1990 Australian Film Institute Awards


The 32nd Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films and television of 1990. Twenty films competed in the feature film categories.

Feature film


  • Ray ArgallReturn Home
  • *Stephen WallaceBlood Oath
  • *Paul CoxGolden Braid
  • *Jerzy DomaradzkiStruck by Lightning
  • Max von SydowFather
  • *Frankie J. HoldenReturn Home
  • *Ben MendelsohnThe Big Steal
  • *Russell CroweThe Crossing
  • Catherine McClementsWeekend With Kate
  • *Kerry ArmstrongHunting
  • *Claudia KarvanThe Big Steal
  • *Rosanna ArquetteWendy Cracked a Walnut
  • Steve BisleyThe Big Steal
  • *John PolsonBlood Oath
  • *Toshi Shioya – Blood Oath
  • *Bartholomew Rose – Flirting
  • Julia BlakeFather
  • *Penne Hackforth-JonesKokoda Crescent
  • *Ruth CracknellKokoda Crescent
  • *Maggie KingThe Big Steal
  • David ParkerThe Big Steal
  • *Denis Whitburn, Brian Williams – Blood Oath
  • *Paul Cox, Barry DickinsGolden Braid
  • *Trevor Farrant – Struck by Lightning
  • Jeff Darling – The Crossing
  • *Russell BoydBlood Oath
  • *Geoff Burton – Flirting
  • *Nino Gaetano Martinetti – Golden Braid
  • Robert GibsonFlirting
  • *Russell Hurley – Golden Braid
  • *Henry Dangar – The Crossing
  • *Robert Gibson – Two Brothers Running
  • Phil JuddThe Big Steal
  • *Art PhillipsSher Mountain Killings Mystery
  • *Paul Smyth – Struck by Lightning
  • *Bruce SmeatonWendy Cracked a Walnut
  • Ben Osmo, Gethin Creagh, Roger SavageBlood Oath
  • *Antony Gray, Ross Linton, Phil JuddFlirting
  • *Livia Ruzic, James Currie, David Rawlinson – Golden Braid
  • *John Wilkinson, Dean Gawen, Roger SavageThe Big Steal
  • Roger FordFlirting
  • *Bernard Hides – Blood Oath
  • *Paddy Reardon – The Big Steal
  • *Lawrence Eastwood – Weekend With Kate
  • Roger KirkBlood Oath
  • *Aphrodite Kondos – Hunting
  • *Michelle Leonard – Two Brothers Running
  • *Michelle Leonard – Weekend With Kate