Australian International Film Festival Explained

The Australian International, or AI, was a Melbourne festival held in 2006.^[1]

An earlier festival with this name was renamed to Canberra International.

Awards

• Golden Spotlight Award, the Best Feature Film and Best Short Film
• Silver Spotlight Award, winner in other core categories

October 2006

In 2006 it was held at Hoyts Melbourne Central on 21–30 October under the direction of Tim. K. Ali and Cameron R. Male.

• Best Feature Film: Self-Medicated (US), directed by Monty Lapica
• Best Australian Film: Puppy (Australia) Kieran Galvin
• Best International Film: Beautiful Dreamer (US), directed by Terri Farley-Teruel
• Best Debut Feature: Johnny Montana (US), directed by John Gavin
• Best Director: Jaume Balagueró for Fragile (Spain)
• Best Actor: Paddy Considine for Stoned (UK), directed by Stephen Woolley
• Best Actress: Diane Venora for Self-Medicated (US) directed by Monty Lapica
• Best Cinematography: Nic Sadler for Intellectual Property (US), directed by Nicholas Peterson
• Best Editing: Rick Ray for 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (US), directed by Rick Ray
• Best Short Film: Le génie de la boîte de raviolis / The Genie of the Ravioli Box (Switzerland), directed by Claude Barras

References

1. Web site: History of the website 'www.aiff.com.au' . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060422195353/http://www.aiff.com.au/index.php . 22 April 2006 . 22 August 2016 .

External links

• • 2006 List of Award Winners
• Web site: Australian International 2006 Award Winners . 15 November 2006 . Andre Soares . . 20 January 2007.