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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

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