AFI AWARDS 2006 – WINNERS

TEN CANOES, SEVEN AWARDS, NO TROUBLE
For all the popular fuss over Kenny and its star Shane Jacobson (Best Actor), the 2006 AFI Awards are owned by Ten Canoes and its makers who between them collected seven awards including Best Film and Best Director, and the Byron Kennedy Award for director Rolf de Heer.

Hunt Angels, directed by Alec Morgan, starring Ben Mendelsohn and Victoria Hill, won three Awards: Best Documentary as well as Best Cinematography and Visual Effects; and Susie Porter won both the awards for which she was nominated - Best Actress TV Drama for RAN, and Best Supporting Actress in a Feature, for The Caterpillar Wish.

The other multiple award winners were Suburban Mayhem, which won Emily Barclay the Best Actress Award and Anthony Hayes the Support Actor award as well as Original Score by Mick Harvey; and Macbeth, which won for Production and Costume Design. Heath Ledger also took home two AFI Awards: the International Award for Brokeback Mountain and the Readers’ Choice Award.

The Longford Life Achievement Award was awarded to TV writer Ian Jones.

FEATURE FILM
L'Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film
. Ten Canoes - Julie Ryan & Rolf de Heer

AFI Award for Best Direction
. Ten Canoes - Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr

AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay
. Ten Canoes - Rolf de Heer

AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
. Candy - Luke Davies & Neil Armfield

AFI Award for Best Cinematography
. Ten Canoes - Ian Jones ACS

AFI Award for Best Editing
. Ten Canoes - Tania Nehme

AFI Award for Best Sound
. Ten Canoes - James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Michael Bakaloff & Rory McGregor

AFI Award for Best Original Music Score
. Suburban Mayhem - Mick Harvey

AFI Award for Best Production Design
. Macbeth - David McKay

AFI Award for Best Costume Design
. Macbeth - Jane Johnston

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor
. Shane Jacobson - Kenny

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress
. Emily Barclay - Suburban Mayhem

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor
. Anthony Hayes - Suburban Mayhem

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress
. Susie Porter - The Caterpillar Wish

AFI International Award for Best Actor
. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

AFI International Award for Best Actress
. Rachel Griffiths - Six Feet Under (Nine Network)

AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
. Dion Beebe ACS (Cinematography) - Memoirs of a Geisha

L'Oréal Paris AFI Young Actor Award
. Marny Kennedy - Mortified (Nine Network)

AFI Visual Effects Award
. Hunt Angels - Rose Draper & Mike Seymour

Byron Kennedy Award
. Rolf de Heer

AFI Longford Life Achievement Award
. Ian Jones

News Limited Readers' Choice Award
. Heath Ledger

NON-FEATURE
AFI Award for Best Documentary
. Hunt Angels - Sue Maslin

AFI Award for Best Direction in a Documentary
. Raul the Terrible - David Bradbury

AFI Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary
. Hunt Angels - Jackie Farkas

AFI Award for Best Editing in a Documentary
. Raul the Terrible - Stewart Young ASE

AFI Award for Best Sound in a Documentary
. Vietnam Nurses - Livia Ruzic, Mark Tarpey, Keith Thomas & John Willsteed

AFI Award for Best Short Animation
. Gargoyle - Michael Cusack

AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film
. Stranded - Stuart McDonald

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film
. Stranded - Kathleen O'Brien

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft
. Emma Lung (Acting) - Stranded

TELEVISION
AFI Award for Best Children's Television Drama
. Mortified - Phillip Bowman & Bernadette O'Mahony (Nine Network)

AFI Award for Best Television Comedy Series
. The Chaser's War on Everything - Mark Fitzgerald, Julian Morrow & Andy Nehl (ABC)

AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series
. Love My Way - John Edwards, Claudia Karvan & Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel Austar)

AFI Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series
. Enough Rope with Andrew Denton - Anita Jacoby & Andrew Denton (ABC)

AFI Award for Best Telefeature or Mini Series
. RAN - Penny Chapman (SBS)

AFI Award for Best Direction in Television
. Answered by Fire - Jessica Hobbs (ABC)

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in Television
. RAN, Ep. 5 - Sue Smith (SBS)

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in Television Drama
. David Wenham - Answered by Fire (ABC)

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress in Television Drama
. Susie Porter - RAN (SBS)

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama
. Marcus Graham - Blue Heelers (Seven Network)

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in Television Drama
. Saskia Burmeister - Blue Heelers (Seven Network)

AFI Award for Best Performance in Television Comedy
. Andrew Hansen - The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC)

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
. Joseph H. Pickering (Cinematography) - The Forest (ABC)

Published December 8, 2006