2008 Australian Film Institute Awards
| 50th Australian Film Institute Awards | ||
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| Date | 5–6 December 2008 | |
| Site | Supporting Actress Toni Collette | The Black Balloon |
| Most awards | The Black Balloon (6) Unfinished Sky (6) | |
| Most nominations | The Black Balloon (11) | |
| Television coverage | ||
| Network | Nine Network | |
The 50th Annual .
The nominees for
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; with nominees thereafter.[7][8]
Feature Film
Television
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Best Miniseries or Telefeature
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Best Performance in a Television Comedy
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AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
- Steve Evans. Underbelly. For "Editing"
Non-Feature Film
| Best Documentary | Best Direction in a Documentary |
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| Best Cinematography in a Documentary | Best Editing in a Documentary |
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| Best Sound in a Documentary | Best Short Fiction Film |
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| Best Short Animation | Best Screenplay in a Short Film |
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AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft
- Xanthe Highfield. fOUR. For "Production Design"
Additional Awards
| Australia Post Australia's Favourite Film Award | News Limited Readers' Choice Award
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| Best Young Actor | Best Visual Effects
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| International Award for Best Actor | International Award for Best Actress |
AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
- Peter James ACS ASC. For "Cinematography"
Individual Awards
| Award | Winner | Production |
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| Byron Kennedy Award | Chris Lilley | Summer Heights High |
Raymond Longford Award
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Dione Gilmour | - |
| AFI Documentary Trailblazer | Mark Hartley | Not Quite Hollywood |
| AFI Fellowship | John L. Simpson | - |
Multiple nominations
Films
- 11 nominations: The Black Balloon
- 10 nominations: Unfinished Sky
- 7 nominations: The Jammed & The Square
Television
- 8 nominations: Underbelly
- 6 nominations: East West 101
- 3 nominations: Summer Heights High, The Hollowmen & H2O: Just Add Water
- 2 nominations: The Librarians & Rush
Controversies and comments
AFI website "contenders"
On the website of the Australian Film Institute, it listed 25 expected nominees for the Best Film category.[9] The 25 contenders were:
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References
- ^ "The Australian Film Institute | Additional Awards". www.afi.org.au. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "The 2008 AFI Awards nominees". IF Magazine. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Field, Katherine (29 October 2008). "The Black Balloon wins 11 AFI nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ George, Sandy (29 October 2008). "Black Balloon, Unfinished Sky lead Aussie awards pack | News | Screen". www.screendaily.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Williams, Fiona (29 October 2008). "Black Balloon leads AFI Awards noms". SBS What's On. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Black Balloon, Unfinished Sky lead AFI noms". ABC News. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Black Balloon takes top honour at AFIs". The Age. 7 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Black Balloon sweeps six AFIs". IF Magazine. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "The Australian Film Institute | Feature Film Contenders". www.afi.org.au. 25 October 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.