1989 Australian Film Institute Awards Explained

1989 AFI Awards
Date:	11 October 1989
Location:	Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia
Award1 Type:	Best Film
Award2 Type:	Best Drama Series
Award3 Type:	Best Comedy Series
Network List:	ABC-TV
Previous:	1988 AFI Awards
Main:	AACTA Awards
Next:	1990 AFI Awards

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
Sam Neill — Evil Angels John Hargreaves — Emerald City Mike Bishop — Ghosts...Of The Civil Dead Chris Haywood — Island	Meryl Streep — Evil Angels Judy Davis — Georgia Irene Papas — Island Genevieve Lemon — Sweetie
Chris Haywood — Emerald City Bogdan Koca — Ghosts...Of The Civil Dead Kim Gyngell — Heaven Tonight John Darling — Sweetie	Victoria Longley — Celia Maryanne Fahey — Celia Nicole Kidman — Emerald City Dorothy Barry — Sweetie
Gerard Lee, Jane Campion — Sweetie Ben Lewin, Joanna Murray-Smith — Georgia Gene Conkie, Evan English, John Hillcoat — Ghosts...of the Civil Dead Paul Cox — Island	Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi — Evil Angels Abe Pogos — Compo Terry Hayes — Dead Calm David Willamson — Emerald City
Dead Calm — Dean Semler Emerald City — Paul Murphy Georgia — Yuri Sokol Sweetie — Sally Bongers	Dead Calm — Richard Francis-Bruce Evil Angels — Jill Bilcock Ghosts...of the Civil Dead — Stewart Young Island — John Scott
Dead Calm — Graeme Revell Evil Angels — Bruce Smeaton Georgia — Paul Grabowsky Ghosts...of the Civil Dead — Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld	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
Ghosts...of the Civil Dead — Chris Kennedy Dead Calm — Graham Walker Georgia — Jon Dowding Island — Neil Angwin	What The Moon Saw — Rose Chong Georgia — Aphrodite Kondos Ghosts...of the Civil Dead — Karen Everett Sons of Steel — Gary L. Keady, Nicholas Huxley, Nicola Braithwaite

Television

Police State (ABC) — Rod Allan Prejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams Rescue (ABC) — John Edwards Malpractice — Tristram Miall	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
Rescue (ABC) — Peter Fisk Malpractice — Bill Bennett Prejudice (Nine Network) — Ian Munro Police State (ABC) — Chris Noonan	Edens Lost (ABC) — Neil Armfield Bodysurfer (ABC) — Ian Barry Act of Betrayal (ABC) — Lawrence Gordon Clark This Man, This Woman (ABC) — Paul Moloney
Bill Hunter — Police State (ABC) Bob Baines — Malpractice Gary Sweet — Rescue (ABC) Max Phipps — Police State (ABC)	Pat Thomson — Malpractice Caz Lederman — Malpractice Grace Parr — Prejudice (Nine Network) Sonia Todd — Rescue (ABC)
Peter Kowitz — Bodysurfer (ABC) Patrick Bergin — Act of Betrayal (ABC) John Jarrett — Fields of Fire III (Nine Network) John Polson — Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network)	Julia Blake — Edens Lost (ABC) Victoria Longley — Edens Lost (ABC) Lisa Harrow — Act of Betrayal (ABC) Linda Cropper — Edens Lost (ABC)
Police State (ABC) — Ian David, Francine Finnane Malpractice — Jenny Ainge Rescue (ABC) — Everett De Roche Prejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams	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

External links

• Official AACTA website

Notes and References

1. News: Streep, Davis vying for AFI awards . . 64 . 19,226 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 11 October 1989 . 16 November 2021 . 26 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: 'Evil Angels' wins five AFI awards . . 64 . 19,727 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 12 October 1989 . 16 November 2021 . 1 . National Library of Australia.