Australian Film Institute Awards - 2005
November 26th, 2005 by Andre Soares
Australian Film Institute Awards - 2005
The nominees of the L’Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Awards were announced by Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades at the Wharf Restaurant in Sydney on October 21, 2005.
The winners of the 2005 AFI Awards were announced at two ceremonies: Russell Crowe hosted both the L’Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Craft Awards on November 25 and The L’Oréal Paris 2005 AFI Awards Dinner on November 26.
Note: The AFI International Awards are given to Australians working abroad.
2005 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award Nominations - Brief Article
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
FEATURE NARRATIVE FILMS
BEST FILM
Little Fish, Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts, Richard Keddie
* Look Both Ways, Bridget Ikin
Oyster Farmer, Anthony Buckley, Piers Tempest
The Proposition, Chris Brown, Jackie O’Sullivan, Chiara Menage, Cat Villiers
BEST DIRECTION
Little Fish, Rowan Woods
* Look Both Ways, Sarah Watt
The Proposition, John Hillcoat
Wolf Creek, Greg McLean
BEST ACTOR
* Hugo Weaving, Little Fish
William McInnes, Look Both Ways
Guy Pearce, The Proposition
Ray Winstone, The Proposition
BEST ACTRESS
Saskia Burmeister, The Proposition
* Cate Blanchett, Little Fish
Justine Clarke, Look Both Ways
Frances O’Connor, Three Dollars
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Martin Henderson, Little Fish
* Anthony Hayes, Look Both Ways
John Hurt, The Proposition
Robert Menzies, Three Dollars
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tracy Mann, The Proposition
* Noni Hazlehurst, Little Fish
Daniela Farinacci, Look Both Ways
Kestie Morassi, Wolf Creek
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Little Fish, Jacquelin Perske
* Look Both Ways, Sarah Watt
The Proposition, Nick Cave
Wolf Creek, Greg McLean
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Proposition, Christine Madafferi
The Illustrated Family Doctor, Kriv Stenders, David Snell
The Widower, Lyndon Terracini
* Three Dollars, Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Little Fish, Danny Ruhlmann ACS
Oyster Farmer, Alun Bollinger
* The Proposition, Benoît Delhomme
Wolf Creek, Will Gibson
BEST EDITING
* Little Fish, Alexandre de Franceschi ASE, John Scott ASE
Look Both Ways, Denise Haratzis ASE
The Proposition, Jon Gregory
Wolf Creek, Jason Ballantine
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Little Fish, Nathan Larson
* The Proposition, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Three Dollars, Alan John
Wolf Creek, François Tétaz
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Little Fish, Luigi Pittorino
Look Both Ways, Rita Zanchetta
* The Proposition, Chris Kennedy
Three Dollars, Luigi Pittorino
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Proposition, Paul Warren
Little Fish, Melinda Doring
Look Both Ways, Edie Kurzer
* The Proposition, Margot Wilson
BEST SOUND
* Little Fish, Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Robert Sullivan, Yulia Akerholt
Look Both Ways, Andrew Plain, Peter Smith, Toivo Lember
The Proposition, Craig Walmsley, Paul Davies, Richard Davy, Ian Morgan
Wolf Creek, Des Kenneally, Peter Smith, Pete Best, Tom Heuzenroeder
NON FEATURE
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Girl in a Mirror Helen Bowden
Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Janet Merewether, Deborah Szapiro and Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
Killers in Eden Klaus Toft
* Land Mines - A Love Story Dennis O’Rourke
BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY
* Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Janet Merewether
Girl in a Mirror Kathy Drayton
Abortion, Corruption and Cops - The Bertram Wainer Story John Moore
Killers in Eden Klaus Toft
BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
A Message From Fallujah Richard Gibson
Azadi Anthony Maras
* Jewboy Tony Krawitz
The Eye Inside Cordelia Beresford
BEST SHORT ANIMATION
2:41 Upfield Callum Cooper
Fritz Gets Rich Eddie White, James Calvert
Piñata Mike Hollands
* The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Anthony Lucas
BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SHORT FILM
Barely Visible Jody Dwyer
* Jewboy Tony Krawitz
The Djarn Djarns Wayne Blair
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Mark Shirrefs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A NON-FEATURE
Opal Fever Corey Piper
Abortion, Corruption and Cops - The Bertram Wainer Story Jenni Meaney
* Jewboy Greig Fraser
The Eye Inside Cordelia Beresford
BEST EDITING IN A NON-FEATURE
* Mr Patterns James Bradley
All Points of the Compass Paul Hamilton, Michael Horton
Jewboy Jane Moran
The Djarn Djarns Henry Dangar
BEST SOUND IN A NON-FEATURE
* Vietnam Symphony Leo Sullivan, Tony Vaccher, Danny Longhurst
Iraq, My Country Doron Kipen, Emma Bortignon, Ken Sallows A.S.E.
Cool Basil Krivoroutchko, Davin Patterson
Jewboy Sam Petty, Mark Blackwell
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CRAFT IN A NON-FEATURE
Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Production Design, Karla Urizar
Knot at Home Project Production Initiative and Realisation, Phillip Crawford
Jewboy Performance, Ewan Leslie ‘Yuri’
* The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Production Design, Anthony Lucas
TELEVISION
BEST CHILDREN’S TELEVISION DRAMA
Blue Water High, Noel Price, Dennis Kiely (ABC)
* Holly’s Heroes, Ann Darrouzet, Dave Gibson, Jenni Tosi (Nine Network)
Scooter: Secret Agent, Daniel Scharf, Jonathan Shiff (Network Ten)
BEST COMEDY SERIES
We Can Be Heroes, Laura Waters, Chris Lilley (ABC)
The Chaser Decides, Chaser Crackerjack (ABC)
* John Safran vs God, Selin Yaman, John Safran (SBS)
Comedy Inc. - The Late Shift, David McDonald (Nine Network)
BEST LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, Anita Jacoby, Andrew Denton (ABC)
* The Glass House, Ted Robinson (ABC)
Spicks and Specks, Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane, Anthony Watt (ABC)
RocKwiz, Brian Nankervis, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg (SBS)
BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
* Love My Way, John Edwards, Claudia Karvan (FOXTEL)
MDA, Denny Lawrence (ABC)
All Saints, MaryAnne Carroll (Seven Network)
Blue Heelers, Gus Howard, David Clarke (Seven Network)
BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
* The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, Andrew Benson, Greg Haddrick (Network Ten)
Little Oberon, Susan Bower (Nine Network)
Hell Has Harbour Views, Ian Collie (ABC)
Through My Eyes, Simone North, Tony Cavanaugh (Seven Network)
BEST DIRECTION IN TELEVISION
Matthew Saville, We Can Be Heroes (Ep 5) (ABC)
David McDonald, Comedy Inc. - The Late Shift (Ep 1) (Nine Network)
Peter Andrikidis, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
* Jessica Hobbs, Love My Way (Ep 8)(FOXTEL)
BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
Chris Lilley, We Can Be Heroes (Ep 1) (ABC)
Peter Berry, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
* Jacquelin Perske, Love My Way (Ep 9) (FOXTEL)
Greg Haddrick, MDA (Ep 12)(ABC)
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN TELEVISION
Chris Lilley, We Can Be Heroes (ABC)
Alex O’Loughlin, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Dan Wyllie , Love My Way (FOXTEL)
* Shane Bourne, MDA (ABC)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN TELEVISION
Sigrid Thornton, Little Oberon (Nine Network)
* Claudia Karvan, Love My Way (FOXTEL)
Miranda Otto, Through My Eyes (Seven Network)
Romola Garai, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN TELEVISION
Frank Gallacher, MDA (Ep 12) (ABC)
* Max Cullen, Love My Way (Ep 8) (FOXTEL)
Tony Barry, Hell Has Harbour Views (ABC)
Steve Bisley, Hell Has Harbour Views (ABC)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN TELEVISION
* Anita Hegh, MDA (Ep 6) (ABC)
Angie Milliken, Through My Eyes (Seven Network)
Alyssa McClelland, Small Claims, White Wedding (Network Ten)
Alice McConnell, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CRAFT IN TELEVISION
Brian Alexander, Production Design,Scooter: Secret Agent (Network Ten)
Tim Ferrier, Production Design, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
* John Safran, Original Concept, John Safran vs God (SBS)
Louis Irving ACS, Cinematography, Love My Way (FOXTEL)
OTHER AWARDS
AFI YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
* Sophie Luck, Blue Water High
Maddi Newling, Danya
Brittany Brynes, Little Oberon
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik, Three Dollars
AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man
AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Emily Browning, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING
Roger Savage, House of Flying Daggers
BYRON KENNEDY AWARD
Chris Kennedy
AFI LONGFORD LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Ray Barrett
NEWS LIMITED READERS’ CHOICE AWARD
Cate Blanchett
Australian Film Institute Site
2005 Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award Nominations - Brief Article
Australian Film Institute Awards: 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards
Asia Pacific Film Festival Awards
Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards
British Independent Film Awards
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