2006 Australian Film Institute Awards | |
Award: | AACTA Film Awards |
Site: | Melbourne Exhibition Centre |
Host: | Geoffrey Rush |
Producer: | Paul Dainty |
Best Film: | Ten Canoes |
Best Direction: | Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr |
Best Direction Film: | Ten Canoes |
Best Actor: | Shane Jacobson |
Best Actor Film: | Kenny |
Best Actress: | Emily Barclay |
Best Actress Film: | Suburban Mayhem |
Supporting Actor: | Anthony Hayes |
Supporting Actor Film: | Suburban Mayhem |
Supporting Actress: | Susie Porter |
Supporting Actress Film: | The Caterpillar Wish |
Most Wins: | Ten Canoes (6) |
Most Nominations: | Suburban Mayhem (12) |
Network: | Nine Network |
Last: | 2005 |
Last Link: | 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards |
Next: | 2007 |
Next Link: | 2007 Australian Film Institute Awards |
The 48th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in Australian cinema and television of 2006, took place on 6 and 7 December 2006 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and was broadcast on the Nine Network. The main awards presenter lineup included Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana, Daniel Radcliffe, Sam Neill and Baz Luhrmann.[1]
The nominations were announced in October 2006 at the Sydney Theater by Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke and AFI president, James Hewison. Suburban Mayhem received twelve nominations, closely followed by jindabyne with nine. A new award for Best Visual Effects was introduced in this year.[2] [3]
During the awards ceremony, which was hosted by Geoffrey Rush, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation, and documentaries. Ten Canoes, the first ever movie entirely filmed in Australian Aboriginal languages, won the most awards, taking six from its seven nominations and the Byron Kennedy Award for its director Rolf de Heer.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Best Documentary | Best Direction in a Documentary | |
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Best Cinematography in a Documentary | Best Editing in a Documentary | |
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Best Sound in a Documentary | Best Short Fiction Film | |
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Best Short Animation | Best Screenplay in a Short Film | |
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AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft | ||
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International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking | News Limited Readers' Choice Award | |
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Best Young Actor | Best Visual Effects | |
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International Award for Best Actor | International Award for Best Actress | |
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Award | Winner | |
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Byron Kennedy Award | Rolf de Heer | |
Raymond Longford Award | Ian Jones (Writer / Producer / Director) |
The following films received multiple nominations.