[Press Release by Kerry O’Brien Publicity]
The L’Oréal Paris AFI Industry Awards presented by Digital Pictures were held on Friday December 5, at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre. In a year which celebrates 50 Years of the AFI Awards, over 700 members of the Australian film and television industry attended the event, which was hosted by Julia Zemiro.
The L’Oréal Paris AFI Industry Awards recognise the talent and innovation of artists working behind the camera and behind the scenes in the Australian film and television industry. The night celebrates excellence and achievement across feature film, non-feature and television categories.
Winners in the AFI Feature Film Industry Awards categories include Unfinished Sky for Best Cinematography, Best Sound and Best Original Music Score; The Black Balloon for Best Editing; The Tender Hook for Best Costume Design and Death Defying Acts for Best Production Design.
The AFI Raymond Longford Award was presented to one of the world’s leading nature documentary makers Dione Gilmour. This award is reserved for an individual that has demonstrated an unwavering commitment over many years to excellence in the film and television industries and has through their body of work, contributed to the enrichment of Australian culture.
Acclaimed cinematographer Peter James ACS, ASC was honoured with the AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. This is a career-based award recognising the work of Australians in film and television produced internationally.
The AFI Industry Awards in the television category saw Blue Water High win Best Children’s Television Drama and ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton take the honour for Best Light Entertainment Television Series. The AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft was awarded to Steve Evans for Editing on Underbelly.
The full list of L’Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Industry Awards presented by Digital Pictures winners are:
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