Netflix is ‘Now Streaming’ at the 2024 AACTA Awards – Tonight, at The Langham Hotel, Netflix hosted its inaugural Australian Now Streaming event, bringing together on-screen talent, industry executives and creatives ahead of the 2025 AACTA Awards Gala on the Gold Coast tomorrow.
Guests toasted the release of Netflix’s newest Australian production, Apple Cider Vinegar, now streaming. Series stars Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee, along with creator and writer Samantha Strauss, director Jeffrey Walker, and the series’ creatives and crew were in attendance.
Also attending were the winners from last night’s AACTA Industry Gala Awards, which saw Netflix take home seven awards including six for Boy Swallows Universe, (including Best Casting in Television and Best Cinematography in Television), and Best Soundtrack for Heartbreak High.
Netflix has received a total of 31 nominations for the 2025 AACTA Awards taking place Friday at HOTA, Gold Coast; including a record-breaking 22 for Boy Swallows Universe, the most ever earned by a single production.
Netflix talent attending tomorrow’s awards includes cast members from the AACTA-nominated series Boy Swallows Universe, Heartbreak High, and Territory, along with Apple Cider Vinegar stars Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee, who will present the awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
Today also marks the release of Netflix’s newest Australian title, Apple Cider Vinegar, a true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it up and the people who tore it down.
Apple Cider Vinegar had its global premiere in Sydney on Monday with series’ leads Kaitlyn Dever, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Aisha Dee in attendance alongside supporting cast and series creatives.
ABOUT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
Synopsis: Set at the birth of Instagram, Apple Cider Vinegar follows two young women who set out to cure their life-threatening illnesses through health and wellness, influencing their global online communities along the way. All of which would be incredibly inspiring if it were all true. This is a true-ish story based on a lie, about the rise and fall of a wellness empire; the culture that built it up and the people who tore it down
Director: Jeffrey Walker (The Clearing, The Artful Dodger, Modern Family)
Creator: Samantha Strauss
Writer: Samantha Strauss (The End, Nine Perfect Strangers, Dance Academy), with Anya Beyersdorf (The Twelve, Fake) and Angela Betzien (Total Control)
Inspired by: ‘The Woman Who Fooled the World’ by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano
Executive Producers: See-Saw Films’ Liz Watts, Helen Gregory, Emile Sherman and Iain Canning; Picking Scabs’ Samantha Strauss and Louise Gough; and Kaitlyn Dever
Producer: Yvonne Collins
Co-Producers: See-Saw Films’ Libby Sharpe
Co-Executive Producers: Jeffrey Walker; See-Saw Films’ Simon Gillis
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick, Unbelievable), Alycia Debnam-Carey (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Fear the Walking Dead) Aisha Dee (The Bold Type, Safe Home), Tilda Cobham-Hervey (The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, I Am Woman), Ashley Zukerman (Succession), Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origin), Susie Porter (Irreverent, Wentworth), Matt Nable (Transfusion, Last King of the Cross), Phoenix Raei (The Night Agent), Chai Hansen (Night Sky, The New Legends of Monkey), Rick Davies (Offspring), Kieran Darcy-Smith (Mr Inbetween), Catherine McClements (Total Control) and Essie Davis (One Day, The Babadook)
The limited series was shot on-location in Melbourne, Australia with support from VicScreen through their Victorian Production Fund. Post Production took place in NSW with support through Screen NSW and their PDV Fund.
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Netflix is ‘Now Streaming’ at the 2024 AACTA Awards
