Australian Film Institute: 1987

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - Terry Hayes (I); Doug Mitchell (I); George Miller (II)
Other Nominees:
	Ground Zero (1987) - Michael Pattinson High Tide (1987) - Sandra Levy; Antony I. Ginnane Tale of Ruby Rose, The (1988) - Bryce Menzies; Andrew Wiseman

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Travelling North (1987) - Leo McKern
Other Nominees:
	Good Wife, The (1987) - Bryan Brown (I) Ground Zero (1987) - Colin Friels Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - Noah Taylor (I)

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	High Tide (1987) - Judy Davis (I)
Other Nominees:
	Echoes of Paradise (1987) - Wendy Hughes Travelling North (1987) - Julia Blake Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - Loene Carmen

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - Ben Mendelsohn
Other Nominees:
	Good Wife, The (1987) - Steven Vidler Ground Zero (1987) - Donald Pleasence Initiation (1987) - Bobby Smith (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	High Tide (1987) - Jan Adele
Other Nominees:
	Belinda (1988) - Kaarin Fairfax High Tide (1987) - Claudia Karvan Place at the Coast, The (1987) - Julie Hamilton (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - John Duigan
Other Nominees:
	Ground Zero (1987) - Michael Pattinson; Bruce Myles High Tide (1987) - Gillian Armstrong Tale of Ruby Rose, The (1988) - Roger Scholes

Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini Series


Winner:
	"Great Bookie Robbery, The" (1986) - Marcus Cole (I); Mark Joffe

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - John Duigan
Other Nominees:
	Belinda (1988) - Pamela Gibbons Ground Zero (1987) - Mac Gudgeon; Jan Sardi High Tide (1987) - Laura Jones (III)

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Travelling North (1987) - David Williamson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Place at the Coast, The (1987) - Hilary Furlong Slate Wyn & Me (1987) - Don McLennan (I) Vincent (1987) - Paul Cox (I)

Best Mini Series Screenplay


Winner:
	"In Between" (1987) - Maureen McCarthy (II); Shane Brennan

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Ground Zero (1987) - Steve Dobson
Other Nominees:
	Belinda (1988) - Malcolm McCulloch (I) Good Wife, The (1987) - James Bartle (I) Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1988) - Yuri Sokol

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Good Wife, The (1987) - Jennie Tate (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bullseye (1987/I) - George Liddle Place at the Coast, The (1987) - Anna French (I) Those Dear Departed (1987) - Roger Ford (I)

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Ground Zero (1987) - Gary Wilkins; Mark J. Wasiutak; Livia Ruzic; Craig Carter (I); Roger Savage
Other Nominees:
	Belinda (1988) - Tim Lloyd (I); Martin Oswin; John Herron (I); David Hugged; Glenn Auchinachie; Dimity Gregson Echoes of Paradise (1987) - Tim Lloyd (I); Greg Bell (II); Peter Fenton (III); Phil Heywood; Martin Oswin High Tide (1987) - Peter Fenton (III); Phil Heywood; Ben Osmo; Geoff Krix; John Jordan (III); Anne Breslin; John Patterson (VII)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Ground Zero (1987) - David Pulbrook
Other Nominees:
	Bullseye (1987/I) - Richard Francis-Bruce Good Wife, The (1987) - John Scott (II) Year My Voice Broke, The (1987) - Neil Thumpston

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Tale of Ruby Rose, The (1988) - Paul Schutze
Other Nominees:
	Echoes of Paradise (1987) - William Motzing Good Wife, The (1987) - Cameron Allan Those Dear Departed (1987) - Phillip Scott (I)

Best Short Fiction Film

Best Telefeature

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Ground Zero (1987) - Brian Thomson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Bullseye (1987/I) - George Liddle Place at the Coast, The (1987) - Owen Paterson To Market to Market (1987) - Virginia Rouse

Best Mini-Series


Winner:
	"Great Bookie Robbery, The" (1986) - Ian Bradley (I)


Awarded to:
	Raul Riomfalvy - To the first director of NSW Film Corp.