2009 Australian Film Institute Awards Explained

2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date:
and Friday,
Site:Regent Theatre, Melbourne
Host:Julia Zemiro
Best Film:Samson & Delilah
Best Direction:Warwick Thornton
Best Direction Film:Samson & Delilah
Best Actor:Anthony LaPaglia
Best Actor Film:Balibo
Best Actress:Frances O'Connor
Best Actress Film:Blessed
Most Wins:Samson & Delilah (7)
Most Nominations:Balibo (14)
Network:Nine Network
Last:2008
Last Link:2008 Australian Film Institute Awards
Next:2010
Next Link:2010 Australian Film Institute Awards

The 51st Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in film and television acting achievements for 2009 in the cinema of Australia, took place over two nights on 5 December 2009 and 11 December 2009 at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network.[1]

During the ceremonies, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI awards) in 40 categories, including feature films, television, animation, and documentary. The ceremony was hosted by Julia Zemiro of SBS's RocKwiz.

Nominations were announced on 28 October 2009, with Balibo receiving the most with 14 in total. A new award introduced in 2009 was for the highest grossing film, recognising box office figures exceeding $65 million in the previous 12 months.[2] [3] [4]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; with nominees thereafter.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

AFI Film Awards

Best Original ScreenplayBest Adapted Screenplay
Best Lead ActorBest Lead Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Best CinematographyBest Editing
Best Original Music ScoreBest Sound
Best Production DesignBest Costume Design

AFI Television Awards

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

AFI Non-Feature Film Awards

Best Feature Length DocumentaryBest Documentary Under One Hour
Best Documentary SeriesBest Direction in a Documentary
Best Cinematography in a DocumentaryBest Editing in a Documentary
  • Cracking the Colour Code (Episode 2: "Making Colours") – Ian Batt, Vincent Fooy
    • Beyond Kokoda ("Buying Time") – Stig Schnell, Shaun Gibbons, Brett Murphy, Ben Nunney
    • My Asian Heart – David Bradbury
    • Salt Murray Fredericks
Best Sound in a DocumentaryBest Short Fiction Film
  • Intangible Asset Number 82 – Matthew Ferris, Michael Gissing, Andrew McGrath
    • The Choir – Sam Hayward, Phil Judd, Felicity Fox, Alli Heynes, Phil Vail, David White
    • Stephen R. Smith, Peter Smith, Tom Heuzenroeder, Adrian Medhurst
    • Lionel – Nick Batterham, Keith Thomas, Cezary Skubiszewski
  • Miracle Fish Drew Bailey, Luke Doolan
    • Burn – Anna Kaplan, David Selvarajah Vadiveloo
    • Liebermans in the Sky – Jessica Redenbach, Richard Vilensky
    • Water – Sarah Shaw, Corrie Jones
Best Short AnimationBest Screenplay in a Short Film
  • The Cat Piano Jessica Brentnall, Eddie White, Ari Gibson
    • Chicken of God – Jodi Satya, Frank Woodley
    • The Not-so-Great Eugene Green – Melanie Brunt, Michael Hill
    • Reach – Luke Randall

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft

Additional awards

AFI Members' Choice AwardNews Limited Readers' Choice Award
Best Young ActorBest Visual Effects
  • Australia Chris Godfrey, James E. Price, Andy Brown, Rob Duncan
    • Death of the Megabeasts – Matt Drummond, Mike Dunn
    • Plastic – Sandy Widyanata, Eric So, Mathew Mackereth, Christopher Jackson
    • Scorched Bertrand Polivka, Soren Jensen
International Award for Best ActorInternational Award for Best Actress
Highest Grossing Film AwardBest Screen Content Innovation

AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

*presented at the AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner in August.

Individual awards

AFI Raymond Longford Award*

Byron Kennedy Award

*presented at the AFI Outstanding Achievement Dinner in August.

Multiple nominations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009-12-14 . AFI award winners announced . 2023-12-20 . IF Magazine . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Quinn . Karl . 2009-10-28 . Balibo, Samson & Delilah top AFI nominations . 2023-12-20 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
  3. News: Collins . Antonette . 2009-10-28 . Balibo scores 14 AFI nominations . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-20.
  4. Web site: 2009-10-28 . AFI awards nominations announced . 2023-12-20 . IF Magazine . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Winners & Nominees . 2023-12-20 . www.aacta.org . en-AU.
  6. News: Price . Alison . 2009-12-12 . Samson And Delilah sweeps AFI Awards . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-20.
  7. News: Price . Alison . 2009-12-12 . Underbelly dominates AFI TV Awards . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-20.
  8. News: Raschella . Adrian . 2009-12-11 . Australia scoops AFI Industry Awards . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-12-20.
  9. Web site: 2009-12-14 . From AFI Awards to Oscars for Samson & Delilah . 2023-12-20 . The Age . en.