2009 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards - Winners (part 2 of 2)

Share in the celebrations as AFI Editor Rochelle Siemienowicz and AFI Membership Manager Kate Ravenscroft interview the winners and hear their exclusive insights and thoughts straight after being acknowledged and presented an AFI Award in recognition of their achievement.

This video includes interviews with:

Share in the celebrations as AFI Editor Rochelle Siemienowicz and AFI Membership Manager Kate Ravenscroft interview the winners and hear their exclusive insights and thoughts straight after being acknowledged and presented an AFI Award in recognition of their achievement.

This video includes interviews with:

Anthony LaPaglia - Balibo
AFI Award For Best Lead Actor
- every year we are surprised by a good small film
- can't focus on end result when writing a film
- Australian films are on par with filmmaking anywhere in the world

Jane Scott - Maos Last Dancer
News Limited Readers Choice Award
- telling a real story is hard, have to be careful

Christopher Gordon - Maos Last Dancer
AFI Award For Best Original Music Score
- involved in scoring film from the beginning of production

Frances OConnor - Blessed
AFI Award For Best Lead Actress
- strong year
- great to be acknowledged

Baz Luhrmann - Australia
AFI Highest Grossing Film Award
- ultimately Australian audiences decided to see the movie

Ray Brown
Byron Kennedy Award
- reduction of local film budgets has taken the energy and fun out of filmmaking

Robert Connolly - Balibo
Macquarie AFI Award For Best Adapted Screenplay
- wonderful way to end the year

Warwick Thornton, Marissa Gibson & Kath Shelper - Samson & Delilah
Samsung Mobile AFI Award For Best Film, AFI Award For Best Direction, Macquarie AFI Award For Best Original Screenplay, AFI Young Actor Award
- AFI Awards were pie in the sky

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Anthony LaPaglia
• Balibo
• Jane Scott
• Mao's Last Dancer
• Frances O'Connor
• Blessed
• Christopher Gordon
• Baz Luhmann
• Australia
• Ray Brown
• Byron Kennedy Award
• Robert Conelly
• Warwick Thornton
• Samson & Delilah
• AFI awards

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