>Animal Kingdom sweeps 2010 AFI awards

>The winners of the 2010 Samsung Mobile AFI Awards were announced at two ceremonies over the weekend. Animal Kingdom swept the field, taking home 10 AFIs from its record-breaking 18 nominations.

The winners are as follows…

Best Feature Film

Winner: Animal Kingdom
Beneath Hill 60
Bran Nue Dae
Bright Star
The Tree
Tomorrow When The War Began

Best Director

Winner: David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
Julie Bertuccelli – The Tree
Jane Campion – Bright Star
Jeremy Sims – Beneath Hill 60

Best Actor

Winner: Ben Mendelsohn – Animal Kingdom
Brendan Cowell – Beneath Hill 60
James Frecheville – Animal Kingdom
Clive Owen – The Boys Are Back

Best Actress

Winner: Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Morgana Davies – The Tree
Charlotte Gainsbourg – The Tree

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Joel Edgerton – Animal Kingdom
Guy Pearce – Animal Kingdom
Kodi Smit-McPhee – Matching Jack
Sullivan Stapleton – Animal Kingdom

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Deborah Mailman – Bran Nue Dae
Julia Blake – The Boys Are Back
Kerry Fox – Bright Star
Laura Wheelwright – Animal Kingdom

Members Choice Award

Winner: Animal Kingdom
Beneath Hill 60
Bran Nue Dae
Bright Star
The Boys Are Back
Tomorrow When The War Began

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Animal Kingdom
Beneath Hill 60
Bright Star
Daybreakers

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Tomorrow When The War Began
Bran Nue Dae
The Boys Are Back
The Tree

Best Documentary

Winner: Contact
Inside the Firestorm
Strange Birds in Paradise
The Snowman

Best Young Actor

Winner: Harrison Gilbertson – Beneath Hill 60
Ashleigh Cummings – Tomorrow When The War Began
Morgana Davies – The Tree
James Frecheville – Animal Kingdom

International Best Actor

Winner: Sam Worthington – Avatar
Simon Baker – The Mentalist
Ryan Kwanten – True Blood
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road

International Best Actress

Winner: Mia Wasikowska – Alice in Wonderland
Toni Collette – The United States of Tara
Bojana Novakovic – Edge of Darkness
Naomi Watts – Mother and Child

Check out the rest of the winners (including those in the Television and Technical categories) over at the official AFI Website.

Discuss: What are your thoughts on this year’s batch of victors? I personally thought Animal Kingdom’s Frecheville was unfairly shut out. Also, how in the world did Tomorrow When The War Began beat The Tree in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay?! Otherwise, congratulations to Animal Kingdom on its ten much-deserved victories. Now, where’s that after party…