Australian Film Institute: 1990

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Flirting (1991) - George Miller (II); Doug Mitchell (I); Terry Hayes (I)
Other Nominees:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Nadia Tass; David Parker (I) Blood Oath (1990) - Charles Waterstreet; Denis Whitburn; Brian A. Williams (I); Annie Bleakley; Richard Brennan (I) Struck by Lightning (1990) - Terry J. Charatsis; Trevor Farrant

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Father (1990) - Max von Sydow (I)
Other Nominees:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Ben Mendelsohn Crossing, The (1990) - Russell Crowe Return Home (1990) - Frankie J. Holden

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Weekend with Kate (1990) - Catherine McClements
Other Nominees:
	...Almost (1990) - Rosanna Arquette Big Steal, The (1990) - Claudia Karvan Hunting (1991) - Kerry Armstrong

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Telefeature or Mini Series

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Steve Bisley
Other Nominees:
	Blood Oath (1990) - John Polson Blood Oath (1990) - Toshi Shioya Flirting (1991) - Bartholomew Rose

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Father (1990) - Julia Blake
Other Nominees:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Maggie King (I) Kokoda Crescent (1989) - Ruth Cracknell Kokoda Crescent (1989) - Penne Hackforth-Jones

Best Director


Winner:
	Return Home (1990) - Ray Argall
Other Nominees:
	Blood Oath (1990) - Stephen Wallace (I) Golden Braid (1990) - Paul Cox (I) Struck by Lightning (1990) - Jerzy Domaradzki

Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted


Winner:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - David Parker (I); Max Dann (additional scripting)
Other Nominees:
	Blood Oath (1990) - Denis Whitburn; Brian A. Williams (I) Golden Braid (1990) - Paul Cox (I); Barry Dickins Struck by Lightning (1990) - Trevor Farrant

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Crossing, The (1990) - Jeff Darling
Other Nominees:
	Blood Oath (1990) - Russell Boyd (I) Flirting (1991) - Geoff Burton Golden Braid (1990) - Nino Gaetano Martinetti

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Blood Oath (1990) - Roger Kirk
Other Nominees:
	Hunting (1991) - Aphrodite Kondos Two Brothers Running (1988) - Michelle Leonard (I) Weekend with Kate (1990) - Michelle Leonard (I)

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Blood Oath (1990) - Ben Osmo; Gethin Creagh; Roger Savage
Other Nominees:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - John Wilkinson (I); Dean Gawen Flirting (1991) - Antony Gray (I); Ross Linton; Phil Judd (II) Golden Braid (1990) - James Currie (I)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Flirting (1991) - Robert Gibson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Crossing, The (1990) - Henry Dangar Golden Braid (1990) - Russell Hurley Two Brothers Running (1988) - Robert Gibson (I)

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Phil Judd (I)
Other Nominees:
	...Almost (1990) - Bruce Smeaton Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990) - Art Phillips (II) Struck by Lightning (1990) - Paul Smyth (I)

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Flirting (1991) - Roger Ford (I)
Other Nominees:
	Big Steal, The (1990) - Paddy Reardon Blood Oath (1990) - Bernard Hides Weekend with Kate (1990) - Lawrence Eastwood

Best Screenplay in a Television Drama


Winner:
	Magistrato, Il (1989) (TV) - Chris Warner (II)

Best Television Mini Series or Telefeature


Winner:
	Come in Spinner (1990) (TV) - Jan Chapman (I)