Australian Film Institute: 1991

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Lynda House
Other Nominees:
	Death in Brunswick (1991) - Timothy White Dingo (1991) - Giorgio Draskovic; Rolf de Heer; Marc Rosenberg (I); Marie-Pascale Osterrieth Spotswood (1992) - Timothy White; Richard Brennan (I); Marie-Pascale Osterrieth

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Hugo Weaving
Other Nominees:
	Death in Brunswick (1991) - Sam Neill Dingo (1991) - Colin Friels Spotswood (1992) - Ben Mendelsohn

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Woman's Tale, A (1991) - Sheila Florance
Other Nominees:
	Act of Necessity (1991) (TV) - Angie Milliken Aya (1990) - Eri Ishida Proof (1991) - Genevičve Picot

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Russell Crowe
Other Nominees:
	Aya (1990) - Chris Haywood (I) Deadly (1991) - John Moore (VIII) Spotswood (1992) - Alwyn Kurts

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Waiting (1991) - Fiona Press
Other Nominees:
	Spotswood (1992) - Toni Collette Waiting (1991) - Helen Jones (I) Woman's Tale, A (1991) - Gosia Dobrowolska

Best Director


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Jocelyn Moorhouse
Other Nominees:
	Death in Brunswick (1991) - John Ruane Dingo (1991) - Rolf de Heer Waiting (1991) - Jackie McKimmie

Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Jocelyn Moorhouse
Other Nominees:
	Death in Brunswick (1991) - John Ruane; Boyd Oxlade Spotswood (1992) - Max Dann; Andrew Knight (I) Woman's Tale, A (1991) - Paul Cox (I); Barry Dickins

Best Screenplay in a Short Film


Winner:
	Plead Guilty, Get a Bond (1990) - Ben Lewin (II)

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Spotswood (1992) - Ellery Ryan
Other Nominees:
	Aya (1990) - Geoff Burton Death in Brunswick (1991) - Geoffrey Ryan Dingo (1991) - Denis Lenoir

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Spotswood (1992) - Tess Schofield
Other Nominees:
	Aya (1990) - Jennie Tate (I) Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - Mic Cheminal Waiting (1991) - Murray Picknett

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Dingo (1991) - Henri Morelle; Ashley Grenville; James Currie (I)
Other Nominees:
	Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - Bernard Aubouy; Dean Gawen; Roger Savage Proof (1991) - Lloyd Carrick; Glenn Newnham; Roger Savage Till There Was You (1990) - Gary Wilkins; Tim Jordan (I); Phil Judd (II)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Proof (1991) - Ken Sallows
Other Nominees:
	Dingo (1991) - Suresh Ayyar Spotswood (1992) - Nicholas Beauman Waiting (1991) - Michael Honey

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Dingo (1991) - Michel Legrand (I); Miles Davis (I)
Other Nominees:
	Aya (1990) - Roger Mason (I) Stan and George's New Life (1991) - Michael Atkinson (I) Woman's Tale, A (1991) - Paul Grabowsky (I)

Best Documentary

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Spotswood (1992) - Chris Kennedy (III)
Other Nominees:
	Aya (1990) - Jennie Tate (I) Deadly (1991) - Peta Lawson Isabelle Eberhardt (1991) - Bryce Perrin; Geoffroy Larcher

Best Television Documentary

Best Television Mini-Series or Telefeature


Nominees:
	Shadows of the Heart (1990) (TV) - Jan Marnell

Best Episode in a Television Drama, Series or Serial


Winner:
	"Embassy" (1990) - Alan Hardy - For episode "A Human Dimension".

Best Television Mini Series or Telefeature


Winner:
	"Paper Man, The" (1990) (mini) - Sue Masters; Greg Ricketson

Film


Winner:
	Act of Necessity (1991) (TV) - Lauren Hewett