1989 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film and television award ceremony

1989 AFI Awards
Date11 October 1989
LocationPalais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Television/radio coverage
Networks
ABC-TV
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The 1989 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1989. The awards ceremony was held at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Wednesday 11 October 1989 and broadcast on ABC-TV.[1][2]

Feature film

  • Evil Angels — Verity Lambert
    • Ghosts...Of The Civil Dead — Evan English
    • Island — Paul Cox, Santhana Naidu
    • Dead Calm — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller
  • Fred Schepisi — Evil Angels
    • Phillip Noyce — Dead Calm
    • Ben Lewin — Georgia
    • Paul Cox — Island
  • Dead Calm — Dean Semler
    • Emerald City — Paul Murphy
    • Georgia — Yuri Sokol
    • Sweetie — Sally Bongers
  • Dead Calm — Ben Osmo, Lee Smith, Roger Savage
    • Evil Angels — Craig Carter, Terry Rodman, Peter Fenton, Martin Oswin
    • Georgia — John Phillips, Roger Savage, Frank Lipson, Ross Porter
    • Ghosts...of the Civil Dead — Bronwyn Murphy, Rex Watts, Peter Clancy

Television

Best Telefeature
  • Police State (ABC) — Rod Allan
    • Prejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams
    • Rescue (ABC) — John Edwards
    • Malpractice — Tristram Miall
Best Mini Series
  • Edens Lost (ABC) — Margaret Fink
    • Act of Betrayal (ABC) — Ray Alchin, Nick Evans
    • Bodysurfer (ABC) — Ross Matthews
    • Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network) — Matt Carroll, Steve Krantz
Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature
  • Rescue (ABC) — Peter Fisk
    • Malpractice — Bill Bennett
    • Prejudice (Nine Network) — Ian Munro
    • Police State (ABC) — Chris Noonan
Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini Series
Best Screenplay in a Telefeature
  • Police State (ABC) — Ian David, Francine Finnane
    • Malpractice — Jenny Ainge
    • Rescue (ABC) — Everett De Roche
    • Prejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams
Best Screenplay in a Mini Series
  • Bodysurfer (ABC) — Suzanne Hawley, Christopher Lee, Denis Whitburn
  • Edens Lost (ABC) — Michael Gow
    • Act of Betrayal (ABC) — Nick Evans, Michael Chaplin
    • Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network) — Bill Kerby

References

  1. ^ "Streep, Davis vying for AFI awards". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 19, 226. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1989. p. 26. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "'Evil Angels' wins five AFI awards". The Canberra Times. Vol. 64, no. 19, 727. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 12 October 1989. p. 1. Retrieved 16 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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