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Dec 9, 2025
Belle Gibson drama Apple Cider Vinegar leads 2026 Aacta award nominations
The Guardian
Netflix miniseries about wellness scammer lands 20 nominations, while Adelaide-made horror hit Bring Her Back dominates film categories
Apple Cider Vinegar, Netflix's acclaimed miniseries about the Australian wellness scammer Belle Gibson, has scored 20 nominations at the 2026 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) awards, while the horror movie Bring Her Back leads the film categories with 16 nominations.
Apple Cider Vinegar stars the US actor Kaitlyn Dever as Gibson, who built an empire on false claims that she beat terminal brain cancer through her diet and alternative medicine. Dever is nominated for best lead actress for her performance, alongside her co-star Alycia Debnam-Carey, who plays fellow influencer Milla Blake.
The miniseries has also swept the supporting actor nominations, with Essie Davis, Aisha Dee, Susie Porter, Mark Coles Smith, Matt Nable and Ashley Zukerman all nominated. It is also nominated for best miniseries, writing, directing, casting, soundtrack, score, sound, costume and editing.
Apple Cider Vinegar's 20 nominations comes close to the all-time record set last year by Boy Swallows Universe, which landed 22 nominations and ended up winning 12 categories.
Leading the film categories with 16 nominations is Bring Her Back, a horror film about two children who realise something is not quite right with their new foster mother. It is the second feature film directed by the Adelaide brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, whose debut Talk to Me swept the Aactas in 2024.
Bring Her Back's nominations include best film, best direction, best lead actress for the British actor Sally Hawkins and supporting acting nominations for 12-year-old Jonah Wren Phillips, 14-year-old Sora Wong and Sally-Anne Upton.
Another Australian horror film, Together, about a co-dependent couple who begin literally sticking together, landed eight nominations including best lead actress for the US star Alison Brie and best supporting actor for Damon Her
