Get your frocks on and break out the black tie, because Australia's answer to the Golden Globes is right around the corner.

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) awards has revealed its full list of nominees for next year's ceremony.

Topping the list for film with a record-breaking 16 nominations is Robbie Williams's outlandish biopic Better Man, which swaps the Take That heart-throb for a chimp stand in.

The movie, directed and co-written by Melbourne filmmaker Michael Gracey, was filmed in Melbourne's Docklands in 2022 with help from Film Victoria's VICSREEN Incentive, a $191.5 million, four-year strategy to boost the state's film industry.

While the film has opened to rave reviews in Toronto and Telluride film festivals, it's not slated for release in Australia until Boxing Day.

Sitting just behind Better Man on 15 nominations a-piece are George Miller's incendiary Mad Max sequel Furiosa and How To Make Gravy, Binge's Christmas flick based on the iconic Paul Kelly song of the same name.

Late Night With The Devil, the Aussie horror from sibling directing team Colin and Cameron Cairnes, isn't far behind on 14 nominations, with claymation sensation Memoir of a Snail rounding out the heavy hitters with 11 nominations.

There are more record breakers in the television category, with Netflix's Boy Swallows Universe miniseries scooping 21 nominations — the most nominations for any production in AACTA history.

The adaptation of Trent Dalton's semi-autobiography swept the Logies earlier in the year, taking home five awards, including best miniseries and best lead actor in a drama for the show's young star, Felix Cameron.

Thou Shalt Not Steal, from Alice Springs creator Dylan River, collected nine nominations, with the second season of Colin From Accounts and historical crime caper The Artful Dodger not far behind with eight nominations.

ABC's award-winning comedy, Fisk, pulled in five nominations, including for its two leads, Kitty Flanagan and Aaron Chen.

Working Dog — the Australian production company behind shows like Frontline and films like The Castle — will be awarded the AACTA Longford Lyell Award, which honours local screen practitioners that have made a valuable contribution to promoting Australia's screen culture.

When are the AACTA awards?

The 2025 AACTA awards will be presented over two ceremonies: the industry awards on February 5, and the main awards ceremony on February 7.

Previously held in Sydney, the AACTA awards were moved to the Gold Coast in 2023 due to Queensland "leading the way" in film and tv production, AACTA president Russell Crowe said at the time.

This year's awards will be a part of a five-day-long festival that will feature a range of free and ticketed events, including in-conversations with some of this season's nominees and winners.

Here is the list of nominees across television and film:

AACTA Award for Best Film

• Better Man
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• How To Make Gravy
• Late Night with the Devil
• Memoir Of A Snail
• Runt

AACTA Award for Best Drama Series

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

AACTA Award for Best Narrative Comedy Series

• Austin
• Bump
• Colin From Accounts
• Fisk
• Strife
• The Office

AACTA Award for Best Miniseries

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

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in Film

• Laura Gordon — Late Night with the Devil
• Sarah Snook — Memoir Of A 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

AACTA Award for 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

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama

• Asher Keddie — Fake
• Deborah Mailman — Total Control
• Leah Purcell — High Country
• Anna Torv — Territory
• Phoebe Tonkin — Boy Swallows Universe
• Sherry-Lee Watson — Thou Shalt Not Steal

AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama

• Zac Burgess – Boy Swallows Universe
• Felix Cameron — Boy Swallows Universe
• Rob Collins — Total Control
• Brendan Cowell — Plum
• Sam Neill – The Twelve
• Noah Taylor — Thou Shalt Not Steal

AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy

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

AACTA Award for Best Original Song

• Dream On (Meg Washington, Electric Fields & The Prison Choir) — How To Make Gravy
• Forbidden Road (Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek) — Better Man
• Fine (Meg Washington, Brendan Maclean & The Prison Choir) — How To Make Gravy
• Side By Side (Paul Kelly) — Runt
• Streetlights (Jacob Harvey) — Under Streetlights

AACTA Award for Best Documentary

• A Horse Named Winx
• Every Little Thing
• Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line
• Otto by Otto
• Porcelain War
• The Musical Mind: A Portrait In Process

AACTA Award for Best Indie Film

• Before Dawn
• Birdeater
• Christmess
• Just A Farmer
• The Emu War
• You'll Never Find Me

AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer

• Wil Anderson — Taskmaster Australia
• Aaron Chen — Guy Montgomery's Guy-Mont Spelling Bee
• Anne Edmonds — Taskmaster Australia
• Tom Gleeson — Hard Quiz
• Guy Montgomery — Guy Montgomery's Guy-Mont Spelling Bee
• Charlie Pickering – The Weekly with Charlie Pickering

AACTA Award for 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
• Jacki Weaver — Memoir Of A Snail

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in Film

• Fayssal Bazzi — Late Night with the Devil
• Chris Hemsworth — Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• Damon Herriman — Better Man
• Damon Herriman — How To Make Gravy
• Richard Roxburgh — Force Of Nature: The Dry 2
• Hugo Weaving — How To Make Gravy

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Essie Davis — Exposure
• Rachel Griffiths — Total Control
• Heather Mitchell – Fake
• Deborah Mailman – Boy Swallows Universe
• Sophie Wilde — Boy Swallows Universe
• Asher Yasbincek — Heartbreak High

AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama

• Simon Baker — Boy Swallows Universe
• Wayne Blair — Total Control
• Bryan Brown — Boy Swallows Universe
• Travis Fimmel — Boy Swallows Universe
• Lee Tiger Halley — Boy Swallows Universe
• Ewen Leslie – Prosper

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Film

• Better Man — Michael Gracey
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — George Miller
• How To Make Gravy — Nick Waterman
• Late Night with the Devil — Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
• Memoir Of A Snail — Adam Elliot

AACTA Award for Best Entertainment Program

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

AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy

• Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 1 — Bharat Nalluri
• Colin From Accounts – Episode 3 — Trent O'Donnell
• Colin From Accounts – Episode 6 — Madeline Dyer
• Fake – Episode 5 — Emma Freeman
• Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 — Dylan River

AACTA Award for Best Children's Program

• Bluey
• 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?
• 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 Comedy Entertainment Program

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

AACTA Award for Best Factual Entertainment Program

• Alone Australia
• Gogglebox Australia
• Muster Dogs
• Stuff The British Stole
• Take 5 with Zan Rowe
• The Assembly

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
• Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye
• Who Do You Think You Are?

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film

• Better Man — Michael Gracey, Simon Gleeson, Oliver Cole
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — George Miller, Nico Lathouris
• How To Make Gravy — Nick Waterman, Meg Washington
• Late Night with the Devil — Colin Cairnes, Cameron Cairnes
• Memoir Of A Snail — Adam Elliot

AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Television

• Boy Swallows Universe – Episode 4 — John Collee
• Colin From Accounts – Episode 6 — Patrick Brammall, Harriet Dyer
• Fake – Episode 1 — Anya Beyersdorf
• Fisk – Episode 3 — Kitty Flanagan, Penny Flanagan
• Thou Shalt Not Steal – Episode 2 — Dylan River, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Sophie Miller

AACTA Award for Best Short Film

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

AACTA Award for Best Online Drama or Comedy

• Bad Ancestors
• Buried
• Descent
• Girl Crush
• Urvi Went to an All Girls School
• Videoland

Head here for the full list of 2025 AACTA award nominees.