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
