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Nominations for Feature Films

Byron Kennedy Award

• Alison Barrett
• Arthur Cambridge

Best Film

• The Interview - Bill Hughes
• The Boys - Robert Connolly, John Maynard
• Head On - Jane Scott
• Radiance - Ned Lander, Andrew Myer

Best Achievement in Direction

• The Boys - Rowan Woods
• Head On - Ana Kokkinos
• The Interview - Craig Monahan
• Radiance - Rachel Perkins

Best Original Screenplay

• The Interview - Craig Monahan, Gordon Davie
• Amy - David Parker
• Dance Me to My Song - Heather Rose, Frederick Stahl, Rolf de Heer
• Dead Letter Office - Deborah Cox

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source

• The Boys - Stephen Sewell
• Head On - Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos, Mira Robertson
• Oscar and Lucinda - Laura Jones
• Radiance - Louis Nowra

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Radiance - Deborah Mailman
• Amy - Rachel Griffiths
• The Boys - Lynette Curran
• Oscar and Lucinda - Cate Blanchett

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• The Interview - Hugo Weaving
• The Boys - David Wenham
• Head On - Alex Dimitriades
• In the Winter Dark - Ray Barrett

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• The Boys - Toni Collette
• Dance Me to My Song - Rena Owen
• In the Winter Dark - Miranda Otto
• Terra Nova - Angela Punch McGregor

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• The Boys - John Polson
• The Boys - Anthony Hayes
• Head On - Paul Capsis
• A Little Bit of Soul - Geoffrey Rush

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• Oscar and Lucinda - Geoffrey Simpson
• The Boys - Tristan Milani
• In the Winter Dark - Martin McGrath
• The Interview - Simon Duggan

Best Achievement in Editing

• Head On - Jill Bilcock
• The Boys - Nicholas Meyers
• The Interview - Suresh Ayyar
• Radiance - James Bradley

Best Original Music Score

• Oscar and Lucinda - Thomas Newman
• The Boys - "The Necks"
• Head On - Ollie Olsen
• The Interview - David Hirschfelder

Best Achievement in Production Design

• Oscar and Lucinda - Luciana Arrighi
• Dead Letter Office - Chris Kennedy
• The Interview - Richard Bell
• Radiance - Sarah Stollman

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Oscar and Lucinda - Janet Patterson
• The Boys - Annie Marshall
• Head On - Anna Borghesi
• The Sound of One Hand Clapping - Aphrodite Kondos

Best Achievement in Sound

• Oscar and Lucinda - Andrew Plain, Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh
• The Boys - Sam Petty, Peter Grace, Phil Judd
• Head On - Carrick, Lloyd, Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Livia Ruzic
• The Interview - Peter Palanki, Stephen Witherow, John Wilkinson, Pete Smith

Best Foreign Film

• L.A. Confidential
• The Full Monty
• The Ice Storm
• Kundun

Nominations for Non-Feature Films

Best Documentary

• The Dragons of Galapagos
• Mohamed Ali's Happy Day Feast
• Paying for the Piper
• Urban Clan

Best Short Fiction Film

• Two/Out - Stenders, Kriv

Best Short Animation Film

• Vengeance - Wendy Chandler

Best Direction in a Documentary

• The Big House - David Goldie

Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film

• Mate - Clary, Evan

Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film

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Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film

• Urban Clan - Gissing, Michael

Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film

• Box - Chase, Cath

Open Craft Award

• After Mabo - John Hughes, Mizrahi, Uri for visual design

Nominations for Television Drama

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama

• Kings in Grass Castles - Stephen Dillane
• SeaChange - David Wenham, for episode "Balls and Friggin' Good Luck".
• Wildside" - Tony Martin
• Halifax fp: Afraid of the Dark - Shane Feeney-Connor

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama

• Rachael Blake, "Wildside" - episode #20
• Sophie Heathcote, "Raw FM" - episode "Raw 'n Sore"
• Rebecca Gibney, "Halifax fp: Afraid of the Dark"
• Claudia Karvan, "Never Tell Me Never"

Best Screenplay in a Television Drama

• Wildside - Tim Pye, for episode #17.
• SeaChange - Deborah Cox, for episode "Stormy Weather".
• Halifax fp: Afraid of the Dark - Roger Simpson
• Violent Earth, The - Peter Gawler, Tony Ayres

Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama

• Wildside - Peter Andrikidis, for episode #17.
• Blabbermouth &amp Stickybeak - Kemp, Julian
• Halifax fp: Afraid of the Dark - Steve Jodrell
• The Violent Earth - Michael Offer

Best Mini-Series or Telefeature

• Wildside - Steve Knapman
• Halifax fp: Afraid of the Dark - Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Terry Jennings
• Never Tell Me Never - David Elfick, Anne Bruning
• The Violent Earth - Jock Blair, David Rouse, Bruce Gordon

Best Childrens Television Drama

• Blabbermouth &amp Stickybeak - Ann Darrouzet
• Mirror, Mirror II - Andrew Blaxland, Dave Gibson, for episode "Shipwreck".
• Ocean Girl 4 - Jonathan M. Shiff, for episode #2.
• Ocean Girl 4 - Jonathan M. Shiff, for episode #3.

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series

• Wildside - Steve Knapman, for episode #17.
• Blue Heelers - Riccardo Pellizzeri, for episode "Collateral Damage"
• Good Guys Bad Guys - Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, John Wild, for episode "Dog People"
• SeaChange - Sally Ayre-Smith, for episode "Stormy Weather"

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long)

• Home and Away - Russell Webb, for episode #2413.
• All Saints - Jo Porter, for episode #20.
• All Saints - Jo Porter, for episode #6.
• Home and Away - Russell Webb, for episode #2197.

Young Actors Award: Television

• Paul Pantano for the Water Rats episode "Romeo is Bleeding"

Raymond Longford Award Winner:

• Charles 'Bud' Tingwell