Gillian Cosgriff & Steve Toltz

First awarded in 2011, the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships provide unrestricted, $200,000 tax-free grants over two years to individual Australian artists, creatives and cultural leaders. Specific outcomes for the Fellowships are not required.

In 2024, The Ian Potter Cultural Trust joins the Sidney Myer Fund in appointing Creative Fellows. The Trust will award two Ian Potter Creative Fellowships annually, with the same value, criteria and structure as the Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships.

The two criteria used to select Fellows are: outstanding talent and exceptional courage. Specifically, this talent and courage relates to the creative practice of the Fellows and not to cases of personal hardship.

Kelsey Munro – Best Narrative Comedy Series, BUMP (Stan)
Celia Pacquola – Best Comedy Program, Thank God You’re Here (Network Ten)
Rowdie Walden – Best Entertainment Program, Spicks & Specks (ABC); Best Stand-Up Special, MICF – The Allstars Supershow & MICF – The Gala (ABC)
Zan Rowe – Best Factual Entertainment Program, Take 5 with Zan Rowe (ABC)
Leah Purcell – Best Lead Actress in a Drama, High Country
Nick Russell – Best Short Film, Favourites (Tandem Media)
Millie Holten – Best Online Drama or Comedy Series, Descent (Haven’t You Done Well Productions)
Brendan Maclean – Best Original Song, How To Make Gravy

The 2025 AACTA Festival will be held on the Gold Coast, 5-9 February 2025

Gillian Cosgriff – Cabaret – Outstanding Original Songs, Actually, Good presented by Gillian Cosgriff and The Butterfly Club as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Alana Valentine – Stage – Original, Wayside Bride; with Christos Tsiolkas – Musical Theatre, Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan

The formalities were co-hosted by Creative Rep’s Alex Lee alongside Suren Jayemanne in the evening of Thursday 15 February 2024.