Prime Video has won big at the 2026 AACTA Awards this week at HOTA, Home of the Arts on the Gold Coast, scoring 10 awards for Australian Prime Original series The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Top End Bub, making it the most-awarded streaming service this year.
Prestige drama The Narrow Road to the Deep North, produced by Curio Pictures, directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Shaun Grant, was celebrated with 9 awards. Jacob Elordi won Best Lead Actor in a Drama for his deeply moving performance which saw him nominated for a Golden Globe Award in January, while Heather Mitchell was awarded Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for her role in the critically-acclaimed adaptation of Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize–winning novel.
Heartwarming and culturally rich series, Top End Bub won one award, with Miranda Tapsell awarded Best Acting in a Comedy. A TV series follow up to Top End Wedding, the series is a Goalpost Pictures production created, written and executive produced by Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler.
“We are incredibly proud that Prime Video is the most-awarded streaming service at this year's AACTA Awards. These wins are a testament to the extraordinary Australian talent, creatives, and production partners who bring such skill and dedication to their craft. To see The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Top End Bub celebrated in this way reinforces our commitment to championing bold, distinctive Australian stories that resonate deeply with audiences here at home and around the world.” said Sarah Christie, head of Australian and New Zealand originals, Amazon MGM Studios.
Full list of Prime Video AACTA wins:
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Drama presented by BINGE – Jacob Elordi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Heather Mitchell (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Direction in Drama or Comedy - Justin Kurzel (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- ACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television - Sam Chiplin (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Costume Design in Television - Alice Babidge (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Editing in Television - Alexandre de Franceschi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Original Score in Television - Jed Kurzel (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Production Design in Television - Alice Babidge, Bev Dunn, Paul Sarpi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
- AACTA Award for Best Sound in Television - Andy Wright, Mick Boraso, Nick Emond, Glenn Newnham (The Narrow Road to the Deep North)
Top End Bub
- AACTA Award for Best Acting in a Comedy - Miranda Tapsell (Top End Bub)
Both The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Top End Bub form part of Prime Video’s diverse slate of Australian Prime Originals, with 31 commissions since 2019 across drama, comedy, film, and unscripted.
About The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a savagely beautiful five-part series charting the life of Dorrigo Evans (played by Jacob Elordi as a young man, with Ciarán Hinds as the older Dorrigo), through his passionate love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young), his time held captive in a POW camp, and his later years spent as a revered surgeon and reluctant war hero.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is an intimate character study of a complex man, a compelling portrayal of the courage and cruelty of war, and an unforgettable love story that sustains one through the darkest of times.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is produced by Curio Pictures, and is distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Television. Jo Porter and Rachel Gardner from Curio Pictures executive produce. Justin Kurzel, Shaun Grant and Richard Flanagan are also executive producers, with Alexandra Taussig serving as producer.
About Top End Bub
A TV series follow-up to the 2019 box office smash hit Top End Wedding, Top End Bub is a heart-warming eight-part series that sees Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, The Sapphires, The Artful Dodger) and Gwilym Lee (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great) reprise their roles as Lauren and Ned.
Lauren and Ned are living their best lives in the city, which is tragically interrupted when Lauren’s sister Ronelle dies in a car crash in the Top End. Rushing back to Darwin, Lauren and Ned are thrown into the chaos of Top End life with Lauren’s parents, Daffy and Trevor, and confronted with another curveball when they unexpectedly become the guardians of Ronelle’s lively and cheeky young daughter, Taya.
The series is created, written and executive produced by Miranda Tapsell and Joshua Tyler and produced by Goalpost Pictures. Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight is Executive Producer, and the series is directed by Christian Van Vuuren and Shari Sebbens. Top End Bub is supported by Screen Australia, Screen Territory, and the South Australian Film Corporation. The series is available on Prime Video in Australia and New Zealand and is distributed internationally by ZDF Studios.
