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 2010 SAMSUNG MOBILE AFI AWARDS CEREMONY

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Tops Australian Film Institute 2010 Nominations

* denotes the winner in each category. The winners in the "top" categories will be announced Dec. 11.

SAMSUNG MOBILE AFI AWARD FOR BEST FILM
* Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts
Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach
Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac
Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt
The Tree. Sue Taylor, Yaël Fogiel
Tomorrow When The War Began. Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
* Animal Kingdom. David Michôd
Beneath Hill 60. Jeremy Hartley Sims
Bright Star. Jane Campion
The Tree. Julie Bertuccelli.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTOR
Brendan Cowell. Beneath Hill 60
James Frecheville. Animal Kingdom
* Ben Mendelsohn. Animal Kingdom
Clive Owen. The Boys Are Back.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish. Bright Star
Morgana Davies. The Tree
Charlotte Gainsbourg. The Tree
* Jacki Weaver. Animal Kingdom.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
* Joel Edgerton. Animal Kingdom
Guy Pearce. Animal Kingdom
Kodi Smit-McPhee. Matching Jack
Sullivan Stapleton. Animal Kingdom.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Julia Blake. The Boys Are Back
Kerry Fox. Bright Star
* Deborah Mailman. Bran Nue Dae
Laura Wheelwright. Animal Kingdom.

MACQUARIE AFI AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
* Animal Kingdom. David Michôd
Beneath Hill 60. David Roach
Bright Star. Jane Campion
Daybreakers. Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig.

MACQUARIE AFI AWARD FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bran Nue Dae. Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins, Jimmy Chi
The Boys Are Back. Allan Cubitt
The Tree. Julie Bertuccelli
* Tomorrow When The War Began. Stuart Beattie.

AFI MEMBERS’ CHOICE AWARD
* Animal Kingdom. Liz Watts
Beneath Hill 60. Bill Leimbach
Bran Nue Dae. Robyn Kershaw, Graeme Isaac
Bright Star. Jan Chapman, Caroline Hewitt
The Boys Are Back. Greg Brenman, Tim White
Tomorrow When The War Began. Andrew Mason,
Michael Boughen.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Animal Kingdom. Adam Arkapaw
Beneath Hill 60. Toby Oliver ACS
* Bright Star. Greig Fraser
The Waiting City. Denson Baker ACS.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST EDITING
* Animal Kingdom. Luke Doolan
Beneath Hill 60. Dany Cooper ASE
Bright Star. Alexandre de Franceschi ASE
Tomorrow When The War Began. Marcus D'Arcy.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SOUND
Animal Kingdom. Sam Petty, Rob Mackenzie, Philippe Decrausaz
Beneath Hill 60. Liam Egan, Alicia Slusarski, Mark Cornish, Tony Murtagh
Bran Nue Dae. Andrew Neil, Steve Burgess, Peter Mills,
Mario Vaccaro, Blaire Slater, David Bridie, Scott Montgomery
* Tomorrow When The War Began. Andrew Plain, David Lee, Gethin Creagh, Robert Sullivan.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE
* Animal Kingdom. Antony Partos, Sam Petty
Beneath Hill 60. Cezary Skubiszewski
Bran Nue Dae. Cezary Skubiszewski, Jimmy Chi, Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat, Garry Gower, Michael Manolis Mavromatis, Stephen Pigram
Bright Star. Mark Bradshaw.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Animal Kingdom. Jo Ford
Beneath Hill 60. Clayton Jauncey
* Bright Star. Janet Patterson
Tomorrow When The War Began. Robert Webb, Michelle McGahey, Damien Drew, Bev Dunn.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Animal Kingdom. Cappi Ireland
Beneath Hill 60. Ian Sparke, Wendy Cork
Bran Nue Dae. Margot Wilson
* Bright Star. Janet Patterson

AFI AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
* Contact. Martin Butler, Bentley Dean. ABC1
Inside The Firestorm. Lucy Maclaren, Alex West. ABC
The Snowman. Rachel Landers, Dylan Blowen
Strange Birds In Paradise – A West Papuan Story. Jamie Nicolai, John Cherry.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY UNDER ONE HOUR
A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia.
Sharyn Prentice, Marianne Latham, Lavinia Riachi. ABC
Rudely Interrupted. Susie Jones, Benjamin Jones. ABC1
Surviving Mumbai. Andrew Ogilvie, Andrea Quesnelle. ABC
* You Only Live Twice – The Incredibly True Story Of The Hughes Family. Ruth Cullen. ABC1

AFI AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Addicted To Money. Andrew Ogilvie, Andrea Quesnelle. ABC
Disable Bodied Sailors. Karina Holden, Nick Robinson. SBS
Kokoda. Andrew Wiseman. ABC1
* Liberal Rule- The Politics That Changed Australia. Nick Torrens, Frank Haines. SBS

AFI AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION IN A DOCUMENTARY
A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia. Amanda Chang. ABC
Contact. Martin Butler, Bentley Dean. ABC1
* Inside The Firestorm. Jacob Hickey. ABC
Strange Birds In Paradise – A West Papuan Story. Charlie Hill-Smith.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A DOCUMENTARY
Disable Bodied Sailors – Episode 3. Nick Robinson. SBS
* Miracles – Episode 1, ‘Miracle in the Storm’. Tony Oliver ACS. ABC1
Strange Birds In Paradise – A West Papuan Story. Angus Kemp
Surviving Mumbai. Jim Frater. ABC

AFI AWARD FOR BEST EDITING IN A DOCUMENTARY
A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia.
Karin Steininger. ABC
Contact. Tania Nehme. ABC1
* Inside The Firestorm. Steven Robinson. ABC
Surviving Mumbai. David Fosdick. ABC

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SOUND IN A DOCUMENTARY
A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia
Brett Aplin, Andrew McGrath, Erin McKimm. ABC
* Inside The Firestorm. Jock Healy, Tristan Meredith. ABC
Kokoda – Episode 1, ‘The Invasion’. David Bridie, Chris Goodes, Ian Grant, Patrick Slater. ABC1
Strange Birds In Paradise – A West Papuan Story. Mik la Vage, Doron Kipen, David Bridie.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION
* The Lost Thing. Sophie Byrne, Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
Zero. Christopher Kezelos, Christine Kezelos.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
Deeper Than Yesterday. Ariel Kleiman, Benjamin Gilovitz,
Sarah Cyngler, Anna Kojevnikov
* The Kiss. Sonya Humphrey, Ashlee Page
The Love Song Of Iskra Prufrock. Lucy Gaffy, Lyn Norfor
Suburbia. Antonio Oreña-Barlin, Richard Halsted.

AFI AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY IN A SHORT FILM
A Parachute Falling In Siberia. Sarah Shaw, Ian Meadows
* Deeper Than Yesterday. Ariel Kleiman
Glenn Owen Dodds. Trent Dalton
The Kiss. Ashlee Page

AFI AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FILM SCREEN CRAFT
* Nick Matthews. The Kiss, Cinematography

AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Simon Baker. The Mentalist, Season 2. Nine Network
Ryan Kwanten. True Blood, Season 3. Showcase
Kodi Smit-McPhee. The Road
* Sam Worthington. Avatar

AFI INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette. United States of Tara, Season 2. ABC1
Bojana Novakovic. Edge of Darkness
* Mia Wasikowska. Alice in Wonderland
Naomi Watts. Mother and Child

AFI YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
Ashleigh Cummings. Tomorrow When The War Began
Morgana Davies. The Tree
James Frecheville. Animal Kingdom
* Harrison Gilbertson. Beneath Hill 60

AFI VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD
* Daybreakers. Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig, Rangi Sutton, James Rogers, Randy Vellacott
The Tree. Dave Morley, Felix Crawshaw, Claudia Lecaros, Tim Walker
Tinglewood. Wil Manning
Tomorrow When The War Began. Chris Godfrey, Sigi Eimutis, Dave Morely, Tony Cole

Raymond Langford Award
Reg Grundy