This was the year of The Piano, and here producer Jan Chapman accepts the Best Film award. The film picked up numerous other awards, including Best Direction and Best Original Screenplay (Jane Campion for both) and Best Original Music Score (Michael Nyman).

1994 Toni Collette &
Nicholas Hope

Toni Collette burst onto the screen as Best Actress in Muriel’s Wedding this year, while Nicholas Hope collected the Best Actor award for his astonishing performance in Bad Boy Bubby.

This was the year of Shine which won Best Film, Best Direction (Scott Hicks, pictured), Best Actor (Geoffrey Rush, pictured), Best Supporting Actor (Armin Mueller-Stahl), Best Screenplay (Jan Sardi), and Best Original Music Score (David Hirschfelder).

1997 Nicole Kidman & Bill Bennett

Hugh Jackman and Deborra-lee Furness didn’t win any awards, as far as research reveals, but didn’t they make a cute couple? This was the year that the stylish road-thriller Kiss or Kill (directed by Bill Bennett, pictured) won Best Film, and emerging star Cate Blanchett impressed as Best Actress in Cherie Nowlan’s Thank God He Met Lizzie.