2002 Australian Film Institute Awards

2002 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date7 December 2002
SitePrincess Theatre, Melbourne
Highlights
Best FilmRabbit-Proof Fence
Best DirectionIvan Sen
Beneath Clouds
Best ActorDavid Gulpilil
The Tracker
Best ActressMaria Theodorakis
Walking on Water
Supporting ActorNathaniel Dean
Walking on Water
Supporting ActressJudi Farr
Walking on Water
Most awardsFeature film: Walking on Water (5)
Most nominationsFeature film: Rabbit-Proof Fence (10)
Television: The Secret Life of Us (5)
Television coverage
NetworkNetwork Ten

The 44th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the 2002 AFI Awards), were a series of awards presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI). The awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2002. The ceremony took place at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne and was televised by Network Ten.

Winners and nominees

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The nominations were announced on 19 October 2002. Leading the feature film nominees was Rabbit-Proof Fence with a total of ten nominations.[1] All four of the Best Film nominees featured Indigenous subjects.[2] The Secret Life of Us, Network Ten's drama about a group of friends who live in a St Kilda, gained the most television nominations with five.[3]

Tony Ayres' directorial debut, Walking on Water, exploring the grief, tenderness, stupidity and humour that arises from death, received five awards, the most for any production. In the television category, the small-screen movie The Road From Coorain, an adaptation of Jill Ker Conway's memoir of the same name, won four awards.[4][5][6]

Controversies

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The decision to allow the unreleased drama Swimming Upstream to receive five award nominations was met with great dismay by other entrants. The distributors of all four nominees for best film were quoted as being "angry" and "disappointed" that the nominations include a film without a cinema release by the cut-off date of 26 September 2002. Another film, Garage Days, also received three nominations despite being released a week after the deadline.[7]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Feature film

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Best Film Best Direction
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography Best Editing
Best Original Music Score Best Sound
Best Production Design Best Costume Design

Television

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Best Drama Series Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Lead Actor Best Lead Actress
Best Guest or Supporting Actor Best Guest or Supporting Actress
Best Direction Best Screenplay
Best Children's Television Drama

Non-feature film

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Best Documentary Best Direction in a Documentary
Best Short Fiction Film Best Short Animation
  • The Host – Nicholas Tomnay
    • Eve of Adha – Leonard Yip
    • Into the Night – Tony Krawitz
    • RoundaboutRachel Griffiths
  • Shhh… – Adam Robb
    • Into the Dark – Dennis Tupicoff
    • Pa – Neil Goodridge
    • Show and TellMark Gravas
Best Screenplay in a Short Film Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
  • Cath Moore – Into the Night
    • Leonard Yip – Eve of Adha
    • Ben Chessell – The Only Person in the World
    • Matthew Hawkins – The Shot
  • Denson Baker – Jack
    • Valeriu Campan – East Timor, Birth of a Nation: Rosa's Story
    • Tristan Milani ACS – Roundabout
    • Simon Smith – Surviving Shepherd's Pie
Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film
  • Uri Mizrahi – Rainbow Bird and Monster Man
    • Terrence Doran – East Timor, Birth of a Nation: Rosa's Story
    • Merlin Cornish – Jack
    • Geordie Anderson – Roundabout
  • Robert Sullivan and Nigel Christensen – Shadow Play
    • Shannon O'Neill – Beginnings
    • George Craig, Paul Pirola and Skye Ritchie – Roundabout
    • Sam Petty – Two Thirds Sky: Artists in Desert Country

Additional Awards

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Young Actor's Award Best Foreign Film
Open Craft AFI Award Television Open Craft AFI Award Non Feature Film

Individual Awards

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Award Winner
Byron Kennedy Award Rachel Perkins
Raymond Longford Award Patricia Edgar
Global Achievement Award Mel Gibson
AFI Screenwriting Prize Ivan Sen

Multiple nominations

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The following films received multiple nominations.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ George, Sandy (18 October 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence scoops 10 AFI nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Indigenous stories dominate AFI nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Winners & Nominees". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  4. ^ George, Sandy (9 December 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence triumphs at last Down Under". Screen Daily. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Gulpilil, 'Fence' take honours". The Age. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "AFI Awards". The Age. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  7. ^ "And the nominees are ... not yet released". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 October 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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