Today, SPA congratulates all member winners at the 2026 AACTA Awards Industry Gala, with members winning accolades across a range of categories. Curio Pictures' The Narrow Road to the Deep North dominated the evening, winning in almost every category it was nominated for. Pop Family Entertainment's The Correspondent, We Made A Thing Studios' Lesbian Space Princess and CJZ's The People vs Robodebt also won multiple awards on the night. 

The full list of SPA member winners is as follows:

Film

  • AACTA Award for Best Indie Film: Lesbian Space Princess - We Made a Thing Studios 
  • AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Film: The Correspondent – Fiona Donovan - Pop Family Entertainment 
  • AACTA Award for Best Screenplay in Film: The Correspondent – Peter Duncan - Pop Family Entertainment 

Television

  • AACTA Award for Best Casting in Television presented by Casting Networks: Apple Cider Vinegar – Kirsty McGregor – See-Saw Films 
  • AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Sam Chiplin – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Alice Babidge – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Justin Kurzel – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television: The People vs Robodebt – Episode 2 – Ben Lawrence - CJZ 
  • AACTA Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program: The People vs Robodebt – Paula Bycroft, Michael Cordell, Andrew Farrell – CJZ  
  • AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Alexandre de Franceschi - – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Lifestyle Program: Grand Designs Australia – Brooke Bayvel, Michael Collett – Eureka Productions  
  • AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Jed Kurzel – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Alice Babidge, Bev Dunn, Paul Sarpi – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television: The Narrow Road to the Deep North – Episode 1 – Andy Wright, Mick Boraso, Nick Emond, Glenn Newnham – Curio Pictures & Fremantle Aus 
  • AACTA Award for Best Stand-Up Special: Celia Pacquola: I’m As Surprised As You Are – Kevin Whyte, Celia Pacquola – Token Entertainment 

Documentary 

  • AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary: The Kimberley – Episode 1 – Jack Riley, Nick Robinson, Caspar Mazzotti, Paul Bell – Wild Pacific Media 
  • AACTA Award for Best Editing in a Documentary: Unbreakable – The Jelena Dokic Story – Peter Crombie – In Films 
  • AACTA Award for Best Original Score in a Documentary: Journey Home, David Gulpilil – David Bridie - Savage Films & Brindle Films 

Short Film

  • AACTA Award for Best Short Film: I’m The Most Racist Person I Know – Leela Varghese (Dir.), Suriyna Sivashanker, Shabana Azeez - Suriyna Sivashanker 

Other 

  • AACTA Award for Best Original Song: Here I Go (Leela Varghese, Gemma Chua-Tran, Michael Darren) – Lesbian Space Princess – We Made A Thing Studios