The ABC was the most awarded network claiming an unrivalled 17 of the nation's top screen awards, the AACTAs as the industry honoured Australia's best and brightest screen talent.
Mystery Road: Origin rewrote the AACTA record books this year. The series has tallied 40 nominations across its three seasons, making it the most-nominated program in AACTAs history.
The popular Australian series, produced by Bunya Productions took home seven gongs at this year's ceremony in Sydney, winning Best Drama Series, with Mark Coles Smith taking out Best Lead Actor and Tuuli Narkle Best Lead Actress. Dylan River won Best Direction in a Drama or Comedy, Tyson Perkins was honoured for Best Cinematography in Television, Nicholas Holmes for Best Editing in Television and Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Trevor Hope, and Dylan Barfield for Best Sound in Television.
Recent BAFTA award-winning children's program Bluey (Ludo Studio) won the Best Children's Program and You Can't Ask That's Kirk Docker won the award for Best Direction in Non-fiction Television.
Gardening Australia was named Best Lifestyle Program and Savage River won Best Original Score in Television (Bryony Marks). The cinematic and musical odyssey River picked up two awards, for Best Documentary and Best Original Score in a Documentary.
Other ABC winners were Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, Gardening Australia, Bluey, Old People's Home for Teenagers, You Can't Ask That, Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked, Savage River while Hard Quiz host and fan favourite Tom Gleeson was named Best Comedy Performer.
"Congratulations to our talented ABC teams and production partners on the incredible success at this year's AACTA Awards. Not only is the ABC the largest commissioner of Australian screen content, I'm delighted to see the quality of the work and the teams behind the shows recognised in this year's awards. Congratulations to all nominees and winners." said Jennifer Collins, ABC Acting Director of Entertainment & Specialist.
You can stream all the ABC winning programs on ABC iview: AACTA Awards 2022: Winners & Nominees : ABC iview
2022 ABC AACTA AWARD WINNERS
Best Drama Series
- Mystery Road: Origin, Greer Simpkin, David Jowsey
Bunya Productions / ABC
Best Comedy Program
- Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
Peter Beck, Beth Hart, Shaun Micallef
ITV Studios Australia / ABC
Best Factual Entertainment Program
- Old People's Home for Teenagers
Debbie Cuell, Tony De La Pena, Paulo Vivan, Brooke Hulsman
Endemol Shine Australia / ABC
Best Lead Actress in a Drama
- Tuuli Narkle
Mystery Road: Origin
Best Lead Actor in a Drama
- Mark Coles Smith
Mystery Road: Origin
Best Comedy Performer
- Tom Gleeson
Hard Quiz
Best Lifestyle Program
- Gardening Australia
Gill Lomas
Best Documentary or Factual Program
- Miriam Margolyes: Australia Unmasked
Laurie Critchley, Bethan Arwel-Lewis
Southern Pictures / ABC
Best Children's Program
- Bluey
Charlie Aspinwall, Sam Moor, Daley Pearson
Ludo Studio / ABC
Best Direction in Drama or Comedy
- Dylan River
Mystery Road: Origin - Episode 3
Best Direction in Nonfiction Television
- You Can't Ask That - Episode 1
Kirk Docker
Best Cinematography in Television
- Mystery Road: Origin - Episode 3
Tyson Perkins
Best Editing in Television
- Mystery Road: Origin - Episode 3
Nicholas Holmes
Best Original Score in Television
- Savage River - Episode 1
Bryony Marks
Best Sound in Television
- Mystery Road: Origin - Episode 3
Luke Mynott, Wes Chew, Trevor Hope, Dylan Barfield
Best Documentary
- River
Jennifer Peedom (Dir.), Joseph Nizeti, Jo-anne McGowan, John Smithson
Stranger Than Fiction Films
Best Original Score in a Documentary
- River
Richard Tognetti, William Barton, Piers Burbrook de Vere
