1990 Australian Film Institute Awards

1990 AFI Awards
1990 AFI Awards
Date	10 October 1990
Location	World Congress Centre, Melbourne
Television/radio coverage
Networks
	ABC-TV
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The 1990 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1990.^[1] Twenty films competed in the feature film categories.^[2]

Feature film[]

Best Film Flirting – Terry Hayes, Doug Mitchell, George Miller Blood Oath – Charles Waterstreet, Denis Whitburn, Brian Williams Struck by Lightning – Terry J. Charatsis, Trevor Farrant The Big Steal – Nadia Tass, David Parker	Best Direction Ray Argall – Return Home Stephen Wallace – Blood Oath Paul Cox – Golden Braid Jerzy Domaradzki – Struck by Lightning
Best Lead Actor Max von Sydow – Father Frankie J. Holden – Return Home Ben Mendelsohn – The Big Steal Russell Crowe – The Crossing	Best Lead Actress Catherine McClements – Weekend With Kate Kerry Armstrong – Hunting Claudia Karvan – The Big Steal Rosanna Arquette – Wendy Cracked a Walnut
Best Supporting Actor Steve Bisley – The Big Steal John Polson – Blood Oath Toshi Shioya – Blood Oath Bartholomew Rose – Flirting	Best Supporting Actress Julia Blake – Father Penne Hackforth-Jones – Kokoda Crescent Ruth Cracknell – Kokoda Crescent Maggie King – The Big Steal
Best Screenplay David Parker – The Big Steal Denis Whitburn, Brian Williams – Blood Oath Paul Cox, Barry Dickins – Golden Braid Trevor Farrant – Struck by Lightning
Best Cinematography Jeff Darling – The Crossing Russell Boyd – Blood Oath Geoff Burton – Flirting Nino Gaetano Martinetti – Golden Braid	Best Editing Robert Gibson – Flirting Russell Hurley – Golden Braid Henry Dangar – The Crossing Robert Gibson – Two Brothers Running
Best Original Music Score Phil Judd – The Big Steal Art Phillips – Sher Mountain Killings Mystery Paul Smyth – Struck by Lightning Bruce Smeaton – Wendy Cracked a Walnut	Best Sound Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh, Roger Savage – Blood Oath Antony Gray, Ross Linton, Phil Judd – Flirting Livia Ruzic, James Currie, David Rawlinson – Golden Braid John Wilkinson, Dean Gawen, Roger Savage – The Big Steal
Best Production Design Roger Ford – Flirting Bernard Hides – Blood Oath Paddy Reardon – The Big Steal Lawrence Eastwood – Weekend With Kate	Best Costume Design Roger Kirk – Blood Oath Aphrodite Kondos – Hunting Michelle Leonard – Two Brothers Running Michelle Leonard – Weekend With Kate

Television[]

Best Mini-Series or Telefeature Come in Spinner (ABC) – Jan Chapman The Girl from Tomorrow (Nine Network) – Ron Saunders, Noel Price Police Crop (ABC) – Rod Allan The Magistrate (ABC) – Kim Dalton, Chris Warner	Best Television Documentary In Search of Dr Mabuse (ABC) – Varcha Sidwell Astonish Me: Graeme Murphy (ABC) – Don Featherstone Difficult Pleasure: Brett Whiteley (ABC) – Don Featherstone Victims (Network Ten) – Iain Gillespie, Terry Carlyon
Best Lead Actor in a Mini-Series or Telefeature *Frankie J. Holden – Police Crop* (ABC)** Rhys McConnochie – Come in Spinner (ABC) Terry Gill – Police Crop (ABC) Franco Nero – The Magistrate (ABC)	Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Telefeature *Rebecca Gibney – Come in Spinner* (ABC)** Caroline Goodall – Cassidy (ABC) Lisa Harrow – Come In Spinner (ABC) Tracy Mann – How Wonderful (ABC)
Best Achievement in Direction in a Mini-Series or Telefeature *Robert Marchand – Come in Spinner* (ABC)** Kathy Mueller – The Girl from Tomorrow (Nine Network) Ken Cameron – Police Crop (ABC) Kathy Mueller – The Magistrate (ABC)	Best Screenplay in a Mini-Series or Television Drama *Chris Warner – The Magistrate* (ABC)** Nick Enright, Lissa Benyon – Come in Spinner (ABC) John Thomson, Mark Shirrefs – The Girl from Tomorrow (Nine Network) Ian David – Police Crop (ABC)

References[]

^ "Top film award goes to Flirting". The Canberra Times. Vol. 65, no. 20, 271. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "AFI nominations raise concerns". Filmnews. Vol. 20, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1990. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Official AACTA website

[1] "Top film award goes to Flirting". The Canberra Times. Vol. 65, no. 20, 271. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "AFI nominations raise concerns". Filmnews. Vol. 20, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1990. p. 3. Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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