Boy Swallows Universe dominated the television categories, winning six awards from its eleven nominations, including Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks, Best Editing in Television, Best Direction in Drama or Comedy, Best Cinematography in Television, Best Sound in Television, and Best Production Design in Television. The series remains a strong contender for additional accolades at the AACTA Awards Ceremony on Friday 7 February

Wednesday’s ceremony at HOTA, hosted by Stephen Curry, precedes the AACTA Awards on Friday evening, to be broadcast on Channel Ten at 7.30pm AEDT that evening.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Television

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks

Boy Swallows Universe – Nikki Barrett
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Shelley Farthing-Dawe
AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer

Tom Gleeson – Hard Quiz
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television

Ladies in Black – Episode 2 – Marion Boyce
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 1 – Bharat Nalluri
AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television

Muster Dogs – Episode 3 – Sally Browning, Monica O’Brien
AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program

Miriam Margolyes Impossibly Australian – Jo Siddiqui, Helen Barrow, Paulo Vivan, Laurie Critchley, Julie Hanna – Southern Pictures Pty Ltd (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Mark Perry
AACTA Award for Best Entertainment Program presented by EMG/Gravity Media

Spicks and Specks – Rowdie Walden, Michiko Smith, Anthony Watt – ABC (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program

Grand Designs Australia – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Fremantle Australia (ABC)
AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television

Bluey – Episode 2 – Joff Bush, Daniel O’Brien, Jazz Darcy, Joseph Twist
AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Michelle McGahey
AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television

Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 – Sam Hayward, Scott Mulready, Danielle Wiessner, Nigel Christensen
Film

AACTA Award for Best Casting in Film presented by Casting Networks

Better Man – Alison Telford, Kate Leonard, Kate Dowd
AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Film

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Simon Duggan
AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Film

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Jenny Beavan
AACTA Award for Best Editing in Film presented by Spectrum Films

Better Man – Martin Connor, Lee Smith, Spencer Susser, Jeff Groth, Patrick Correll
AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

Birdeater – Jack Clark (Dir.), Jim Weir (Dir.), Ulysses Oliver, Stephanie Troost – Breathless Films and Fax Machine
AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Film

Better Man – Batu Sener
AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Colin Gibson, Katie Sharrock
AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film

Better Man – Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole, Michael Gracey
AACTA Award for Best Sound in Film

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Robert Mackenzie, Ben Osmo, James Ashton, Yulia Akerholt, Jessica Meier, Tom Holkenborg.
DOCUMENTARY

AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

The Musical Mind: A Portrait In Process – Geoffrey Hall, Emerson Hoskin
AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line – Gretchen Peterson
AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary

Mozart’s Sister – Jessica Wells
AACTA Award for Best Sound in a Documentary

Mozart’s Sister – Damian Jory
SHORT FILM

AACTA Award for Best Short Film

Gorgo – Katie Amos, Veniamin Gialouris, Danielle Stamoulos – Australian Film, Television and Radio School
ONLINE

AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy

Buried – Fran Derham, Charlotte George, Miriam Glaser – Frantales Productions
OTHER

AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Lesley Vanderwalt, Larry Van Duynhoven, Matteo Silvi, Luca Vannella
AACTA Award for Best Soundtrack

Heartbreak High – Jemma Burns
AACTA Award for Best Visual Effects or Animation

Better Man – Luke Millar, Andy Taylor, Craig Young, Tim Walker – Wētā