2002 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 44th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the 2002 AFI Awards), were a series of awards presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI). The awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2002. The ceremony took place at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne and was televised by Network Ten.
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 19 October 2002. Leading the feature film nominees was Rabbit-Proof Fence with a total of ten nominations.[1] All four of the Best Film nominees featured Indigenous subjects.[2] The Secret Life of Us, Network Ten's drama about a group of friends who live in a St Kilda, gained the most television nominations with five.[3]
Tony Ayres' directorial debut, Walking on Water, exploring the grief, tenderness, stupidity and humour that arises from death, received five awards, the most for any production. In the television category, the small-screen movie The Road From Coorain, an adaptation of Jill Ker Conway's memoir of the same name, won four awards.[4][5][6]
Controversies
The decision to allow the unreleased drama Swimming Upstream to receive five award nominations was met with great dismay by other entrants. The distributors of all four nominees for best film were quoted as being "angry" and "disappointed" that the nominations include a film without a cinema release by the cut-off date of 26 September 2002. Another film, Garage Days, also received three nominations despite being released a week after the deadline.[7]
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Feature film
Best Film | Best Direction |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role |
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Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
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Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
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Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
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Best Original Music Score | Best Sound |
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Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
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Television
Best Drama Series | Best Telefeature or Mini Series |
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Best Lead Actor | Best Lead Actress |
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Best Guest or Supporting Actor | Best Guest or Supporting Actress |
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Best Direction | Best Screenplay |
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Best Children's Television Drama | |
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Non-feature film
Best Documentary | Best Direction in a Documentary |
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Best Short Fiction Film | Best Short Animation |
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Best Screenplay in a Short Film | Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film |
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Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film | Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film |
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Additional Awards
Young Actor's Award | Best Foreign Film |
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Open Craft AFI Award – Television | Open Craft AFI Award – Non Feature Film |
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Individual Awards
Award | Winner |
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Byron Kennedy Award | Rachel Perkins |
Raymond Longford Award | Patricia Edgar |
Global Achievement Award | Mel Gibson |
AFI Screenwriting Prize | Ivan Sen |
Multiple nominations
The following films received multiple nominations.
- 10 nominations: Rabbit-Proof Fence
- 9 nominations: Walking on Water
- 6 nominations: Australian Rules, Beneath Clouds and The Tracker
See also
References
- ^ George, Sandy (18 October 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence scoops 10 AFI nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Indigenous stories dominate AFI nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ George, Sandy (9 December 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence triumphs at last Down Under". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Gulpilil, 'Fence' take honours". The Age. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "AFI Awards". The Age. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "And the nominees are ... not yet released". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
External links
- The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website
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Feature film
Feature film
- Best Comedy Series
- Best Drama Series
- Best Children's Series
- Best Children's Animation
- Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series
- Best Light Entertainment Series
- Best Reality Series
- Best Comedy Performance
- Best Actor – Drama
- Best Actress – Drama
- Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama
- Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama
- Best Direction – Drama or Comedy
- Best Direction – Light Entertainment or Reality Series
- Best Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Costume Design
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score
- Best Production Design
- Best Sound
and Short film
- Best Feature Length Documentary
- Best Documentary Television Program
- Best Short Animation
- Best Short Fiction Film
- Best Cinematography – Documentary
- Best Director – Documentary
- Best Editing – Documentary
- Best Original Music Score– Documentary
- Best Sound – Documentary
- AFI Members' Choice Award
- Best Documentary
- Best Documentary Under One Hour
- Best Experimental Film
- Best Foreign Film
- Global Achievement Award
- International Best Actor
- International Best Actress
- International Award Excellence in Filmmaking
- Jury Prize
- Best Screenplay
- Best Screenplay in a Short Film
- Best Sponsored Documentary
- Best Television Documentary
- Best Young Actor
- Screen Content Innovation Award
- Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
- Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft
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AACTA Awards (Australia) | |
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