Celebrating the L'oreal Paris 2008 AFI Awards

2008 Awards Winners

L´Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Industry Awards Presented by Digital Pictures Winners

Additional Awards
AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
Peter James ACS, ASC

AFI Visual Effects Award

H2O – Just Add Water (Series 2). Barry Lanfranchi. Network Ten

AFI Raymond Longford Award

Dione Gilmour

Television
AFI Award for Best Children´s Television Drama
Blue Water High (Series 3). Noel Price & Dennis Kiely. ABC

AFI Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series

ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton. Andrew Denton
& Anita Jacoby. ABC

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

Steve Evans. Editing - Underbelly. Nine Network

Non-Feature
AFI Award for Best Direction in a Documentary
The Oasis. Ian Darling & Sascha Ettinger Epstein

AFI Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

A Northern Town. Andrew Commis & Rachel Landers

AFI Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

The Oasis. Sally Fryer

AFI Award for Best Sound in a Documentary

Rare Chicken Rescue. Brett Aplin, Greg Docwra, John Willsteed
& David White

AFI Award for Best Short Animation

Dog With Electric Collar. Steve Baker & Damon Escott

AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film

Jerrycan. Stuart Parkyn & Julius Avery

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

The Ground Beneath. Rene Hernandez

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film
Screen Craft

Xanthe Highfield. Production Design - fOUR

Feature Film
AFI Award for Best Cinematography
Unfinished Sky. Robert Humphreys ACS

AFI Award for Best Editing

The Black Balloon. Veronika Jenet ASE

AFI Award for Best Sound

Unfinished Sky. Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin & Will Ward

AFI Award for Best Original Music Score

Unfinished Sky. Antony Partos

AFI Award for Best Production Design

Death Defying Acts. Gemma Jackson

AFI Award for Best Costume Design

The Tender Hook. Cappi Ireland

L´Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards Ceremony Winners

Additional Awards
AFI International Award for Best Actor
Heath Ledger. The Dark Knight

AFI International Award for Best Actress

Cate Blanchett. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

L´Oréal Paris AFI Young Actor Award

Danielle Catanzariti. Hey Hey It´s Esther Blueburger

Byron Kennedy Award

Chris Lilley

Australia´s Favourite Film

The Castle

News Limited Readers´ Choice Award

Hugh Jackman

Television
AFI Award for Best Television Comedy Series
Summer Heights High. Chris Lilley & Laura Waters. ABC

AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series

Underbelly. Greg Haddrick & Brenda Pam. Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

East West 101. Steve Knapman & Kris Wyld. SBS

AFI Award for Best Direction in Television

Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Peter Andrikidis.
Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in Television

The Hollowmen (Episode 1, Fat Chance) Santo Cilauro,
Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch. ABC

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

Gyton Grantley. Underbelly.Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama

Kat Stewart. Underbelly. Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor
in a Television Drama

Damian Walshe-Howling. Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress
in a Television Drama

Madeleine West. Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys)
Nine Network

AFI Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy

Chris Lilley. Summer Heights High. ABC

Non-Feature
AFI Award for Best Documentary
Not Quite Hollywood. Craig Griffin & Michael Lynch

Feature Film
L’Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film
The Black Balloon. Tristam Miall

AFI Award for Best Direction

The Black Balloon. Elissa Down

Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Black Balloon. Elissa Down & Jimmy The Exploder

Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Unfinished Sky. Peter Duncan

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor

William McInnes. Unfinished Sky

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress

Monic Hendrickx. Unfinished Sky

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor

Luke Ford. The Black Balloon

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress

Toni Collette. The Black Balloon

AFI - Australian Film Institue

2008 Awards Winners

L´Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Industry Awards Presented by Digital Pictures Winners

L´Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards Ceremony Winners

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