Animal Kingdom, a perfect 10 at AFI Awards
It was a night of success for Animal Kingdom at last night’s 2010 Samsung AFI Awards; the event’s final year in Melbourne before moving to Sydney went out with the blast of a shotgun as the tale of Melbourne’s underworld criminals won 10 prizes. Glenn Dunks reports.
David Michôd’s film won every major category except Best Supporting Actress, which went to Deborah Mailman for musical Bran Nue Dae. Stuart Beattie took home the statue for Best Adapted Screenplay for his work on Tomorrow, When the War Began, and mentioned he has recently started writing the sequel. Hollywood stars Sam Worthington and Mia Wasikowksa took home the Best International Actor and Actress awards, but the biggest surprise was the win for Contact in Best Documentary.
The TV categories were dominated by Network Ten, which won awards for Rush, Hawke and Offspring (Mailman’s second award for the night), while Catherine McClements beat her co-star, Justine Clarke, to the Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama for Tangle on Foxtel’s Showcase.
These are all the 2010 AFI Awards winners:
BEST FILM
Animal Kingdom
BEST DIRECTION
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
David Michôd, Animal Kingdom
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Stuart Beattie, Tomorrow When the War Began
BEST LEAD ACTOR
Ben Mendelsohn, Animal Kingdom
BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Animal Kingdom
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Deborah Mailman, Bran Nue Dae
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Contact
INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
Sam Worthington, Avatar
INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS
Mia Wasikowska, Alice in Wonderland
YOUNG ACTOR AWARD
Harrison Gilbertson, Beneath Hill 60
READER’S CHOICE AWARD
Animal Kingdom
BEST TELEVISION DRAMA SERIES
Rush (Ten)
BEST TELEFEATURE, MINI SERIES OR SHORT RUN SERIES
Hawke (Ten)
BEST DIRECTION IN TELEVISION
Emma Freedman, Hawke (Ten)
BEST SCREENPLAY IN TELEVISION
Jason Gann, Adam Zwar, Wilfred II
BEST LEAD ACTOR IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Richard Roxburgh, Hawke (Ten)
BEST LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Catherine McClements, Tangle (Showcase)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTOR IN TELEVISION DRAMA
Damien Garvey, Underbelly: The Golden Mile (Nine)
BEST GUEST OR SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN TELEVISION DRAMA
Deborah Mailman, Offspring
The list of AFI Industry Awards winners can be consulted here.
-By Glenn Dunks
Thiswas not, as stated, a list of ALL AFI Award winners. Why did you not publish the full list?
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Michelle, we are making a distinction between the Industry Awards (held on Friday) and the main ceremony (Saturday).
Please check our other news story about the Industry Awards, here:
http://www.encoremagazine.com......wards-6277