Join us as we celebrate two decades of recognising excellence within Australia’s post production community.

The Ellies is our biggest night of the year where we celebrate incredible work over 18 categories, present our newest accreditees and honour an outstanding individual with lifetime membership. It is also a chance for you to catch up with colleagues and friends, and make new connections with the best in the industry.

You don’t need to be nominated to come! The Ellies is a night for the whole post production community. Whether you’re an Editor, Assistant Editor, Post Producer, VFX Editor, Colourist, or a student you are invited.

For those who can’t make the Awards in person, the ceremony will be Livestreamed (thanks to JMC Academy) so you can catch all the action at home.

Celebrating 20 Years

The first Ellie Awards started in 2006 with four awards (Feature Drama, Documentary, Television Drama and Short Film) and has since grown to encompass over 18 awards across many disciplines.

Our awards are judged by the best editors in the country, who bring their experience and trained sensibilities to every submitted entry.

“Many editing awards are given by people who may not always even know what an Editor does, much less what makes an outstanding edit. A lot of ‘a fast cut is a good cut’. Ours would be the only awards for Editors by Editors, the toughest room…”
Andrea Lang ASE

Want to know why our awards feature an Elephant? Click here for the story about how the awards came to be known as the Ellies.

Award Nominees

The Categories for best Editing include:

Feature Drama
Scripted Hour
Scripted Half Hour
Short Drama
Children’s Entertainment
Documentary Feature
Documentary & Documentary Series
Factual Entertainment
Reality
Current Affairs Program
News or Current Affairs Segments
Commercial
Corporate and Branded
Trailers and Promos
Open Content

The Technical Excellence Award that recognises the outstanding contribution of Assistant Editors, Post Supervisors and other supporting roles.

The Emerging Editor awards (Student and Early Career) recognise the brightest up and coming talent.

For the full list of nominees please refer to the ASE website HERE.

Accreditation

ASE accreditation recognises Editors who demonstrate a high level of craft and creativity in their work. Accredited Editors elevate their projects, contribute meaningfully to the community, and act as ambassadors for the profession.

The 2026 Accreditation recipients are:

NAMES TO BE REVEALED SOON

Life Member

Lifetime Memberships are presented to people who have, over a significant period of time, made a contribution to our screen industry in such a way as to have a positive impact on editing and Editors.

The 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient will be revealed soon.

Contact the host of ASE Ellie Awards 2026

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