2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 51st Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in film and television acting achievements for 2009 in the cinema of Australia, took place over two nights on 5 December 2009 and 11 December 2009 at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network.[1]
During the ceremonies, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI awards) in 40 categories, including feature films, television, animation, and documentary. The ceremony was hosted by Julia Zemiro of SBS's RocKwiz.
Nominations were announced on 28 October 2009, with Balibo receiving the most with 14 in total. A new award introduced in 2009 was for the highest grossing film, recognising box office figures exceeding $65 million in the previous 12 months.[2][3][4]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; with nominees thereafter.[5][6][7][8][9]
AFI Film Awards
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Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
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Best Lead Actor | Best Lead Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
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Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
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Best Original Music Score | Best Sound |
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Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
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AFI Television Awards
Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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East West 101 (Season 2) | Kristine Wyld Steve Knapman | SBS TV |
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Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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False Witness | Greg Haddrick Peter Andrikidis | UKTV |
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Winner | Episode | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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East West 101 | Season 2 Episode #13 "Atonement" | Peter Andrikidis | SBS TV |
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Winner | Episode | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Episode #11 "The Brotherhood" | Kris Mrksa | Nine Network |
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Winner | Production | Network | Other nominees |
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Roy Billing | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities | Nine Network |
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Winner | Production | Network | Other nominees |
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Susie Porter | East West 101 (Season 2) | SBS |
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Winner | Production | Network | Other nominees |
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Damian De Montemas | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities (Episode 11, "The Brotherhood") | Nine Network |
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Anni Finsterer | 3 Acts of Murder | ABC1 |
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Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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The Elephant Princess | Jonathan M. Shiff & Joanna Werner | Network Ten |
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Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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Figaro Pho | Luke Jurevicius | ABC1 |
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Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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Spicks and Specks | Anthony Watt | ABC |
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AFI Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy
Winner | Production | Network | Other nominees |
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Phil Lloyd | Review with Myles Barlow | ABC |
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Winner | Recipient(s) | Network | Other nominees |
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Review with Myles Barlow | Dean Bates | ABC |
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- Luke Jurevicius. Figaro Pho. For "Creative Excellence"
AFI Non-Feature Film Awards
Best Feature Length Documentary | Best Documentary Under One Hour |
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Best Documentary Series | Best Direction in a Documentary |
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Best Cinematography in a Documentary | Best Editing in a Documentary |
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Best Sound in a Documentary | Best Short Fiction Film |
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Best Short Animation | Best Screenplay in a Short Film |
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- Andrew McLeod. Water. For "Cinematography"
Additional awards
AFI Members' Choice Award | News Limited Readers' Choice Award |
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Best Young Actor | Best Visual Effects |
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International Award for Best Actor | International Award for Best Actress |
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Highest Grossing Film Award | Best Screen Content Innovation |
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AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
- Nathan McGuinness. Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
*presented at the AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner in August.
Individual awards
Byron Kennedy Award
- Ray Brown
*presented at the AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner in August.
Multiple nominations
- Fourteen: Balibo
- Thirteen: Samson and Delilah
- Ten: Beautiful Kate
- Nine: Mao's Last Dancer
- Eight: Australia
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Feature film
Feature film
- Best Comedy Series
- Best Drama Series
- Best Children's Series
- Best Children's Animation
- Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
- Best Light Entertainment Series
- Best Reality Series
- Best Comedy Performance
- Best Actor – Drama
- Best Actress – Drama
- Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama
- Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
- Best Direction – Drama or Comedy
- Best Direction – Light Entertainment or Reality Series
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound
and Short film
- Best Feature Length Documentary
- Best Documentary Television Program
- Best Short Animation
- Best Short Fiction Film
- Best Cinematography – Documentary
- Best Director – Documentary
- Best Editing – Documentary
- Best Original Music Score– Documentary
- Best Sound – Documentary
- AFI Members' Choice Award
- Best Documentary
- Best Documentary Under One Hour
- Best Experimental Film
- Best Foreign Film
- Global Achievement Award
- International Best Actor
- International Best Actress
- International Award Excellence in Filmmaking
- Jury Prize
- Best Screenplay
- Best Screenplay in a Short Film
- Best Sponsored Documentary
- Best Television Documentary
- Best Young Actor
- Screen Content Innovation Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
- Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft
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AACTA Awards (Australia) | |
AACTA Awards (International) |
References
- ^ "AFI award winners announced". IF Magazine. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Quinn, Karl (28 October 2009). "Balibo, Samson & Delilah top AFI nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Collins, Antonette (28 October 2009). "Balibo scores 14 AFI nominations". ABC News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "AFI awards nominations announced". IF Magazine. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Price, Alison (12 December 2009). "Samson And Delilah sweeps AFI Awards". ABC News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Price, Alison (12 December 2009). "Underbelly dominates AFI TV Awards". ABC News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ Raschella, Adrian (11 December 2009). "Australia scoops AFI Industry Awards". ABC News. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "From AFI Awards to Oscars for Samson & Delilah". The Age. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2023.