1988 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film and television award ceremony November 2021 November 2021 30th Australian Film Institute Awards 10 October 1988 Best Film The Navigator Best Drama Series Best Comedy Series 1987 Australian Film Institute Awards 1989 The 30th Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1988.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879063 AFI Awards strong field Filmnews 18 6 New South Wales, Australia 1 July 1988 21 November 2021 3 National Library of Australiahttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102013808 IN BRIEF 'Navigator' sails in The Canberra Times 63 19,363 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 11 October 1988 21 November 2021 3 National Library of Australia Twenty six films were entered for the feature film categories.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213879063 AFI Awards strong field Filmnews 18 6 New South Wales, Australia 1 July 1988 21 November 2021 3 National Library of Australia The 1988 AFI Awards attracted controversy, including for the lack of television broadcast and an Australian Writers' Guild boycott which resulted in the AFI withdrawing the screenplay categories.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213878291 And the losers are ... Filmnews 18 10 New South Wales, Australia 1 November 1988 21 November 2021 7 National Library of Australia Cinematographer Russell Boyd received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement and director George Ogilvie the Byron Kennedy Award. Feature film #eedd82 Best Film The Navigator — John MaynardBoulevard of Broken Dreams — Frank Howson Grievous Bodily Harm — Richard Brennan Mullaway — D. Howard Grigsby | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best DirectionVincent Ward — The Navigator Pino Amenta — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Craig Lahiff — Fever Don McLennan — Mullaway#eedd82 Best Lead Actor John Waters — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Sean Scully — Phobia Mark Lee — The Everlasting Secret Family Hamish McFarlane — The Navigator#eedd82 Best Lead Actress Nadine Garner — Mullaway Rosey Jones — Afraid to Dance Wendy Hughes — Boundaries of the Heart Jo Kennedy — Tender Hooks#eedd82 Best Supporting Actor Kim Gyngell — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Bruno Lawrence — Grievous Bodily Harm John Meillon — The Everlasting Secret Family Paul Livingston — The Navigator#eedd82 Best Supporting Actress Tina Bursill — Jilted Julie Nihill — Boundaries of the Heart Mary Coustas — Mullaway Sue Jones — Mullaway#eedd82 Best Cinematography The Navigator — Geoffrey Simpson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — David Connell Grievous Bodily Harm — Ellery Ryan The Lighthorsemen — Dean Semler#eedd82 Best Editing The Navigator — John Scott Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Philip Reid Grievous Bodily Harm — Marc van Buuren The Dreaming — Suresh Ayyar#eedd82 Best Original Music Score The Lighthorsemen — Mario Millo Fever — Frank Strangio Incident at Raven's Gate — Graham Tardif, Roman Kronen Where the Outback Ends — Andrew Hagen, Morton Wilson#eedd82 Best Sound The Lighthorsemen — Lloyd Carrick, Craig Carter, Peter Burgess, James Currie, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Wood Dangerous Game — Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin Oswin Rikky and Pete — Roger Savage, Lloyd Carrick, Frank Lipson, Craig Carter, Chris Goldsmith, Ross Chambers The Man From Snowy River II — Terry Rodman, David Harrison, Ron Purvis, Tim Chau, Peter Burgess, Gary Wilkins#eedd82 Best Production Design The Navigator — Sally Campbell Dangerous Game — Igor Nay Incident at Raven's Gate — Judith Russell Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Sean Peter Miller#eedd82 Best Costume Design The Navigator — Glenys Jackson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Cheryl McCloud Mullaway — Jeanie Cameron Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Angela Tonks, Mathu Anderson Television #eedd82 Best Telefeature A Matter of Convenience (ABC) — Noel Price Fragments of War (Network Ten) — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller Olive (ABC) — Richard Brennan Sisterly Love (ABC) — Peter Du Cane#eedd82 Best Mini Series The True Believers (ABC) — Sandra Levy, Matt Carroll The Alien Years (ABC) — Ray Alchin Captain James Cook (ABC) — Ray Alchin Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) — Anthony Buckley#eedd82 Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature Ben Lewin — A Matter of Convenience (ABC) Ken Cameron — The Clean Machine (Network Ten) George Ogilvie — Princess Kate (ABC) Stephen Wallace — Olive (ABC)#eedd82 Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini Series Peter Fisk — The True Believers (ABC) Donald Crombie — The Alien Years (ABC) Lawrence Gordon Clark — Captain James Cook (ABC) George Whaley — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature Ernie Dingo — A Waltz Through the Hills (Nine Network) Nicholas Eadie — Fragments of War (Network Ten) John Hargreaves — The Lizard King (ABC) Nick Tate — Olive (ABC)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature Kerry McGuire — Olive (ABC) Maggie King — Sisterly Love (ABC) Judith Stratford — Custody Joan Sydney — Sisterly Love (ABC)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini Series Ed Devereaux — The True Believers (ABC) Simon Chilvers — The True Believers (ABC) Shane Connor — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Keith Michell — Captain James Cook (ABC)#eedd82 Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series Anne Phelan — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Tushka Bergen — Always Afternoon (ABC) Kaarin Fairfax — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Victoria Longley — The Alien Years (ABC) Non-feature film #eedd82 Best Documentary Cane Toads, An Unnatural History — Mark Lewis, Film AustraliaRiding the Gale — Kim Batterham, Genni Batterham South of the Border — David Bradbury Thanks Girls and Goodby — Sue Maslin, Sue Hardisty | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Short Fiction FilmCherith — Shirley Barrett, Alexander Sharp (AFTRS)Boss Boy — George Viscas (Swinburne) Rabbit on the Moon — Monica Pellizzari (AFTRS) The Seannachie — Lynn Hegarty (Swinburne) |- | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Short AnimationWhere the Forest Meets the Sea — Jeannie Baker (Film Australia)A Craven — Anne Algar (Swinburne) Feathers And Fools — Penny Robenstone (Film Victoria) Home Sweet Home — Simone Lindhout (Swinburne) | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Experimental FilmA Song of Air — Jane Karslake, Merilee BennettBad Rocks — David Stranger Delirium — Kathy Smith Phantasmagoria — Colin Hawke |- | valign="top" width="50%" | #eedd82 Best Direction in a Non-Feature FilmMonica Pellizzari — Rabbit On The Moon Danae Gunn, Jayne Stevenson — The Invisible Girl John Hughes — All That is Solid Hugh Piper — Riding the Gale#eedd82 Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film Philip Bull — South of the Border Jim Frazier, Wayne Taylor — Cane Toads, An Unnatural History John Maruff — Green Lief Peedersen — Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em#eedd82 Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film Lindsay Frazer — Cane Toads, An Unnatural History Merilee Bennett — A Song of Air Scott Patterson, Neill Gibbie — Sleepwalker Denise Hunter — South of the Border#eedd82 Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film John Patterson, Annie Cocksedge, David Bradbury — South Of The Border Rodney Simmons, George Hart — COO-EE Liam Egan, Michelle Cattle, Geoffrey Stitt — Crane Philip Brophy, Ian Haig, Pillip Samartzis — Salt, Saliva, Sperm and Sweat References External links Official AACTA website Category:AACTA Awards ceremonies Category:1988 in Australian cinema