1998 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film and television award ceremony

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The 40th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held on 7 November 1998 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.[1] Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary, short film and television productions of 1998. The Boys received the most nominations in the feature film category with thirteen, while Wildside received six nominations in the television category.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.[2]

Feature film

Best Film Best Achievement in Direction
  • The Interview — Bill Hughes
    • Head On — Jane Scott
    • Radiance — Ned Lander, Andrew Myer
    • The Boys — Robert Connolly, John Maynard
  • Rowan Woods — The Boys
    • Ana Kokkinos — Head On
    • Rachel Perkins — Radiance
    • Craig Monahan — The Interview
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  • Hugo Weaving – The Interview
    • Alex Dimitriades – Head On
    • David Wenham – The Boys
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original Screenplay Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
Best Achievement in Cinematography Best Achievement in Editing
  • Jill Bilcock – Head On
    • James Bradley – Radiance
    • Nick Meyers – The Boys
    • Suresh Ayyar – The Interview
Best Achievement in Sound Best Original Music Score
  • Andrew Plain, Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh – Oscar and Lucinda
    • Lloyd Carrick, Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Livia Ruzic – Head On
    • Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Phil Judd – The Boys
    • Peter Palankay, Stephen Witherow, John Wilkinson, Peter Smith – The Interview
Best Achievement in Production Design Best Achievement in Costume Design
  • Luciana Arrighi – Oscar and Lucinda
    • Chris Kennedy – Dead Letter Office
    • Sarah Stollman – Radiance
    • Richard Bell – The Interview
  • Janet Patterson – Oscar and Lucinda
    • Anna Borghesi – Head On
    • Annie Marshall – The Boys
    • Aphrodite Kondos – The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Best Direction in a Documentary
  • The Dragons of Galapagos – David Parer, Elizabeth Parer-Cook
    • Mohamed Ali's Happy Day Feast – Catherine Dyson
    • Paying For The Piper – Ed Punchard
    • Urban Clan – Aanya Whitehead, Paul Humfress
  • David Goldie – The Big House
    • Christopher Tuckfield – A Breath
    • John Hughes – After Mabo
    • Peter Butt – The Liners – Episode 3, "The Great Dual"
Best Short Fiction Film Best Short Animation
  • Vengeance – Wendy Chandler
    • Harry The Human Fly – Darryl Aylward
    • Has Beans – Andrew Tamandl
    • Seabound – Donna Kendrigan
Best Screenplay in a Short Film Best Achievement in Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
  • Evan Clarry – Mate
    • Phillip Crawford – Denial
    • Danielle MacLean – My Colour Your Kind
    • Peter Rasmussen – Picture Woman
  • David Parer – The Dragons of Galapagos
    • Daniel Featherstone – Great Falls
    • Ray Argall – The Bridge
    • Philip Bull – The Rough Shed
Best Achievement in Editing in a Non-Feature Film Best Achievement in Sound in a Non-Feature Film
  • Cath Chase – Box
    • Phillip Crawford – Denial
    • Lawrie Silvestrin – Paying for The Piper
    • Peter Butt – The Liners – Episode 3, "The Great Dual"
  • Michael Gissing – Urban Clan
    • Paul Finlay, Peter Walker, Dale Cornelius – Mama Tina
    • Sebastian Craig, Nick Meyers, Sion Tammes – Remote
    • David White, Liam Egan – Three Chords and A Wardrobe

Television

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series Best Television Mini-Series or Telefeature
  • Wildside – Series 1, Episode 17 (ABC) – Steve Knapman
    • Blue Heelers – Series 4, Episode 37, "Collateral Damage" (Seven Network) – Riccardo Pellizzeri
    • Good Guys, Bad Guys – Series 2, Episode 7, "Dog People" (Nine Network) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, John Wild
    • SeaChange – Series 1, Episode 7, "Stormy Weather" (ABC) – Sally Ayre-Smith
Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long) Best Children's Television Drama
  • Home and Away – Episode 2413 (Seven Network) – Russell Webb
    • All Saints – Series 1, Episode 20, "Revelations" (Seven Network) – Jo Porter
    • All Saints – Series 1, Episode 6, "Give And Take" (Seven Network) – Jo Porter
    • Home and Away – Episode 2197 (Seven Network) – Russell Webb
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama
Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama Best Screenplay in a Television Drama
  • Tim Pye – Wildside – Series 1, Episode 17 (ABC)

Additional awards

Raymond Longford Award Byron Kennedy Award
  • Arthur Cambridge
  • Alison Barrett
Young Actors' Award Best Foreign Film
  • Paul Pantano – Water Rats – Series 3, Episode 16: "Romeo Is Bleeding" (Nine Network)
Open Craft Award
  • John Hughes, Uri Mizrahi (for visual design) – After Mabo
    • Erika Addis, Rosemary Hesp, Tim Richter (for visual design) – Relative Strangers
    • Maya Stange (for performance) – The Bridge
    • Tony Ryan (for performance) – Two/Out

References

  1. ^ "Newsreel – AFI Awards". RealTime. No. 28. December 1998 – January 1999. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Winners & Nominees – 1998". Australian Film Institute. Retrieved 12 January 2023.

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