2005 Australian Film Institute Awards

2005 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date	25 November 2005 and 26 November 2005
Site	Waterfront City Pavilion and Melbourne Central City Studios, Melbourne, Victoria
Host	Russell Crowe
Highlights
Best Film	Look Both Ways
Most awards	Feature film: Look Both Ways (5) Television: Love My Way (5)
Most nominations	Feature film: Little Fish (13) Television: Love My Way (6)
Television coverage
Network	Nine Network
Viewership	900,000

The 47th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as AFI Awards), were a series of awards which included the AFI Craft Awards and the AFI Awards Ceremony. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2005. The two events were held in Melbourne, Victoria, with the former presentation at the Waterfront City Pavilion, and the latter at the Melbourne Central City Studios, on 25 November and 26 November 2005, respectively. The AFI Awards Ceremony was televised on the Nine Network, with Australian Actor Russell Crowe hosting both this, and the AFI Craft Awards.^[1]

Look Both Ways received the most feature film awards with five, including Best Film and Best Direction. Little Fish and The Proposition collected four awards each. The only other winner was Three Dollars with one for Best Adapted Screenplay. In the television categories, Love My Way won five awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Direction and Best Screenplay. MDA was given two awards. Other television winners were Holly's Heroes, John Safran vs God, The Glass House and The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, with one each.

Ceremony

After poor viewership of the 2004 Awards ceremony, the AFI hired live entertainment promoter Paul Dainty to revamp the event.^[2] This included splitting the awards into two separate events: The AFI Craft Awards and the AFI Awards Ceremony, which were held on the 25 November and 26 November, respectively.^[3] The Craft Awards were presented for technical achievements in feature films, television and non-feature films. The chief executive of the AFI said the reason behind the split was to give "craft nominees more respect, with their own black-tie event."^[4] The decision, however, was met with some criticism from industry members, who felt that they were being undermined and overshadowed by the other non-technical categories.^[5] Australian Screen Editors said the "split undermines the uniquely collaborative nature of filmmaking and sent the wrong message for the next generation of filmmakers."^[6]

Australian actor Russell Crowe was chosen to host the AFI Craft Awards and the AFI Awards Ceremony. Awards at both presentations were handed out on the 25 November and 26 November, respectively. The latter event received a delayed broadcast on Nine Network at 10:55pm, and a five-minute segment dedicated to the Craft Awards was shown.^[3][6] The ceremony drew in an audience of 900,000 viewers.^[7] Crowe's work as host, and the AFI's decision to hire Dainty to produce the event was well received by critics. The Age felt Dainty's involvement in the production of the ceremony "was pivotal to the awards' renaissance", adding that splitting the awards "put an end to the drawn-out ceremonies of years past."^[8] Michaela Boland from Variety praised Crowe for his "charming [and] funny" performance hosting the show.^[9]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced by Australian actors Claudia Karvan and Alex Dimitriades on 21 October 2005 at the Wharf Restaurant in Sydney, New South Wales.^[10] Leading the feature film nominees was Little Fish with thirteen. Love My Way gained the most television nominations with six.^[11]

Feature film

Best Film	Best Direction
Look Both Ways – Bridget Ikin Little Fish – Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts and Richard Keddie Oyster Farmer – Anthony Buckley and Piers Tempest The Proposition – Chris Brown, Jackie O'Sullivan, Chiara Menage and Cat Villiers	Sarah Watt – Look Both Ways Rowan Woods – Little Fish John Hillcoat – The Proposition Greg McLean – Wolf Creek
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Look Both Ways – Sarah Watt Little Fish – Jacqueline Perske The Proposition – Nick Cave Wolf Creek – Greg McLean	Three Dollars – Robert Connolly and Elliot Perlman Hating Alison Ashley – Christine Madafferi The Illustrated Family Doctor – Kriv Stenders and David Snell The Widower – Lyndon Terracini
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
Hugo Weaving – Little Fish as Lionel Dawson William McInnes – Look Both Ways as Nick Guy Pearce – The Proposition as Charlie Burns Ray Winstone – The Proposition as Captain Morris Stanley	Cate Blanchett – Little Fish as Tracy Louise Heart Saskia Burmeister – Hating Alison Ashley as Erica Yurken Justine Clarke – Look Both Ways as Meryl Lee Frances O'Connor – Three Dollars as Tanya Harnovey
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Hayes – Look Both Ways as Andy Walker Martin Henderson – Little Fish as Ray Robert Heart John Hurt – The Proposition as Jellon Lamb Robert Menzies – Three Dollars as Nick	Noni Hazlehurst – Little Fish as Janelle Margaret Heart Tracy Mann – Hating Alison Ashley as Mum Daniela Farinacci – Look Both Ways as Julia Kestie Morassi – Wolf Creek as Kristy Earl
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
The Proposition – Benoît Delhomme Little Fish – Danny Ruhlmann Oyster Farmer – Alun Bollinger Wolf Creek – Will Gibson	Look Both Ways – Denise Haratzis Little Fish – Alexandre de Franceschi and John Scott The Proposition – Jon Gregory Wolf Creek – Jason Ballantine
Best Original Music Score	Best Sound
The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Little Fish – Nathan Larson Three Dollars – Alan John Wolf Creek – François Tétaz	Little Fish – Sam Petty and Peter Grace Look Both Ways – Andrew Plain, Peter Smith and Toivo Lember The Proposition – Tim Alban, Paul Davies and Craig Walmsley Wolf Creek – Des Kenneally, Peter Smith, Pete Best and Tom Heuzenroeder
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
The Proposition – Chris Kennedy Little Fish – Luigi Pittorino Look Both Ways – Rita Zanchetta Three Dollars – Luigi Pittorino	The Proposition – Margot Wilson Hating Alison Ashley – Paul Warren Little Fish – Melinda Doring Look Both Ways – Edie Kurzer

See also

• AACTA Awards

References

1. AFI AWARDS 2005 – WINNERS
2. "Russell Crowe to host AFI Awards". Urban Cinefile. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
3. Urban, Andrew L. (27 November 2005). "AFI Awards - 2005 Winners". Urban Cinefile. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
4. Ziffer, Daniel (22 October 2005). "Three movies chasing the happy endings". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
5. Di Rosso, Jason; Rigg, Julie (25 November 2005). "The week in film". ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
6. Maddox, Garry (24 November 2005). "Nine's AFI 'insult' angers film judge". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 19 August 2013.
7. Di Rosso, Jason; Rigg, Julie (2 December 2005). "The week in film - Movie Time". ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)). Retrieved 20 August 2013.
8. "Drama, suspense and Rusty: awards night back". The Age (Fairfax Media). 27 November 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
9. Michaela Boland (5 December 2005). "Crowe's AFI antics". Variety (Reed Elsevier Inc.). Retrieved 20 August 2013.
10. Pascuzzi, Carmine. "Spotlight - L'Oreal Paris 2005 AFI Awards Nominations". Mediasearch. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
11. "AFI Nominees". The Age (Fairfax Media). 21 October 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2013.

External links

• The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website