2004 Australian Film Institute Awards | |
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Date | 29 October 2004 |
Site | Regent Theatre, Melbourne |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Somersault |
Best Direction | Cate Shortland Somersault |
Best Actor | Sam Worthington Somersault |
Best Actress | Abbie Cornish Somersault |
Supporting Actor | Erik Thomson Somersault |
Supporting Actress | Lynette Curran Somersault |
Most awards | Feature film: Somersault (13) |
Most nominations | Feature film: Somersault (15) Television: Marking Time (10) |
Television coverage | |
Network | ABC |
The 46th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as AFI Awards), were a series of awards presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI). The awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2004. The event was held at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne, on 29 October 2004 and a highlights program televised on ABC two days later on Sunday evening.[1][2]
Winners and nominees
[edit]The nominations were announced on 1 October 2004. Leading the feature film nominees was Somersault with 15 nominations in 13 categories. Marking Time, a miniseries inspired by the real-life experiences of Afghan refugees and their hosts in a rural town gained the most television nominations with 10, followed by sitcom Kath & Kim with 7 nominations.[2][3][4][5]
Cate Shortland's debut feature Somersault, about a teenage girl learning some hard lessons about love in Jindabyne took 13 awards, winning in every category, including best film and beating the previous record of eight wins shared by Lantana in 2001 and Newsfront in 1978. In the television category the ABC miniseries Marking Time won seven awards out of its 10 nominations, including best miniseries, best direction, best screenplay, and best leading and supporting actor and actress.[6][7]
Feature Film
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[edit]Non-feature film
[edit]Best Documentary | Best Direction in a Documentary |
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Best Short Fiction Film | Best Short Animation |
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Best Screenplay in a Short Film | Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film |
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Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film | Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film |
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Additional Awards
[edit]Young Actor's Award | Best Foreign Film |
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Individual Awards
[edit]Award | Winner |
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Byron Kennedy Award | John Clarke |
Raymond Longford Award | Patricia Lovell |
Global Achievement Award | Naomi Watts |
Multiple nominations
[edit]The following films received multiple nominations.
- 15 nominations: Somersault
- 12 nominations: Tom White
- 8 nominations: One Perfect Day
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Boland, Michaela (29 October 2004). "'Somersault' cast and crew head over heels". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Somersault dominates AFI nominations". The Age. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Winners & Nominees". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Somersault set for clean sweep of AFIs". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ George, Sandy (1 October 2004). "Somersault smashes AFI nominations record". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "AFI flips over 'Somersault'". ABC News. 29 October 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "AFI falls for Somersault". The Age. 30 October 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2024.