2000 Australian Film Institute Awards

42nd Australian Film Institute Awards
Date	18 November 2000 (2000-11-18)
Site	Fox Studios Australia, Sydney
Hosted by	Jonathan Biggins
Highlights
Most awards	Film: Looking for Alibrandi and Bootmen (5) TV: Grass Roots (5)
Most nominations	Film: Chopper (10) TV: Grass Roots (12)
Television coverage
Network	SBS

The 42nd Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held on 18 November 2000 at the Fox Studios Australia in Sydney. The ceremony was broadcast on SBS and hosted by comedian Jonathan Biggins. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary, short film and television productions of 2000. AFI introduced five new television categories for the 2000 awards, including best performance for an actor or actress in a guest role and a television open craft award. The awards for Best Performance By an Actor or Actress in a Television Drama were also judged over three episodes instead of one. The nominations were announced on 18 October 2000. Chopper received the most nominations in the feature film category with 10, while Grass Roots received 12 nominations in the television category.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Feature film

Best Film	Best Direction
Looking for Alibrandi – Robyn Kershaw Better Than Sex – Bruna Papandrea and Frank Cox Bootmen – Hilary Linstead Chopper – Michele Bennett	Andrew Dominik – Chopper Jonathan Teplitzky – Better Than Sex Kate Woods – Looking for Alibrandi Pip Karmel – Me Myself I
Best Actor in a Leading Role	Best Actress in a Leading Role
Eric Bana – Chopper Steve Bastoni – 15 Amore David Wenham – Better Than Sex Sam Worthington – Bootmen	Pia Miranda – Looking for Alibrandi Julia Blake – Innocence Rachel Griffiths – Me Myself I Susie Porter – Better Than Sex
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Simon Lyndon – Chopper Martin Henderson – Kick Sam Neill – My Mother Frank Terry Norris – Innocence	Greta Scacchi – Looking for Alibrandi Elena Cotta – Looking for Alibrandi Sacha Horler – Russian Doll Kris McQuade – Better Than Sex
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Stavros Kazantzidis and Allanah Zitserman – Russian Doll Jonathan Teplitzky – Better Than Sex Pip Karmel – Me Myself I Mark Lamprell – My Mother Frank	Melina Marchetta – Looking for Alibrandi Andrew Dominik – Chopper Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick, Simon Hopkinson – The Magic Pudding
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Steve Mason – Bootmen John Brock – 15 Amore Geoffrey Hall and Kevin Hayward – Chopper Toby Oliver – Looking for Alibrandi	Martin Connor – Looking for Alibrandi Jane Moran – Bootmen Ken Sallows – Chopper Denise Haratzis – Me Myself I
Best Sound	Best Original Music Score
David Lee, Laurence Maddy, Andrew Plain, Ian McLoughlin – Bootmen Frank Lipson, Glenn Newnham, Steve Burgess, John Schiefelbein – Chopper Phil Judd, Dave Eggins, Julius Chan, Liam Egan, Les Fiddess – The Magic Pudding Phil Judd, Bronwyn Murphy, Liam Egan, Julius Chan – A Wreck A Tangle	Cezary Skubiszewski – Bootmen David Hirschfelder – Better Than Sex Mick Harvey – Chopper Carlo Giacco – 15 Amore
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Murray Picknett – Bootmen Tara Kamath – Better Than Sex Paddy Reardon – Chopper Stephen Curtis – Looking for Alibrandi	Tess Schofield – Bootmen Emma Hamilton Lewis – 15 Amore Paul Warren – The Wog Boy Louise Wakefield – Walk the Talk

Non-feature film

Best Documentary	Best Direction in a Documentary
The Diplomat – Sally Browning and Wilson da Silva A Death in the Family – Terry Carlyon and Robyn Miller Stolen Generations – Tom Zubrycki Uncle Chatzkel – Rod Freedman and Emile Sherman	Tom Zubrycki – The Diplomat Terry Carlyon – A Death in the Family Amiel Courtin-Wilson – Chasing Buddha Wain Fimeri – Pozieres
Best Short Fiction Film	Best Short Animation Film
Confessions of a Headhunter – Sally Riley Flowergirl – Cate Shortland Kulli Foot – Brendan Fletcher The Extra – Darren Ashton	Brother – Adam Elliot Full Circle – Adam Head Leunig: Tricks – Andrew Horne The Way of the Birds – Sarah Watt
Best Screenplay in a Short Film	Best Cinematography in a Non-Feature Film
Adam Elliot – Brother Sally Riley and Archie Weller – Confessions of a Headhunter Peter Carstairs – Gate Vikki Blanche – The Other Days of Ruby Rae	Klaus Toft, Campbell Miller, Wade Fairley, Malcolm Ludgate – La Nina David Burr – Breathe Kathryn Milliss – The Letter Vincent Taylor – The Nightlight
Best Editing in a Non-Feature Film	Best Sound in a Non-Feature Film
Andrea Lang – Thomson of Arnhem Land Louis Byrne-Smith – The Extra Patrick Hughes – The Director Jack Rath and Phillip Crawford – Hurt	Mark Tarpey, Paul Pirola, Livia Ruzic – Pozieres Craig Carter, Mark Street, Bryce Grunden, Emma Bortignon – La Nina Paul Miskin – The Third Note Liam Price – Intransit

Television

Best Telefeature or Mini Series	Best Episode in a Television Drama Series
On the Beach (Seven Network) – John Edwards, Errol Sullivan, Jeff Hayes, Greg Coote Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "A Person of Interest" (Nine Network) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, John Hugginson The Secret Life of Us – Series 1 (Network Ten) – John Edwards, Amanda Higgs Waiting at the Royal (Nine Network) – Andrew Wiseman, Richard Keddie	Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 8: "The Whole Year" (ABC) – John Eastway Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 7: "Late July 4.00pm to 10.30pm" (ABC) – John Eastway Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 2: "Late September" (ABC) – John Eastway SeaChange – Series 3, Episode 3: "Hungi Jury" (ABC) – Sally Ayre-Smith
Best Episode in a Television Drama Series (Long)	Best Children's Television Drama
All Saints – "Valley of the Shadows: Part 1" (Seven Network) – Jo Porter All Saints – "Dead on Time" (Seven Network) – Jo Porter Something in the Air – "Movers and Shakers" (ABC) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka Something in the Air – "We Will Remember Them" (ABC) – Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Ros Tatarka	Eugénie Sandler P.I. – Episode 2 (ABC) – Margot McDonald Eugénie Sandler P.I. – Episode 13 (ABC) – Margot McDonald Round the Twist – "Whirling Derfish" (ABC) – Patricia Edgar Thunderstone – "Before The Comet" (Network Ten) – Jonathan M. Shiff
Best Achievement in Direction in a Television Drama	Best Screenplay in a Television Drama
Peter Andrikidis – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 8: "The Whole Year" (ABC) Ken Cameron – Halifax f.p – Series 5: "A Person Of Interest" (Nine Network) Glenda Hambly – Waiting at the Royal (Nine Network) Richard Jasek – Something in the Air – "We Will Remember Them" (ABC)	Geoffrey Atherden – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 8: "The Whole Year" (ABC) Geoffrey Atherden – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 7: "Late July, Friday 4pm to 10.30pm" (ABC) Anne Brooksbank – Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "A Person of Interest" (Nine Network) Katherine Thomson – Something in the Air – Episode 36: "We Will Remember Them" (ABC)
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama	Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama
Geoff Morrell – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 8: "The Whole Year" (ABC) Tom Long – SeaChange – Series 3, Episode 2: "How Much Greener Was My Neighbour's Valley" (ABC) Rhys Muldoon – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 7: "Late July, Friday 4pm to 10.30pm" (ABC)	Anne Phelan – Something in the Air – Episode 36: "We Will Remember Them" (ABC) Rhondda Findleton – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 7: "Late July, Friday 4pm to 10.30pm" (ABC) Sophie Heathcote – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 8: "The Whole Year" (ABC) Anita Hegh – Stingers – Series 2, Episode 18: "Men In The Dark" (Nine Network)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Telefeature or Mini Series	Best Performance by an Actress in a Telefeature or Mini Series
Andy Anderson – Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "A Person of Interest" (Nine Network) Simon Baker – Secret Men's Business (ABC) Nicholas Eadie – Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "A Hate Worse Than Death" (Nine Network) Joel Edgerton – The Secret Life of Us – Series 1 (Network Ten)	Noni Hazlehurst – Waiting at the Royal (Nine Network) Essie Davis – Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "The Spider And The Fly" (Nine Network) Rebecca Gibney – Halifax f.p. – Series 5: "A Person of Interest" (Nine Network) Jo Kennedy – Waiting at the Royal (Nine Network)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series	Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Television Drama Series
Chris Haywood – Stingers – Series 2, Episode 18: "Men in the Dark" (Nine Network) Aaron Blabey – Stingers – Series 3, Episode 17: "Second Chance" (Nine Network) Daniel Daperis – Stingers – Series 3, Episode 2: "Forced Perspective" (Nine Network) David Field – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 2: "Late September" (ABC)	Lois Ramsey – Grass Roots – Series 1, Episode 2: "Late September" (ABC) Deborra-Lee Furness – SeaChange – Series 3, Episode 3: "Hungi Jury" (ABC) Natalia Novikova – SeaChange – Series 3, Episode 2: "How Much Greener Was My Neighbour's Valley" (ABC)

Additional awards

Raymond Longford Award	Byron Kennedy Award
Anthony Buckley (producer)	Matt Wheeldon and Gary Doust – Founders of Popcorn Taxi Stephen Jenner and David Barda – Founders of IF Magazine
Young Actors' Award	Best Foreign Film
Kane McNay – Mallboy Xaris Miller – Eugénie Sandler P.I. – Episode 2 (ABC)	American Beauty – Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks All About My Mother – Agustín Almodóvar Being John Malkovich – Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern The Sixth Sense – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Barry Mendel
Open Craft Award	Open Craft Television Award
Phillip Crawford (for original concept) – Hurt Mike Daly (for special effects) – Intransit Guy Gross (for original score) – Uncle Chatzkel Magda Hughes (for acting) – The Other Days of Ruby Rae	Roger Ford and Sally Shepherd (for set design) – On the Beach Brent Crockett (for cinematography) – Halifax f.p. – Episode: "A Person of Interest" Martin McGrath (for cinematography) – On the Beach Mark Wareham (for cinematography) – Beastmaster – Episode: "The Last Unicorn"

External links

• The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website