2006 Australian Film Institute Award Winners

The winners of the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI Awards), which cover Australian film and television, were announced in two stages: "industry" awards on Dec. 6, and the top awards on Dec. 7.
In the film categories, the top winner was Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr’s Ten Canoes, the tale of the ancestors of the ancestors of the ancestors of one group of Australian aborigines. Ten Canoes won a total of six awards, including best film, best direction, and best original screenplay (de Heer).
De Heer and Djigirr’s film is a tad too leisurely paced, but it does portray tribal life in — what seems like — a realistic manner. As a plus, those ancient men and women come across [...]

by Andre Soares | December 9, 2006   
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Australian Film Institute Awards 2006

2006 Australian Film Institute Awards
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards nominations: Oct. 19, 2006
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards winners: Dec. 6 ("industry" categories) and Dec. 7 (top categories), 2006
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

 

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 DIRECTIONJindabyne – Ray Lawrence
Kenny – Clayton Jacobson
Suburban Mayhem – Paul Goldman
* Ten Canoes – Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr
BEST ACTORHeath Ledger – Candy
Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne
* Shane Jacobson – Kenny
Steve Le Marquand – Last Train to Freo
BEST ACTRESSTeresa Palmer – 2:37
Abbie Cornish – Candy
Laura Linney – Jindabyne
* Emily Barclay – Suburban Mayhem
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORGeoffrey [...]

by Andre Soares | December 7, 2006   
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