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Australian Film Institute

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    AFI Award

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    Best Children's Television Drama

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mortified

      7.2 (1K)
      Phillip Bowman
      Bernadette O'Mahony
    • [object Object]

      Blue Water High

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Noel Price
      Dennis Kiely
    • [object Object]

      The Upside Down Show

      8.6 (873)
      Michael Bourchier
    • Suzanne Ryan
      • Suzanne Ryan

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Ian Jones
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      David Williamson
    • [object Object]

      Macbeth

      4.6 (2.3K)
      Will Gibson
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Robert Humphreys

    Best Cinematography in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hunt Angels

      6.7 (123)
      Jackie Wolf
      • Steve Williams

    • Penicillin: The Magic Bullet

      5.5 (46)
      Jaems Grant

    • Transit

      Anthony Davison

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Macbeth

      4.6 (2.3K)
      Jane Johnston
    • [object Object]

      The Book of Revelation

      5.3 (1.7K)
      Anna Borghesi
    • [object Object]

      Kokoda: 39th Battalion

      6.1 (3.2K)
      Phil Eagles
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Melinda Doring

    Best Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Rolf de Heer
      Peter Djigirr
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      Ray Lawrence
    • [object Object]

      Kenny

      7.2 (7.5K)
      Clayton Jacobson
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Paul Goldman

    Best Direction in Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Answered by Fire

      7.3 (272)
      Jessica Hobbs
    • [object Object]

      Comedy Inc.

      7.3 (432)
      David McDonald
      For episode #7.
    • [object Object]

      Love My Way

      8.2 (1.4K)
      Shirley Barrett
      For episode #11.
    • [object Object]

      Mortified

      7.2 (1K)
      Pino Amenta
      For episode #1.

    Best Direction in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Raul the Terrible

      7.1 (23)
      David Bradbury
    • [object Object]

      Hunt Angels

      6.7 (123)
      Alec Morgan
    • [object Object]

      Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

      6.9 (91)
      Gillian Armstrong
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam Nurses

      6.6 (21)
      Polly Watkins

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hunt Angels

      6.7 (123)
      Sue Maslin
    • [object Object]

      Raul the Terrible

      7.1 (23)
      Carlos Alperin
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam Nurses

      6.6 (21)
      Beth Frey
      Lizzette Atkins
    • [object Object]

      Welcome 2 My Deaf World

      6.8 (17)
      Sally Ingleton

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Tania Nehme
    • [object Object]

      Candy

      7.2 (49K)
      Dany Cooper
    • [object Object]

      Kenny

      7.2 (7.5K)
      Clayton Jacobson
      Sean Lander
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Stephen Evans

    Best Editing in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Raul the Terrible

      7.1 (23)
      Stewart Young
    • [object Object]

      The Archive Project

      Uri Mizrahi

    • The Black Road

      8.5 (24)
      Lawrie Silvestrin
    • [object Object]

      Vietnam Nurses

      6.6 (21)
      Tony Stevens

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Julie Ryan
      Rolf de Heer
    • [object Object]

      Candy

      7.2 (49K)
      Margaret Fink
      Emile Sherman
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      Catherine Jarman
    • [object Object]

      Kenny

      7.2 (7.5K)
      Clayton Jacobson
      Rohan Timlock

    Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama

    • Marcus Graham
      Winner
      • Marcus Graham
      • Blue Heelers
    • John Waters
      • John Waters
      • All Saints
    • Luke Carroll and Petra Yared in Sky Trackers (1994)
      • Luke Carroll
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse
    • Aaron Fa'aoso in Subdivision (2009)
      • Aaron Fa'aoso
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse

    Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama

    • Saskia Burmeister
      Winner
      • Saskia Burmeister
      • Blue Heelers
      • Margaret Harvey
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse
      • Merwez Whaleboat
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse
    • Emily Barclay
      • Emily Barclay
      • The Silence

    Best Lead Actor

    • Shane Jacobson
      Winner
      • Shane Jacobson
      • Kenny
    • Heath Ledger at an event for Candy (2006)
      • Heath Ledger
      • Candy
    • Gabriel Byrne
      • Gabriel Byrne
      • Jindabyne
    • Steve Le Marquand
      • Steve Le Marquand
      • Last Train to Freo

    Best Lead Actor in Television Drama

    • David Wenham at an event for 300 (2006)
      Winner
      • David Wenham
      • Answered by Fire
    • Dan Wyllie at an event for Sanctum (2011)
      • Dan Wyllie
      • Love My Way
      • Charles Passi
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse
    • Richard Roxburgh
      • Richard Roxburgh
      • The Silence

    Best Lead Actress

    • Emily Barclay
      Winner
      • Emily Barclay
      • Suburban Mayhem
    • Teresa Palmer
      • Teresa Palmer
      • 2:37
    • Abbie Cornish at an event for Seven Psychopaths (2012)
      • Abbie Cornish
      • Candy
    • Laura Linney
      • Laura Linney
      • Jindabyne

    Best Lead Actress in Television Drama

    • Susie Porter
      Winner
      • Susie Porter
      • RAN: Remote Area Nurse
    • Claudia Karvan
      • Claudia Karvan
      • Love My Way
    • Asher Keddie
      • Asher Keddie
      • Love My Way
    • Justine Clarke
      • Justine Clarke
      • The Surgeon

    Best Light Entertainment Television Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Enough Rope with Andrew Denton

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

      The Glass House

      8.1 (216)
      Ted Robinson
    • [object Object]

      RocKwiz

      7.7 (171)
      Brian Nankervis
      Ken Connor
      Peter Bain-Hogg
      Joe Connor
    • [object Object]

      Spicks and Specks

      7.9 (1.2K)
      Bruce Kane
      Anthony Watt

    Best Original Music Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Mick Harvey
    • [object Object]

      The Book of Revelation

      5.3 (1.7K)
      Cezary Skubiszewski
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      Paul Kelly
      Dan Luscombe
    • [object Object]

      Macbeth

      4.6 (2.3K)
      John Clifford White

    Best Performance in Television Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chaser's War on Everything

      8.7 (2.7K)
      Andrew Hansen
    • [object Object]

      Comedy Inc.

      7.3 (432)
      Paul McCarthy
    • [object Object]

      Comedy Inc.

      7.3 (432)
      Genevieve Morris
    • [object Object]

      Supernova

      7.3 (253)
      Kris McQuade

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Macbeth

      4.6 (2.3K)
      David McKay
    • [object Object]

      Candy

      7.2 (49K)
      Robert Cousins
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Nell Hanson
    • [object Object]

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Beverley Freeman

    Best Screenplay - Adapted

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Candy

      7.2 (49K)
      Luke Davies
      Neil Armfield
    • [object Object]

      The Book of Revelation

      5.3 (1.7K)
      Ana Kokkinos
      Andrew Bovell
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      Beatrix Christian
    • [object Object]

      Last Train to Freo

      6.5 (915)
      Reg Cribb

    Best Screenplay - Original

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      Rolf de Heer
    • [object Object]

      2:37

      6.8 (7.5K)
      Murali K. Thalluri
    • [object Object]

      Kenny

      7.2 (7.5K)
      Shane Jacobson
      Clayton Jacobson
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Alice Bell

    Best Screenplay in Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      RAN: Remote Area Nurse

      8.4 (83)
      Sue Smith
      For episode #5.
    • [object Object]

      The Chaser's War on Everything

      8.7 (2.7K)
      For episode #8.
    • [object Object]

      Love My Way

      8.2 (1.4K)
      Jacquelin Perske
      For episode #11.
    • [object Object]

      Mortified

      7.2 (1K)
      Angela Webber
      For episode #1.

    Best Screenplay in a Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stranded

      6.7 (414)
      Kathleen O'Brien
      • Louise Fox

    • Paper and Sand

      Matt Rubinstein

    • The Safe House

      7.5 (14)
      Lee Whitmore

    Best Short Animation

    • Michael Cusack in After All (2017)
      Winner
      • Michael Cusack
    • [object Object]

      The Astronomer

      Kate McCartney
    • [object Object]

      Carnivore Reflux

      6.8 (49)
      Eddie White
      James Calvert

    • The Safe House

      7.5 (14)
      Lee Whitmore

    Best Short Fiction Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stranded

      6.7 (414)
      Stuart McDonald

    • The 9:13

      Matthew Phipps

    • The Desert

      4.9 (19)
      Glendyn Ivin

    • Small Boxes

      8.3 (18)
      Rene Hernandez

    Best Sound

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ten Canoes

      6.9 (5.3K)
      James Currie
      Tom Heuzenroeder
      Mike Bakaloff
      Rory McGregor
    • [object Object]

      Jindabyne

      6.3 (7.2K)
      Andrew Plain
      Peter Grace
      Nada Mikas
      Peter Miller
      Linda Murdoch
      Robert Sullivan
    • [object Object]

      Macbeth

      4.6 (2.3K)
      Frank Lipson
      John Wilkinson
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Liam Egan
      Phil Judd
      Stephen Vaughan

    Best Sound in a Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vietnam Nurses

      6.6 (21)
      Livia Ruzic
      Mark Tarpey
      Keith Thomas
      John Willsteed
    • [object Object]

      The Archive Project

      Martin Friedel
      Andrew Plain
      Keith Thomas
      Emma Bortignon
    • [object Object]

      Rampage

      7.4 (109)
      Nick Meyers
    • [object Object]

      Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

      6.9 (91)
      Anne Breslin
      Gethin Creagh
      Paul Finlay
      Paul Grabowsky

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Anthony Hayes
      Winner
      • Anthony Hayes
      • Suburban Mayhem
    • Geoffrey Rush
      • Geoffrey Rush
      • Candy
      • Ronald Jacobson
      • Kenny
      • Tom Budge
      • Last Train to Freo

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Susie Porter
      Winner
      • Susie Porter
      • Caterpillar Wish
    • Noni Hazlehurst
      • Noni Hazlehurst
      • Candy
    • Deborra-Lee Furness
      • Deborra-Lee Furness
      • Jindabyne
      • Geneviève Lemon
      • Suburban Mayhem

    Best Telefeature or Mini Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      RAN: Remote Area Nurse

      8.4 (83)
      Penny Chapman
    • [object Object]

      Answered by Fire

      7.3 (272)
      Roger Le Mesurier
      Andrew Walker
    • [object Object]

      The Surgeon

      7.1 (125)
      John Edwards
      Judi McCrossin
    • [object Object]

      The Silence

      6.2 (304)
      Jan Chapman

    Best Television Comedy Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Chaser's War on Everything

      8.7 (2.7K)
      Mark FitzGerald
      Julian Morrow
      Andy Nehl
    • [object Object]

      Comedy Inc.

      7.3 (432)
      David McDonald
    • [object Object]

      Supernova

      7.3 (253)
      David Maher
      David Taylor
      Beryl Vertue
      Sue Vertue

    Best Television Drama Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Love My Way

      8.2 (1.4K)
      John Edwards
      Claudia Karvan
      Jacquelin Perske
    • [object Object]

      All Saints

      7.1 (1.8K)
      Maryanne Carroll
    • [object Object]

      Blue Heelers

      7.0 (1.9K)
      Gus Howard
      David Clarke
    • [object Object]

      McLeod's Daughters

      7.3 (7K)
      Karl Zwicky
      Posie Graeme-Evans

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hunt Angels

      6.7 (123)
      Rose Draper
      Mike Seymour
    • [object Object]

      Wicked Science

      7.2 (792)
      Barry Lanfranchi
      For episode #2.1.
    • [object Object]

      Kokoda: 39th Battalion

      6.1 (3.2K)
      Phil Stuart-Jones
    • [object Object]

      Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst

      6.9 (91)
      Simon Rippingale
      Tim Richter

    Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stranded

      6.7 (414)
      Emma Lung(acting)
    • Adam Arkapaw
      • Adam Arkapaw(cinematography)
      • Greg Sweeney(production design)
    • Skye Wansey in Farscape (1999)
      • Skye Wansey(acting)

    Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Forest

      6.9 (15)
      Joseph Pickering(cinematography)
    • [object Object]

      Comedy Inc.

      7.3 (432)
      Rob Meyer(cinematography)
    • [object Object]

      RAN: Remote Area Nurse

      8.4 (83)
      Ian Jones(cinematography)
    • [object Object]

      RocKwiz

      7.7 (171)
      Tim Millikan(sound)
      Michael Letho(sound)
      Steve Witherow(sound)

    Young Actor's Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mortified

      7.2 (1K)
      Marny Kennedy
    • [object Object]

      2:37

      6.8 (7.5K)
      Frank Sweet
    • [object Object]

      Opal Dream

      6.5 (1.1K)
      Christian Byers
    • [object Object]

      Suburban Mayhem

      5.7 (1.7K)
      Mia Wasikowska

    Best Foreign Film Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]

      Execution

      7.7 (67)
      Steven Scaffidi
      Ghost Rider Pictures

    News Limited Readers' Choice Award

    Edit
    • Heath Ledger at an event for Candy (2006)
      Winner
      • Heath Ledger

    Byron Kennedy Award

    Edit
    • Rolf de Heer
      Winner
      • Rolf de Heer

    Raymond Longford Award

    Edit
    • Winner
      • Ian Jones

    AFI International Award

    Edit

    Best Actor

    • Heath Ledger at an event for Candy (2006)
      Winner
      • Heath Ledger
      • Brokeback Mountain
    • Eric Bana
      • Eric Bana
      • Munich
    • Hugo Weaving at an event for The Wolfman (2010)
      • Hugo Weaving
      • V for Vendetta
    • Anthony LaPaglia
      • Anthony LaPaglia
      • Winter Solstice

    Best Actress

    • Rachel Griffiths
      Winner
      • Rachel Griffiths
      • Six Feet Under
    • Toni Collette
      • Toni Collette
      • In Her Shoes
    • Naomi Watts
      • Naomi Watts
      • King Kong
    • Radha Mitchell
      • Radha Mitchell
      • Silent Hill

    Excellence in Filmmaking

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Memoirs of a Geisha

      7.3 (168K)
      Dion Beebe
      (Cinematography).
    • [object Object]

      The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

      6.9 (447K)
      Roger Ford
      (Production design).
    • [object Object]

      The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

      6.9 (447K)
      Donald McAlpine
      (Cinematography).
    • [object Object]

      The World's Fastest Indian

      7.8 (62K)
      Roger Donaldson
      (Producing/direction/screenplay).

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    Event date

    December 6, 2006 - December 7, 2006

    Event location

    Australia

    Event links

    • http://www.afi.org.au/

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