Netflix has walked away from the 2024 TV Week Logie Awards as the big winner. The Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe won five awards from eight nominations. The Logie wins were for Best Miniseries or Telemovie, Best Actor, Best New Talent, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Felix Cameron took home awards for both Best Actor and Best New Talent, making him the youngest dual Logies winner ever. His moving speech which brought him to tears was one of the highlights of a long, long five hour telecast.
Felix Cameron poses with the Logie Award for Best Miniseries or Telemovie at the 64th TV Week Logie Awards at The Star on August 18, 2024 in Sydney (Photo by Hanna Lassen/Getty Images for TV Week Logie Awards)
Other Netflix stars winners were Bryan Brown for Best Supporting Actor and Sophie Wilde for Best Supporting Actress for their performances in Boy Swallows Universe.
Boy Swallows Universe dominated Netflix streaming when it was released in January this year.
The drama based on the novel from Brisbane writer Trent Dalton hit the Netflix Weekly Top 10 in 52 countries including #1 in Australia, #4 in the UK and #6 in the USA.
Representing Boy Swallows Universe at the Logie Awards were stars Felix Cameron and Lee Tiger Halley, alongside Trent Dalton, series director Bharat Nalluri and producers Andrew Mason and Troy Lum.
Other guests at Netflix tables were Asher Yasbincek (Heartbreak High), Sam Corlett (Territory), Mia Challis (Outer Banks) and the Netflix ANZ director of content, Que Minh Luu.
Streaming platform programs were nominated in several categories, but Netflix was the only winner. The only other non FTA TV winner was Foxtel, which shared a win for Gogglebox with Paramount ANZ.
Netflix will be hoping Logie lightning strikes twice as its next major Australian drama, Territory, premieres on October 24.
Trent Dalton, Felix Cameron and Lee Halley
Production notes Boy Swallows Universe
Key cast: Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker, Bryan Brown, Sophie Wilde
With Phoebe Tonkin and Anthony LaPaglia
Introducing: Felix Cameron, Lee Tiger Halley and Zac Burgess
Also starring: Deborah Mailman, Christopher James Baker, Ben O’Toole, HaiHa Le, Zachary Wan, Adam Briggs, Rob Carlton, Toby Schitz, Eloise Rotherfield, Millie Donaldson
Directors: Bharat Nalluri, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Kim Mordaunt
Writer: John Collee
Series producers: Troy Lum, Andrew Mason
Synopsis: An epic coming-of-age story set in 1980s Brisbane that blends the magic and innocence of youth with the brutal reality of the adult world. A lost father, a mute brother, a recovering addict mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather, and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. Eli Bell is just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to become a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way.
Adapted from Trent Dalton’s iconic Australian novel, Boy Swallows Universe explores the crossroads where a boy becomes a man, good toys with evil, and the everyday meets the extraordinary.
Boy Swallows Universe was supported by the Queensland Government through Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.
Top image: L-R – Trent Dalton, Bharat Nalluri, Lee Tiger Halley, Felix Cameron, Andrew Mason, Troy Lum (Best Mini Series)
See also: Netflix celebrates global premiere of Boy Swallows Universe with a red carpet in Brisbane