1988 Australian Film Institute Awards

1988 AFI Awards
1988 AFI Awards
Date	10 October 1988
Highlights
Best Film	The Navigator
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The 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1988.^[1]^[2] Twenty six films were entered for the feature film categories.^[3]

Feature film

Best Film The Navigator — John Maynard Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Frank Howson Grievous Bodily Harm — Richard Brennan Mullaway — D. Howard Grigsby	Best Direction Vincent Ward — The Navigator Pino Amenta — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Craig Lahiff — Fever Don McLennan — Mullaway
Best Lead Actor John Waters — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Sean Scully — Phobia Mark Lee — The Everlasting Secret Family Hamish McFarlane — The Navigator	Best Lead Actress Nadine Garner — Mullaway Rosey Jones — Afraid to Dance Wendy Hughes — Boundaries of the Heart Jo Kennedy — Tender Hooks
Best Supporting Actor Kim Gyngell — Boulevard of Broken Dreams Bruno Lawrence — Grievous Bodily Harm John Meillon — The Everlasting Secret Family Paul Livingston — The Navigator	Best Supporting Actress Tina Bursill — Jilted Julie Nihill — Boundaries of the Heart Mary Coustas — Mullaway Sue Jones — Mullaway
Best Cinematography The Navigator — Geoffrey Simpson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — David Connell Grievous Bodily Harm — Ellery Ryan The Lighthorsemen — Dean Semler	Best Editing The Navigator — John Scott Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Philip Reid Grievous Bodily Harm — Marc van Buuren The Dreaming — Suresh Ayyar
Best Original Music Score The Lighthorsemen — Mario Millo Fever — Frank Strangio Incident at Raven's Gate — Graham Tardif, Roman Kronen Where the Outback Ends — Andrew Hagen, Morton Wilson	Best Sound The Lighthorsemen — Lloyd Carrick, Craig Carter, Peter Burgess, James Currie, Phil Heywood, Peter D. Wood Dangerous Game — Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Martin Oswin Rikky and Pete — Roger Savage, Lloyd Carrick, Frank Lipson, Craig Carter, Chris Goldsmith, Ross Chambers The Man From Snowy River II — Terry Rodman, David Harrison, Ron Purvis, Tim Chau, Peter Burgess, Gary Wilkins
Best Production Design The Navigator — Sally Campbell Dangerous Game — Igor Nay Incident at Raven's Gate — Judith Russell Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Sean Peter Miller	Best Costume Design The Navigator — Glenys Jackson Boulevard of Broken Dreams — Cheryl McCloud Mullaway — Jeanie Cameron Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds — Angela Tonks, Mathu Anderson

Television

Best Telefeature A Matter of Convenience (ABC) — Noel Price Fragments of War (Network Ten) — Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller Olive (ABC) — Richard Brennan Sisterly Love (ABC) — Peter Du Cane	Best Mini Series The True Believers (ABC) — Sandra Levy, Matt Carroll The Alien Years (ABC) — Ray Alchin Captain James Cook (ABC) — Ray Alchin Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) — Anthony Buckley
Best Achievement in Direction in a Telefeature *Ben Lewin — A Matter of Convenience* (ABC)** Ken Cameron — The Clean Machine (Network Ten) George Ogilvie — Princess Kate (ABC) Stephen Wallace — Olive (ABC)	Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini Series *Peter Fisk — The True Believers* (ABC)** Donald Crombie — The Alien Years (ABC) Lawrence Gordon Clark — Captain James Cook (ABC) George Whaley — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature *Ernie Dingo — A Waltz Through the Hills* (Nine Network)** Nicholas Eadie — Fragments of War (Network Ten) John Hargreaves — The Lizard King (ABC) Nick Tate — Olive (ABC)	Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature *Kerry McGuire — Olive* (ABC)** Maggie King — Sisterly Love (ABC) Judith Stratford — Custody Joan Sydney — Sisterly Love (ABC)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini Series *Ed Devereaux — The True Believers* (ABC)** Simon Chilvers — The True Believers (ABC) Shane Connor — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Keith Michell — Captain James Cook (ABC)	Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini Series *Anne Phelan — Poor Man's Orange* (Network Ten)** Tushka Bergen — Always Afternoon (ABC) Kaarin Fairfax — Poor Man's Orange (Network Ten) Victoria Longley — The Alien Years (ABC)

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Cane Toads, An Unnatural History — Mark Lewis, Film Australia Riding the Gale — Kim Batterham, Genni Batterham South of the Border — David Bradbury Thanks Girls and Goodby — Sue Maslin, Sue Hardisty	Best Short Fiction Film Cherith — Shirley Barrett, Alexander Sharp (AFTRS) Boss Boy — George Viscas (Swinburne) Rabbit on the Moon — Monica Pellizzari (AFTRS) The Seannachie — Lynn Hegarty (Swinburne)
Best Short Animation Where the Forest Meets the Sea — Jeannie Baker (Film Australia) A Craven — Anne Algar (Swinburne) Feathers And Fools — Penny Robenstone (Film Victoria) Home Sweet Home — Simone Lindhout (Swinburne)	Best Experimental Film A Song of Air — Jane Karslake, Merilee Bennett Bad Rocks — David Stranger Delirium — Kathy Smith Phantasmagoria — Colin Hawke
Best Direction in a Non-Feature Film	Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film	Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film

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References

↑ "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews . 18 (6). New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "IN BRIEF 'Navigator' sails in". The Canberra Times . 63 (19, 363). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews . 18 (6). New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "And the losers are ..." Filmnews . 18 (10). New South Wales, Australia. 1 November 1988. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.

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[1] "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews . 18 (6). New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[2] "IN BRIEF 'Navigator' sails in". The Canberra Times . 63 (19, 363). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews . 18 (6). New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.

[4] "And the losers are ..." Filmnews . 18 (10). New South Wales, Australia. 1 November 1988. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2021– via National Library of Australia.

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