1989 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film and television award ceremony November 2021 November 2021 31st Australian Film Institute Awards 11 October 1989 Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia Best Film Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series ABC-TV 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards 1990 The 31st Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1989. The awards ceremony was held at the Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Wednesday 11 October 1989 and broadcast on ABC-TV.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122091557 Streep, Davis vying for AFI awards The Canberra Times 64 19,226 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 11 October 1989 16 November 2021 26 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122091616 'Evil Angels' wins five AFI awards The Canberra Times 64 19,727 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 12 October 1989 16 November 2021 1 National Library of Australia Feature film #eedd82 Best Film Evil Angels — Verity LambertGhosts... of the Civil Dead — Evan English Island — Paul Cox, Santhana Naidu Dead Calm — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best DirectionFred Schepisi — Evil Angels Phillip Noyce — Dead Calm Ben Lewin — Georgia Paul Cox — Island#eedd82 Best Lead Actor Sam Neill — Evil Angels John Hargreaves — Emerald City Mike Bishop — Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Chris Haywood — Island#eedd82 Best Lead Actress Meryl Streep — Evil Angels Judy Davis — Georgia Irene Papas — Island Genevieve Lemon — Sweetie#eedd82 Best Supporting Actor Chris Haywood — Emerald City Bogdan Koca — Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Kim Gyngell — Heaven Tonight John Darling — Sweetie#eedd82 Best Supporting Actress Victoria Longley — Celia Maryanne Fahey — Celia Nicole Kidman — Emerald City Dorothy Barry — Sweetie#eedd82 Best Original Screenplay Gerard Lee, Jane Campion — Sweetie Ben Lewin, Joanna Murray-Smith — Georgia Gene Conkie, Evan English, John Hillcoat — Ghosts... of the Civil Dead Paul Cox — Island#eedd82 Best Adapted Screenplay Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi — Evil Angels Abe Pogos — Compo Terry Hayes — Dead Calm David Williamson — Emerald City#eedd82 Best Cinematography Dead Calm — Dean Semler Emerald City — Paul Murphy Georgia — Yuri Sokol Sweetie — Sally Bongers#eedd82 Best Editing Dead Calm — Richard Francis-Bruce Evil Angels — Jill Bilcock Ghosts... of the Civil Dead — Stewart Young Island — John Scott#eedd82 Best Original Music Score Dead Calm — Graeme Revell Evil Angels — Bruce Smeaton Georgia — Paul Grabowsky Ghosts... of the Civil Dead — Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld#eedd82 Best Sound Dead Calm — Ben Osmo, Lee Smith, Roger Savage Evil Angels — Craig Carter, Terry Rodman, Peter Fenton, Martin Oswin Georgia — John Phillips, Roger Savage, Frank Lipson, Ross Porter Ghosts... of the Civil Dead — Bronwyn Murphy, Rex Watts, Peter Clancy#eedd82 Best Production Design Ghosts... of the Civil Dead — Chris Kennedy Dead Calm — Graham Walker Georgia — Jon Dowding Island — Neil Angwin#eedd82 Best Costume Design What The Moon Saw — Rose Chong Georgia — Aphrodite Kondos Ghosts... of the Civil Dead — Karen Everett Sons of Steel — Gary L. Keady, Nicholas Huxley, Nicola Braithwaite Television #eedd82 Best Telefeature Police State (ABC) — Rod AllanPrejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams Rescue (ABC) — John Edwards Malpractice — Tristram Miall | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Mini SeriesEdens Lost (ABC) — Margaret FinkAct of Betrayal (ABC) — Ray Alchin, Nick Evans Bodysurfer (ABC) — Ross Matthews Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network) — Matt Carroll, Steve Krantz |- | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Achievement in Direction in a TelefeatureRescue (ABC) — Peter FiskMalpractice — Bill Bennett Prejudice (Nine Network) — Ian Munro Police State (ABC) — Chris Noonan | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini SeriesEdens Lost (ABC) — Neil ArmfieldBodysurfer (ABC) — Ian Barry Act of Betrayal (ABC) — Lawrence Gordon Clark This Man, This Woman (ABC) — Paul Moloney |- | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Performance by an Actor in a TelefeatureBill Hunter — Police State (ABC)Bob Baines — Malpractice Gary Sweet — Rescue (ABC) Max Phipps — Police State (ABC) | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Performance by an Actress in a TelefeaturePat Thomson — Malpractice Caz Lederman — Malpractice Grace Parr — Prejudice (Nine Network) Sonia Todd — Rescue (ABC)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini Series Peter Kowitz — Bodysurfer (ABC) Patrick Bergin — Act of Betrayal (ABC) John Jarrett — Fields of Fire III (Nine Network) John Polson — Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series Julia Blake — Edens Lost (ABC) Victoria Longley — Edens Lost (ABC) Lisa Harrow — Act of Betrayal (ABC) Linda Cropper — Edens Lost (ABC)#eedd82 Best Screenplay in a Telefeature Police State (ABC) — Ian David, Francine Finnane Malpractice — Jenny Ainge Rescue (ABC) — Everett De Roche Prejudice (Nine Network) — Pamela Williams#eedd82 Best Screenplay in a Mini Series Bodysurfer (ABC) — Suzanne Hawley, Christopher Lee, Denis Whitburn Edens Lost (ABC) — Michael Gow Act of Betrayal (ABC) — Nick Evans, Michael Chaplin Barlow & Chambers: A Long Way From Home (Nine Network) — Bill Kerby References External links Official AACTA website Category:AACTA Awards ceremonies Category:1989 in Australian cinema