AFI Nominations(Aust)
November 23rd 2009 03:57
The nominatons for this years Australian Film Industry Awards are in and in recognition of the high quality of films coming out of Australia over the past 12 months, the nominations list for best picture has been expanded from 4 to 6. But for some strange reason, the Australian Film Institute doesn't feel that the direction or the acting was a key component as none of the other categories were deemed worthy of the same distinction.
The six films nominate are BALIBO, BEAUTIFUL KATE, BLESSED, MAO'S LAST DANCER, MARY AND MAX and SAMSON AND DELILAH.
On the international scene, once again the nominations are primarily televison based with th eusual exceptions being our man Rusty Russel Crowe and Guy Pearce. The other two nods went to Martin Henderson for his work on HOUSE and Anthony LaPaglia picking up his second nomination on top of Best Actor for his work on WITHOUT A TRACE.
The females up for shining internationally were Rose Byrne,(Damages), Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Melissa George and Mia Wasikowska,(both for In Treatment)
THE FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS
Best Film
Balibo, producers John Maynard, Rebecca Williamson
Beautiful Kate, Leah Churchill-Brown, Bryan Brown
Blessed, Al Clark
Mao’s Last Dancer, Jane Scott
Mary and Max, Melanie Coombs
Samson & Delilah, Kath Shelper
Australia, producers Baz Luhrmann, G. Mac Brown, Catherine Knapman
Balibo, John Maynard, Rebecca Williamson
Beautiful Kate, Leah Churchill-Brown, Bryan Brown
Mao’s Last Dancer, Jane Scott
Mary and Max, Melanie Coombs
Samson & Delilah, Kath Shelper
Best Direction
Balibo, Robert Connolly
Beautiful Kate, Rachel Ward
Mao’s Last Dancer, Bruce Beresford
Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton
Best Original Screenplay
Cedar Boys, Serhat Caradee
Mary and Max.,Adam Elliot
My Year Without Sex, Sarah Watt
Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton
Best Adapted Screenplay
Balibo. Robert Connolly, David Williamson
Beautiful Kate. Rachel Ward
Blessed. Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Patricia Cornelius, Christos Tsiolkas
Mao’s Last Dancer. Jan Sardi
Best Cinematography
Balibo, Tristan Milani ACS
Beautiful Kate, Andrew Commis
Last Ride, Greig Fraser
Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton
Best Editing
Balibo, Nick Meyers ASE
Blessed, Jill Bilcock ACE, ASE
Mao’s Last Dancer, Mark Warner
Samson & Delilah, Roland Gallois
Best Sound
Australia, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Wayne Pashley MPSE, Guntis Sics
Balibo, Sam Petty, Emma Bortignon, Phil Heywood, Ann Aucote
Mao’s Last Dancer, David Lee, Andrew Neil, Yulia Akerholt, Mark Franken, Roger Savage
Samson & Delilah, Liam Egan, David Tranter, Robert Sullivan, Tony Murtagh, Yulia Akerholt, Les Fiddess
Best Original Music Score
Australia, David Hirschfelder, Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann, Angela Little
Balibo, Lisa Gerrard
Mao’s Last Dancer, Christopher Gordon
Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton
Best Production Design
Australia, Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, Karen Murphy, Beverley Dunn
Balibo, Robert Cousins
Mao’s Last Dancer, Herbert Pinter
Mary & Max, Adam Elliot
Best Costume Design
Australia, Catherine Martin, Eliza Godman
Balibo, Cappi Ireland
Lucky Country, Mariot Kerr
Mao’s Last Dancer, Anna Borghesi
Best Lead Actor
Anthony LaPaglia, Balibo
Ben Mendelsohn, Beautiful Kate
Hugo Weaving, Last Ride
Rowan McNamara, Samson & Delilah
Best Lead Actress
Sophie Lowe, Beautiful Kate
Frances O’Connor, Blessed
Sacha Horler, My Year Without Sex
Marissa Gibson, Samson & Delilah
Best Supporting Actor
Brandon Walters, Australia
Damon Gameau, Balibo
Oscar Isaac, Balibo
Bryan Brown, Beautiful Kate
Best Supporting Actress
Bea Viegas, Balibo
Maeve Dermody, Beautiful Kate
Rachel Griffiths, Beautiful Kate
Mitjili Gibson, Samson & Delilah
International Award For Best Actor
Russell Crowe, State of Play
Martin Henderson, House, Network Ten
Anthony LaPaglia, Without A Trace, Nine Network
Guy Pearce, Bedtime Stories
International Award for Best Actress
Rose Byrne, Damages, Foxtel
Toni Collette, United States of Tara, ABC1
Melissa George, In Treatment, Foxtel
Mia Wasikowska, In Treatment, Foxtel
Young Actor Award
Brandon Walters, Australia
Sebastian Gregory, Beautiful
Tom Russell, Last Ride
Toby Wallace, Lucky Country
Marissa Gibson, Samson & Delilah
Rowan McNamara, Samson & Delilah
Visual Effects Award
Australia, Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, Andy Brown, Rob Duncan
Death of the Megabeasts, Matt Drummond, Mike Dunn
Plastic, Sandy Widyanata, Eric So, Matthew Mackereth, Christopher Jackson
Scorched, Bertrand Polivka, Soren Jensen.
Best Feature Length Documentary
Bastardy, Philippa Campey, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Lynn-Maree Milburn, Andrew de Groot
The Choir, Chris Hilton, Michael Davie
Glass: a portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts, Scott Hicks, Susanne Preissler
Lionel, Lizzette Atkins
Source: www.afi.org.au
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