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The 50th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards were presented at a ceremony in Melbourne's Princess Theatre on 5 and 6 December 2008. During the ceremony, the Australian Film Institute presented Australian Film Institute Awards (commonly referred to as AFI Awards) in 40 categories including feature films, television, animation and documentaries. It was hosted by Stephen Curry.
The nominees for Best Documentary, Best Short Fiction Film and Best Short Animation were announced on 7 August, whilst the rest were announced at the Nominations Announcement at the Sydney Theatre Company in Walsh Bay on 29 October. The Black Balloon had the most nominations, with a total of 11 including Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; with nominees thereafter.
= Feature Film
== Television
=AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Television Screen Craft
Steve Evans. Underbelly. For "Editing"
= Non-Feature Film
=AFI Award for Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft
Xanthe Highfield. fOUR. For "Production Design"
= Additional Awards
=AFI International Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
Peter James ACS ASC. For "Cinematography"
= Individual Awards
=Multiple nominations
= Films
=11 nominations: The Black Balloon
10 nominations: Unfinished Sky
7 nominations: The Jammed & The Square
= Television
=8 nominations: Underbelly
6 nominations: East West 101
3 nominations: Summer Heights High, The Hollowmen & H2O: Just Add Water
2 nominations: The Librarians & Rush
Controversies and comments
= AFI website "contenders"
=On the website of the Australian Film Institute, it listed 25 expected nominees for the Best Film category. The 25 contenders were: