1993 Australian Film Institute Awards

35th Australian Film Institute Awards
Date5 November 1993
Highlights
Best FilmThe Piano
Most awardsFilm: The Piano (11)
TV: The Leaving of Liverpool, G.P. (2)
Most nominationsFilm: The Piano (13)
TV: Police Rescue (5)
Television coverage
NetworkABC

The 35th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held on 5 November 1993. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary, short film and television productions of 1993.

Eighteen feature films were nominated.[1] Jane Campion's The Piano dominated the feature film awards with eleven awards including Best Film. Blackfellas won two awards for adapted screenplay and actor in a supporting role, and On My Own received a single award for actress in a supporting role. Television awards were shared between various productions such as miniseries The Leaving of Liverpool and drama series Phoenix and G.P.. Producer Sue Milliken received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Film industry facing a problem of excellence". The Canberra Times. 25 August 1993. p. 26. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Campion's 'Piano' tops list of awards". The Canberra Times. 4 November 1993. p. 5 Section: Good Times. Retrieved 23 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "AFI Past Winners - 1993 Winners & Nominees". AFI-AACTA. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.