The 30th Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1988. Twenty six films were entered for the feature film categories.

The 1988 AFI Awards attracted controversy, including for the lack of television broadcast and an Australian Writers' Guild boycott which resulted in the AFI withdrawing the screenplay categories.

Cinematographer Russell Boyd received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement and director George Ogilvie the Byron Kennedy Award.

Feature film The Navigator — John MaynardBoulevard of Broken Dreams — Frank Howson Grievous Bodily Harm — Richard Brennan Mullaway — D. Howard Grigsby | valign="top" width="50%" |Vincent Ward — The Navigator Pino Amenta — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Craig Lahiff — Fever Don McLennan — MullawayJohn Waters — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Sean Scully — Phobia Mark Lee — The Everlasting Secret Family Hamish McFarlane — The NavigatorNadine Garner — Mullaway Rosey Jones — Afraid to Dance Wendy Hughes — Boundaries of the Heart Jo Kennedy — Tender HooksKim Gyngell — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Bruno Lawrence — Grievous Bodily Harm John Meillon — The Everlasting Secret Family Paul Livingston — The NavigatorTina Bursill — Jilted Julie Nihill — Boundaries of the Heart Mary Coustas — Mullaway Sue Jones — MullawayThe Navigator — Geoffrey Simpson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — David Connell Grievous Bodily Harm — Ellery Ryan The Lighthorsemen — Dean SemlerThe Navigator — John Scott Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Philip Reid Grievous Bodily Harm — Marc van Buuren The Dreaming — Suresh AyyarThe Lighthorsemen — Mario Millo Fever — Frank Strangio Incident at Raven's Gate — Graham Tardif, Roman Kronen Where the Outback Ends — Andrew Hagen, Morton WilsonThe Lighthorsemen — Lloyd Carrick, Craig Carter, Peter Burgess, James Currie, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Wood Dangerous Game — Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin Oswin Rikky and Pete — Roger Savage, Lloyd Carrick, Frank Lipson, Craig Carter, Chris Goldsmith, Ross Chambers The Man From Snowy River II — Terry Rodman, David Harrison, Ron Purvis, Tim Chau, Peter Burgess, Gary WilkinsThe Navigator — Sally Campbell Dangerous Game — Igor Nay Incident at Raven's Gate — Judith Russell Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Sean Peter MillerThe Navigator — Glenys Jackson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Cheryl McCloud Mullaway — Jeanie Cameron Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Angela Tonks, Mathu Anderson

Television A Matter of Convenience (ABC) — Noel Price Fragments of War (Network Ten) — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller Olive (ABC) — Richard Brennan Sisterly Love (ABC) — Peter Du CaneThe True Believers (ABC) — Sandra Levy, Matt Carroll The Alien Years (ABC) — Ray Alchin Captain James Cook (ABC) — Ray Alchin Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) — Anthony BuckleyBen Lewin — A Matter of Convenience (ABC) Ken Cameron — The Clean Machine (Network Ten) George Ogilvie — Princess Kate (ABC) Stephen Wallace — Olive (ABC)Peter Fisk — The True Believers (ABC) Donald Crombie — The Alien Years (ABC) Lawrence Gordon Clark — Captain James Cook (ABC) George Whaley — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten)Ernie Dingo — A Waltz Through the Hills (Nine Network) Nicholas Eadie — Fragments of War (Network Ten) John Hargreaves — The Lizard King (ABC) Nick Tate — Olive (ABC)Kerry McGuire — Olive (ABC) Maggie King — Sisterly Love (ABC) Judith Stratford — Custody Joan Sydney — Sisterly Love (ABC)Ed Devereaux — The True Believers (ABC) Simon Chilvers — The True Believers (ABC) Shane Connor — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Keith Michell — Captain James Cook (ABC)Anne Phelan — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Tushka Bergen — Always Afternoon (ABC) Kaarin Fairfax — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Victoria Longley — The Alien Years (ABC)

Non-feature film Cane Toads, An Unnatural History — Mark Lewis, Film AustraliaRiding the Gale — Kim Batterham, Genni Batterham South of the Border — David Bradbury Thanks Girls and Goodby — Sue Maslin, Sue Hardisty | valign="top" width="50%" |Cherith — Shirley Barrett, Alexander Sharp (AFTRS)Boss Boy — George Viscas (Swinburne) Rabbit on the Moon — Monica Pellizzari (AFTRS) The Seannachie — Lynn Hegarty (Swinburne) |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Where the Forest Meets the Sea — Jeannie Baker (Film Australia)A Craven — Anne Algar (Swinburne) Feathers And Fools — Penny Robenstone (Film Victoria) Home Sweet Home — Simone Lindhout (Swinburne) | valign="top" width="50%" |A Song of Air — Jane Karslake, Merilee BennettBad Rocks — David Stranger Delirium — Kathy Smith Phantasmagoria — Colin Hawke |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Monica Pellizzari — Rabbit On The Moon Danae Gunn, Jayne Stevenson — The Invisible Girl John Hughes — All That is Solid Hugh Piper — Riding the GalePhilip Bull — South of the Border Jim Frazier, Wayne Taylor — Cane Toads, An Unnatural History John Maruff — Green Lief Peedersen — Smoke 'Em If You Got 'EmLindsay Frazer — Cane Toads, An Unnatural History Merilee Bennett — A Song of Air Scott Patterson, Neill Gibbie — Sleepwalker Denise Hunter — South of the BorderJohn Patterson, Annie Cocksedge, David Bradbury — South Of The Border Rodney Simmons, George Hart — COO-EE Liam Egan, Michelle Cattle, Geoffrey Stitt — Crane Philip Brophy, Ian Haig, Pillip Samartzis — Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat

References

External links Official AACTA website