# 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards

The 48th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in Australian cinema and television of 2006, took place on 6 and 7 December 2006 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre and was broadcast on the Nine Network. The main awards presenter lineup included Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Eric Bana, Daniel Radcliffe, Sam Neill and Baz Luhrmann.
The nominations were announced in October 2006 at the Sydney Theater by Richard Roxburgh, Justine Clarke and AFI president, James Hewison. Suburban Mayhem received twelve nominations, closely followed by jindabyne with nine. A new award for Best Visual Effects was introduced in this year.
During the awards ceremony, which was hosted by Geoffrey Rush, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation, and documentaries. Ten Canoes, the first ever movie entirely filmed in Australian Aboriginal languages, won the most awards, taking six from its seven nominations and the Byron Kennedy Award for its director Rolf de Heer.

## Winners and nominees
### Feature Film

| Best Film | Best Direction |
| Ten Canoes – Julie Ryan, Rolf de Heer Candy – Margaret Fink, Emile Sherman Jindabyne – Catherine Jarman Kenny – Clayton Jacobson, Rohan Timlock | Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr – Ten Canoes Ray Lawrence – Jinabyne Clayton Jacobson – Kenny Paul Goldman – Suburban Mayhem |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Rolf de Heer – Ten Canoes Alice Bell – Suburban Mayhem Shane Jacobson, Clayton Jacobson – Kenny Murali K. Thalluri – 2:37 | Luke Davies, Neil Armfield – Candy Beatrix Christian – Jindabyne Reg Cribb – Last Train to Freo Ana Kokkinos, Andrew Bovell – The Book of Revelation |
| Best Lead Actor | Best Lead Actress |
| Shane Jacobson – Kenny Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne Heath Ledger – Candy Steve Le Marquand – Last Train to Freo | Emily Barclay – Suburban Mayhem Abbie Cornish – Candy Laura Linney – Jindabyne Teresa Palmer – 2:37 |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Anthony Hayes – Suburban Mayhem Tom Budge – Last Train to Freo Ronald Jacobson – Kenny Geoffrey Rush – Candy | Susie Porter – The Caterpillar Wish Deborra-Lee Furness – Jindabyne Noni Hazlehurst – Candy Genevieve Lemon – Suburban Mayhem |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Ian Jones ACS – Ten Canoes Will Gibson – Macbeth Robert Humphreys ACS – Suburban Mayhem David Williamson – Jindabyne | Tania Nehme – Ten Canoes Dany Cooper ASE – Candy Stephen Evans – Suburban Mayhem Clayton Jacobson, Sean Lander – Kenny |
| Best Original Music Score | Best Sound |
| Mick Harvey – Suburban Mayhem John Clifford White – Macbeth Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe – Jindabyne Cezary Skubiszewski – The Book of Revelation | James Currie, Tom Heuzenroeder, Michael Bakaloff, Rory McGregor – Ten Canoes Liam Egan, Phil Judd, Steven Jackson-Vaughan – Suburban Mayhem Frank Lipson, John Wilkinson – Macbeth Andrew Plain, Peter Grace, Nada Mikas, Peter Miller, Linda Murdoch, Robert Sullivan – Jindabyne |
| Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| David McKay – Macbeth Robert Cousins – Candy Beverley Freeman – Ten Canoes Nell Hanson – Suburban Mayhem | Jane Johnston – Macbeth Anna Borghesi – The Book of Revelation Melinda Doring – Suburban Mayhem Phill Eagles – Kokoda |

### Television

| Best Drama Series Love My Way: Series 2 – John Edwards, Claudia Karvan, Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel) All Saints: Series 9 – MaryAnne Carroll (Seven Network) Blue Heelers: Series 13 – Gus Howard, David Clarke (Seven Network) McLeod's Daughters: Series 6 – Karl Zwicky, Posie Graeme-Evans (Nine Network) | Best Miniseries or Telefeature RAN – Penny Chapman (SBS) Answered by Fire – Roger Le Mesurier, Andrew Walker (ABC) The Silence – Jan Chapman (ABC) The Surgeon – John Edwards, Judi McCrossin (Network Ten) |
| Best Comedy Series The Chaser's War on Everything – Mark Fitzgerald, Julian Morrow, Andy Nehl (ABC) Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 – David McDonald (Nine Network) Supernova – David Maher, David Taylor, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue (Foxtel) | Best Light Entertainment Television Series Enough Rope with Andrew Denton: Series 4 – Anita Jacoby, Andrew Denton (ABC) RocKwiz: Series 2 – Brian Nankervis, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg, Joe Connor (SBS) Spicks and Specks: Series 2 – Bruce Kane, Anthony Watt (ABC) The Glass House: Season 6 – Ted Robinson (ABC) |
| Children's Television Drama Mortified – Phillip Bowman, Bernadette O'Mahony (Nine Network) Blue Water High: Series 2 – Noel Price, Dennis Kiely (ABC) Deadly – Suzanne Ryan (Nine Network) The Upside Down Show – Michael Bourchier (Nickelodeon) | Best Direction in Television Answered by Fire – Jessica Hobbs (ABC) Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4, Episode 7 – David McDonald (Nine Network) Love My Way: Series 2, Episode 11 "Five Minutes of Fame" – Shirley Barrett (Foxtel) Mortified: Episode 1 "Taylor's DNA" – Pino Amenta (Nine Network) |
| Best Lead Actor – Drama David Wenham – Answered by Fire (ABC) Dan Wyllie – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Charles Passi – RAN (SBS) Richard Roxburgh – The Silence (ABC) | Best Lead Actress – Drama Susie Porter – RAN (SBS) Asher Keddie – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Claudia Karvan – Love My Way: Series 2 (Foxtel) Justine Clarke – The Surgeon (Network Ten) |
| Best Guest or Supporting Actor – Drama Marcus Graham – Blue Heelers: Series 13 (Seven Network) John Waters – All Saints: Series 9 (Seven Network) Aaron Fa'aoso – RAN (SBS) Luke Carroll – RAN (SBS) | Best Guest or Supporting Actress – Drama Saskia Burmeister – Blue Heelers: Series 13 (Seven Network) Margaret Harvey – RAN (SBS) Merwez Whaleboat – RAN (SBS) Emily Barclay – The Silence (ABC) |
| Best Performance in a Television Comedy Andrew Hansen – The Chaser's War on Everything (ABC) Genevieve Morris – Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (Nine Network) Paul McCarthy – Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (Nine Network) Kris McQuade – Supernova (Foxtel) | Best Screenplay in Television RAN: Episode 5 "Blue Hawaii" – Sue Smith (SBS) Love My Way: Series 2, Episode 11 "Five Minutes of Fame" – Jacquelin Perske (Foxtel) Mortified: Episode 1 "Taylor's DNA" – Angela Webber (Nine Network) The Chaser's War on Everything: Series 1, Episode 9 – (ABC) |
| AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft The Forest (for Cinematography) – Joseph H. Pickering Comedy Inc. The Late Shift: Series 4 (for Cinematography) – Rob Meyer RAN (for Cinematography) – Ian Jones ACS RocKwiz (for Sound) – Tim Millikan, Michael Letho and Stephen Witherow ||

### Non-Feature Film

| Best Documentary | Best Direction in a Documentary |
| Hunt Angels – Sue Maslin Raul The Terrible – Carlos Alperin Vietnam Nurses – Beth Frey, Lizzette Atkins Welcome 2 My Deaf World – Sally Ingleton | Raul The Terrible – David Bradbury Hunt Angels – Alec Morgan Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Gillian Armstrong Vietnam Nurses – Polly Watkins |
| Best Cinematography in a Documentary | Best Editing in a Documentary |
| Hunt Angels – Jackie Farkas He's Coming South – Steve Williams Penicillin: The Magic Bullet – James Grant Transit – Anthony Davison | Raul The Terrible – Stewart Young ASE The Archive Project – Uri Mizrahi The Black Road – Lawrie Silvestrin Vietnam Nurses – Tony Stevens |
| Best Sound in a Documentary | Best Short Fiction Film |
| Vietnam Nurses – Livia Ruzic, Mark Tarpey, Keith Thomas, John Willsteed Rampage – Nick Meyers The Archive Project – Martin Friedel, Andrew Plain, Keith Thomas, Emma Bortignon Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Annie Breslin, Gethin Creagh, Paul Finlay, Paul Grabowsky | Stranded – Stuart McDonald Small Boxes – Rene Hernandez The 9:13 – Matthew Phipps The Desert – Glendyn Ivin |
| Best Short Animation | Best Screenplay in a Short Film |
| Gargoyle – Michael Cusack Carnivore Reflux – Eddie White, James Calvert The Astronomer – Kate McCartney The Safe House – Lee Whitmore | Stranded – Kathleen O'Brien A Natural Talent – Louise Fox Paper and Sand – Matt Rubinstein, Ian Kennedy Williams The Safe House – Lee Whitmore |
| AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft ||
| Stranded (for Acting) – Emma Lung A Natural Talent (for Acting) – Skye Wansey End of Town (for Cinematography) – Adam Arkapaw Gargoyle (for Production Design) – JoAnne Bouzianis-Sellick, Greg Sweeney ||

### Additional Awards

| International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking | News Limited Readers' Choice Award |
| Memoirs of a Geisha (Cinematography) – Dion Beebe ACS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Cinematography) – Donald McAlpine ACS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Production Design) – Roger Ford The World's Fastest Indian (Producing / Direction / Screenplay) – Roger Donaldson | Heath Ledger |
| Best Young Actor | Best Visual Effects |
| Marny Kennedy – Mortified Frank Sweet – 2:37 Christian Byers – Opal Dream Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem | Hunt Angels – Rose Draper, Mike Seymour Kokoda – Phil Stuart-Jones Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst – Simon Rippingale, Tim Richter, Nina Gibbs Wicked Science: Series 2, Episode 1 "The Flies" – Barry Lanfranchi, James Maclachlan, Vanessa Magyar |
| International Award for Best Actor | International Award for Best Actress |
| Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain Eric Bana – Munich Hugo Weaving – V for Vendetta Anthony LaPaglia – Winter Solstice | Rachel Griffiths – Six Feet Under Toni Collette – In Her Shoes Naomi Watts – King Kong Radha Mitchell – Silent Hill |

### Individual Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Byron Kennedy Award | Rolf de Heer |
| Raymond Longford Award | Ian Jones (Writer / Producer / Director) |

## Multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations.
* 12 nominations: Suburban Mayhem
* 9 nominations: Jindabyne
* 7 nominations: Ten Canoes and Candy
* 6 nominations: Kenny
* 5 nominations: Macbeth