1988 Australian Film Institute Awards

1988 AFI Awards
Date10 October 1988
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The 1988 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1988.[1][2] Twenty six films were entered for the feature film categories.[3]

The 1988 AFI Awards attracted controversy, including for the lack of television broadcast and an Australian Writers' Guild boycott which resulted in the AFI withdrawing the screenplay categories.[4]

Cinematographer Russell Boyd received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement and director George Ogilvie the Byron Kennedy Award.

  1. ^ "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews. Vol. 18, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "IN BRIEF 'Navigator' sails in". The Canberra Times. Vol. 63, no. 19, 363. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 11 October 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "AFI Awards strong field". Filmnews. Vol. 18, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 1 July 1988. p. 3. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "And the losers are ..." Filmnews. Vol. 18, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 1 November 1988. p. 7. Retrieved 21 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.