Surprise everybody! I mean nobody! As expected, Animal Kingdom completely dominated Saturday night’s AFI Awards like it was the Australian Cricket team, nabbing 10 gongs from a record 18 nominations. Mirroring Samson and Delilah’s domination last year, David Michod’s visceral feature film debut won Best Film ahead of Beneath Hill 60, Bran Nue Dae, Bright Star, The Tree and Tomorrow When The War Began. Michod himself (interview here) took home Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay while Ben Mendelsohn won Best Lead Actor, Jacki Weaver Best Lead Actress and Joel Edgerton Best Supporting Actor. Elsewhere Sam Worthington and Mia Wasikowksa won Best International Actor and Actress for their turns in Avatar and Alice In Wonderland respectively. Full list of winners below…
BEST FILM
Animal Kingdom
BEST DIRECTION
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Stuart Beattie, Tomorrow When the War Began
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Deborah Mailman, Bran Nue Dae
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Contact
INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Sam Worthington, Avatar
INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland
YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
Harrison Gilbertson, Beneath Hill 60
READER’S CHOICE AWARD
Animal Kingdom
BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
Rush (Ten)
BEST TELEFEATURE, MINI SERIES OR SHORT RUN SERIES
Hawke (Ten)
BEST DIRECTION IN TELEVISION
Emma Freedman, Hawke (Ten)
BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
Jason Gann, Adam Zwar, Wilfred II
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Richard Roxburgh, Hawke (Ten)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Catherine McClements, Tangle (Showcase)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN TELEVISION DRAMA
Damien Garvey, Underbelly: The Golden Mile (Nine)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN TELEVISION DRAMA
Deborah Mailman, Offspring
AFI INDUSTRY AWARD WINNERS
AFI MEMBER’S CHOICE AWARD
Animal Kingdom, Liz Watts
AFI AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Bright Star, Greig Fraser
AFI AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
Animal Kingdom, Luke Doolan
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SOUND
Tomorrow When the War Began, Andrew Plain, David Lee, Gethin Creagh, Robert Sullivan
AFI AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
Animal Kingdom, Antony Partos, Sam Petty
AFI AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bright Star, Janet Patterson
AFI AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star, Janet Patterson
AFI VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD
Daybreakers, Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Rangi Sutton, James Rogers, Randy Vellacott
AFI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY
Inside the Firestorm, Jacob Hickey
AFI AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Miracles, Toby Oliver
AFI AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
Inside the Firestorm, Steven Robinson
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY
Inside the Firestorm, Jock Healy, Tristan Meredith, AJ Bradford
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Lost Thing, Sophie Byrne, Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
The Kiss, Sonya Humphry, Ashlee Page
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SHORT FILM
Deeper than Yesterday, Ariel Kleilman
AFI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FILM CRAFT
The Kiss, Nick Matthews (cinematography)
AFI AWARD FOR BEST CHILDREN’S TELEVISION DRAMA
My Place, Penny Chapman
AFI AWARD FOR BEST CHILDREN’S TELEVISION ANIMATION
dirtgirlworld, Cate McQuillen
AFI AWARD FOR BEST TELEVISION COMEDY SERIES
Review with Myles Barlow, Dean Bates
AFI AWARD FOR BEST LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION SERIES
The Gruen Transfer, Andrew Denton, Anita Jacoby, Jon Casimir, Debbie Cuell
AFI AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TELEVISION COMEDY
Phil Lloyd, Review with Myles Barlow
AFI AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER ONE HOUR
You Only Live Twice: The Incredibly True Story of the Hughes Family, Ruth Cullen
AFI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEMENT IN TELEVISION SCREEN CRAFT
Shaun Micallef, Talkin’ ’bout Your Generation (host)
