The 29th Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1987. The awards ceremony was held at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on 9 October 1987.
Feature film The Year My Voice Broke — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George MillerGround Zero — Michael Pattinson High Tide — Sandra Levy, Antony I. Ginnane The Tale of Ruby Rose — Bryce Menzies, Andrew Wiseman | valign="top" width="50%" |John Duigan — The Year My Voice Broke Gillian Armstrong — High Tide Michael Pattinson, Bruce Myles — Ground Zero Roger Scholes — The Tale of Ruby RoseLeo McKern — Travelling North Bryan Brown — The Umbrella Woman Colin Friels — Ground Zero Noah Taylor — The Year My Voice BrokeJudy Davis — High Tide Wendy Hughes — Shadows of the Peacock Loene Carmen — The Year My Voice Broke Julia Blake — Travelling NorthBen Mendelsohn — The Year My Voice Broke Donald Pleasence — Ground Zero Bobby Smith — Initiation Steven Vidler — The Umbrella WomanJan Adele — High Tide Kaarin Fairfax — Belinda Claudia Karvan — High Tide Julie Hamilton — The Place at the CoastJohn Duigan — The Year My Voice Broke Pamela Gibbons — Belinda Mac Gudgeon, Jan Sardi — Ground Zero Laura Jones — High TideDavid Williamson — Travelling North Don McLennan — Slate, Wyn and Me Hilary Furlong — The Place at the Coast Paul Cox — VincentGround Zero — Steve Dobson Belinda — Malcolm McCulloch The Umbrella Woman — James Bartle Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train — Yuri SokolGround Zero — David Pulbrook Bullseye — Richard Francis-Bruce The Umbrella Woman — John Scott The Year My Voice Broke — Neil ThumpstonThe Tale of Ruby Rose — Paul Schutze Shadows of the Peacock — William Motzing The Umbrella Woman — Cameron Allen Those Dear Departed — Phillip ScottGround Zero — Gary Wilkins, Mark Wasiutak, Roger Savage, Livia Ruzic, Craig Carter Belinda — Tim Lloyd, Martin Oswin, John Herron, David Huggert, Glen Auchinachie, Dimity Gregson High Tide — Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Ben Osmo, Geoff Krix, John Jordan, Anne Breslin, John Patterson Shadows of the Peacock — Tim Lloyd, Greg Bell, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin OswinGround Zero — Brian Thomson Bullseye — George Liddle The Place at the Coast — Owen Paterson To Market, To Market — Virginia RouseThe Umbrella Woman — Jennie Tate Bullseye — George Liddle The Place at the Coast — Anna French Those Dear Departed — Roger Ford
Television Two Friends (ABC) — Jan Chapman Call Me Mr. Brown (Network Ten) — Scott Hicks, Terry Jennings Hunger (ABC) — Jan Chapman The Hour Before My Brother Dies (ABC) — Noel PriceThe Great Bookie Robbery (Nine Network) — Ian Bradley The Harp in the South (Network Ten) — Anthony Buckley Vietnam (Network Ten) — Doug Mitchell, Terry Hayes, George Miller In Between (SBS) — Chris Warner, Kim DaltonJane Campion — Two Friends (ABC) James Clayden — The Hour Before My Brother Dies (ABC) Stephen Wallace — Hunger (ABC) Mark Joffe — Watch the Shadows Dance (Nine Network)Marcus Cole, Mark Joffe — The Great Bookie Robbery (Nine Network) Chris Thomson — The Challenge (Nine Network) George Whaley — The Harp in the South (Network Ten) John Duigan, Chris Noonan — Vietnam (Network Ten)Steven Jacob — A Single Life (ABC) Shane Connor — Army Wives (Network Ten) Brendan Higgins — Hunger (ABC) Ernie Dingo — Tudawali (SBS)Michele Fawdon — The Fish are Safe (ABC) Rhonda Wilson — The Hour Before My Brother Dies (ABC) Emma Coles — Two Friends (ABC) Kris McQuade — Two Friends (ABC)Nicholas Eadie — Vietnam (Network Ten) John Wood — The Challenge (Nine Network) Martyn Sanderson — The Harp in the South (Network Ten) Vichea Ten — In Between (SBS)Nicole Kidman — Vietnam (Network Ten) Catherine Wilkin — The Great Bookie Robbery (Nine Network) Anne Phelan — The Harp in the South (Network Ten) Tracy Mann — Sword of Honour (Seven Network)
References
External links Official AACTA website