2005 Australian Film Institute Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| name = 47th Australian Film Institute Awards

| award = Australian Film Institute Awards

| date = {{nowrap|25 November 2005 and
26 November 2005}}

| site = Waterfront City Pavilion and Melbourne Central City Studios

| host = Russell Crowe

| producer = Paul Dainty

| director =

| best_film = Look Both Ways

| best_direction = Sarah Watt

| best_direction_film = Look Both Ways

| best_actor = Hugo Weaving

| best_actor_film = Little Fish

| best_actress = Cate Blanchett

| best_actress_film = Little Fish

| supporting_actor = Anthony Hayes

| supporting_actor_film = Look Both Ways

| supporting_actress = Noni Hazlehurst

| supporting_actress_film = Little Fish

| most_wins = Feature film: Look Both Ways (5)
Television: Love My Way (5)

| most_nominations = Feature film: Little Fish (13)
Television: Love My Way (6)

| duration =

| network = Nine Network

| viewership = 900,000

| last = 2004

| last_link = 2004 Australian Film Institute Awards

| next = 2006

| next_link = 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards

}}

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 actor Russell Crowe hosting both this and the AFI Craft Awards.{{Cite web |last=Urban |first=Andrew L. |date=2005-11-27 |title=AFI AWARDS 2005 – WINNERS |url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=11216&s=features |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128082221/http://urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=11216&s=Features |archive-date=2011-11-28 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=urbancinefile.com.au}}

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 the award 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 award apiece.{{Cite web |title=2005 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2005/ |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.aacta.org |language=en-AU}}{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Callista |date=2005-11-26 |title='Little Fish' stars win lead awards |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-11-27/little-fish-stars-win-lead-awards/749418 |access-date=2023-12-27}}

Ceremony

After poor viewership of the 2004 Awards ceremony, the AFI hired live entertainment promoter Paul Dainty to revamp the event.{{Cite news| url = http://www.cinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=10955&s=News_files| title = Russell Crowe to host AFI Awards| publisher = Urban Cinefile| date = 6 October 2005| accessdate = 19 August 2013| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130819095418/http://www.cinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=10955&s=News_files| archive-date = 19 August 2013| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}} 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. 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."{{Cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/three-movies-chasing-the-happy-endings/2005/10/21/1129775962070.html| title = Three movies chasing the happy endings| first =Daniel |last =Ziffer |work=The Age |publisher = Fairfax Media | date =22 October 2005 | accessdate = 19 August 2013}} 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.{{Cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/the-week-in-film/3313936| title = The week in film| first1=Jason|last1=Di Rosso|first2 =Julie |last2 =Rigg |work=ABC Radio National |publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | date =25 November 2005 | accessdate = 19 August 2013}} Australian Screen Editors said the "split undermines the uniquely collaborative nature of filmmaking and sent the wrong message for the next generation of filmmakers."{{Cite news | url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/11/23/1132703250644.html| title = Nine's AFI 'insult' angers film judge| first =Garry |last =Maddox |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher = Fairfax Media | date =24 November 2005 | accessdate = 19 August 2013}} Guests were entertained at the Craft Awards with performances by Nick Cave and Russell Crowe. Special guest presenters included Geoffrey Rush, Simon Baker, Catherine Martin, Martin Henderson, Christiane Kubrick, Steve Bisley and Paul Grabowsky.

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 10:55{{nbsp}}pm, and a five-minute segment dedicated to the Craft Awards was shown. The ceremony drew in an audience of 900,000 viewers.{{Cite news | url = http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/movietime/the-week-in-film/3313394| title = The week in film - Movie Time| first1=Jason|last1=Di Rosso|first2 =Julie |last2 =Rigg |work=ABC Radio National |publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) | date =2 December 2005 | accessdate = 20 August 2013}} 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."{{Cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/11/26/1132966006694.html?page=2| title = Drama, suspense and Rusty: awards night back|work=The Age |publisher = Fairfax Media | date =27 November 2005 | accessdate = 20 August 2013}} Michaela Boland from Variety praised Crowe for his "charming [and] funny" performance hosting the show.{{cite news|author=Michaela Boland |url=https://variety.com/2005/scene/vpage/crowe-s-afi-antics-1117934006/ |title=Crowe's AFI antics |work=Variety |publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc.|date=5 December 2005 |accessdate=20 August 2013}} Presenters at the Awards Dinner included Geoffrey Rush, Rachel Griffiths, Baz Luhrmann, Melissa George, Richard Roxburgh, Simon Baker, Jack Thompson, Claudia Karvan, Saskia Burmeister, Sigrid Thornton, Martin Henderson, Vince Colosimo, Susie Porter, Pia Miranda, Alex Dimitriades and Mick Molloy.

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.{{Cite news| url = http://www.mediasearch.com.au/film/spotlights/afiawardsnominations-2005| title = Spotlight - L'Oreal Paris 2005 AFI Awards Nominations| first = Carmine| last = Pascuzzi| publisher = Mediasearch| accessdate = 19 August 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194457/http://www.mediasearch.com.au/film/spotlights/afiawardsnominations-2005| archive-date = 2 April 2015| url-status = dead}} Leading the feature film nominees was Little Fish with thirteen. Love My Way gained the most television nominations with six.{{Cite news | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/10/21/1129775948488.html| title = AFI Nominees|work=The Age |publisher = Fairfax Media | date =21 October 2005 | accessdate = 19 August 2013}}{{Cite news |date=2005-10-21 |title='Little Fish' makes a splash in AFI nominations pool |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2005-10-21/little-fish-makes-a-splash-in-afi-nominations-pool/2129344 |access-date=2023-12-27}}

=Feature Film=

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style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Film

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Direction

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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

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style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Original Screenplay

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Adapted Screenplay

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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

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lead Actor

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Lead Actress

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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

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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

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Supporting Actor

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Supporting Actress

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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

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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

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Cinematography

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Editing

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The Proposition – Benoît Delhomme
Little Fish – Danny Ruhlmann
Oyster Farmer – Alun Bollinger
Wolf Creek – Will Gibson

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Little Fish – Alexandre de Franceschi and John Scott
Look Both Ways – Denise Haratzis
The Proposition – Jon Gregory
Wolf Creek – Jason Ballantine

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Original Music Score

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Sound

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The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Little Fish – Nathan Larson
Three Dollars – Alan John
Wolf Creek – François Tétaz

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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

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Production Design

! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design

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The Proposition – Chris Kennedy
Little Fish – Luigi Pittorino
Look Both Ways – Rita Zanchetta
Three Dollars – Luigi Pittorino

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The Proposition – Margot Wilson
Hating Alison Ashley – Paul Warren
Little Fish – Melinda Doring
Look Both Ways – Edie Kurzer

=Television=

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! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Drama Series

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Comedy Series

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Love My Way (Foxtel) – John Edwards and Claudia Karvan
All Saints, Series 8 (Seven Network) – MaryAnne Carroll
Blue Heelers, Series 12 (Seven Network) – Gus Howard and David Clarke
MDA, Series 3 (ABC) – Denny Lawrence

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John Safran vs God (SBS) – Selin Yaman and John Safran
Comedy Inc. The Late Shift, Series 3 (Nine Network) – David McDonald
The Chaser Decides (ABC) – Chaser Crackerjack
We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year (ABC) – Laura Waters and Chris Lilley

! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Telefeature or Mini Series

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Light Entertainment Series

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The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten) – Andrew Benson and Greg Haddrick
Hell Has Harbour Views (ABC) – Ian Collie
Little Oberon (Nine Network) – Susan Bower
Through My Eyes (Seven Network) – Simone North and Tony Cavanaugh

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The Glass House, Series 5 (ABC) – Ted Robinson
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, Series 3 (ABC) – Anita Jacoby and Andrew Denton
RocKwiz (SBS) – Brian Nankervis, Ken Connor, Peter Bain-Hogg
Spicks and Specks (ABC) – Paul Clarke, Bruce Kane, Anthony Watt

! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Lead Actor

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Lead Actress

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Shane Bourne – MDA, Series 3 (ABC)
Chris Lilley – We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year (ABC)
Alex O'Loughlin – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Dan Wyllie – Love My Way (Foxtel)

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Claudia Karvan – Love My Way (Foxtel)
Romola Garai – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Miranda Otto – Through My Eyes (Seven Network)
Sigrid Thornton – Little Oberon (Nine Network)

! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Guest or Supporting Actor

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Guest or Supporting Actress

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Max Cullen – Love My Way: Episode 8, "A Different Planet" (Foxtel)
Tony Barry – Hell Has Harbour Views (ABC)
Steve Bisley – Hell Has Harbour Views (ABC)
Frank Gallacher – MDA, Series 3 - Episode 12, "A Human Cost (Part 4)" (ABC)

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Anita Hegh – MDA, Series 3 - Episode 6, "Departure Lounge (Part 2)" (ABC)
Alyssa McClelland – Small Claims: White Wedding (Network Ten)
Alice McConnell – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Angie Milliken – Through My Eyes (Seven Network)

! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Direction

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Screenplay

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Jessica Hobbs – Love My Way, Episode 8, "A Different Planet" (Foxtel)
Peter Andrikidis – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
David McDonald – Comedy Inc. The Late Shift, Series 3 - Episode 1 (Nine Network)
Matthew Saville – We Can Be Heroes - Episode 5 (ABC)

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Jacquelin Perske – Love My Way - Episode 9, "Only Mortal" (Foxtel)
Peter Berry – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Greg Haddrick – MDA, Series 3 - Episode 12, "A Human Cost (Part 4)" (ABC)
Chris Lilley – We Can Be Heroes - Episode 1 (ABC)

! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Best Children's Television Drama

! ! style="background:#dbd090; width=;"50%"| Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft

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Holly's Heroes (Nine Network) – Ann Darrouzet, Dave Gibson and Jenni Tosi
Blue Water High (ABC) – Noel Price and Dennis Kiely
Scooter: Secret Agent (Network Ten) – Daniel Scharf and Jonathan Shiff

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John Safran (for original concept) – John Safran vs God (SBS)
Brian Alexander (for production design) – Scooter: Secret Agent (Network Ten)
Tim Ferrier (for production design) – The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant (Network Ten)
Louis Irving ACS (for cinematography) – Love My Way (Foxtel)

=Non-feature film=

style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Documentary ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Direction in a Documentary
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valign="top" width="50%" \| Land Mines - A Love Story – Dennis O'Rourke Girl in a Mirror – Helen Bowden Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life – Janet Merewether, Deborah Szapiro and Georgia Wallace-Crabbe Killers in Eden – Klaus Toft \| valign="top" width="50%" \| Janet Merewether – Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Kathy Drayton – Girl in a Mirror John Moore – Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story Klaus Toft – Killers in Eden
style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Short Fiction Film ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Short Animation
valign="top" width="50%" \| Jewboy – Tony Krawitz (Director) A Message from Fallujah – Richard Gibson (Director) Azadi – Anthony Maras (Director) The Eye Inside – Cordelia Beresford (Director) \| valign="top" width="50%" \| *The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello* – Anthony Lucas (Director) 2:41 Upfield – Callum Cooper (Director) Fritz Gets Rich – Eddie White and James Calvert (Directors) Piñata – Mike Hollands (Director)
style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Screenplay in a Short Film ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
valign="top" width="50%" \| Tony Krawitz – Jewboy Wayne Blair – The Djarn Djarns Jody Dwyer – Barely Visible Mark Shirrefs – The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello \| valign="top" width="50%" \| Greig Fraser – Jewboy Cordelia Beresford – The Eye Inside Jenni Meaney – Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story Corey Piper – Opal Fever
style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film ! style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film
valign="top" width="50%" \| James Bradley – Mr. Patterns Henry Dangar ASE – The Djarn Djarns Paul Hamilton and Michael Horton – All Points of the Compass Jane Moran – Jewboy \| valign="top" width="50%" \| Leo Sullivan, Tony Vaccher and Danny Longhurst – Vietnam Symphony Doron Kipen, Emma Bortignon and Ken Sallows ASE – Iraq, My Country Basil Krivoroutchko and Davin Patterson – Cool Sam Petty and Mark Blackwell – Jewboy
style="background:#DBD090;" ! style="width="50%" \| Outstanding Achievement in Craft in a Non-Feature Film
valign="top" width="50%" \| Anthony Lucas (for production design) – The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello Karla Urizar (for production design) – Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Phillip Crawford (for production initiative and realisation) – Knot at Home Project Ewen Leslie (for performance) – Jewboy

= Additional Awards =

class="wikitable" !International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking !News Limited Readers' Choice Award
valign="top" width="50%" \| Roger Savage (for Sound) – House of Flying Daggers \| valign="top" width="50%" \| Cate Blanchett
Young Actor's Award !
valign="top" width="50%" \| Sophie Luck – Blue Water High Maddi Newling – Danya Brittany Brynes – Little Oberon Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik – Three Dollars \| valign="top" width="50%" \|
International Award for Best Actor !International Award for Best Actress
valign="top" width="50%" \| Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man \| valign="top" width="50%" \| Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

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!International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking

!News Limited Readers' Choice Award

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Roger Savage (for Sound) – House of Flying Daggers

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Cate Blanchett

Young Actor's Award

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Sophie Luck – Blue Water High
Maddi Newling – Danya
Brittany Brynes – Little Oberon
Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik – Three Dollars

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International Award for Best Actor

!International Award for Best Actress

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Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man

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Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

= Individual Awards =

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!Award

!Winner

Byron Kennedy Award

|Chris Kennedy

Raymond Longford Award

|Ray Barrett

Multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations.

13 nominations: Little Fish
12 nominations: The Proposition
11 nominations: Look Both Ways
6 nominations: Wolf Creek

References

External links

[http://www.aacta.org The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website]
[http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/afi2005.html 2005 AFI Awards nominations & results]

Film

2005 Australian Film Institute Awards

Ceremony

Winners and nominees

=Feature Film=

=Television=

=Non-feature film=

= Additional Awards =

= Individual Awards =

Multiple nominations

See also

References

External links