2001 Australian Film Institute Awards

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2001 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date16 November 2001
Site Melbourne Exhibition Buildings
Highlights
Best Film Lantana
Best Direction Ray Lawrence
Lantana
Best Actor Anthony LaPaglia
Lantana
Best Actress Kerry Armstrong
Lantana
Supporting Actor Vince Colosimo
Lantana
Supporting Actress Rachael Blake
Lantana
Most awardsFeature film: Lantana (7)
Most nominationsFeature film: Lantana (13)
Television: SeaChange (9)

The 43rd Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the 2001 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 2001. The ceremony took place at the Melbourne Exhibition Buildings on 16 November 2001. [1]

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Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 27 October 2001. Leading the feature film nominees was Lantana, based on the play Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell, with a total of 13 nominations. It was nominated in every category except for Best Cinematography. [2] [3] The ABC drama SeaChange, about a city lawyer who relocates to the coastal town of Pearl Bay and becomes a local magistrate, gained the most television nominations with a total of nine. [4]

Two new awards were introduced this year; the AFI Screenwriting Prize, sponsored by Harper's Bazaar magazine and the only award that carried a cash prize (A$10,000), and an award for Global Achievement. [5]

Ray Lawrence's psychological thriller, Lantana, exploring complex relationships between characters in the film, received the most awards for any production, securing all seven top awards. Kerry Armstrong won the Best Actress Award for her performance in the film, and in an unprecedented occurrence, also won Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for her role in SeaChange. [5] In the television category SeaChange, The Secret Life of Us ,My Brother Jack and My Husband, My Killer all secured two awards apiece. [6]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Feature film

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

Best Episode in a Television Drama Series Best Episode in a Long Running Television Drama Series
  • Something in the Air : Episode 224 "That One Defining Moment" (ABC) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson and Alan Hardy
    • All Saints : Series 4, Episode 22 "The Sign" (Seven Network) – Di Drew
    • Something in the Air: Episode 227 "Into Thy Hands" (ABC) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson and Alan Hardy
    • Something in the Air: Episode 244 "Living in the Past" (ABC) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson and Alan Hardy
Best Children's Television Drama Best Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama
Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama
Best Lead Actor in a Tele-feature or Mini Series Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series
Best Direction Best Screenplay

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Best Direction in a Documentary
Best Short Fiction Film Best Short Animation
  • Living with HappinessSarah Watt
    • Bad Baby Amy – Anthony Lucas
    • The Collective – Norah Mulroney
    • The Exploding Woman – Nancy Allen
Best Screenplay in a Short FilmBest Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
Best Editing in a Non-Feature FilmBest Sound in a Non-Feature Film
  • Emma Hay – Secret Safari
    • Melanie Sandford – Australians At War: "Episode 3"
    • Rebecca Murphy – Rubber Gloves
    • Merlin Cornish and Robert Forsyth – Stump

Additional Awards

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

Individual Awards

AwardWinner
Byron Kennedy Award Ian David
Raymond Longford Award David Stratton
Global Achievement Award Russell Crowe
AFI Screenwriting Prize Andrew Bovell

Multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations.

Notes

1. ^ The AACTA website (incorrectly) lists Greta Scacchi as the winner of Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series as opposed to Angie Milliken.

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