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1991 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 33rd Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held in October 1991. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary, short film and television productions of 1991. ''Proof'' received the award for Best Feature Film and five other awards. Director Fred Schepisi received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement. The awards were not televised. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. Feature film Non-feature film Television Additional awards References External links The Australian Film Institute , Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website {{Australian Film Institute Awards AACTA Awards ceremonies AACTA Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof (1991 Film)
''Proof'' is a 1991 Australian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. The film stars Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. The film was released in Australia on 15 August 1991. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with five other awards, including Moorhouse for Best Director, Weaving for Best Leading Actor, and Crowe for Best Supporting Actor. Plot The story concerns the tribulations of Martin, a blind photographer. Through a series of flashbacks, Martin is shown as a child, distrustful of his own mother. She describes to him the garden outside his bedroom window. She tells him that someone is raking leaves, but he can't hear the sound and angrily decides she is lying to him. This childhood experience strongly affects Martin as an adult, as he anticipates that sighted people will take advantage of his blindness to lie to him, or worse yet, pity him. He has become a resentful, vaguely bitter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting (1991 Film)
''Waiting'' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Jackie McKimmie and starring Noni Hazlehurst, Deborra-Lee Furness, and Fiona Press. Premise Friends meet at a farm house to await the birth of a baby. Cast *Noni Hazlehurst as Clare *Deborra-Lee Furness as Diane *Frank Whitten as Michael *Helen Jones as Sandy *Denis Moore as Bill *Fiona Press as Therese *Ray Barrett as Frank *Noga Bernstein as Rosie *Peter Tu Tran as Tan *Brian Simpson as Booroomil *Matthew Fargher as Steve Box office ''Waiting'' grossed $185,600 at the box office in Australia. Reception At the AFI Awards Fiona Press won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award and the film was nominated in 4 other categories. Jackie McKimmie was awarded the OCIC Award – Honorable Mention in the Venice Film Festival. See also *Cinema of Australia The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Actor In A Supporting Role
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1974. Previous winners ReferencesAfi.org.au — AFI Award Winners {{Australian Film Institute Awards A AACTA Award winners Film awards for supporting actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya (1990 Film)
''Aya'' is a 1990 Australian film directed by Solrun Hoaas and starring Eri Ishida, Nicholas Eadie, and Chris Haywood. The plot is about a marriage between an Australian man and Japanese war bride War brides are women who married military personnel from other countries in times of war or during military occupations, a practice that occurred in great frequency during World War I and World War II. Among the largest and best documented examp .... Plot Aya, a Japanese war bride, arrives in a small Australian town during the 1950s with her husband. She is still very much in love with her husband, named Frank, but she somehow feels more comfortable with Mac, a friend of Frank's who can speak Japanese. References External links * ''Aya''at Oz Movies 1990 films Australian drama films 1990 drama films Films scored by Roger Mason (musician) Films about marriage 1990s English-language films 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eri Ishida
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Yokohama Film Festival for ''Chōchin'' and at the 13th Hochi Film Award for '' A Chaos of Flowers'', ''Hope and Pain'' and ''Wuthering Heights''. Filmography Films * ''Double Bed'' (1983) * ''Tokei – Adieu l'hiver'' (1986) * ''Chōchin'' (1987) * ''Tsuribaka Nisshi'' (1988) * '' A Chaos of Flowers'' (1988) * ''Hope and Pain'' (1988) * ''Wuthering Heights'' (1988) * '' Aya'' (1990) * ''Female'' (2005) * ''Gina K'' (2005) * ''Route 225'' (2006) * ''Sad Vacation'' (2007) * ''Bloody Snake Under the Sun'' (2007) * ''Then Summer Came'' (2008) * ''Acacia'' (2009) * ''Shibuya'' (2010) * ''Chips'' (2012) * ''My House'' (2012) * ''It Comes'' (2018) * '' Lost Girls & Love Hotels'' (2020) * '' Snake Eyes'' (2021) * ''Remember to Breathe'' (2022) Television * '' Ultraman 80 is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show produced by Tsuburaya Productions which aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System channel from April 2, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Act Of Necessity
''Act of Necessity'' is an Australian 1991 television film about a couple who believe their daughter's cancer is caused by chemicals.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p3 It was the fifth in a series of docu-dramas about social issues made by Film Australia. Based on a real case, it was made with actors improvising before real court staff Cast * Angie Milliken as Louise Coleman * Mark Owen-Taylor as Ben Coleman * Wendy Strehlow Wendy Strehlow ( 1958) is an Australian actress, particularly in soap opera and theatre, she has appeared in numerous TV series and tele-dramas but is probably best known for her role as the much loved nurse sister Judy Loveday in the televisio ... as Cressa Buchanan * Tim McKenzie as Brian Buchanan * Loren Hewett as Samantha Coleman * Stephen Grives * Kris Graves * Scott McGregor References External links * 1991 television films 1991 films Australian drama television films Films scored by Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Milliken
Angie Milliken is an Australian actress. Life Milliken was born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology then turned to acting. Milliken first became noticed when she starred in the 1991 made-for-TV movie '' Act of Necessity'' for which she was nominated for an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award. Throughout the 1990s, Milliken starred as Jo Moody in a series of telemovies with Robert Taylor, called ''The Feds'', and in 1999 starred in '' Paperback Hero'', as well as guest starring on ''Farscape'' and '' Stingers''. In 1992 she was in the film ''Eight Ball'' and in 1996 she memorably featured in ''Dead Heart''. She regularly performed on stage for Sydney Theatre Company and became a well known face in the Australian film and television industry. In 2001, she won an AFI award for her role in ''My Brother Jack'' and then starred in the acclaimed ''The Shark Net'' (2003). From 2003 to 2005 Milliken starred as Amand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman's Tale
''A Woman's Tale'' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Paul Cox and starring Sheila Florance, Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies and Ernie Gray. Premise Martha (Florance) is an elderly woman living alone in her flat and dying of cancer. Her love of life leads to an ambivalence about her age; her unique moral code leads to her playing cupid for her friend and nurse Anna (Dobrowolska) and Anna's married lover (Gray); her worrisome son (Haywood) wants her to move into a home; her neighbour Billy (Kaye) has dementia Dementia is a disorder which manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affe .... Production Florance herself was dying of cancer as the film was being shot. She died, aged 75, nine days after being awarded the 1991 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Florance
Sheila Mary Florance (24 July 1916 – 12 October 1991) was an Australian theatre, television and film actress. She was best known for her performance as elderly, alcoholic convict Lizzie Birdsworth in the television series ''Prisoner''. Florance, born in Melbourne, Victoria, married an Englishman in 1934 and sailed to London. She spent World War II in England. Her early career was based on the London stage. Her first husband died in action following the 1944 Normandy landings. Returning to Australia in 1948, where she started performing locally as a theatre actress, before entering films and television series. Florance had a reputation as a teller of extraordinary stories and in the 1950s she was known for her house parties. Florance died in 1991 from lung cancer, a week after receiving the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her final film. Biography Early life Florance was born on 24 July 1916 at 42 Carrington Grove, East St Kilda, Melbourne. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in ''The Year My Voice Broke'' (1987) and since then he has had roles in films such as '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010), ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), ''Starred Up'' (2013), ''Mississippi Grind'' (2015), ''Rogue One'' (2016), '' Darkest Hour'' (2017) and Steven Spielberg's ''Ready Player One'' (2018). In 2017, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in '' Captain Marvel'' (2019) and '' Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019). He will reprise this role in Marvel Studios' upcoming Disney+ series ''Secret Invasion'', which is set to premiere in 2023. Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix original series ''Bloodline'' (2015–2017), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2016. In 2020, Mendelsohn starred in the HBO crime miniseries '' The Outsider''. Early life and family Mendelsohn was born in Melb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Friels
Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor of theatre, TV and film and presenter Early life Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Interview with Colin Friels, ''George Negus Tonight'' (ABC Television), 26 August 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1186644.htm , retrieved May 2007. His mother was a mill worker and French polisher, and his father a carpenter. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh. He worked as a bricklayer's labourer before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1976 along with Linden Wilkinson and Michael Siberry. Acting career Friels career began with work mostly in theatre and television. In 1980 Friels was a presenter on the Australian version of '' Play School'', the series for young children. His first film role was in the unreleased ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Neill
Sir Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand actor. Neill's near-50 year career has included leading roles in both dramas and blockbusters. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation. Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, Neill moved to Christchurch with his family in 1954. He first achieved recognition with his appearance in the 1977 film '' Sleeping Dogs'', which he followed with leading roles in ''My Brilliant Career'' (1979), '' Omen III: The Final Conflict'', ''Possession'' (both 1981), ''A Cry in the Dark'' (1988), ''Dead Calm'' (1989), ''The Hunt For Red October'' (1990), and ''The Piano'' (1993). He came to international prominence as Dr. Alan Grant in '' Jurassic Park'' (1993), a role that he reprises in ''Jurassic Park III'' (2001) and '' Jurassic World Dominion'' (2022). Outside of film, Neill has appeared in numerous television series, including ''Reilly, Ace of Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
