1997 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film and TV awards ceremony June 2020 January 2016 39 Australian Film Institute Awards Kiss or Kill Film: Kiss or Kill (5)TV: Frontline, Good Guys, Bad Guys, Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (2) Film: TV: 1996 1998 The 39th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held in 1997. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary, short film and television productions of 1997. Bill Bennett's Kiss or Kill won five awards for feature films, with Doing Time for Patsy Cline winning four. Producer Jan Chapman received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement.http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx AFI Past Winners - 1997 Winners & Nominees AFI-AACTA 24 January 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150104053151/http://aacta.org/winners-nominees/1990-1999/1997.aspx 4 January 2015 Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Feature film Best Film Best Achievement in DirectionKiss or Kill – Bill Bennett, Jennifer BennettBlackrock – David Elfick Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Chris Kennedy, John Winter The Well – Sandra Levy | valign="top" |Bill Bennett – Kiss or Kill Chris Kennedy – Doing Time for Patsy Cline David Caesar – Idiot Box Samantha Lang – The Well Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading RoleRichard Roxburgh – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Jeremy Sims – Idiot Box Matt Day – Kiss or Kill Michael Caton – The CastlePamela Rabe – The Well Frances O'Connor – Kiss or Kill Frances O'Connor – Thank God He Met Lizzie Miranda Otto – The Well Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting RoleAndrew S. Gilbert – Kiss or Kill Simon Lyndon – Blackrock Chris Haywood – Kiss Or Kill Charles 'Bud' Tingwell – The CastleCate Blanchett – Thank God He Met Lizzie Rebecca Smart – Blackrock Annie Byron – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Sophie Lee – The Castle Best Original Screenplay Best Screenplay Adapted from Another SourceSanto Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch – The Castle Chris Kennedy – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Bill Bennett – Kiss or Kill Alison Tilson – Road to NhillLaura Jones – The Well Nick Enright – Blackrock Carl Schultz – Love in Ambush Best Achievement in Cinematography Best Achievement in EditingAndrew Lesnie – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Martin McGrath ACS – Blackrock Malcolm McCulloch – Kiss or Kill Mandy Walker – The WellHenry Dangar – Kiss or Kill Mark Perry – Idiot Box Suresh Ayyar – Thank God He Met Lizzie Dany Cooper – The Well Best Achievement in Sound Best Original Music ScoreWayne Pashley, Toivo Lember, Gethin Creagh – Kiss or Kill John Dennison, Tony Vaccher, John Patterson, Craig Butters, Chris Alderton – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Liam Egan, Phil Judd, David White, Alicia Slusarski – Idiot Box Annie Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Bronwyn Murphy – The WellPeter Best – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Tim Rogers, Nick Launay – Idiot Box Elizabeth Drake – Road to Nhill Stephen Rae – The Well Best Achievement in Production Design Best Achievement in Costume DesignMichael Philips – The Well Roger Ford – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Kerith Holmes – Idiot Box Clarissa Patterson – Thank God He Met LizzieLouise Wakefield – Doing Time for Patsy Cline Ruth De la Lande – Kiss or Kill Edie Kurzer – Thank God He Met Lizzie Anna Borghesi – The Well Non-feature film Best Documentary Best Short Fiction FilmMabo: Life of an Island Man – Trevor Graham (director)Colour Bars – Mahmoud Yekta (director) Exile in Sarajevo – Tahir Cambis, Alma Sahbaz (director) The Butler – Anna Kannava (director) | valign="top" |The Beneficiary – Graeme Burfoot (director)Boy – Glenn Fraser (director) Flying Over Mother – Michael James Rowland (director) Revisionism – Rachel Landers (director) |- ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! width="50%" | Best Short Animation Film ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! width="50%" | Best Screenplay in a Short Film |- | valign="top" |Uncle – Adam Elliot (director)Heartbreak Motel – Greg Holfeld (director) His Mother's Voice – Dennis Tupicoff (director) On A Full Moon – Lee Whitmore (director) | valign="top" |Stuart McDonald – My Second Car Glenn Fraser, Chris Wheeler – Boy Della Churchill – Little White Lies Rachel Landers – Revisionism Best Achievement in Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film Best Achievement in Editing in a Non-Feature FilmUlrich Krafzik, Wade Fairley, Ian Pugsley – The Human Race Marcus Struzina – Franz and Kafka Max Davis – House Taken Over Rory McGuinness – The Art of TrackingStewart Young – Year of the Dogs Martin Connor – Final Cut Nash Edgerton – Prick Jane Usher – S.O.S. Best Achievement in Sound in a Non-Feature Film Open Craft AwardLinda Murdoch, Martin Oswin – At Sea Mark Tarpey, David Harrison – Hospital: An Unhealthy Business Vladimir Divlijan – The Drip Paul Healy, Andrew Lancaster, Tony Vaccher – Urban FairytaleBruce Belsham, Victoria Pitt (for research & script) – Frontier: Worse Than Slavery Itself Sue Ford, Ben Ford (for innovation in form) – Faces 1976–1996 Anna Kannava (for direction) – The Butler Leverne McDonnell (for performance) – Trunk Additional awards Raymond Longford Award Byron Kennedy AwardJan ChapmanJohn Polson Young Actors Award Best Foreign FilmJeffrey Walker – The Wayne Manifesto (ABC)Secrets & Lies – Simon Channing-Williams Breaking the Waves – Vibeke Windelov, Peter Aalbaek Jensen The English Patient – Saul Zaentz William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet – Gabriella Martinelli, Baz Luhrmann Television Best Episode in a Television Drama Series Best Television Mini-Series or TelefeatureFrontline, Season 3 - Episode 13, 'Epitaph' (ABC) – Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner Frontline, Season 3 - Episode 3, 'The Shadow We Cast' (ABC) – Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner Good Guys, Bad Guys, Series 1 - Episode 1, '1.8 Million Reasons To Change Your Name Part 1' (Nine Network) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka Good Guys, Bad Guys, Series 1 - Episode 2, '1.8 Million Reasons To Change Your Name Part 2' (Nine Network) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros TatarkaGood Guys, Bad Guys - Telemovie Pilot 'Only The Young Die Good' (Nine Network) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka Kangaroo Palace (Seven Network) – Ewan Burnett Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (ABC) – Andrew Knight, Denise Patience, Deborah Cox The Last of the Ryans (Nine Network) – Richard Brennan Best Episode in a Television Drama Serial Best Children's Television DramaNeighbours - Episode 2842 (Network Ten) – Peter Dodds Home and Away - 'The Earthquake' (Seven Network) – Russell Webb Neighbours - Episode 2911 (Network Ten) – Peter DoddsThe Wayne Manifesto - Episode 20, 'Amy Pastrami Day' (ABC) – Alan Hardy Return to Jupiter - Episode 1, 'Shipwreck' (ABC) – Terry Jennings The Wayne Manifesto - Episode 11, 'Junk' (ABC) – Alan Hardy The Wayne Manifesto - Episode 5, 'Pizza (ABC) – Alan Hardy Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television DramaDavid Wenham – Simone de Beauvoir's Babies (ABC) Geoff Morrell – Fallen Angels - Episode 15, 'Pig In Shit' (ABC) Marcus Graham – Good Guys, Bad Guys (Nine Network) Jeremy Sims – Kangaroo Palace (Seven Network)Anne Looby – Simone de Beauvoir's Babies - Episode 3 (ABC) Leah Purcell – Fallen Angels - Episode 14, 'Love Is In The Air' (ABC) Nadine Garner – Raw FM - Episode 2, 'Desperately Seeking Su Lin' (ABC) Sally Cooper – Simone De Beauvoir's Babies - Episode 4 (ABC) Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama Best Screenplay in a Television DramaBrendan Maher – Good Guys, Bad Guys, Series 1 - Episode 2, '1.8 Million Reasons To Change Your Name Part 2' (Nine Network) Brendan Maher – Good Guys, Bad Guys, Series 1 - Episode 1, '1.8 Million Reasons To Change Your Name Part 1' (Nine Network) Catherine Millar – Twisted Tales - Episode 11, 'Directly From My Heart To You' (Nine Network)Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner – Frontline, Season 3 - Episode 7, 'The Simple Life' (ABC) Rob Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner – Frontline, Season 3 - Episode 13, 'Epitaph' (ABC) Graeme Koetsveld – Good Guys, Bad Guys, Series 1 - Episode 2, '1.8 Million Reasons To Change Your Name Part 2' (Nine Network) Deborah Cox – Simone De Beauvoir's Babies - Episode 3 (ABC) Best Television DocumentaryDhuway (SBS) – Lew Griffiths, Noel Pearson Night of the Bogongs (ABC) – Klaus Toft The Last of the Nomads (SBS) – Peter du Cane, Samantha Kelley You Always Hurt The Ones You Love (ABC) – David Flatman, Sue Flatman References External links The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website Category:AACTA Awards ceremonies AACTA Awards AACTA Awards AACTA Awards AACTA Awards