AACTA Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series is an award that has been handed out to producers annually since 1986 by the Australian Film Institute. The Award was originally presented in two separate categories for Best Telefeature and Best Mini Series but in 1990 both categories were merged to form Best Television Mini Series or Telefeature. By 2008 the award name was changed again with the addition of Short Run Series to the title.

Best Mini Series

Year	Winner	Recipient(s)	Network	Other nominees
1986	The Dunera Boys	Bob Weis	Network Ten	?
1987	The Great Bookie Robbery	Ian Bradley	Network Ten	?
1988	The True Believers	Sandra Levy & Matt Carroll	ABC TV	?
1989	Edens Lost	Margaret Fink	ABC TV	?

Best Telefeature

Year	Winner	Recipient(s)	Network	Other nominees
1986	The Perfectionist	Pat Lovell	Network Ten	?
1987	Two Friends	Jan Chapman	ABC TV	?
1988	Matter of Convenience	Noel Price	ABC TV	?
1989	Police State	Rod Allan	Southern Star Sullivan/ABC TV	?

Best Telefeature, Mini Series or Short Run Series

Year	Winner	Recipient(s)	Network	Other nominees
1990	Come In Spinner	Jan Chapman	ABC TV	The Girl from Tomorrow (Nine Network) Ron Saunders, Noel Price Police Crop (ABC) Rod Allan The Magistrate (ABC) Kim Dalton, Chris Warner
1991	The Paper Man	Sue Masters Greg Ricketson	ABC TV	Ratbag Hero (Seven Network) Zelda Rosenbaum, Oscar Whitbread Ring of Scorpio (Nine Network) Errol Sullivan Shadows of the Heart (Network Ten) Jan Marnell
1992	Brides of Christ	Sue Masters	ABC TV	Clowning Around (ABC) Paul D. Barron, Antonia Barnard Six Pack - 'Piccolo Mondo' (SBS) Bob Weis The Girl from Tomorrow: Tomorrow's End (Nine Network) Noel Price
1993	The Leaving of Liverpool	Steve Knapman	ABC TV	Seven Deadly Sins - 'Sloth' (ABC) Hannie Rayson Round the Twist, Series 2 - Episode 3, 'Little Squirt' (ABC) Paul Jennings, Esben Storm Police Rescue, Series 3 - Episode 1, 'Lifeline' (ABC) Debra Oswald
1994	Under the Skin: The Long Ride	Franco di Chiera	SBS	The Battlers (Seven Network) Gus Howard Under the Skin, Episode 'Grandma's Teeth' (SBS) Franco di Chiera Seventh Floor (Network Ten) John Sexton
1995	Halifax f.p.: The Feeding	Roger Le Mesurier Roger Simpson		Cody - 'A Family Affair' (Seven Network) Sandra Levy, John Edwards Halifax f.p. - 'Hard Corps' (Nine Network) Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson Halifax f.p. - 'Lies of the Mind' (Nine Network) Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson
1996	Blue Murder	Rod Allan	ABC TV	Halifax f.p. - 'Cradle and All' (Nine Network) Roger Simpson, Roger Le Mesurier Naked - Episode 'The Fisherman's Wake' (ABC) Jan Chapman State Coroner (Network Ten) David Taft, John Kearney
1997	Good Guys, Bad Guys	Roger Le Mesurier Roger Simpson Ros Tatarka	Nine Network	Kangaroo Palace — (Seven Network) Ewan Burnett Simone De Beauvoir's Babies (ABC) Andrew Knight, Denise Patience, Deborah Cox The Last of the Ryans (Nine Network) Richard Brennan
1998	Wildside	Steve Knapman	ABC TV	The Violent Earth — Jock Blair, David Rouse, Bruce Gordon Halifax f.p.: Afraid of the Dark — Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Terry Jennings Never Tell Me Never — David Elfick, Anne Bruning
1999	The Day of the Roses	Simone North Tony Cavanaugh		The Potato Factory — Anthony Buckley, Des Monaghan Aftershocks — Julia Overton Halifax f.p.: Swimming with Sharks — Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Robyn Sinclair
2000	On the Beach	John Edwards Errol Sullivan Jeff Hayes Greg Coote	Southern Star Sullivan ABC TV	Halifax f.p.: A Person of Interest — Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, John Hugginson The Secret Life of Us — John Edwards, Amanda Higgs Waiting at the Royal — Andrew Wiseman, Richard Keddie
2001	My Brother Jack	Sue Milliken Andrew Wiseman Richard Keddie	ABC TV	Changi — Bill Hughes Do or Die — John Edwards, Lavinia Warner My Husband My Killer — David Gould, Des Monaghan, Anthony Buckley
2002	The Road from Coorain	Penny Chapman		Halifax f.p.: Takes Two — Roger Le Mesurier, Roger Simpson, Steve Jodrell Heroes' Mountain — Anthony Buckley Secret Bridesmaids' Business — Lynda House
2003	After the Deluge	Richard Keddie Andrew Knight Andrew Wiseman		BlackJack — Nick Murray, Sally Ayre-Smith The Postcard Bandit — Matt Carroll The Shark Net — Sue Taylor
2004	Marking Time	John Edwards	ABC TV	Go Big — Ellie Beaumont, Rosemary Blight, Michael Miller Small Claims — Rosemary Blight, Kylie Du Fresne, Ben Grant The Brush-Off — Huntaway Films & Ruby Entertainment
2005	The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant	Andrew Benson Greg Haddrick	Network Ten	Little Oberon — Susan Bower Hell Has Harbour Views — Ian Collie Through My Eyes — Simone North, Tony Cavanaugh
2006	RAN	Penny Chapman	SBS TV	Answered by Fire — Roger Le Mesurier & Andrew Walker The Silence — Jan Chapman The Surgeon — John Edwards & Judi McCrossin
2007	The King	Jason Stephens	TV1 / Nine Network	Bastard Boys — Brett Popplewell & Ray Quint The Circuit — Ross Hutchens & Colin South
2008	East West 101	Steve Knapman Kris Wyld	SBS TV	Bed of Roses — Stephen Luby & Mark Ruse Rain Shadow — Gus Howard Valentine's Day — Tony Wright
2009	False Witness	Greg Haddrick Peter Andrikidis	UKTV	3 Acts of Murder — Sue Taylor The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce — Nial Fulton Saved — Michael McMahon, Tony Ayres
2010	Hawke	Richard Keddie	Network Ten	A Model Daughter: The Killing Of Caroline Byrne - Karl Zwicky Network Ten
2011	The Slap	Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Michael McMahon	ABC1	Cloudstreet - Greg Haddrick and Brenda Pam (Showcase) Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo – John Edwards and Karen Radzyner (ABC1) Sisters of War – Andrew Wiseman (ABC1)

See also

• Australian Film Institute
• AFI Awards
• AFI Television Awards

External links

• http://aacta.org/winners-nominees.aspx AACTA Award winners and nominees