Media Release from the Australian Film Institute
The 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards have yielded a superb selection of short fiction film, short animation and feature length documentary entries and the nominees in these categories, as decided by juries of respected industry professionals, represent an exciting and diverse selection of Australian screen craft.
It is with great pleasure that the Australian Film Institute announces the nominees for the following AFI Awards categories.
The nominees are:
AFI AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Contact. Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Inside The Firestorm. Lucy Maclaren, Alex West
The Snowman. Rachel Landers, Dylan Blowen
Strange Birds In Paradise – A West Papuan Story. Jamie Nicolai, John Cherry
At the juries’ discretion two nominees have been determined in this award category for 2010.
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION
The Lost Thing. Sophie Byrne, Andrew Ruhemann, Shaun Tan
Zero. Christine Kezelos, Christopher Kezelos
AFI AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
Deeper Than Yesterday. Benjamin Gilovitz, Sarah Cyngler, Anna Kojevnikov, Ariel Kleiman
The Kiss. Sonya Humphrey, Ashlee Page
The Love Song Of Iskra Prufrock. Lyn Norfor, Lucy Gaffy
Suburbia. Richard Halsted, Antonio Oreña-Barlin
The 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Screenings will be held in Melbourne and Sydney from late August. A unique showcase of outstanding and diverse Australian filmmaking, the program will encompass the above nominees and the feature films in contention for the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards.
The short animation and short fiction film nominees will be available for all AFI members on AFI TV during the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Screenings period. For further information or to download AFI TV today please visit afi.org.au/afitv.
The feature film contenders for the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards will be announced in coming weeks.
The nominees in the remaining non-feature film categories will be announced at the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards Nominations Announcement in October.
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) is Australia’s foremost screen culture organisation and has recognised and celebrated excellence in Australian film and television for over 50 years.