The 49th

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ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the

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on the

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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 nominees 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

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with the second highest number of fourteen. Clubland came third with eleven nominations. The

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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: ''

'' (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 (

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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

Films

Feature films

Special honors

Television

Multiple nominations

Multiple film nominations

The following films received multiple nominations. * 16 nominations: **''

'' * 14 nominations: **''

'' * 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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