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Australian Film Institute

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    AFI Award

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    Best Achievement in Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Andrew Lesnie
    • [object Object]

      Blackrock

      6.0 (1.2K)
      Martin McGrath
    • [object Object]

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Malcolm McCulloch
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Mandy Walker

    Best Achievement in Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Louise Wakefield
    • [object Object]

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Ruth De la Lande
    • [object Object]

      The Wedding Party

      5.8 (765)
      Edie Kurzer
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Anna Borghesi

    Best Achievement in Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Bill Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Chris Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      Idiot Box

      6.4 (950)
      David Caesar
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Samantha Lang

    Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Brendan Maher
      For episode "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name - Part 2".
    • [object Object]

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Brendan Maher
    • [object Object]

      Twisted Tales

      7.1 (111)
      Catherine Millar

    Best Achievement in Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Henry Dangar
    • [object Object]

      Idiot Box

      6.4 (950)
      Mark Perry
    • [object Object]

      The Wedding Party

      5.8 (765)
      Suresh Ayyar
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Dany Cooper

    Best Achievement in Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Michael Philips
    • [object Object]

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Roger Ford
    • [object Object]

      Idiot Box

      6.4 (950)
      Kerith Holmes
    • [object Object]

      The Wedding Party

      5.8 (765)
      Clarissa Patterson

    Best Achievement in Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Wayne Pashley
      Toivo Lember
      Gethin Creagh
    • [object Object]

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      John Dennison
      Tony Vaccher
      John Patterson
      Craig Butters
      Chris Alderton
    • [object Object]

      Idiot Box

      6.4 (950)
      Liam Egan
      Phil Judd
      Alicia Slusarski
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Anne Breslin
      Gethin Creagh
      Bronwyn Murphy

    Best Childrens Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wayne Manifesto

      7.8 (154)
      Amy Pastrami Day
      Alan Hardy
    • [object Object]

      Return to Jupiter

      6.6 (54)
      Terry Jennings
    • [object Object]

      The Wayne Manifesto

      7.8 (154)
      Alan Hardy
    • [object Object]

      The Wayne Manifesto

      7.8 (154)
      Alan Hardy

    Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film

    • Winner

      Rock the Boat

      7.4 (52)
      Ulrich Krafzik
      Wade Ferley
      Ian Pugsley

    • House Taken Over

      Max Davis

    • The Art of Tracking

      Rory McGuinness

    • Franz & Kafka

      7.1 (11)
      Marcus Struzina

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mabo: Life of an Island Man

      7.4 (34)
      Trevor Graham

    • Colour Bars

      Mahmoud Yekta

    • Exile in Sarajevo

      7.9 (29)
      Tahir Cambis
      Alma Sahbaz

    • The Butler

      Anna Kannava

    Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Year of the Dogs

      8.4 (85)
      Stewart Young

    • Prick

      Nash Edgerton
    • [object Object]

      Final Cut

      6.9 (20)
      Martin Connor

    Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Neighbours

      5.6 (6.8K)
      Peter Dodds
      For episode #2842.
    • [object Object]

      Home and Away

      5.1 (6.7K)
      Russell Webb
    • [object Object]

      Neighbours

      5.6 (6.8K)
      Peter Dodds
      For episode #2911.

    Best Episode in a Television Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaking News

      Episode: 

      Epitaph

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

      Breaking News

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

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Roger Le Mesurier
      Roger Simpson
      Ros Tatarka
    • [object Object]

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Roger Le Mesurier
      Roger Simpson
      Ros Tatarka

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Bill Bennett
      Jennifer Cluff
      Corrie Soeterboek(co-producer)
    • [object Object]

      Blackrock

      6.0 (1.2K)
      David Elfick
    • [object Object]

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Chris Kennedy
      John Winter
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Sandra Levy

    Best Mini-Series or Telefeature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Roger Le Mesurier
      Roger Simpson
      Ros Tatarka
      For episode "Only the Young Die Good".
    • [object Object]

      Simone de Beauvoir's Babies

      8.2 (33)
      Andrew Knight
      Denise Patience
      Deb Cox
    • [object Object]

      The Last of the Ryans

      5.8 (24)
      Richard Brennan
    • [object Object]

      Kangaroo Palace

      7.6 (63)
      Ewan Burnett(producer)
      Robert Marchand(director)
      Deb Cox(writer)
      Andrew Knight(writer)

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Peter Best
    • [object Object]

      Idiot Box

      6.4 (950)
      Tim Rogers
      Nick Launay
    • [object Object]

      Road to Nhill

      6.6 (203)
      Elizabeth Drake
    • [object Object]

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Stephen Rae

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Castle

      7.6 (18K)
      Santo Cilauro
      Tom Gleisner
      Jane Kennedy
      Rob Sitch
    • [object Object]

      Doing Time for Patsy Cline

      6.2 (356)
      Chris Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      Kiss or Kill

      6.3 (1.5K)
      Bill Bennett
    • [object Object]

      Road to Nhill

      6.6 (203)
      Alison Tilson

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

    • Richard Roxburgh
      Winner
      • Richard Roxburgh
      • Doing Time for Patsy Cline
    • Michael Caton
      • Michael Caton
      • The Castle
    • Jeremy Sims
      • Jeremy Sims
      • Idiot Box
    • Matt Day actor
      • Matt Day
      • Kiss or Kill

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

    • David Wenham at an event for 300 (2006)
      Winner
      • David Wenham
      • Simone de Beauvoir's Babies
    • Geoff Morrell
      • Geoff Morrell
      • Fallen Angels
    • Marcus Graham
      • Marcus Graham
      • Good Guys Bad Guys
    • Jeremy Sims
      • Jeremy Sims
      • Kangaroo Palace

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Winner
      • Andrew S. Gilbert
      • Kiss or Kill
      • Simon Lyndon
      • Blackrock
    • Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
      • Charles 'Bud' Tingwell
      • The Castle
    • Chris Haywood in Jindabyne (2006)
      • Chris Haywood
      • Kiss or Kill

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

    • Pamela Rabe
      Winner
      • Pamela Rabe
      • The Well
    • Frances O'Connor at an event for Mr Selfridge (2013)
      • Frances O'Connor
      • The Wedding Party
    • Frances O'Connor at an event for Mr Selfridge (2013)
      • Frances O'Connor
      • Kiss or Kill
    • Miranda Otto
      • Miranda Otto
      • The Well

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

    • Winner
      • Anne Looby
      • Simone de Beauvoir's Babies
      For episode #3.
    • Leah Purcell
      • Leah Purcell
      • Fallen Angels
    • Sally Cooper
      • Sally Cooper
      • Simone de Beauvoir's Babies
    • Nadine Garner
      • Nadine Garner
      • Raw FM

    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Cate Blanchett
      Winner
      • Cate Blanchett
      • The Wedding Party
    • Rebecca Smart
      • Rebecca Smart
      • Blackrock
      • Sophie Lee
      • The Castle
      • Annie Byron
      • Doing Time for Patsy Cline

    Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Well

      6.1 (459)
      Laura Jones
    • [object Object]

      Blackrock

      6.0 (1.2K)
      Nick Enright
    • [object Object]

      Love in Ambush

      5.4 (47)
      Carl Schultz

    Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film

    • Winner

      My Second Car

      6.8 (11)
      Stuart McDonald

    • Revisionism

      Rachel Landers
    • [object Object]

      Little White Lies

      4.7 (114)
      Della Churchill
    • [object Object]

      Boy

      8.0 (36)
      Glenn Fraser
      Chris Wheeler

    Best Screenplay in a Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaking News

      Episode: 

      Epitaph

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

      Good Guys Bad Guys

      8.1 (177)
      Graeme Koetsveld
    • [object Object]

      Simone de Beauvoir's Babies

      8.2 (33)
      Deb Cox
    • [object Object]

      Breaking News

      8.7 (1.4K)
      Rob Sitch
      Santo Cilauro
      Jane Kennedy
      Tom Gleisner

    Best Short Animation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Uncle

      7.0 (939)
      Adam Elliot

    • On a Full Moon

      Lee Whitmore

    Best Short Fiction Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Beneficiary

      7.2 (33)
      Graeme Burfoot

    • Flying Over Mother

      7.1 (60)
      Michael James Rowland

    • Revisionism

      Rachel Landers
    • [object Object]

      Boy

      8.0 (36)
      Glenn Fraser

    Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film

    • Winner

      At Sea

      7.8 (57)
      Linda Murdoch
      Martin Oswin

    • Urban Fairytale

      Paul Healy
      Andrew Lancaster
      Tony Vaccher

    Best Television Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dhuway

      Lew Griffiths
      Noel Pearson

    Open Craft Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frontier

      8.2 (17)
      Bruce Belsham
      Victoria Pitt
      For the research and the script.

    Young Actor's Award

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    Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wayne Manifesto

      7.8 (154)
      Jeffrey Walker

    Best Foreign Film Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Secrets & Lies

      8.0 (50K)
      Simon Channing Williams
    • [object Object]

      Breaking the Waves

      7.8 (74K)
      Vibeke Windeløv
      Peter Aalbæk Jensen
    • [object Object]

      The English Patient

      7.4 (210K)
      Saul Zaentz
    • [object Object]

      Romeo + Juliet

      6.7 (254K)
      Gabriella Martinelli
      Baz Luhrmann

    Byron Kennedy Award

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    • John Polson
      Winner
      • John Polson

    Raymond Longford Award

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    • Jan Chapman
      Winner
      • Jan Chapman

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    Event date

    November 14, 1997

    Event location

    Australia

    Event links

    • http://www.afi.org.au/

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