Feature Film Nominees
The AFI congratulates the feature film nominees for the L'Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards.
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| L’Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film |
- The Black Balloon. Tristram Miall
- The Jammed. Dee McLachlan, Andrea Buck & Sally Ayre-Smith
- The Square. Louise Smith
- Unfinished Sky. Cathy Overett & Anton Smit
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| AFI Award for Best Direction |
- The Black Balloon. Elissa Down
- The Jammed. Dee McLachlan
- The Square. Nash Edgerton
- Unfinished Sky. Peter Duncan
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| Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay |
- The Black Balloon. Elissa Down & Jimmy The Exploder
- Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger. Cathy Randall
- The Jammed. Dee McLachlan
- The Square. Joel Edgerton & Matthew Dabner
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| Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
- All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane. Stephen Vagg
- Unfinished Sky. Peter Duncan
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| AFI Award for Best Cinematography |
- The Black Balloon. Denson Baker ACS
- Death Defying Acts. Haris Zambarloukos BSC
- The Tender Hook. Geoffrey Simpson ACS
- Unfinished Sky. Robert Humphreys ACS
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| AFI Award for Best Editing |
- The Black Balloon. Veronika Jenet ASE
- Black Water. Rodrigo Balart
- The Jammed. Dee McLachlan & Anne Carter
- Unfinished Sky. Suresh Ayyar ASE
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| AFI Award for Best Sound |
- The Black Balloon. Ben Osmo & Paul Pirola
- Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger. Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Phil Judd MPSE & Des Kenneally
- The Tender Hook. Liam Egan, Tony Murtagh, Phil Judd MPSE & Gary Wilkins
- Unfinished Sky. Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin & Will Ward
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| AFI Award for Best Original Music Score |
- The Black Balloon. Michael Yezerski
- The Square. François Tétaz & Ben Lee
- The Tender Hook. Chris Abrahams
- Unfinished Sky. Antony Partos
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| AFI Award for Best Production Design |
- Children of the Silk Road. Steven Jones-Evans
- Death Defying Acts. Gemma Jackson
- The Tender Hook. Peter Baxter
- Unfinished Sky. Laurie Faen
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| AFI Award for Best Costume Design |
- Children of the Silk Road. Wenyan Gao & Kym Barrett
- Death Defying Acts. Susannah Buxton
- Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger. Shareen Beringer
- The Tender Hook. Cappi Ireland
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| AFI Award for Best Lead Actor |
- Rhys Wakefield. The Black Balloon
- Guy Pearce. Death Defying Acts
- David Roberts. The Square
- William McInnes. Unfinished Sky
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| AFI Award for Best Lead Actress |
- Noni Hazlehurst. Bitter & Twisted
- Emma Lung. The Jammed
- Veronica Sywak. The Jammed
- Monic Hendrickx. Unfinished Sky
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| AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor |
- Luke Ford. The Black Balloon
- Erik Thomson. The Black Balloon
- Joel Edgerton. The Square
- Anthony Hayes. The Square
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| AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress |
- Leeanna Walsman. Bitter & Twisted
- Toni Collette. The Black Balloon
- Maeve Dermody. Black Water
- Saskia Burmeister. The Jammed
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