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Australian Film Institute

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    AFI Award

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    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    • Sam Worthington
      Winner
      • Sam Worthington
      • Somersault
      • Kevin Harrington
      • The Honourable Wally Norman
    • Dan Spielman
      • Dan Spielman
      • One Perfect Day
    • Colin Friels in A Good Man in Africa (1994)
      • Colin Friels
      • Tom White

    Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

    • Abe Forsythe
      Winner
      • Abe Forsythe
      • Marking Time
    • Sam Neill
      • Sam Neill
      • Jessica
    • David Wenham at an event for 300 (2006)
      • David Wenham
      • The Brush-Off
    • Geoff Morrell
      • Geoff Morrell
      • Marking Time

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    • Erik Thomson
      Winner
      • Erik Thomson
      • Somersault
    • Hugo Weaving at an event for The Wolfman (2010)
      • Hugo Weaving
      • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
    • Nathaniel Dean
      • Nathaniel Dean
      • Somersault
    • Dan Spielman
      • Dan Spielman
      • Tom White

    Best Actor in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

    • Matthew Le Nevez
      Winner
      • Matthew Le Nevez
      • Marking Time
    • Ray Barrett
      • Ray Barrett
      • All Saints
      For episode #280.
      • Glenn Robbins
      • Kath & Kim
    • Lech Mackiewicz
      • Lech Mackiewicz
      • Marking Time

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    • Abbie Cornish at an event for Seven Psychopaths (2012)
      Winner
      • Abbie Cornish
      • Somersault
    • Olivia Pigeot
      • Olivia Pigeot
      • A Cold Summer
    • Leeanna Walsman at an event for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
      • Leeanna Walsman
      • One Perfect Day
      • Chloe Maxwell
      • Under the Radar

    Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

    • Love Me. Bojana Novakovic.
      Winner
      • Bojana Novakovic
      • Marking Time
    • Gina Riley
      • Gina Riley
      • Kath & Kim
    • Jane Turner
      • Jane Turner
      • Kath & Kim
    • Claudia Karvan
      • Claudia Karvan
      • Small Claims

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

    • Lynette Curran
      Winner
      • Lynette Curran
      • Somersault
    • Hollie Andrew in Informer 3838 (2020)
      • Hollie Andrew
      • Somersault
    • Rachael Blake
      • Rachael Blake
      • Tom White
    • Loene Carmen and Noah Taylor in The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
      • Loene Carmen
      • Tom White

    Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama or Comedy

    • Katie Wall
      Winner
      • Katie Wall
      • Marking Time
    • Magda Szubanski
      • Magda Szubanski
      • Kath & Kim
      • Jacinta Stapleton
      • Stingers
      For episode #172.
    • Abbie Cornish at an event for Seven Psychopaths (2012)
      • Abbie Cornish
      • Marking Time

    Best Children's Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wicked Science

      7.2 (788)
      Daniel Scharf
      Jonathan M. Shiff
    • [object Object]

      Fergus McPhail

      5.9 (65)
      Ewan Burnett
      Alan Hardy
    • [object Object]

      Noah & Saskia

      7.5 (80)
      Patricia Edgar
    • [object Object]

      Out There

      6.7 (111)
      Michael Bourchier

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Robert Humphreys
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Andrew Lesnie
    • [object Object]

      One Perfect Day

      5.9 (848)
      Gary Ravenscroft
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Toby Oliver

    Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Ian Batt
    • [object Object]

      Floodhouse

      6.5 (62)
      Kim Batterham
    • [object Object]

      My Sister

      7.2 (23)
      Tim Hudson
    • [object Object]

      Platypus: World's Strangest Animal

      8.1 (52)
      David Parer

    Best Comedy Series - Sitcom or Sketch

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Double the Fist

      7.4 (165)
      Megan Harding
    • [object Object]

      Kath & Kim

      8.4 (5.6K)
      Gina Riley
      Mark Ruse
      Jane Turner
    • [object Object]

      Skithouse

      6.8 (178)
      Craig Campbell
      Jodie Crawford-Fish
      Rove McManus
    • [object Object]

      Stories from the Golf

      7.9 (19)
      Robyn Butler
      Wayne Hope

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Emily Seresin
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Anna Borghesi
    • [object Object]

      One Perfect Day

      5.9 (848)
      Katie Graham
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Jill Johanson

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Cate Shortland
    • [object Object]

      The Finished People

      6.4 (146)
      Khoa Do
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Jan Sardi
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Alkinos Tsilimidos

    Best Direction in Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marking Time

      7.9 (256)
      Cherie Nowlan
    • [object Object]

      All Saints

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Chris Martin-Jones
      For episode #280.
    • [object Object]

      Stingers

      7.1 (650)
      Grant Brown
      For episode #172.
    • [object Object]

      The Brush-Off

      6.9 (197)
      Sam Neill

    Best Direction in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Helen's War

      7.7 (32)
      Anna Broinowski

    • Fahimeh's Story

      Faramarz K. Rahber
      Faraway Productions

    • The Man Who Stole My Mother's Face

      Cathy Henkel
    • [object Object]

      The President Versus David Hicks

      6.7 (44)
      Bentley Dean
      Curtis Levy

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The President Versus David Hicks

      6.7 (44)
      Curtis Levy
    • [object Object]

      Helen's War

      7.7 (32)
      Sonja Armstrong
      Anne Pick
      • Denise Haslem
      • Rosemary Hesp
    • [object Object]

      The Men Who Would Conquer China

      6.4 (34)
      Nick Torrens

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Scott Gray
    • [object Object]

      The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

      6.5 (1.4K)
      Tania Nehme
    • [object Object]

      One Perfect Day

      5.9 (848)
      Gary Woodyard
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Ken Sallows

    Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Men Who Would Conquer China

      6.4 (34)
      Jane St. Vincent Welch
      • Janet Merewether

    • So Close to Home

      5.0 (34)
      Denise Haratzis

    • Truckies Don't Eat Quiche

      David Cole

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Anthony Anderson
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Jane Scott
      Sarah Radclyffe
    • [object Object]

      The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

      6.5 (1.4K)
      Julie Ryan
      Michelle de Broca
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Alkinos Tsilimidos
      Daniel Scharf

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

      9.0 (2.1M)
      Peter Jackson
      Barrie M. Osborne
      Fran Walsh
    • [object Object]

      Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

      8.3 (1.1M)
      Anthony Bregman
      Steve Golin
    • [object Object]

      Lost in Translation

      7.7 (514K)
      Sofia Coppola
      Ross Katz
    • [object Object]

      Mystic River

      7.9 (508K)
      Robert Lorenz
      Judie Hoyt
      Clint Eastwood

    Best Light Entertainment Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Enough Rope with Andrew Denton

      7.2 (139)
      Andrew Denton
      Anita Jacoby
    • [object Object]

      The Glass House

      8.1 (216)
      Ted Robinson
    • [object Object]

      Mondo Thingo

      Anna Bateman
      Jennifer Collins
      Kath Earle
    • [object Object]

      Strictly Dancing

      6.4 (20)
      Paul Melville
      Steve Rothwell

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Decoder Ring
    • [object Object]

      The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

      6.5 (1.4K)
      Graham Tardif
    • [object Object]

      One Perfect Day

      5.9 (848)
      David Hobson
    • [object Object]

      Thunderstruck

      6.1 (992)
      David Thrussell

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Melinda Doring
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Paul Heath
    • [object Object]

      One Perfect Day

      5.9 (848)
      MacGregor Knox
      Patrick Bennet
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Dan Potra

    Best Screenplay in Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marking Time

      7.9 (256)
      John Doyle
    • [object Object]

      Kath & Kim

      8.4 (5.6K)
      Gina Riley
      Jane Turner
      For episode #8 ("The Hideous Truth").
    • [object Object]

      Stingers

      7.1 (650)
      Matt Ford
      For episode #172.
    • [object Object]

      The Brush-Off

      6.9 (197)
      John Clarke

    Best Screenplay in a Short Film

    • Winner

      Queen of Hearts

      Danielle MacLean
    • [object Object]

      Birthday Boy

      6.5 (644)
      Sejong Park
    • [object Object]

      Floodhouse

      6.5 (62)
      Miro Bilbrough

    • So Close to Home

      5.0 (34)
      Madeleine Blackwell

    Best Screenplay, Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Somersault

      6.7 (8.4K)
      Cate Shortland
    • [object Object]

      The Finished People

      6.4 (146)
      Khoa Do
      Rodney Anderson
      Joe Le
      Jason McGoldrick
    • [object Object]

      Love's Brother

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Jan Sardi
    • [object Object]

      Tom White

      6.6 (322)
      Daniel Keene

    Best Short Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birthday Boy

      6.5 (644)
      Sejong Park
      • [object Object]

        It's Like That

        7.0 (8)
        • Robert Stephenson

      Best Short Fiction Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Lennie Cahill Shoots Through

        7.7 (20)
        Paul Oliver
      • [object Object]

        Floodhouse

        6.5 (62)
        Miro Bilbrough
      • [object Object]

        The Scree

        6.5 (51)
        Paul McDermott

      • So Close to Home

        5.0 (34)
        Jessica Hobbs

      Best Sound

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Somersault

        6.7 (8.4K)
        Mark Blackwell
        Pete Smith
        Sam Petty
      • [object Object]

        One Perfect Day

        5.9 (848)
        Glenn Newnham
        Paul Pirola
      • [object Object]

        Thunderstruck

        6.1 (992)
        Pete Smith
        Peter Townend
        Wayne Pashley
      • [object Object]

        Tom White

        6.6 (322)
        James Currie
        Mike Bakaloff
        Peter Walker
        Tristan Meredith

      Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film

      • David Bridie
        Winners
        • David Bridie
        • John Patterson
        • Tony Vaccher

      • Big Men, Bigger Dreams: Australian Wrestlers

        Andrew Duffield
        Liam Egan
        Phil Judd
      • [object Object]

        Birthday Boy

        6.5 (644)
        James K. Lee
        Chris McKeith
        Megan Wedge
      • [object Object]

        Good Luck Jeffrey Brown

        6.6 (25)
        Andrew Plain
        Liam Price

      Best Telefeature or Mini-Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Marking Time

        7.9 (256)
        John Edwards
      • [object Object]

        The Brush-Off

        6.9 (197)
      • [object Object]

        Go Big

        6.7 (142)
        Ellie Beaumont
        Rosemary Blight
        Michael Miller
      • [object Object]

        Small Claims

        6.6 (178)
        Rosemary Blight
        Kylie Du Fresne
        Ben Grant

      Best Television Drama Series

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Stingers

        7.1 (650)
        Roger Le Mesurier
        Roger Simpson
        John Wild
      • [object Object]

        McLeod's Daughters

        7.3 (7K)
        Susan Bower
        Posie Graeme-Evans
      • [object Object]

        MDA

        7.3 (81)
        Denny Lawrence
      • [object Object]

        White Collar Blue

        5.8 (128)
        Steve Knapman
        Kris Wyld

      Open Craft Award

      Edit

      Television

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Kath & Kim

        8.4 (5.6K)
        Kitty Stuckey
        For costume design.
      • [object Object]

        Jessica

        7.4 (566)
        Paul Grabowsky
        For music composition.
      • [object Object]

        Noah & Saskia

        7.5 (80)
        Paul Nichola
        For animation and digital effects.
      • [object Object]

        Wicked Science

        7.2 (788)
        Barry Lanfranchi
        For digital effects.

      Young Actor's Award

      Edit
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Jessica

        7.4 (566)
        Natasha Wanganeen
      • [object Object]

        Out There

        6.7 (111)
        Richard Wilson
      • [object Object]

        The Finished People

        6.4 (146)
        Sarah Vongmany
      • [object Object]

        Tom White

        6.6 (322)
        Jarryd Jinks

      Global Achievement Award

      Edit
      • Naomi Watts
        Winner
        • Naomi Watts

      Byron Kennedy Award

      Edit
      • John Clarke in A Month of Sundays (2015)
        Winner
        • John Clarke

      Raymond Longford Award

      Edit
      • Winner
        • Patricia Lovell

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

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      Event date

      October 29, 2004

      Event location

      Australia

      Event links

      • http://www.afi.org.au/

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