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	<title>Alt Film Guide &#187; The Black Baloon</title>
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		<title>Australian Film Institute Awards 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cate Blanchett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elissa Down]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heath Ledger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Ford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Toni Collette]]></category>
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2008 Australian Film Institute Awards
2008 Australian Film Institute Award  nominations: Oct. 29, 2008 
2008 Australian Film Institute Award  winners: Dec. 5 (&#34;industry&#34; categories) and Dec. 6 (top categories), 2008
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Elissa Down&#8217;s feature-film debut, The Black Balloon, chronicles the difficulties encountered by a teenager (Rhys Wakefield) whose younger brother (Luke Ford) is autistic. With the help of his girlfriend (Gemma Ward), the teen struggles to come to terms with the issue.
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FEATURE FILM NOMINEES
L’Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film
* The Black Balloon. Tristram Miall
  The Jammed. Dee McLachlan, Andrea Buck &#38; Sally Ayre-Smith
  The Square. Louise Smith
  Unfinished Sky. Cathy Overett &#38; Anton Smit
AFI Award for Best Direction
* The Black Balloon. [...]]]></description>
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