2007 Australian Film Institute Awards

2007 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date	5–6 December 2007
Highlights
Best Film	Romulus, My Father
Best Direction	Tony Ayres The Home Song Stories
Best Actor	Eric Bana Romulus, My Father
Best Actress	Joan Chen The Home Song Stories

The 49th Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in Melbourne, Australia on the Nine Network. Geoffrey Rush 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. Deborra-Lee Furness, Sibylla Budd, Marny Kennedy, and AFI President James Hewison made the announcements. Romulus, My Father got the highest nominations with a total of 16 with The Home Song Stories with the second highest amount of 14. Clubland came third with a high amount of nomination tallying up to 11.

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 Australian Film Institute Awards include: The Home Song Stories (7) and Romulus, My Father (4). The Home Song Stories performed exceptionally well, taking out a total 7 of its 14 nominations. The wins included, Best Direction (Tony Ayres), Best Actress in a Lead Role (Joan Chen), Best Screenplay (Tony Ayres), Achievement in Cinematogoraphy (Nigel Bluck), Achievement in Editing (Denise Haratzis), Best Original Score (Antony Partos), 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

Best Film Romulus, My Father Noise Lucky Miles The Home Song Stories	Best Direction Tony Ayres for The Home Song Stories Cherie Nowlan - Clubland Matthew Saville - Noise Richard Roxburgh - Romulus, My Father
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted)
Tony Ayres for The Home Song Stories
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
Eric Bana for Romulus, My Father Brendan Cowell - Noise Qi Yuwu - The Home Song Stories Kodi Smit-McPhee - Romulus, My Father	Joan Chen for The Home Song Stories Kerry Armstrong - Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance Brenda Blethyn - Clubland Franka Potente - Romulus, My Father
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Marton Csokas for Romulus, My Father Frankie J. Holden for Clubland Richard Wilson for Clubland Russell Dykstra for Romulus, My Father	Emma Booth for Clubland Esme Melville for Romulus, My Father Sibylla Budd for The Bet Irene Chen for The Home Song Stories
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Best Original Music Score	Best Sound
Antony Partos for The Home Song Stories Byrony Marks for Noise Roger Mason, Green Dragon for Razzle Dazzle Basil Hogios for Romulus, My Father
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
Melinda Doring for The Home Song Stories Nell Hanson for Clubland Paddy Reardon for Noise Robert Cousins for Romulus, My Father

Award	Winner	Producer
Best Documentary	Forbidden Lie$	Sally Regan, Anna Broinowski

Special honors

Award	Winner	Field
Australian Film Institute Byron Kennedy Award	David Hannay	Art Direction

Multiple nominations

Multiple film nominations

The following films received multiple nominations.

• 16 nominations:
  • Romulus, My Father
• 14 nominations:
  • The Home Song Stories
• 11 nominations:
  • Clubland
• 9 nominations:
  • Noise

• 3 nominations
  • Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance