SBS and NITV share a record haul of AACTA Award nominations

Australia's top screen awards cap off an incredible year for SBS and NITV.

'Erotic Stories'. Credit: SBS

SBS and NITV have been recognised with a record number of nominations for the 2024 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, with a total of 23 nominations across major scripted, factual, children's, and entertainment categories.

Leading the SBS charge is the anthology series Erotic Stories, with five nominations including Best Drama Series, followed by NITV and SBS's landmark documentary series The Australian Wars, which garnered three, as did the miniseries Safe Home. The latter shares the Best Miniseries category with fellow SBS nominee While The Men Are Away. The year's factual smash hit Alone Australia is a contender for Best Factual Entertainment Program, a category it shares with fellow SBS nominee, Who The Bloody Hell Are We? The industry recognition doesn't end there, with nominees for hit children's program Barrumbi Kids, road-tripping foodie favourite, Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites, nightly quizMastermind, and the epic Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest.

To be held on the Gold Coast from February 2024, in recognition and celebration of Australia's highest achievements in film and television, the AACTA Awards present over 55 awards across two major ceremonies. The peer-assessed AACTA Awards are the only Australian industry body to honour practitioners across all crafts and industry sectors, including feature film, documentary, short film, television, online, visual effects and animation.

The full list of SBS and NITV's 20 nominations are as follows, and you can stream all nominated programs in a special celebratory collection at SBS On Demand.

Erotic Stories

Best Drama Series

Best Cinematography in Television – Episode 2 – Tania Lambert

Best Lead Actor in a Drama - Joel Lago

Best Lead Actress in a Drama – Kate Box

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama – Tim Draxl

Safe Home

Best Miniseries

Best Lead Actress in a Drama – Aisha Dee

Best Casting in Television – Nathan Lloyd

The Australian Wars

Best Documentary or Factual Program

Best Direction in Nonfiction Television – Episode 1 – Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling

Best Editing in a Documentary – Episode 1 – Andrea Lang, Mark Atkin, Hilary Balmond

While The Men Are Away

Best Miniseries

Best Costume Design in Television – Episode 2 – Nina Edwards

Adam & Poh's Great Australian Bites

Best Lifestyle Program

Best Direction in Nonfiction Television – Episode 1 – Josh Martin

Alone Australia

Best Factual Entertainment Program

Barrumbi Kids

Best Children’s Program

Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Grand Final

Best Entertainment Program

Mastermind

Best Entertainment Program

Who Do You Think You Are?

Best Documentary or Factual Program

Who The Bloody Hell Are We?

Best Factual Entertainment Program

Appetite

Best Online Drama or Comedy - Mohini Herse, Karen Radzyner – Fell Swoop Pictures and Photoplay Films

Latecomers

Best Online Drama or Comedy - Liam Heyen, Hannah Ngo, Angus Thompson, Emma Myers, Nina Oyama, Madeleine Gottlieb,

For the complete list of nominees go here.