It continues Down’s run of awards glory for her semi-autobiographical story of a suburban family coping with the pressures of a child with acute autism.

 

But it wasn’t a clean sweep; Peter Duncan’s Unfinished Sky was also a hit with AFI judges, taking home both lead acting honours for William Mcinnes and Monic Hendrixx, an adapted screenplay gong for Duncan, cinematography honours fo Robert Humphreys ACS, best sound and best music .

 

The full list of L'Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards winners are:

 

AFI International Award for Best Actor

Heath Ledger. The Dark Knight

 

AFI International Award for Best Actress

Cate Blanchett. Elizabeth: The Golden Age

 

L’Oréal Paris AFI Young Actor Award

Danielle Catanzariti. Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger

 

Byron Kennedy Award

Chris Lilley

 

Australia’s Favourite Film

The Castle

 

News Limited Readers’ Choice Award

Hugh Jackman

 

AFI Award for Best Television Comedy Series

Summer Heights High. Chris Lilley & Laura Waters. ABC

 

AFI Award for Best Television Drama Series

Underbelly. Greg Haddrick & Brenda Pam. Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

East West 101. Steve Knapman & Kris Wyld. SBS

 

AFI Award for Best Direction in Television

Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Peter Andrikidis. Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in Television

The Hollowmen (Episode 1, Fat Chance) Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch. ABC

 

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama

Gyton Grantley. Underbelly. Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama

Kat Stewart. Underbelly. Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama

Damian Walshe-Howling. Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama

Madeleine West. Underbelly (Episode 7, Wise Monkeys) Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy

Chris Lilley. Summer Heights High. ABC

 

AFI Award for Best Documentary

Not Quite Hollywood. Craig Griffin & Michael Lynch

 

L’Oréal Paris AFI Award for Best Film

The Black Balloon. Tristram Miall

 

AFI Award for Best Direction

The Black Balloon. Elissa Down

 

Macquarie AFI Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Black Balloon. Elissa Down & Jimmy The Exploder

 

Macquarie AFI Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Unfinished Sky. Peter Duncan

 

AFI Award for Best Lead Actor

William McInnes. Unfinished Sky

 

AFI Award for Best Lead Actress

Monic Hendrickx. Unfinished Sky

 

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor

Luke Ford. The Black Balloon

 

AFI Award for Best Supporting Actress

Toni Collette. The Black Balloon

 

The full list of L'Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Industry Awards presented by Digital Pictures winners:

 

AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

Peter James ACS, ASC

 

AFI Visual Effects Award

H2O – Just Add Water (Series 2). Barry Lanfranchi. Network Ten

 

AFI Raymond Longford Award

Dione Gilmour

 

AFI Award for Best Children’s Television Drama

Blue Water High (Series 3). Noel Price & Dennis Kiely. ABC

 

AFI Award for Best Light Entertainment Television Series

Enough Rope with Andrew Denton. Andrew Denton & Anita Jacoby. ABC

 

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

Steve Evans. Editing – Underbelly. Nine Network

 

AFI Award for Best Cinematography

Unfinished Sky. Robert Humphreys ACS

 

AFI Award for Best Editing

The Black Balloon. Veronika Jenet ASE

 

AFI Award for Best Sound

Unfinished Sky. Andrew Plain, Annie Breslin & Will Ward

 

AFI Award for Best Original Music Score

Unfinished Sky. Antony Partos

 

AFI Award for Best Production Design

Death Defying Acts. Gemma Jackson

 

AFI Award for Best Costume Design

The Tender Hook. Cappi Ireland

 

AFI Award for Best Direction in a Documentary

The Oasis. Ian Darling & Sascha Ettinger Epstein

 

AFI Award for Best Cinematography in a Documentary

A Northern Town. Andrew Commis & Rachel Landers

 

AFI Award for Best Editing in a Documentary

The Oasis. Sally Fryer

 

AFI Award for Best Sound in a Documentary

Rare Chicken Rescue. Brett Aplin, Greg Docwra, John Willsteed & David White

 

AFI Award for Best Short Animation

Dog With Electric Collar. Steve Baker & Damon Escott

 

AFI Award for Best Short Fiction Film

Jerrycan. Stuart Parkyn & Julius Avery

 

AFI Award for Best Screenplay in a Short Film

The Ground Beneath. Rene Hernandez

 

AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft

Xanthe Highfield. Production Design - fOUR