Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Heather Mitchell and for the first time Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Bob Morley.
The Foxtel Group secured several nominations in the Reality, Entertainment, Comedy and Lifestyle categories and took out an impressive 4 of 6 nominations in the Best Lifestyle Program category for BINGE and FOXTEL productions The Great Australian Bake Off, Selling Houses Australia, Love It Or List It and Grand Designs Australia. The Great Australian Bake Off hosts were recognised with first-time nominations for Natalie Tran and the late Cal Wilson for Best Comedy Performer.
Gogglebox Australia has been nominated for a sixth year in a row for Best Factual Entertainment Program along with Best Reality nominations for BINGE Originals FBoy Island and The Real Housewives of Sydney and Best Comedy Entertainment Program FOXTEL Original RocKwiz.
The 2024 AACTA Awards will see another first with the inaugural Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent to be given out on the night. The Award, announced recently with Nicole Kidman, will honour his legacy and his contribution to the industry he was so passionate about.
Amanda Laing, Foxtel Group Chief Content and Commercial Officer & Managing Director BINGE said: “These nominations are a testament to the world-class quality of content being commissioned and produced by the Foxtel Group and we are especially grateful our late colleague, Brian Walsh, will be honoured with the inaugural Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent.
“We are also pleased to confirm a three-year extension to our partnership with AACTA, securing our place as presenting partner until 2027 and cementing our commitment to the industry over many years.”
Alison Hurbert-Burns, BINGE Executive Director and Foxtel Group, Commissioning and Content, said: “The number of nominations across our scripted and unscripted Originals slate reflects our unwavering commitment to Australian storytelling and is a great achievement for our production team, our producing partners, creatives, cast and crew. I’d like to congratulate all the nominees.”
Full List of 2024 AACTA Award Nominations for the Foxtel Group:
Best Narrative Comedy Series – Colin From Accounts
Best Narrative Comedy Series – Upright Season 2
Best Drama Series – Love Me Season 2
Best Lifestyle Program – Love It Or List It
Best Lifestyle Program – Selling Houses Australia
Best Lifestyle Program – The Great Australian Bake Off
Best Lifestyle Program – Grand Designs Australia
Best Factual Entertainment Program – Gogglebox Australia
Best Reality Program – Fboy Island
Best Reality Program – The Real Housewives of Sydney
Best Comedy Entertainment Program – RocKwiz
Best Acting In a Comedy – Patrick Brammall (Colin From Accounts)
Best Acting In a Comedy – Harriet Dyer (Colin From Accounts)
Best Acting In a Comedy – Helen Thomson (Colin From Accounts)
Best Direction in Drama or Comedy – Trent O’Donnell (Episode 3 Colin From Accounts)
Best Direction in Drama or Comedy – Matt Moore (Episode 6 Colin From Accounts)
Best Screenplay in Television – Harriett Dyer (Episode 3 Colin From Accounts)
Best Screenplay in Television – Patrick Brammall (Episode 6 Colin From Accounts)
Best Editing in Television - Danielle Boesenberg (Episode 3 Colin From Accounts)
Best Casting in Television - Stevie Ray and Kirsty McGregor (Colin From Accounts)
Best Lead Actor in a Drama – Hugo Weaving (Love Me Season 2)
Best Lead Actress in a Drama – Bojana Novakovic (Love Me Season 2)
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Bob Morley (Love Me Season 2)
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Heather Mitchell (Love Me Season 2)
Best Comedy Performer – Cal Wilson (The Great Australian Bake Off)
Best Comedy Performer – Natalie Tran (The Great Australian Bake Off).
ABC dominates 2023 AACTA nominations
The ABC has received a phenomenal 60 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) nominations, more than any other network or streamer in the country.
The Newsreader S2 dominated the nominations, receiving more nods for the top screen prize than any other production. It was shortlisted 15 times across a broad range of categories, including lead acting nominations for the stellar performances by Sam Reid and Anna Torv as well as best drama series. Produced by Werner Productions, The Newsreader is also nominated twice for best supporting actor and actress, best direction, cinematography, screenplay, production design, costume design, casting, editing and sound.
The winners will be announced at an event on the Gold Coast in February.
ABC Chief Content Officer Chris Oliver-Taylor said the ABC is immensely proud of the incredible depth of talent across the entire slate.
“To be nominated in so many categories at this year’s AACTA Awards is a huge honour,’’ he said. “This is testimony to the brilliant creative work that (Head of Screen) Jen Collins’ team at the ABC have been delivering. Congratulations to all our nominated programs, people and independent producers and production companies for this outstanding and well-deserved recognition.”
ABC finalists span 32 award categories in this year’s AACTAs, which celebrate Australian Film, TV, Documentary, and Online production excellence. ABC dramas, factual and documentary programs featured strongly across multiple categories.
It was also a strong year for Australian comedy, evident in the nominations for Best Narrative Comedy Series, which includes Fisk, Gold Diggers, and Utopia. Fisk starring Kitty Flannagan and documentary The Dark Emu Story each collected four nominations, while Queerstralia picked up three.
You can watch the ABC’s nominated content anytime, free and ad free, on the ABC iview AACTAs Collection.
2023 ABC AACTA INDUSTRY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Acting in a Comedy
- Kitty Flanagan – FISK
- Julia Zemiro – FISK
Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks
- Nathan Lloyd – THE NEWSREADER
Best Children’s Program
- BEEP AND MORT
- BLUEY
- CRAZY FUN PARK
- THE PM’S DAUGHTER
- TURN UP THE VOLUME
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
- AUSTRALIA’S WILD ODYSSEY – Episode 1
- THE DARK EMU STORY
- THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG
Best Cinematography in Television
- Aaron Farrugia – AUNTY DONNA’S COFFEE CAFE – Episode 1
- Earle Dresner – THE NEWSREADER – Episode 4
Best Comedy Entertainment Program
- HARD QUIZ
- THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING
Best Comedy Performer presented by Network Ten
- Tom Gleeson – HARD QUIZ
- Charlie Pickering – THE WEEKLY WITH CHARLIE PICKERING
Best Costume Design in Television
- Zed Dragojlovich – The Newsreader – Episode 4
Best Direction in Drama or Comedy
- Emma Freeman – THE NEWSREADER – Episode 4
Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
- Stamatia Maroupas – QUEERSTRALIA – Episode 1
Best Documentary
- HARLEY & KATYA
- THE DARK EMU STORY
- THIS IS GOING TO BE BIG
Best Documentary or Factual Program
- NINGALOO NYINGGULU
- QUEERSTRALIA
- WAR ON WASTE
Best Drama Series
- BAY OF FIRES
- THE NEWSREADER
Best Editing in a Documentary
- Peter Crombie, Lawrie Silvestrin – FOLAU – Episode 1
- Simon Njoo, Pete Ward – HARLEY & KATYA
- Aleck Morton, Lydia Springhall – QUEERSTRALIA Episode 1
Best Editing in Television
- Peter Bennett – AUNTY DONNA’S COFFEE CAFE – Episode 1
Best Editing in Television
- Angie Higgins – THE NEWSREADER – Episode 4
Best Factual Entertainment Program
- KITCHEN CABINET
- OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR TEENAGERS
- TAKE 5 WITH ZAN ROWE
Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by BINGE
- Tim Draxl – IN OUR BLOOD
- Sam Reid – THE NEWSREADER
Best Lead Actress in a Drama presented by BINGE
- Anna Torv – THE NEWSREADER
Best Lifestyle Program
- GARDENING AUSTRALIA
Best Miniseries
- IN OUR BLOOD
Best Narrative Comedy Series
- FISK
- GOLD DIGGERS
- UTOPIA
Best Original Score in a Documentary
- Caitlin Yeo, Damien Lane – THE DARK EMU STORY
Best Original Score in Television
- Megan Washington, Daniel O’Brien – FISK Episode 4
- Matteo Zingales – IN LIMBO – Episode 1
Best Production Design in Television
- Episode 2 – Jonathon Oxlade – BEEP AND MORT
- Episode 3 – Simon McCutcheon – GOLD DIGGERS
- Episode 4 – Paddy Reardon – THE NEWSREADER
Best Screenplay in Television
- Adrian Russell Wills – THE NEWSREADER – Episode 4
Best Sound in a Documentary
- Eren Sener, Andrew Wright, Will Carroll, Megan Howieson – THE DARK EMU STORY
- Nick Godkin, Ralph Ortner, Lee Yee, Liesl Pieterse – THE NEWSREADER – Episode 6
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
- Hunter Page-Lochard – THE NEWSREADER
- William McInnes – THE NEWSREADER
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
- Michelle Lim Davidson – THE NEWSREADER
- Marg Downey – THE NEWSREADER
Best Indie Film
- LIMBO
Best Lead Actor in Film
- Simon Baker – LIMBO
Best Supporting Actor in Film
- Rob Collins – LIMBO
The 2024 AACTA International Awards will be held during the main ceremony on February 10.
AACTA’s have announced Rebel Wilson will host the awards this year.
Saturday 10th February 7:30pm on 10.
Ha! You beat me by seconds in posting the exact same thing.
It was announced by the AACTA Facebook page.
I’m not a fan of her schmick. But is a big get in getting her as host. I just hope that her “jokes” are actually funny.