AACTA Awards 2025 winners list: Better Man named best film as Boy Swallows Universe sweeps for TV

2025-02-08 01:35:00

Abstract: "Better Man," the Robbie Williams biopic featuring apes, won Best Film at the AACTA Awards. It earned 9 awards total, including Best Director. "Boy Swallows Universe" led TV with 12 wins.

Michael Gracey's directed Robbie Williams biopic, "Better Man," has won the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Award for Best Film. The film, which uses apes instead of stars to perform, has won the favor of the judges with its bold creativity and excellent production.

"Better Man" won a total of four awards at this year's AACTA Awards, including Best Director for Gracey and Best Actor in a Film for Jono Davies. Previously, the film had won five awards at the industry dinner earlier this week, bringing its total number of awards at the 2025 AACTA Awards to nine.

In the television category, the Netflix series "Boy Swallows Universe" stood out, winning a total of six awards. Coupled with the six awards it received at the industry dinner earlier this week, the series' total number of awards reached twelve, making it the biggest winner in the television category.

The following is a partial list of winners at the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.