Australian Film Institute Awards 2006

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS

BEST FILM
Candy – Margaret Fink & Emile Sherman
Jindabyne – April Films & Catherine Jarman
Kenny – Clayton Jacobson & Rohan Timlock
* Ten Canoes – Julie Ryan & Rolf de Heer

BEST DIRECTION
Jindabyne – Ray Lawrence
Kenny – Clayton Jacobson
Suburban Mayhem – Paul Goldman
* Ten Canoes – Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr

BEST ACTOR
Heath Ledger – Candy
Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne
* Shane Jacobson – Kenny
Steve Le Marquand – Last Train to Freo

BEST ACTRESS
Teresa Palmer – 2:37
Abbie Cornish – Candy
Laura Linney – Jindabyne
* Emily Barclay – Suburban Mayhem

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Geoffrey Rush – Candy
Ronald Jacobson – Kenny
Tom Budge – Last Train to Freo
* Anthony Hayes – Suburban Mayhem

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Noni Hazlehurst – Candy
* Susie Porter- The Caterpillar Wish
Deborra-lee Furness – Jindabyne
Genevieve Lemon – Suburban Mayhem

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
2:37 – Murali K. Thalluri
Kenny – Shane Jacobson & Clayton Jacobson
Suburban Mayhem – Alice Bell
* Ten Canoes – Rolf de Heer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Book of Revelation – Ana Kokkinos & Andrew Bovell
* Candy – Luke Davies & Neil Armfield
Jindabyne – Beatrix Christian
Last Train to Freo – Reg Cribb

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jindabyne – David Williamson
Macbeth – Will Gibson
Suburban Mayhem – Robert Humphreys ACS
* Ten Canoes – Ian Jones ACS

BEST EDITING
Candy – Dany Cooper ASE
Kenny – Clayton Jacobson & Sean Lander
Suburban Mayhem – Stephen Evans
* Ten Canoes – Tania Nehme

BEST SOUND
Jindabyne – Andrew Plain, Peter Grace, Nada Mikas, Peter Miller, Linda Murdoch & Robert Sullivan
Macbeth – Frank Lipson & John Wilkinson
Suburban Mayhem – Liam Egan, Phil Judd & Steven Jackson-Vaughan
* Ten Canoes – James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Michael Bakaloff & Rory McGregor

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
The Book of Revelation – Cezary Skubiszewski
Jindabyne – Paul Kelly & Dan Luscombe
Macbeth – John Clifford White
* Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Candy – Robert Cousins
* Macbeth – David McKay
Suburban Mayhem – Nell Hanson
Ten Canoes – Beverley Freeman

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Book of Revelation – Anna Borghesi
Kokoda – Phill Eagles
* Macbeth – Jane Johnston
Suburban Mayhem – Melinda Doring

BYRON KENNEDY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING:
Rolf de Heer

LONGFORD LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Ian Jones

NEWS LIMITED READERS' CHOICE AWARD:
Heath Ledger

FILM AND TELEVISION

AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
* Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
Eric Bana – Munich
Hugo Weaving – V for Vendetta
Anthony LaPaglia – Winter Solstice

AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – In Her Shoes
Naomi Watts – King Kong
Radha Mitchell – Silent Hill
* Rachel Griffiths – Six Feet Under (Nine Network)

YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
Frank Sweet – 2:37
* Marny Kennedy – Mortified (Nine Network)
Christian Byers – Opal Dream
Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
* Hunt Angels – Rose Draper & Mike Seymour
Kokoda – Phil Stuart-Jones
Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Simon Rippingale, Tim Richter & Nina Gibbs
Wicked Science Series 2, Ep. 1 – Barry Lanfranchi, James Maclachlan & Vanessa Magyar (Network Ten)

AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILMMAKING
Donald McAlpine ACS (Cinematography) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Roger Ford (Production Design) – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* Dion Beebe ACS (Cinematography) – Memoirs of a Geisha
Roger Donaldson (Producing/Direction/Screenplay) – The World's Fastest Indian

DOCUMENTARY

BEST DOCUMENTARY
* Hunt Angels – Sue Maslin
Raul the Terrible – Carlos Alperin
Vietnam Nurses – Beth Frey & Lizzette Atkins
Welcome 2 My Deaf World – Sally Ingleton

BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY
Hunt Angels – Alec Morgan
* Raul the Terrible – David Bradbury
Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Gillian Armstrong
Vietnam Nurses – Polly Watkins

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
He's Coming South – Steve Williams
* Hunt Angels – Jackie Farkas
Penicillin: The Magic Bullet – Jaems Grant
Transit – Anthony Davison

BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
The Archive Project – Uri Mizrahi
The Black Road – Lawrie Silvestrin
* Raul the Terrible – Stewart Young ASE
Vietnam Nurses – Tony Stevens

BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY
The Archive Project – Martin Friedel, Andrew Plain, Keith Thomas & Emma Bortignon
Rampage – Nick Meyers
Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Annie Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Paul Finlay & Paul Grabowsky
* Vietnam Nurses – Livia Ruzic, Mark Tarpey, Keith Thomas & John Willsteed

SHORT FILMS

BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Astronomer - Kate McCartney
Carnivore Reflux - Eddie White & James Calvert
* Gargoyle – Michael Cusack
The Safe House – Lee Whitmore

BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
The 9:13 – Matthew Phipps
The Desert - Glendyn Ivin
Small Boxes – Rene Hernandez
* Stranded – Stuart McDonald

BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SHORT FILM
A Natural Talent – Louise Fox
Paper and Sand – Matt Rubinstein & Ian Kennedy Williams
The Safe House – Lee Whitmore
* Stranded - Kathleen O'Brien

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FILM SCREEN CRAFT
Adam Arkapaw (Cinematography) – End of Town
JoAnne Bouzianis-Sellick & Greg Sweeney (Production Design) – Gargoyle
Skye Wansey (Acting) – A Natural Talent
* Emma Lung (Acting) – Stranded

TELEVISION

BEST CHILDREN'S TELEVISION DRAMA
Blue Water High – Noel Price & Dennis Kiely (ABC)
Deadly – Suzanne Ryan (Nine Network)
* Mortified – Phillip Bowman & Bernadette O'Mahony (Nine Network)
The Upside Down Show – Michael Bourchier (Nick Jr.)

BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
* The Chaser's War on Everything – Mark Fitzgerald, Julian Morrow & Andy Nehl (ABC)
Comedy Inc. – The Late Shift – David McDonald (Nine Network)
Supernova – David Maher, David Taylor, Beryl Vertue & Sue Vertue (UK TV)

BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
All Saints – MaryAnne Carroll (Seven Network)
Blue Heelers – Gus Howard & David Clarke (Seven Network)
* Love My Way – John Edwards, Claudia Karvan & Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel Austar)
McLeod's Daughters – Karl Zwicky & Posie Graeme-Evans (Nine Network)

BEST LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION SERIES
* Enough Rope with Andrew Denton – Anita Jacoby & Andrew Denton (ABC)
The Glass House – Ted Robinson (ABC)
Spicks and Specks - Bruce Kane & Anthony Watt (ABC)
RocKwiz – Brian Nankervis, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg & Joe Connor (SBS)

BEST TELEFEATURE OR MINI SERIES
Answered by Fire – Roger Le Mesurier & Andrew Walker (ABC)
* RAN – Penny Chapman (SBS)
The Silence – Jan Chapman (ABC)
The Surgeon – John Edwards & Judi McCrossin (Network Ten)

BEST DIRECTION IN TELEVISION
* Answered by Fire – Jessica Hobbs (ABC)
Comedy Inc – The Late Shift, Ep. 7 – David McDonald (Nine Network)
Love My Way, Ep. 11- Shirley Barrett (Foxtel Austar)
Mortified, Ep. 1 – Pino Amenta (Nine Network)

BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
The Chaser's War on Everything, Ep.8 – The Chaser Team (ABC)
Love My Way, Ep. 11 – Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel Austar)
Mortified, Ep. 1 – Angela Webber (Nine Network)
* RAN, Ep. 5 – Sue Smith (SBS)

BEST ACTOR IN TELEVISION DRAMA
* David Wenham – Answered by Fire (ABC)
Dan Wyllie – Love My Way (Foxtel Austar)
Charles Passi – RAN (SBS)
Richard Roxburgh – The Silence (ABC)

BEST ACTRESS IN TELEVISION DRAMA
Claudia Karvan – Love My Way (Foxtel Austar)
Asher Keddie – Love My Way (Foxtel Austar)
* Susie Porter – RAN (SBS)
Justine Clarke – The Surgeon (ABC)

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN TELEVISION DRAMA
John Waters – All Saints (Seven Network)
* Marcus Graham – Blue Heelers (Seven Network)
Luke Carroll – RAN (SBS)
Aaron Fa'aoso – RAN (SBS)

BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN TELEVISION DRAMA
* Saskia Burmeister – Blue Heelers (Seven Network)
Margaret Harvey – RAN (SBS)
Merwez Whaleboat – RAN (SBS)
Emily Barclay – The Silence (ABC)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN TELEVISION COMEDY
* Andrew Hansen – The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC)
Paul McCarthy – Comedy Inc. – The Late Shift (Nine Network)
Genevieve Morris – Comedy Inc. – The Late Shift (Nine Network)
Kris McQuade – Supernova (UK TV)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN TELEVISION SCREEN CRAFT
Rob Meyer (Cinematography) – Comedy Inc. – The Late Shift (Nine Network)
* Joseph H. Pickering (Cinematography) – The Forest (ABC)
Ian Jones ACS (Cinematography) – RAN (SBS)
Tim Millikan, Michael Letho & Stephen Witherow (Sound) – RocKwiz (SBS)

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