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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