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Australian Film Institute

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    AFI Award

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    Best Achievement in Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      Steve Dobson
    • [object Object]

      Belinda

      5.1 (53)
      Malcolm McCulloch
    • [object Object]

      The Good Wife

      5.7 (652)
      James Bartle
    • [object Object]

      Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train

      5.7 (184)
      Yuri Sokol

    Best Achievement in Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Good Wife

      5.7 (652)
      Jennie Tate
    • [object Object]

      Ghosts CAN Do It

      3.9 (71)
      Roger Ford
    • [object Object]

      The Place at the Coast

      5.7 (51)
      Anna French
    • [object Object]

      Bullseye

      5.1 (43)
      George Liddle

    Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Bookie Robbery

      8.0 (192)
      Marcus Cole
      Mark Joffe
    • [object Object]

      The Challenge

      7.8 (62)
      Chris Thomson
    • [object Object]

      The Harp in the South

      8.3 (91)
      George Whaley
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam

      7.6 (635)
      John Duigan
      Chris Noonan

    Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2 Friends

      6.3 (529)
      Jane Campion

    • The Hour Before My Brother Dies

      James Clayden
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      8.0 (8)
      Stephen Wallace
    • [object Object]

      Nightmaster

      3.3 (895)
      Mark Joffe

    Best Achievement in Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      David Pulbrook
    • [object Object]

      Bullseye

      5.1 (43)
      Richard Francis-Bruce
    • [object Object]

      The Good Wife

      5.7 (652)
      John Scott
    • [object Object]

      The Year My Voice Broke

      7.3 (2.4K)
      Neil Thumpston

    Best Achievement in Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      Brian Thomson
    • [object Object]

      Bullseye

      5.1 (43)
      George Liddle
    • [object Object]

      The Place at the Coast

      5.7 (51)
      Owen Paterson

    • To Market to Market

      5.2 (15)
      Virginia Rouse

    Best Achievement in Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      Gary Wilkins
      Mark J. Wasiutak
      Livia Ruzic
      Craig Carter
      Roger Savage
    • [object Object]

      Belinda

      5.1 (53)
      Tim Lloyd
      Martin Oswin
      John Herron
      Glenn Auchinachie
      Dimity Gregson
    • [object Object]

      High Tide

      7.1 (1K)
      Peter Fenton
      Phil Heywood
      Ben Osmo
      Geoff Krix
      John Jordan
      Anne Breslin
      John Patterson
      Martin Oswin
    • [object Object]

      Echoes of Paradise

      5.7 (132)
      Tim Lloyd
      Greg Bell
      Peter Fenton
      Phil Heywood
      Martin Oswin

    Best Actor in a Lead Role

    • Leo McKern in Travelling North (1987)
      Winner
      • Leo McKern
      • Travelling North
    • Colin Friels in A Good Man in Africa (1994)
      • Colin Friels
      • Ground Zero
    • Bryan Brown at an event for Dirty Deeds (2002)
      • Bryan Brown
      • The Good Wife
    • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
      • Noah Taylor
      • The Year My Voice Broke

    Best Actor in a Mini-series

    • Nicholas Eadie
      Winner
      • Nicholas Eadie
      • Vietnam
      • Vichea Ten
      • In Between
    • John Wood
      • John Wood
      • The Challenge
    • Martyn Sanderson at an event for Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995)
      • Martyn Sanderson
      • The Harp in the South

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Ben Mendelsohn
      Winner
      • Ben Mendelsohn
      • The Year My Voice Broke
    • Donald Pleasence in The Great Escape (1963)
      • Donald Pleasence
      • Ground Zero
    • STANDING UP FOR SUNNY - Steve Vidler, Philippa Northeast
      • Steven Vidler
      • The Good Wife
      • Bobby Smith
      • Initiation

    Best Actress in a Lead Role

    • Judy Davis in Page Eight (2011)
      Winner
      • Judy Davis
      • High Tide
    • Julia Blake in Travelling North (1987)
      • Julia Blake
      • Travelling North
    • Wendy Hughes in Princess Caraboo (1994)
      • Wendy Hughes
      • Echoes of Paradise
    • Loene Carmen and Noah Taylor in The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
      • Loene Carmen
      • The Year My Voice Broke

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Jan Adele in Heartbreak High (1994)
      Winner
      • Jan Adele
      • High Tide
    • Kaarin Fairfax in StalkHer (2015)
      • Kaarin Fairfax
      • Belinda
    • Claudia Karvan
      • Claudia Karvan
      • High Tide
    • Julie Hamilton in Holy Smoke (1999)
      • Julie Hamilton
      • The Place at the Coast

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • John Duigan
      • The Year My Voice Broke
      • Roger Scholes
      • The Tale of Ruby Rose
      • Michael Pattinson
      • Bruce Myles
      • Ground Zero
    • Gillian Armstrong
      • Gillian Armstrong
      • High Tide

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Year My Voice Broke

      7.3 (2.4K)
      Terry Hayes
      Doug Mitchell
      George Miller
    • [object Object]

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      Michael Pattinson
    • [object Object]

      The Tale of Ruby Rose

      6.6 (112)
      Bryce Menzies
      Andrew Wiseman
    • [object Object]

      High Tide

      7.1 (1K)
      Sandra Levy
      Antony I. Ginnane

    Best Mini Series Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Between

      Maureen McCarthy
      Shane Brennan
    • [object Object]

      The Challenge

      7.8 (62)
      David Phillips
    • [object Object]

      The Great Bookie Robbery

      8.0 (192)
      Philip Cornford
      Ian Bradley
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam

      7.6 (635)
      Terry Hayes
      John Duigan
      Chris Noonan

    Best Mini-Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Great Bookie Robbery

      8.0 (192)
      Ian Bradley
    • [object Object]

      In Between

      Chris Warner(producer)
      Kim Dalton(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Harp in the South

      8.3 (91)
      Anthony Buckley
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam

      7.6 (635)
      Doug Mitchell
      Terry Hayes
      George Miller

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Tale of Ruby Rose

      6.6 (112)
      Paul Schutze
    • [object Object]

      Echoes of Paradise

      5.7 (132)
      William Motzing
    • [object Object]

      Ghosts CAN Do It

      3.9 (71)
      Phillip Scott
    • [object Object]

      The Good Wife

      5.7 (652)
      Cameron Allan

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature

    • Steve Jacobs in Sky Trackers (1994)
      Winner
      • Steve Jacobs(Best Actor In a Leading role telemovie)
      • A Single Life
      • Brendan Higgins
      • Hunger
    • Ernie Dingo
      • Ernie Dingo
      • Tudawali
    • Shane Connor
      • Shane Connor
      • Army Wives

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series

    • Nicole Kidman at an event for The Paperboy (2012)
      Winner
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Vietnam
    • Catherine Wilkin
      • Catherine Wilkin
      • The Great Bookie Robbery
    • Anne Phelan
      • Anne Phelan
      • The Harp in the South
    • Tracy Mann
      • Tracy Mann
      • Sword of Honour

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature

    • Winner
      • Michele Fawdon
      • The Fish Are Safe
      • Emma Coles
      • 2 Friends
    • Kris McQuade
      • Kris McQuade
      • 2 Friends
      • Rhonda Wilson
      • The Hour Before My Brother Dies

    Best Screenplay in a Telefeature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2 Friends

      6.3 (529)
      Helen Garner
    • [object Object]

      Just Us

      5.4 (21)
      Ted Roberts

    • The Hour Before My Brother Dies

      Daniel Keene
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      8.0 (8)
      Louis Nowra

    Best Screenplay, Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Travelling North

      6.9 (381)
      David Williamson
    • [object Object]

      The Place at the Coast

      5.7 (51)
      Hilary Furlong
    • [object Object]

      Slate, Wyn & Me

      4.7 (86)
      Don McLennan
    • [object Object]

      Vincent

      7.4 (486)
      Paul Cox

    Best Screenplay, Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Year My Voice Broke

      7.3 (2.4K)
      John Duigan
    • [object Object]

      Belinda

      5.1 (53)
      Pamela Gibbons
    • [object Object]

      High Tide

      7.1 (1K)
      Laura Jones
    • [object Object]

      Ground Zero

      6.4 (575)
      Mac Gudgeon
      Jan Sardi

    Best Short Fiction Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Feathers

      6.3 (23)
      John Ruane

    • Damsels Be Damned

      Wendy Thompson

    Best Telefeature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      2 Friends

      6.3 (529)
      Jan Chapman
    • [object Object]

      Call Me Mr. Brown

      5.6 (56)
      Scott Hicks
      Terry Jennings
    • [object Object]

      Hunger

      8.0 (8)
      Jan Chapman

    • The Hour Before My Brother Dies

      Noel Price

    Byron Kennedy Award

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    • Winner
      • Martha Ansara

    Raymond Longford Award

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    • Winner
        To the first director of NSW Film Corp.

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