The 48th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in Australian cinema and television of 2006, took place on 6 and 7 December 2006 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and was broadcast on the Nine Network. The main awards presenter lineup included Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana, Daniel Radcliffe, Sam Neill and Baz Luhrmann.
The nominations were announced in October 2006 at the Sydney Theater by Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke and AFI president, James Hewison. Suburban Mayhem received twelve nominations, closely followed by jindabyne with nine. A new award for Best Visual Effects was introduced in this year.
During the awards ceremony, which was hosted by Geoffrey Rush, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation, and documentaries. Ten Canoes, the first ever movie entirely filmed in Australian Aboriginal languages, won the most awards, taking six from its seven nominations and the Byron Kennedy Award for its director Rolf de Heer.
Winners and nominees
Feature Film Best Film Best DirectionTen Canoes – Julie Ryan, Rolf de HeerCandy – Margaret Fink, Emile Sherman Jindabyne – Catherine Jarman Kenny – Clayton Jacobson, Rohan Timlock | valign="top" |Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr – Ten Canoes Ray Lawrence – Jinabyne Clayton Jacobson – Kenny Paul Goldman – Suburban Mayhem Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted ScreenplayRolf de Heer – Ten Canoes Alice Bell – Suburban Mayhem Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson – Kenny Murali K. Thalluri – 2:37Luke Davies, Neil Armfield – Candy Beatrix Christian – Jindabyne Reg Cribb – Last Train to Freo Ana Kokkinos, Andrew Bovell – The Book of Revelation Best Lead Actor Best Lead ActressShane Jacobson – Kenny Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne Heath Ledger – Candy Steve Le Marquand – Last Train to FreoEmily Barclay – Suburban Mayhem Abbie Cornish – Candy Laura Linney – Jindabyne Teresa Palmer – 2:37 Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressAnthony Hayes – Suburban Mayhem Tom Budge – Last Train to Freo Ronald Jacobson – Kenny Geoffrey Rush – CandySusie Porter – The Caterpillar Wish Deborra-Lee Furness – Jindabyne Noni Hazlehurst – Candy Genevieve Lemon – Suburban Mayhem Best Cinematography Best EditingIan Jones ACS – Ten Canoes Will Gibson – Macbeth Robert Humphreys ACS – Suburban Mayhem David Williamson – JindabyneTania Nehme – Ten Canoes Dany Cooper ASE – Candy Stephen Evans – Suburban Mayhem Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander – Kenny Best Original Music Score Best SoundMick Harvey – Suburban Mayhem John Clifford White – Macbeth Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe – Jindabyne Cezary Skubiszewski – The Book of RevelationJames Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Michael Bakaloff, Rory McGregor – Ten Canoes Liam Egan, Phil Judd, Steven Jackson-Vaughan – Suburban Mayhem Frank Lipson, John Wilkinson – Macbeth Andrew Plain, Peter Grace, Nada Mikas, Peter Miller, Linda Murdoch, Robert Sullivan – Jindabyne Best Production Design Best Costume DesignDavid McKay – Macbeth Robert Cousins – Candy Beverley Freeman – Ten Canoes Nell Hanson – Suburban MayhemJane Johnston – Macbeth Anna Borghesi – The Book of Revelation Melinda Doring – Suburban Mayhem Phill Eagles – Kokoda
Television Love My Way: Series 2 – John Edwards, Claudia Karvan, Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel) All Saints: Series 9 – MaryAnne Carroll (Seven Network) Blue Heelers: Series 13 – Gus Howard, David Clarke (Seven Network) McLeod's Daughters: Series 6 – Karl Zwicky, Posie Graeme-Evans (Nine Network) RAN – Penny Chapman (SBS) Answered by Fire – Roger Le Mesurier, Andrew Walker (ABC) The Silence – Jan Chapman (ABC) The Surgeon – John Edwards, Judi McCrossin (Network Ten) The Chaser's War on Everything – Mark Fitzgerald, Julian Morrow, Andy Nehl (ABC) Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 – David McDonald (Nine Network) Supernova – David Maher, David Taylor, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue (Foxtel) Enough Rope with Andrew Denton: Series 4 – Anita Jacoby, Andrew Denton (ABC) RocKwiz: Series 2 – Brian Nankervis, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg, Joe Connor (SBS) Spicks and Specks: Series 2 – Bruce Kane, Anthony Watt (ABC) The Glass House: Season 6 – Ted Robinson (ABC) Mortified – Phillip Bowman, Bernadette O'Mahony (Nine Network) Blue Water High: Series 2 – Noel Price, Dennis Kiely (ABC) Deadly – Suzanne Ryan (Nine Network) The Upside Down Show – Michael Bourchier (Nickelodeon) Answered by Fire – Jessica Hobbs (ABC) Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4, Episode 7 – David McDonald (Nine Network) Love My Way: Series 2, Episode 11 "Five Minutes of Fame" – Shirley Barrett (Foxtel) Mortified: Episode 1 "Taylor's DNA" – Pino Amenta (Nine Network) David Wenham – Answered by Fire (ABC) Dan Wyllie – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Charles Passi – RAN (SBS) Richard Roxburgh – The Silence (ABC) Susie Porter – RAN (SBS) Asher Keddie – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Claudia Karvan – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Justine Clarke – The Surgeon (Network Ten) Marcus Graham – Blue Heelers: Series 13 (Seven Network) John Waters – All Saints: Series 9 (Seven Network) Aaron Fa'aoso – RAN (SBS) Luke Carroll – RAN (SBS) Saskia Burmeister – Blue Heelers: Series 13 (Seven Network) Margaret Harvey – RAN (SBS) Merwez Whaleboat – RAN (SBS) Emily Barclay – The Silence (ABC) Andrew Hansen – The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC) Genevieve Morris – Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (Nine Network) Paul McCarthy – Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (Nine Network) Kris McQuade – Supernova (Foxtel) RAN: Episode 5 "Blue Hawaii" – Sue Smith (SBS) Love My Way: Series 2, Episode 11 "Five Minutes of Fame" – Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel) Mortified: Episode 1 "Taylor's DNA" – Angela Webber (Nine Network) The Chaser's War on Everything: Series 1, Episode 9 – (ABC) The Forest (for Cinematography) – Joseph H. Pickering Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (for Cinematography) – Rob Meyer RAN (for Cinematography) – Ian Jones ACS RocKwiz (for Sound) – Tim Millikan, Michael Letho and Stephen Witherow
Non-Feature Film Best DocumentaryBest Direction in a Documentary Hunt Angels – Sue Maslin Raul The Terrible – Carlos Alperin Vietnam Nurses – Beth Frey, Lizzette Atkins Welcome 2 My Deaf World – Sally Ingleton | Raul The Terrible – David Bradbury Hunt Angels – Alec Morgan Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Gillian Armstrong Vietnam Nurses – Polly Watkins |- !Best Cinematography in a Documentary !Best Editing in a Documentary |- | width="50%" valign="top" | Hunt Angels – Jackie Farkas He's Coming South – Steve Williams Penicillin: The Magic Bullet – James Grant Transit – Anthony Davison | width="50%" valign="top" | Raul The Terrible – Stewart Young ASE The Archive Project – Uri Mizrahi The Black Road – Lawrie Silvestrin Vietnam Nurses – Tony Stevens |- !Best Sound in a Documentary !Best Short Fiction Film |- | width="50%" valign="top" | Vietnam Nurses – Livia Ruzic, Mark Tarpey, Keith Thomas, John Willsteed Rampage – Nick Meyers The Archive Project – Martin Friedel, Andrew Plain, Keith Thomas, Emma Bortignon Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Annie Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Paul Finlay, Paul Grabowsky | valign="top" | Stranded – Stuart McDonald Small Boxes – Rene Hernandez The 9:13 – Matthew Phipps The Desert – Glendyn IvinBest Short AnimationBest Screenplay in a Short Film Gargoyle – Michael Cusack Carnivore Reflux – Eddie White, James Calvert The Astronomer – Kate McCartney The Safe House – Lee Whitmore Stranded – Kathleen O'Brien A Natural Talent – Louise Fox Paper and Sand – Matt Rubinstein, Ian Kennedy Williams The Safe House – Lee WhitmoreAFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft Stranded (for Acting) – Emma Lung A Natural Talent (for Acting) – Skye Wansey End of Town (for Cinematography) – Adam Arkapaw Gargoyle (for Production Design) – JoAnne Bouzianis-Sellick, Greg Sweeney
Additional Awards International Award for Excellence in FilmmakingNews Limited Readers' Choice Award Memoirs of a Geisha (Cinematography) – Dion Beebe ACS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Cinematography) – Donald McAlpine ACS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Production Design) – Roger Ford The World's Fastest Indian (Producing / Direction / Screenplay) – Roger Donaldson | valign="top" | Heath Ledger|- !Best Young Actor !Best Visual Effects |- | valign="top" | Marny Kennedy – Mortified Frank Sweet – 2:37 Christian Byers – Opal Dream Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem 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, Episode 1 "The Flies" – Barry Lanfranchi, James Maclachlan, Vanessa Magyar |- !International Award for Best Actor!International Award for Best Actress|- | valign="top" | Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain Eric Bana – Munich Hugo Weaving – V for Vendetta Anthony LaPaglia – Winter Solstice Rachel Griffiths – Six Feet Under Toni Collette – In Her Shoes Naomi Watts – King Kong Radha Mitchell – Silent Hill
Individual Awards AwardWinnerByron Kennedy AwardRolf de HeerRaymond Longford AwardIan Jones (Writer / Producer / Director)
Multiple nominations The following films received multiple nominations.
12 nominations: Suburban Mayhem 9 nominations: Jindabyne 7 nominations: Ten Canoes and Candy 6 nominations: Kenny 5 nominations: Macbeth
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