2003 Australian Film Institute Awards

• Japanese Story – Sue Maslin, Sue Brooks and Alison Tilson
• Alexandra's Project – Julie Ryan and Domenico Procacci
• Gettin' Square – Martin Fabinyi, Tim White and Trish Lake
• The Rage in Placid Lake – Marian Macgowan

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• Sue Brooks – Japanese Story
• Paul Moloney – Crackerjack
• Jonathan Teplitzky – Gettin' Square
• Gregor Jordan – Ned Kelly

• Japanese Story – Alison Tilson
• Crackerjack – Mick Molloy and Richard Molloy
• Gettin' Square – Chris Nyst
• Travelling Light – Kathryn Millard

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• The Rage in Placid Lake – Tony McNamara
• Blurred – Stephen Davis and Kier Shorey
• Ned Kelly – John Michael McDonaugh
• Teesh and Trude – Vanessa Lomma

• David Wenham – Gettin' Square
• Timothy Spall – Gettin' Square
• Gotaro Tsunashima – Japanese Story
• Heath Ledger – Ned Kelly

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• Toni Collette – Japanese Story
• Helen Buday – Alexandra's Project
• Susie Porter – Teesh and Trude
• Rose Byrne – The Rage in Placid Lake

• David Ngoombujarra – Black and White
• David Field – Gettin' Square
• Mitchell Butel – Gettin' Square
• Orlando Bloom – Ned Kelly

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• Sacha Horler – Travelling Light
• Helen Thomson – Gettin' Square
• Melanie Griffith – The Night We Called It a Day
• Miranda Richardson – The Rage in Placid Lake

• Japanese Story – Ian Baker
• Gettin' Square – Garry Phillips
• Ned Kelly – Oliver Stapleton BSC
• Travelling Light – Tristan Milani ACS

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• Japanese Story – Jill Bilcock
• Alexandra's Project – Tania Nehme
• Gettin' Square – Ken Sallows ASE
• Ned Kelly – Jon Gregory ACE

• Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake
• Alexandra's Project – Graham Tardif
• Gettin' Square – Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab, 3KShort
• Travelling Light – Richard Vella

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• Japanese Story – Livia Ruzic, Peter Grace and Peter Smith
• Alexandra's Project – James Currie, Andrew Plain, Nada Mikas and Rory McGregor
• Gettin' Square – John Schiefelbein, Antony Gray and Ian McLoughlin
• Ned Kelly – Gary Wilkins, Colin Miller AMPS, Adrian Rhodes and Chris Burden

• Ned Kelly – Steven Jones-Evans
• Gettin' Square – Nicholas McCallum
• Japanese Story – Paddy Reardon
• The Night We Called It a Day –Michael Philips

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• Ned Kelly – Anna Borghesi
• Black and White – Annie Marshall
• Gettin' Square – Jackline Sassine
• The Night We Called It a Day – Emily Seresin

• MDA: Series 2 (ABC) – Denny Lawrence
• Grass Roots: Series 2 (ABC) – John Eastway
• Stingers: Series 6 (Nine Network) – John Wilde, Roger Le Mesurier and Roger Simpson
• The Secret Life of Us: Series 3 (Network Ten) – Amanda Higgs

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• John Safran's Music Jamboree (SBS) – Selin Yaman and John Safran
• Big Bite (Seven Network) – Michael Horrocks
• CNNNN (ABC) – Mark Fennessy and Andrew Denton
• Kath & Kim: Series 2 (ABC) – Gina Riley, Jane Turner and Mark Ruse

• After The Deluge (Network Ten) – Richard Keddie, Andrew Knight and Andrew Wiseman
• Black Jack (Network Ten) – Nick Murray and Sally Ayre-Smith
• The Postcard Bandit (Nine Network) – Matt Carroll
• The Shark Net (ABC) – Sue Taylor

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• Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (ABC) – Andrew Denton and Anita Jacoby
• Micallef Tonight (Nine Network) – Shaun Micallef, Todd Abbott and Margaret Bashfield
• The Fat: Series 6 (ABC) – Damian Davis and Nick Price
• The Glass House: Season 3 (ABC) – Ted Robinson

• Shane Bourne – MDA: Series 2 (ABC)
• Ray Barrett – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Geoff Morrell – Grass Roots: Series 2 (ABC)
• Glenn Robbins – Kath & Kim: Series 2 (ABC)

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• Angie Milliken – MDA: Series 2 (ABC)
• Jane Turner – Kath & Kim: Series 2 (ABC)
• Claudia Karvan – The Secret Life of Us: Series 3 (Network Ten)
• Deborah Mailman – The Secret Life of Us: Series 3 (Network Ten)

• John Clayton – Grass Roots: Series 2, Episode 10 "By-Election" (ABC)
• Samuel Johnson – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Damien Richardson – The Secret Life of Us: Series 3, Episode 11: "The Day No Trumpets Sounded" (Network Ten)
• Francis Greenslade – Welcher & Welcher (ABC)

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• Essie Davis – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Maggie Dence – Always Greener: Series 2, Episode 9 "Understanding The Cry" (Seven Network)
• Sacha Horler – Grass Roots: Series 2, Episode 1 "Art" (ABC)
• Magda Szubanski – Kath & Kim: Series 2 (ABC)

• Brendan Maher – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Ian Gilmour – Bootleg: Episode 2 (BBC)
• Peter Andrikidis – Grass Roots: Series 2, Episode 10 "By-Election" (ABC)
• Stephen Johnson – Out There: Episode 12 "Reilly Had a Little Goat" (ABC)

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• Geoffrey Atherden – Grass Roots: Series 2, Episode 10 "By-Election" (ABC)
• Andrew Knight – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow and Charles Firth – CNNNN: Episode 7 "Lunchgate" (ABC)
• Bill Garner – MDA: Series 2, Episode 9 "Crossing The Line" (ABC)

• Out There (ABC) – Michael Bourchier
• Bootleg (BBC) – Ewan Burnett
• Don't Blame The Koalas (ABC) – Noel Price and Dennis Kiely
• Worst Best Friends (Network Ten) – Sue Seeary

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• Wildness – Michael McMahon
• Painting with Light in a Dark World – Renata Schuman and Ellenor Cox
• Silent Storm – Peter Butt and Rob McAuely
• The Original Mermaid – Ian Collie

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• Sascha Ettinger-Epstein – Painting with Light in a Dark World
• Wain Fimeri – Love Letters From a War
• Peter Butt – Silent Storm
• Scott Milwood – Wildness

• Cracker Bag – Glendyn Ivin
• Preservation – Sofya Gollan
• Roy Höllsdotter Live – Matthew Saville
• The Visitor – Dan Castle

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• Harvie Krumpet – Adam Elliot
• Cane Toad: What Happened To Baz? – David Clayton and Andrew Silke
• Hello – Jonathan Nix
• Mother Tongue – Susan Kim

• Glendyn Ivin – Cracker Bag
• Steven McGregor – Cold Turkey
• Sofya Gollan – Preservation
• Scott Pickett – The Rouseabout

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• Anthony Jennings – The Projectionist
• Greig Fraser – Cracker Bag
• Calvin Gardiner and Peter Butt – Silent Storm
• Klaus Toft – The Navigators: Baudin vs Flinders

• Rolland Gallois and Andrew Aristides – Painting with Light in a Dark World
• Jack Hutchings – Cracker Bag
• Geoff Hitchins – Roy Höllsdotter Live
• Sally Fryer – The Original Mermaid

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• Jonathan Nix – Hello
• Julian Ellingworth – Silent Storm
• Doran Kipen, Mark Street and Cameron Davies – The Navigators: Baudin vs Flinders
• Paul Charlier and Ian McLoughlin – The Projectionist

• Liam Hess – Don't Blame the Koalas (ABC)
• Emily Browning – After The Deluge (Network Ten)
• Mason Richardson – Teesh and Trude (SBS)

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• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh
• Bowling for Columbine – Charles Bishop, Jim Czarnecki, Michael Donovan, Kathleen Glynn and Michael Moore
• The Hours – Robert Fox and Scott Rudin
• Whale Rider – John Barnett, Frank Hübner and Tim Sanders

• John Safran's Music Jamboree (SBS) – John Safran (for Original Music)
• After The Deluge (Network Ten) – Cezary Skubiszewski (for Original Music)
• Big Bite (Seven Network) – Peta Hastings, Karchi Maygar and Natalie Vincentich (for Creative Make-Up)
• Bootleg (BBC) – Craig Barden ACS (for Cinematography)

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• The Brotherhood – Terry Carlyon (for Excellence in Research and Innovative Storytelling)
• Cold Turkey – John Moore (for Acting)
• Love Letters From a War – Wain Fimeri (for Dramatisation)
• Preservation – Margot Wilson and Elizabeth Mary Moore (for Production and Costume Design)

!Award

!Winner

|Dion Beebe

|Ted Robinson

|Geoffrey Rush

|Alison Tilson