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Australian Film Institute: 1997

AFI Award

Date:	14 November
Host:	Hugh Jackman
Location:	Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia

Best Film


Winner:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Bill Bennett (I); Jennifer Cluff; Corrie Soeterboek (co-producer)
Other Nominees:
	Blackrock (1997) - David Elfick Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Chris Kennedy (II); John Winter (I) Well, The (1997) - Sandra Levy

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Richard Roxburgh
Other Nominees:
	Castle, The (1997) - Michael Caton Idiot Box (1996) - Jeremy Sims Kiss or Kill (1997) - Matt Day (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role


Winner:
	Well, The (1997) - Pamela Rabe
Other Nominees:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Frances O'Connor (II) Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) - Frances O'Connor (II) Well, The (1997) - Miranda Otto

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Andrew S. Gilbert
Other Nominees:
	Blackrock (1997) - Simon Lyndon Castle, The (1997) - Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Kiss or Kill (1997) - Chris Haywood (I)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) - Cate Blanchett
Other Nominees:
	Blackrock (1997) - Rebecca Smart Castle, The (1997) - Sophie Lee (I) Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Annie Byron

Best Achievement in Direction


Winner:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Bill Bennett (I)
Other Nominees:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Chris Kennedy (II) Idiot Box (1996) - David Caesar Well, The (1997) - Samantha Lang

Best Original Screenplay


Winner:
	Castle, The (1997) - Santo Cilauro; Tom Gleisner; Jane Kennedy (I); Rob Sitch
Other Nominees:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Chris Kennedy (II) Kiss or Kill (1997) - Bill Bennett (I) Road to Nhill (1997) - Alison Tilson

Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film


Winner:
	My Second Car (1996) - Stuart McDonald (II)
Other Nominees:
	Little White Lies (1996) - Della Churchill

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source


Winner:
	Well, The (1997) - Laura Jones (III)
Other Nominees:
	Blackrock (1997) - Nick Enright Love in Ambush (1997) (TV) - Carl Schultz (I)

Best Screenplay in a Short Film


Nominees:
	Boy (1997) - Glenn Fraser (I); Chris Wheeler (I)

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Andrew Lesnie
Other Nominees:
	Blackrock (1997) - Martin McGrath Kiss or Kill (1997) - Malcolm McCulloch (I) Well, The (1997) - Mandy Walker

Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film


Winner:
	Rock the Boat (1998) - Ulrich Krafzik; Wade Ferley; Ian Pugsley
Other Nominees:
	Franz & Kafka (1997) - Marcus Struzina

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Louise Wakefield
Other Nominees:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Ruth De la Lande Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) - Edie Kurzer Well, The (1997) - Anna Borghesi

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Wayne Pashley; Toivo Lember; Gethin Creagh
Other Nominees:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - John Dennison (I); Tony Vaccher; John Patterson (VII); Craig Butters; Chris Alderton Idiot Box (1996) - Liam Egan; Phil Judd (II); Alicia Slusarski; David White Well, The (1997) - Anne Breslin; Gethin Creagh; Bronwyn Murphy

Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film


Winner:
	At Sea (1997) - Linda Murdoch; Martin Oswin

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Kiss or Kill (1997) - Henry Dangar
Other Nominees:
	Idiot Box (1996) - Mark Perry (II) Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) - Suresh Ayyar Well, The (1997) - Dany Cooper

Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film


Winner:
	Year of the Dogs (1997) - Stewart Young (I)

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Peter Best (I)
Other Nominees:
	Idiot Box (1996) - Tim Rogers (I); Nick Launay Road to Nhill (1997) - Elizabeth Drake (I) Well, The (1997) - Stephen Rae (I)

Best Short Animation Film


Winner:
	Uncle (1996) - Adam Elliot

Best Short Fiction Film


Winner:
	Beneficiary, The (1997) - Graeme Burfoot
Other Nominees:
	Boy (1997) - Glenn Fraser (I)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1997) - Trevor Graham

Best Mini-Series or Telefeature


Winner:
	"Good Guys Bad Guys" (1997) - Roger Le Mesurier; Roger Simpson (I); Ros Tatarka - For episode "Only the Young Die Good".
Other Nominees:
	Kangaroo Palace (1997) (TV) - Ewan Burnett (producer); Robert Marchand (I) (director); Deborah Cox (I) (writer); Andrew Knight (I) (writer)

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Well, The (1997) - Michael Philips (I)
Other Nominees:
	Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) - Roger Ford (I) Idiot Box (1996) - Kerith Holmes Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997) - Clarissa Patterson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama


Winner:
	"Simone de Beauvoir's Babies" (1997) (mini) - David Wenham
Other Nominees:
	Kangaroo Palace (1997) (TV) - Jeremy Sims

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama


Winner:
	"Simone de Beauvoir's Babies" (1997) (mini) - Anne Looby - For episode #3.
Other Nominees:
	"Raw FM" (1997) - Nadine Garner

Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama


Winner:
	"Good Guys Bad Guys" (1997) - Brendan Maher (I) - For episode "1.8 Million Reasons to Change Your Name - Part 2".

Best Screenplay in a Television Drama


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

Best Television Documentary


Winner:
	Dhuway (1997) (TV) - Lew Griffiths; Noel Pearson (I)

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series


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

Best Childrens Television Drama


Winner:
	"Wayne Manifesto, The" (1996) - Amy Pastrami Day; Alan Hardy

Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial


Winner:
	"Neighbours" (1985) - Peter Dodds (I) - For episode #2842.
Other Nominees:
	"Neighbours" (1985) - Peter Dodds (I) - For episode #2911.

Open Craft Award


Winner:
	"Frontier" (1997) (mini) - Bruce Belsham; Victoria Pitt - For the research and the script.

Young Actor's Award

Television


Winner:
	"Wayne Manifesto, The" (1996) - Jeffrey Walker (II)

Best Foreign Film Award


Winner:
	Secrets & Lies (1996) - Simon Channing-Williams
Other Nominees:
	Breaking the Waves (1996) - Vibeke Windel�v; Peter Aalb�k Jensen English Patient, The (1996) - Saul Zaentz Romeo + Juliet (1996) - Gabriella Martinelli; Baz Luhrmann

Byron Kennedy Award


Awarded to:
	John Polson

Raymond Longford Award


Awarded to:
	Jan Chapman (I)