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Australian Film Institute

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    AFI Award

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    Best Achievement in Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Geoffrey Simpson
    • [object Object]

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Martin McGrath
    • [object Object]

      What I Have Written

      6.9 (87)
      Dion Beebe
    • [object Object]

      My Entire Life

      6.6 (572)
      David Parker

    Best Achievement in Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Terry Ryan
    • [object Object]

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Louise Wakefield
    • [object Object]

      Love Serenade

      6.7 (1.7K)
      Anna Borghesi
    • [object Object]

      My Entire Life

      6.6 (572)
      Tess Schofield

    Best Achievement in Direction in a TV Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blue Murder

      8.2 (1.2K)
      Michael Jenkins
    • [object Object]

      Halifax f.p.

      7.2 (343)
      Paul Moloney
    • [object Object]

      Police Rescue

      7.3 (636)
      Tony Tilse
    • [object Object]

      G.P.

      Episode: 

      Sing Me a Lullaby

      7.5 (178)
      Peter Andrikidis

    Best Achievement in Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Pip Karmel
    • [object Object]

      Love and Other Catastrophes

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Ken Sallows
    • [object Object]

      Cosi

      6.6 (2.4K)
      Nicholas Beauman
    • [object Object]

      Life

      6.9 (81)
      Bill Murphy

    Best Achievement in Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Roger Ford
    • [object Object]

      To Have & to Hold

      5.6 (224)
      Chris Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      Love Serenade

      6.7 (1.7K)
      Steven Jones-Evans
    • [object Object]

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Vicki Niehus

    Best Achievement in Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Toivo Lember
      Roger Savage
      Livia Ruzic
      Gareth Vanderhope
    • [object Object]

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Guntis Sics
      Andrew Plain
      Gethin Creagh
    • [object Object]

      Dead Heart

      6.6 (320)
      Ian McLoughlin
      Tim Jordan
      John Penders
      Phil Tipene
    • [object Object]

      To Have & to Hold

      5.6 (224)
      Dean Gawen
      Rex Watts
      Paul Huntingford
      Stephen Vaughan

    Best Actor in a Lead Role

    • Geoffrey Rush
      Winner
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Shine
    • Aden Young in Rectify (2013)
      • Aden Young
      • River Street
    • John Brumpton in Scare Campaign (2016)
      • John Brumpton
      • Life
    • Noah Taylor at an event for Max (2002)
      • Noah Taylor
      • Shine

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Armin Mueller-Stahl in The Peacemaker (1997)
      Winner
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
      • Shine
    • Ray Barrett
      • Ray Barrett
      • Brilliant Lies
    • Robert Morgan
      • Robert Morgan
      • Life
    • Barry Otto
      • Barry Otto
      • Cosi

    Best Actress in a Lead Role

    • Judy Davis in Page Eight (2011)
      Winner
      • Judy Davis
      • Children of the Revolution
    • Frances O'Connor at an event for Mr Selfridge (2013)
      • Frances O'Connor
      • Love and Other Catastrophes
    • Gia Carides
      • Gia Carides
      • Brilliant Lies
    • Claudia Karvan
      • Claudia Karvan
      • Dating the Enemy

    Best Actress in a Leading Role in a TV Drama

    • Claudia Karvan
      Winner
      • Claudia Karvan
      • G.P.
      For episode "Sing Me a Lullaby".
    • Miss Judy (Sonia Todd) and Joshua (Karl Beattie) at the funeral.
      • Sonia Todd
      • Police Rescue
    • Catherine McClements in Water Rats (1996)
      • Catherine McClements
      • Water Rats

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Toni Collette
      Winner
      • Toni Collette
      • Lilian's Story
      • Annette Shun Wah
      • Floating Life
    • Zoe Carides
      • Zoe Carides
      • Brilliant Lies
    • Alice Garner
      • Alice Garner
      • Love and Other Catastrophes

    Best Children's Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Spellbinder

      8.1 (2.5K)
      Noel Price
      For episode #11.
    • [object Object]

      Mirror, Mirror

      7.4 (644)
      Andrew Blaxland
      Dave Gibson
    • [object Object]

      The Genie from Down Under

      7.3 (235)
      Patricia Edgar
      Phil Jones
    • [object Object]

      The Silver Brumby

      5.8 (1.4K)
      Colin South
      John Tatoulis

    Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Parklands

      5.5 (171)
      Mandy Walker
    • [object Object]

      Not Fourteen Again

      6.6 (52)
      Steve Arnold

    Best Director

    • Scott Hicks at an event for The Boys Are Back (2009)
      Winner
      • Scott Hicks
      • Shine
      • Peter Duncan
      • Children of the Revolution
    • Paul Cox
      • Paul Cox
      • Lust and Revenge
    • Clara Law
      • Clara Law
      • Floating Life

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Not Fourteen Again

      6.6 (52)
      Gillian Armstrong
    • [object Object]

      Billal

      7.2 (14)
      Tom Zubrycki

    Best Episode in a Television Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaking News

      Episode: 

      Keeping Up Appearances

      8.7 (1.4K)
      Santo Cilauro
      Tom Gleisner
      Jane Kennedy
      Rob Sitch
    • [object Object]

      Police Rescue

      7.3 (636)
      Sandra Levy
      John Edwards
    • [object Object]

      G.P.

      7.5 (178)
      Peter Andrikidis
    • [object Object]

      G.P.

      7.5 (178)
      Peter Andrikidis

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Jane Scott
    • [object Object]

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Tristram Miall
    • [object Object]

      My Entire Life

      6.6 (572)
      Jim McElroy
      Terry Hayes
      Michael Hamlyn
    • [object Object]

      Love and Other Catastrophes

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Stavros Kazantzidis

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      David Hirschfelder
    • [object Object]

      Lilian's Story

      6.2 (341)
      Cezary Skubiszewski
    • [object Object]

      Dead Heart

      6.6 (320)
      Stephen Rae
    • [object Object]

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Nigel Westlake

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama

    • Richard Roxburgh
      Winner
      • Richard Roxburgh
      • Blue Murder
    • Steve Bastoni
      • Steve Bastoni
      • Police Rescue
    • Marton Csokas in Freelance (2023)
      • Marton Csokas
      • G.P.
    • Tony Martin
      • Tony Martin
      • Blue Murder

    Best Screenplay in a Short Film

    • Winner

      Cabbie of the Year

      6.0 (8)
      Michael Connolly
    • [object Object]

      Parklands

      5.5 (171)
      Kathryn Millard
    • [object Object]

      No Way to Forget

      Richard Frankland

    • Stitched

      5.2 (8)
      Gregor Jordan

    Best Screenplay in a Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blue Murder

      8.2 (1.2K)
      Ian David
    • [object Object]

      Breaking News

      8.7 (1.4K)
      Rob Sitch
      Santo Cilauro
      Jane Kennedy
      Tom Gleisner
    • [object Object]

      G.P.

      7.5 (178)
      Katherine Thomson

    Best Screenplay, Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Cosi

      6.6 (2.4K)
      Louis Nowra
    • [object Object]

      Life

      6.9 (81)
      Lawrence Johnston
      John Brumpton
    • [object Object]

      Dead Heart

      6.6 (320)
      Nick Parsons
    • [object Object]

      What I Have Written

      6.9 (87)
      John A. Scott

    Best Screenplay, Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
      Jan Sardi
    • [object Object]

      Floating Life

      6.9 (326)
      Eddie Ling-Ching Fong
      Clara Law
    • [object Object]

      Love and Other Catastrophes

      6.4 (2.2K)
      Yael Bergman
      Emma-Kate Croghan
      Helen Bandis
    • [object Object]

      Children of the Revolution

      6.3 (2.5K)
      Peter Duncan

    Best Short Fiction Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Way to Forget

      Richard Frankland

    • Happy Little Vegemites: Unauthorized

      Colin Mowbray

    Best Sound in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Way to Forget

      Mark Tarpey(sound recordist)
      Neil McGrath(sound design)
    • [object Object]

      Rhythms of Life

      Craig Carter
      Martin Friedel
    • [object Object]

      The Coolbaroo Club

      7.1 (8)
      Roger Scholes
      Peter Walker

    Best Television Mini Series or Telefeature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Blue Murder

      8.2 (1.2K)
      Rod Allan
    • [object Object]

      Halifax f.p.

      7.2 (343)
      Roger Simpson
      Roger Le Mesurier

    • Naked: Stories of Men

      7.8 (29)
      Jan Chapman
    • [object Object]

      State Coroner

      6.7 (39)
      David Taft
      John Kearney

    Young Actor's Award

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    Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mirror, Mirror

      7.4 (644)
      Petra Yared

    Best Foreign Film Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fargo

      8.1 (770K)
      Ethan Coen
    • [object Object]

      Burnt by the Sun

      7.8 (17K)
      Nikita Mikhalkov
      Michel Seydoux
    • [object Object]

      Dead Man Walking

      7.5 (107K)
      Tim Robbins
      Jon Kilik
      Rudd Simmons
    • [object Object]

      Trainspotting

      8.1 (761K)
      Andrew Macdonald

    Byron Kennedy Award

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    • Winner
      • Laura Jones

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    • L'Oréal Paris AFI Awards
    • Samsung Mobile AFI Awards

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    Event date

    November 15, 1996

    Event location

    Australia

    Event links

    • http://www.afi.org.au/

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