2010 Australian Film Institute Awards

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

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

• Animal Kingdom – Liz Watts
• Beneath Hill 60 – Bill Leimbach
• Bran Nue Dae – Robyn Kershaw and Graeme Isaac
• Bright Star – Jan Chapman and Caroline Hewitt
• The Tree – Sue Taylor and Yaël Fogiel
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen

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• David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
• Jeremy Hartley Sims – Beneath Hill 60
• Jane Campion – Bright Star
• Julie Bertuccelli – The Tree

• David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
• David Roach – Beneath Hill 60
• Jane Campion – Bright Star
• Peter and Michael Spierig – Daybreakers

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• Stuart Beattie – Tomorrow, When the War Began
• Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins and Jimmy Chi – Bran Nue Dae
• Allan Cubitt – The Boys Are Back
• Julie Bertuccelli – The Tree

• Ben Mendelsohn – Animal Kingdom as Andrew "Pope" Cody
• Brendan Cowell – Beneath Hill 60 as Captain Oliver Woodward
• James Frecheville – Animal Kingdom as Joshua "J" Cody
• Clive Owen – The Boys Are Back as Joe Warr

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• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
• Abbie Cornish – Bright Star as Fanny Brawne
• Morgana Davies – The Tree as Simone
• Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Tree as Dawn

• Joel Edgerton – Animal Kingdom as Barry "Baz" Brown
• Guy Pearce – Animal Kingdom as Nathan Leckie
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – Matching Jack as Finn
• Sullivan Stapleton – Animal Kingdom as Craig Cody

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• Deborah Mailman – Bran Nue Dae as Roxanne
• Julia Blake – The Boys Are Back as Barbara
• Kerry Fox – Bright Star as Mrs. Frances Brawne
• Laura Wheelwright – Animal Kingdom as Nicky Henry

• Bright Star – Greig Fraser
• Animal Kingdom – Adam Arkapaw
• Beneath Hill 60 – Robyn Kershaw and Toby Oliver
• The Waiting City – Denson Baker

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• Animal Kingdom – Luke Doolan
• Beneath Hill 60 – Dany Cooper
• Bright Star – Alexandre de Franceschi
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Marcus D'Arcy

• Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty
• Beneath Hill 60 – Cezary Skubiszewski
• Bran Nue Dae – Cezary Skubiszewski, Jimmy Chi, Patrick Duttoo Bin Amat, Garry Gower, Michael Manolis Mavromatis and Stephen Pigram
• Bright Star – Mark Bradshaw

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• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Andrew Plain, David Lee, Gethin Creagh and Robert Sullivan
• Animal Kingdom – Sam Petty, Rob Mackenzie, Philippe Decrausaz, Leah Katz, Brooke Trezise and Richard Pain
• Beneath Hill 60 – Liam Egan, Alicia Slusarski, Mark Cornish, Tony Murtagh, Robert Sullivan and Mario Vaccaro
• Bran Nue Dae – Andrew Neil, Steve Burgess, Peter Mills, Mario Vaccaro, Blaire Slater, David Bridie and Scott Montgomery

• Bright Star – Janet Patterson
• Animal Kingdom – Jo Ford
• Beneath Hill 60 – Clayton Jauncey
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Robert Webb, Michelle McGahey, Damien Drew and Bev Dunn

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• Bright Star – Janet Patterson
• Animal Kingdom – Cappi Ireland
• Beneath Hill 60 – Ian Sparke and Wendy Cork
• Bran Nue Dae – Margot Wilson

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Best Short Fiction Film

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Best Screenplay in a Short Film

• The Kiss – Sonya Humphrey and Ashlee Page
• Deeper Than Yesterday – Ariel Kleiman, Benjamin Gilovitz, Sarah Cyngler and Anna Kojevnikov
• The Love Song Of Iskra Prufrock – Lucy Gaffy and Lyn Norfor
• Suburbia – Antonio Oreña-Barlin and Richard Halsted

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• Ariel Kleiman – Deeper Than Yesterday
• Sarah Shaw and Ian Meadows – A Parachute Falling in Siberia
• Trent Dalton – Glenn Owen Dodds
• Ashlee Page – The Kiss

• The Lost Thing – Sophie Byrne, Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan
• Zero – Christopher Kezelos and Christine Kezelos

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• The Kiss – Nick Matthews for cinematography

• Rush – Season 3 (Network Ten) John Edwards, Mimi Butler
• Spirited – Series 1 (Foxtel) Claudia Karvan, Jacquelin Perske, John Edwards
• Tangle – Season 2 (Showcase) John Edwards, Imogen Banks
• The Circuit – Season 2 (SBS) Ross Hutchens, Colin South

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• Review with Myles Barlow – Season 2 (ABC) Dean Bates
• Lowdown – Series 1 (ABC) Nicole Minchin, Amanda Brotchie, Adam Zwar
• Wilfred II – (SBS) Jenny Livingston, Tony Rogers, Adam Zwar, Jason Gann

• Hawke – (Network Ten) Richard Keddie
• A Model Daughter: The Killing Of Caroline Byrne – (Network Ten) Karl Zwicky

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• The Gruen Transfer – Series 3 (ABC) Andrew Denton, Anita Jacoby, Jon Casimir, Debbie Cuell
• Hungry Beast – Series 2 (ABC) Andrew Denton, Andy Nehl
• MasterChef Australia – Series 2 (Network Ten) Margaret Bashfield, Judy Smart, Caroline Spencer
• Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation – Series 2 (Network Ten) Peter Beck

• My Place – Series 1 (ABC) Penny Chapman
• Dance Academy – Series 1 (ABC) Joanna Werner
• Dead Gorgeous – (ABC) Ewan Burnett, Margot McDonald
• Lockie Leonard – Series 2 (Nine Network) Kylie Du Fresne

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• Phil Lloyd – Review with Myles Barlow: Season 2 (ABC)
• Paul Denny – Lowdown: Series 1 (ABC)
• Jason Gann – Wilfred II (SBS)

• Richard Roxburgh – Hawke (Network Ten)
• Garry McDonald – A Model Daughter: The Killing Of Caroline Byrne (Network Ten)
• Corey McKernan – The Legend of Enyo (Seven Network)
• Aaron Pederson – The Circuit: Series 2 (SBS)

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• Catherine McClements – Tangle: Season 2 (Showcase)
• Poppy Lee Friar – Dead Gorgeous (ABC)
• Justine Clarke – Tangle: Season 2 (Showcase)
• Cheree Cassidy – Underbelly: The Golden Mile - Episode 7: "Full Force Gale" (Nine Network)

• Damien Garvey – Underbelly: The Golden Mile - Episode 10: "Hurt On Duty" (Nine Network)
• Rhys Muldoon – Lockie Leonhard: Series 2, Episode 11: "Snake Hide Oil" (Nine Network)
• Ben Winspear – My Place: Series 1, Episode 5: "1968 Sofia" (ABC)
• John Waters – Offspring: Series 1 (Network Ten)

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• Deborah Mailman – Offspring: Series 1 (Network Ten)
• Asher Keddie – Hawke (Network Ten)
• Sacha Horler – Hawke (Network Ten)
• Linda Cropper – Satisfaction: Series 3, Episode 8: "Not Vanilla" (Showcase)

• Hawke – (Network Ten) Emma Freeman
• Dance Academy – Episode 2: "Week Zero" (ABC) Jeffrey Walker
• Rush – Season 3, Episode 8: "Train" (Network Ten) Grant Brown
• Tangle – Season 2, Episode 16: "Lost And Found" (Showcase) Emma Freeman

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• Wilfred II – Episode 7: "Dogstar" (SBS) Jason Gann, Adam Zwar
• Hawke – (Network Ten) Glen Dolman
• Tangle – Season 2, Episode 15: "Sleepwalking" (Showcase) Fiona Seres
• Review with Myles Barlow – Season 2, Episode 6: "Happiness, Escapism, Acceptance" (ABC) Trent O'Donnell, Phil Lloyd

• dirtgirlworld – (ABC) Cate McQuillen
• Erky Perky – (Seven Network) Kristine Klohk, Barbara Stephen, Tracy Lenon, David Webster
• The Legend of Enyo – (Seven Network) Avrill Stark, Michael Christensen

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• Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation – Series 2 (Network Ten) Shaun Micallef

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Best Feature Length Documentary

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Best Documentary Under One Hour

• Contact – Martin Butler and Bentley Dean
• Inside the Firestorm – Lucy Maclaren and Alex West
• The Snowman – Rachel Landers and Dylan Blowen
• Strange Birds In Paradise - A West Papuan Story – Jamie Nicolai and John Cherry

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• You Only Live Twice - The Incredibly True Story Of The Hughes Family – Ruth Cullen
• A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia – Dave Morley, Felix Crawshaw, Claudia Lecaros and Tim Walker
• Rudely Interrupted – Susie Jones and Benjamin Jones
• Surviving Mumbai – Andrew Ogilvie and Andrea Quesnelle

• Liberal Rule - The Politics That Changed Australia – Nick Torrens and Frank Haines
• Addicted To Money – Andrew Ogilvie and Andrea Quesnelle
• Disable Bodied Sailors – Karina Holden and Nick Robinson
• Kokoda – Andrew Wiseman

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• Jacob Hickey – Inside the Firestorm
• Amanda Chang – A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia
• Martin Butler and Bentley Dean – Contact
• Charlie Hill-Smith – Strange Birds In Paradise - A West Papuan Story

• Miracles – Toby Oliver for Episode 1: "Miracle in the Storm"
• Disable Bodied Sailors – Nick Robinson for "Episode 3"
• Strange Birds In Paradise - A West Papuan Story – Angus Kemp
• Surviving Mumbai – Jim Frater

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• Inside the Firestorm – Steven Robinson
• A Thousand Encores: The Ballets Russes In Australia – Karin Steininger
• Contact – Tania Nehme
• Surviving Mumbai – David Fosdick

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |AFI Members' Choice Award

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Readers' Choice Award

• Animal Kingdom – Liz Watts
• Beneath Hill 60 – Bill Leimbach
• Bran Nue Dae – Robyn Kershaw and Graeme Isaac
• Bright Star – Jan Chapman and Caroline Hewitt
• The Tree – Sue Taylor and Yaël Fogiel
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen

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• Animal Kingdom – Liz Watts
• Bran Nue Dae – Robyn Kershaw and Graeme Isaac
• Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos – Nick Giannopoulos and Emile Sherman
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole – Zareh Nalbandian
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Andrew Mason, Michael Boughen

• Harrison Gilbertson – Beneath Hill 60 as Frank Tiffin
• Ashleigh Cummings – Tomorrow, When the War Began as Robyn Mathers
• Morgana Davies – The Tree as Simone
• James Frecheville – Animal Kingdom as Joshua "J" Cody

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• Daybreakers – Peter and Michael Spierig, Rangi Sutton, James Rogers and Randy Vellacott
• The Tree – Dave Morley, Felix Crawshaw, Claudia Lecaros and Tim Walker
• Tinglewood – Wil Manning
• Tomorrow, When the War Began – Chris Godfrey, Sigi Eimutis, Dave Morley and Tony Cole

• Sam Worthington – Avatar as Jake Sully
• Simon Baker – The Mentalist, Season 2 as Patrick Jane
• Ryan Kwanten – True Blood, Season 3 as Jason Stackhouse
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road as Boy

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• Mia Wasikowska – Alice in Wonderland as Alice Kingsleigh
• Toni Collette – United States of Tara, Season 2 as Tara Gregson
• Bojana Novakovic – Edge of Darkness as Emma Charlotte Craven
• Naomi Watts – Mother and Child as Elizabeth

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Raymond Longford Award

! style="background:#dbd090; width:50%" |Byron Kennedy Award

• Reg Grundy

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• Animal Logic