2005 Australian Film Institute Awards

2005 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date25 November 2005 and
26 November 2005
SiteWaterfront City Pavilion and Melbourne Central City Studios
Hosted byRussell Crowe
Produced byPaul Dainty
Highlights
Best FilmLook Both Ways
Best DirectionSarah Watt
Look Both Ways
Best ActorHugo Weaving
Little Fish
Best ActressCate Blanchett
Little Fish
Supporting ActorAnthony Hayes
Look Both Ways
Supporting ActressNoni Hazlehurst
Little Fish
Most awardsFeature film: Look Both Ways (5)
Television: Love My Way (5)
Most nominationsFeature film: Little Fish (13)
Television: Love My Way (6)
Television coverage
NetworkNine Network
Viewership900,000

The 47th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as AFI Awards), were a series of awards which included the AFI Craft Awards and the AFI Awards Ceremony. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, television, documentary and short film productions of 2005. The two events were held in Melbourne, Victoria, with the former presentation at the Waterfront City Pavilion, and the latter at the Melbourne Central City Studios, on 25 November and 26 November 2005, respectively. The AFI Awards Ceremony was televised on the Nine Network, with actor Russell Crowe hosting both this and the AFI Craft Awards.[1]

Look Both Ways received the most feature film awards with five, including Best Film and Best Direction. Little Fish and The Proposition collected four awards each. The only other winner was Three Dollars with the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. In the television categories, Love My Way won five awards, including Best Drama Series, Best Direction and Best Screenplay. MDA was given two awards. Other television winners were Holly's Heroes, John Safran vs God, The Glass House and The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, with one award apiece.[2][3]

  1. ^ Urban, Andrew L. (27 November 2005). "AFI AWARDS 2005 – WINNERS". urbancinefile.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "2005". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ^ Cooper, Callista (26 November 2005). "'Little Fish' stars win lead awards". ABC News. Retrieved 27 December 2023.