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ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in

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hosted the show, for the second time. He previously presided over the 48th Australian Film Institute Awards the previous year. The

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were announced on 24 October 2007.

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, and AFI President James Hewison made the announcements.

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got the highest nominations with a total of sixteen with The Home Song Stories with the second highest number of fourteen. Clubland came third with eleven nominations. The award winners were announced at two ceremonies; one on the 5 December ("industry" categories) and the other on 6 December (top categories), 2007. Films that won multiple

include: '' The Home Song Stories'' (7) and ''

'' (4). ''The Home Song Stories'' performed exceptionally well, taking out a total 7 of its 14 nominations. The wins included,

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), Best Actress in a Lead Role ( Joan Chen),

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(''Tony Ayres''), Achievement in Cinematogoraphy (''Nigel Bluck''), Achievement in Editing (''Denise Haratzis''), Best Original Score (''

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''), Best Achievement in Production Design (''Melinda Doring'') and the award for Achievement in Costume Design for ''Cappi Ireland''.

Winners of major awards

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Feature films

Special honors

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Multiple nominations

Multiple film nominations

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'' * 14 nominations: **'' The Home Song Stories'' * 11 nominations: **'' Clubland'' * 9 nominations: **''

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'' * 3 nominations **'' Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance '' {{Australian Film Institute Awards

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