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Nominations for Feature Films

Best Film

• Better than Sex
• Bootmen
• Chopper
• Looking for Alibrandi

Best Achievement in Direction

• Jonathan Teplizky - Better than Sex
• Andrew Dominik - Chopper
• Kate Woods - Looking for Alibrandi
• Pip Karmel - Me, Myself, I

Best Original Screenplay

• Mark Lamprell - My Mother Frank
• Jonathan Teplitzky - Better than Sex
• Pip Karmel - Me, Myself, I
• Stavros Kazantzidis, Allanah Zitserman - Russian Doll

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Andrew Dominik - Chopper
• Melina Marchetta - Looking for Alibrandi
• Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick & Simon Hopkinson - The Magic Pudding

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Julia Blake - Innocence
• Rachel Griffiths - Me, Myself, I
• Pia Miranda - Looking for Alibrandi
• Susie Porter - Better than Sex

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Eric Bana - Chopper
• Steve Bastoni - 15 Amore
• David Wenham - Better than Sex
• Sam Worthington - Bootmen

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Elena Cotta - Looking for Alibrandi
• Sacha Horler - Russian Doll
• Greta Scacchi - Looking for Alibrandi
• Kris McQuade - Better than Sex

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Martin Henderson - Kick
• Simon Lyndon - Chopper
• Sam Neill - My Mother Frank
• Terry Norris - Innocence

Best Achievement in Cinematography

• John Brock - 15 Amore
• Steve Mason - Bootmen
• Geoffrey Hall, Kevin Hayward - Chopper
• Toby Oliver - Looking for Alibrandi

Best Achievement in Editing

• Jane Moran - Bootmen
• Ken Sallows - Chopper
• Martin Connor - Looking for Alibrandi
• Denise Haratzis - Me, Myself, I

Best Original Music Score

• Carlo Giacco - 15 Amore
• David Hirschfelder - Better than Sex
• Cezary Skubiszewski - Bootmen
• Mick Harvey - Chopper

Best Achievement in Production Design

• Tara Kamath - Better than Sex
• Murray Picknett - Bootmen
• Paddy Reardon - Chopper
• Stephen Curtis -Looking for Alibrandi

Best Achievement in Costume Design

• Emma Hamilton Lawes - 15 Amore
• Tess Schofield - Bootmen
• Louise Wakefield - Walk the Talk
• Paul Warren - The Wog Boy

Best Achievement in Sound

• David Lee, Laurence Maddy, Andrew Plain and Ian McLaughlin - Bootmen
• Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham, Steve Burgess and John Schiefelbein - Chopper
• Phil Judd, David Eggins, Julius Chan, Liam Egan and Les Fiddess - The Magic Pudding
• Phil Judd, Bronwyn Murphy, Liam Egan and Julius Chan - A Wreck, A Tangle

Young Actors Award

• Kane McNay - Mallboy

Best Foreign Film

• American Beauty
• Being John Malcovich
• All About My Mother
• The Sixth Sense

Byron Kennedy Award

• Matt Wheeldon & Gary Doust - Popcorn Taxi (Founders)
• Stephen Jenner & David Barda - if Magazine (Publishers)

Raymond Longford Award

• Anthony Buckley AO - Producer

Nominations for Non-Feature Films

Best Documentary

• The Diplomat - Sally Browning & Wilson da Silva
• A Death in the Family - Terry Carlyon & Robyn Miller
• Uncle Chatzkel - Rod Freedman & Emile Sherman
• Stolen Generations - Tom Zubrycki

Best Short Fiction Film

• Confessions of a Headhunter - Sally Riley
• The Extra - Darren Ashton
• Flowergirl - Cate Shortland
• Kulli Foot - Brendan Fletcher

Best Short Animation Film

• Brother - Adam Elliot
• Full Circle - Adam Head
• Leunig: Tricks - Andrew Horne
• The Way of the Birds - Sarah Watt

Best Direction in a Documentary

• The Diplomat - Tom Zybrycki
• A Death in the Family - Terry Carlyon
• Chasing Buddha - Amiel Courtin-Wilson
• Pozieres - Wain Fimeri

Best Screenplay in a Short Fiction Film

• Brother - Adam Elliot
• Confessions of a Headhunter - Sally Riley, Archie Weller
• Gate - Peter Carstairs
• The Other Days of Ruby Rae - Vikki Blanche

Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film

• Breathe - David Burr
• The Night Light - Vincent Taylor
• La Nina - Klaus Toft, Campbell Miller, Wade Fairley, Malcolm Ludgate
• The Letter - Kathyn Milliss

Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film

• The Extra - Louis Byrne-Smith
• The Director - Patrick Hughes
• Thomson of Arnhem Land - Andrea Lang
• Hurt - Jack Rath & Phillip Crawford

Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film

• Intransit - Liam Price
• The Third Note - Paul Miskin
• La Nina - Emma Bortignon, Craig Carter, Mark Street & Bryce Grunden
• Pozieres - Mark Tarpey, Paul Pirola & Livia Ruzic

Open Craft Award

• Phillip Crawford - Hurt, for Concept
• Mike Daly - Intransit, for Special Effects
• Magda Hughes - The Other Days of Ruby Rae, for Acting
• Guy Gross - Uncle Chatzkel, for Original Score

Nominations for Television Drama

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series

• Grass Roots - "Late September"
• Grass Roots - "Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm"
• Grass Roots - "The Whole Year"
• SeaChange - "Hungi Jury"

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long)

• All Saints - "Dead On Time"
• All Saints - "Valley of The Shadow (part 1)"
• Something In The Air - "Movers and Shakers"
• Something In The Air - "We Will Remember Them"

Best Mini-series or Telefeature

• On The Beach
• Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest
• Secret Life of Us
• Waiting at the Royal

Best Children's Television Drama

• Eugenie Sandler P.I - Episode 2
• Eugenie Sandler P.I - Episode 13
• Round The Twist Series 3 - Whirling Derfish
• Thunderstone Series 2 - Episode 13

Best Direction in a Television Drama

• Peter Andrikidis - Grass Roots - The Whole Year
• Ken Cameron - Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest
• Richard Jasek - Something In The Air - We Will Remember Them
• Glenda Hambly - Waiting at the Royal

Best Screenplay in a Television Drama

• Geoffrey Atherden - Grass Roots - Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm
• Geoffrey Atherden - Grass Roots - The Whole Year
• Anne Brooksbank - Halifax f.p: A Person Of Interest
• Katherine Thomson - Something In The Air - We Will Remember Them

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, TV Drama Series

• Geoff Morrell - Grass Roots - Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm
• Geoff Morrell - Grass Roots - The Whole Year
• Rhys Muldoon - Grass Roots - Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm
• Tom Long - SeaChange - How Much Greener Was My Neighbour's Valley

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, TV Drama Series

• Anita Hegh - Stingers - Men In The Dark
• Annie Phelan - Something in the Air - We Will Remember Them
• Rhonda Findleton - Grass Roots - Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm
• Sophie Heathcote - Grass Roots - The Whole Year

Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature or Miniseries

• Andy Anderson - Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest
• Simon Baker - Secret Men's Business
• Nicholas Eadie - Halifax f.p: A Hate Worse Than Death
• Joel Edgerton - The Secret Life of Us

Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Miniseries

• Jo Kennedy - Waiting at the Royal
• Essie Davis - Halifax f.p: The Spider and The Fly
• Rebecca Gibney - Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest
• Noni Hazelhurst - Waiting At The Royal

Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role, TV Drama Series

• Aaron Blabey - Stingers - Second Chance
• Daniel Daperis - Stingers - Forced Perspective
• David Field - Grass Roots - Late September
• Chris Haywood - Stingers - Men In The Dark

Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role, TV Drama Series

• Deborra-lee Furness - SeaChange - Hungi Jury
• Natalia Novikova - SeaChange - How Much Greener Was My Neighbours Valley
• Lois Ramsey - Grass Roots - Late September

Open Craft in Television

• Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest - Brent Crockett ACS for Cinematography
• Beastmaster - The Last Unicorn - Mark Wareham for Cinematography
• On The Beach - Martin McGrath for Cinematography
• On The Beach - Sally Shepherd for set design