Netflix hit Boy Swallows Universe has swept the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Industry awards (AACTAs). The imaginative drama scored an impressive six prizes in the TV category including best direction, best cinematography, best production design, and best sound. The glamorous ceremony was hosted by funnyman Stephen Curry at the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast on Wednesday night.

'I’ve hosted the AACTAs a few times now, and honestly, I love it. I’m so proud to be part of the industry. It’s kind of so better, so much better than doing a real job,' The Castle star joked during the show. 'Gold Coast is hotter than it was in Sydney and Melbourne, I shouldn’t have worn a tie.'. The AACTA Industry awards celebrate the best of the behind-the-scenes talent in Australian TV and film ahead of the AACTA awards, which will be presented on Friday.

Netflix hit Boy Swallows Universe has swept the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards Industry awards (AACTAs). The imaginative drama scored an impressive six prizes in the TV category including best direction, best cinematography, best production design, and best sound. (Pictured). The glamorous ceremony was hosted by funnyman Stephen Curry at the Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast on Wednesday night. (Pictured).

Among the evening's highlight's was comedian Tom Gleeson's prize for AACTA's award for best comedy performer. Also among the top winners was global TV hit Bluey which won a music prize for best original score. Meanwhile, the film category was dominated by the blockbusters Better Man and George Miller's Mad Max prequel Furiosa. The spectacular action-packed film starring Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy won prizes for best cinematography, best sound, production design, and best hair and costume design.

Better Man, the eccentric special effects filled Robbie Williams biopic, meanwhile, scored prizes for best screenplay, best original score, best editing and best casting. The Sydney-based team behind the controversial low-budget drama Birdeater went home with the AACTA award for best indie film. And the long in the making film about legendary Aussie rockers Midnight Oil, The Hardest Line, also scored a major prize for best editing in the documentary category.

It comes after Boy Swallows Universe, based on Trent Dalton's 2018 novel, nabbed a jaw-dropping 22 nominations - the most ever for a single production in AACTA history. Tom Gleeson took home an AACTA award for best comedy performer. (Pictured). Furisoa starring Chris Hemsworth (pictured) and Anya Taylor-Joy won prizes for best cinematography, best sound, production design, and best hair and costume design.

Better Man, the eccentric special effects filled Robbie Williams biopic, meanwhile, scored prizes for best screenplay, best original score, best editing and best casting. The film charts the true story of Robbie's stratospheric rise to global fame, but has a unique touch as the singer is portrayed on screen by a CGI monkey. (Pictured). The globally popular show is up for Best Miniseries while its leading stars Felix Cameron and Zac Burgess - who both play Eli Bell at different ages - are in the running for Best Lead Actor in a Drama.

Phoebe Tonkin also nabbed a nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Drama, where she is up against the likes of Fake's Asher Keddie and Thou Shalt Not Steal's Sherry-Lee Watson and High Country's Leah Purcell, among others. The series has also dominated the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama category, scooping up four out of the six nominations, with Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Travis Fimmel and Lee Tiger Halley all in the running.

Boy Swallows Universe has also been recognised for its costume design, cinematography, editing and production design, among many other categories in its record-breaking clean-up. It could mark another huge awards season success for the smash hit series after it took home a notable five awards at the 2024 TV Week Logie Awards from eight nominations. At the ceremony, 15-year-old Felix took home his first ever award as he was handed the Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent in a landslide victory.

The AACTA Awards Gala is set to take place on the Gold Coast on Friday. Best film. Better Man. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. How to Make Gravy. Late Night with the Devil. Memoir of a Snail. Best lead actress in film. Laura Gordon – Late Night with the Devil. Sarah Snook – Memoir of s Snail. Jackie van Beek – Audrey. Anya Taylor-Joy – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Anna Torv – Force Of Nature: The Dry 2. Phoebe Tonkin – Kid Snow.

Best lead actor in film. Eric Bana – Force Of Nature: The Dry 2. David Dastmalchian – Late Night with the Devil. Jonno Davies – Better Man. Daniel Henshall – How To Make Gravy. Guy Pearce – The Convert. Kodi Smit-McPhee – Memoir of a Snail. Best supporting actress in film. Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Hannah Diviney – Audrey. Kate Mulvany – Better Man. Kate Mulvany – How To Make Gravy. Ingrid Torelli – Late Night with the Devil.