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Australian Film Institute: 1996

AFI Award

Date:

15 November

Best Film


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Jane Scott (I)
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Tristram Miall Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) - Stavros Kazantzidis Mr. Reliable (1996) - Jim McElroy (I); Terry Hayes (I); Michael Hamlyn

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Geoffrey Rush
Other Nominees:
	Life (1996) - John Brumpton River Street (1996) - Aden Young Shine (1996) - Noah Taylor (I)

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Judy Davis (I)
Other Nominees:
	Brilliant Lies (1996) - Gia Carides Dating the Enemy (1996) - Claudia Karvan Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) - Frances O'Connor (II)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Armin Mueller-Stahl
Other Nominees:
	Brilliant Lies (1996) - Ray Barrett (I) Cosi (1996) - Barry Otto (I) Life (1996) - Robert Morgan (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Lilian's Story (1996) - Toni Collette
Other Nominees:
	Brilliant Lies (1996) - Zoe Carides Floating Life (1996) - Annette Shun Wah Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) - Alice Garner

Best Director


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Scott Hicks
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Peter Duncan (II) Floating Life (1996) - Clara Law Lust and Revenge (1996) - Paul Cox (I)

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Jan Sardi
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Peter Duncan (II) Floating Life (1996) - Eddie Ling-Ching Fong; Clara Law Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) - Yael Bergman; Emma-Kate Croghan; Helen Bandis

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Cosi (1996) - Louis Nowra
Other Nominees:
	Dead Heart (1996) - Nick Parsons Life (1996) - Lawrence Johnston (I); John Brumpton What I Have Written (1995) - John A. Scott (II)

Best Screenplay in a Short Film


Winner:
	Cabbie of the Year (1996) - Michael Connolly (IV)

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Geoffrey Simpson
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Martin McGrath Mr. Reliable (1996) - David Parker (I) What I Have Written (1995) - Dion Beebe

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Terry Ryan (I)
Other Nominees:
	Love Serenade (1996) - Anna Borghesi Mr. Reliable (1996) - Tess Schofield Shine (1996) - Louise Wakefield

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Toivo Lember; Roger Savage; Livia Ruzic; Gareth Vanderhope
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Guntis Sics; Andrew Plain; Gethin Creagh Dead Heart (1996) - Ian McLoughlin (I); Tim Jordan (I); John Penders; Phil Tipene To Have and to Hold (1996) - Dean Gawen; Rex Watts; Paul Huntingford (I); Stephen Vaughan (II)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - Pip Karmel
Other Nominees:
	Cosi (1996) - Nicholas Beauman Life (1996) - Bill Murphy (III) Love and Other Catastrophes (1996) - Ken Sallows

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Shine (1996) - David Hirschfelder
Other Nominees:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Nigel Westlake Dead Heart (1996) - Stephen Rae (I) Lilian's Story (1996) - Cezary Skubiszewski

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Not Fourteen Again (1996) - Gillian Armstrong

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Children of the Revolution (1996) - Roger Ford (I)
Other Nominees:
	Love Serenade (1996) - Steven Jones-Evans Shine (1996) - Vicki Niehus To Have and to Hold (1996) - Chris Kennedy (III)

Best Actress in a Leading Role in a TV Drama


Winner:
	"G.P." (1989) - Claudia Karvan - For episode "Sing Me a Lullaby".

Best Achievement in Direction in a TV Drama


Nominees:
	"G.P." (1989) - Peter Andrikidis - For episode "Sing Me a Lullaby".

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series


Winner:
	"Frontline" (1994) - Santo Cilauro; Tom Gleisner; Jane Kennedy (I); Rob Sitch - For episode "Keeping Up Appearances".

Best Children's Television Drama


Winner:
	"Spellbinder" (1995) - Noel Price - For episode #11.

Best Television Mini Series or Telefeature


Winner:
	"Blue Murder" (1995) (mini) - Rod Allan (I)

Young Actor's Award

Television


Winner:
	"Mirror, Mirror" (1995) (mini) - Petra Jared

Best Foreign Film Award


Winner:
	Fargo (1996) - Ethan Coen

Byron Kennedy Award


Awarded to:
	Laura Jones (III)