Leading the feature film nominees was Rabbit-Proof Fence with a total of ten nominations.
[2] The Secret Life of Us, Network Ten's drama about a group of friends who live in a St Kilda, gained the most television nominations with five.
[3] Tony Ayres' directorial debut, Walking on Water, exploring the grief, tenderness, stupidity and humour that arises from death, received five awards, the most for any production.
In the television category, the small-screen movie The Road From Coorain, an adaptation of Jill Ker Conway's memoir of the same name, won four awards.
[4][5][6] The decision to allow the unreleased drama Swimming Upstream to receive five award nominations was met with great dismay by other entrants.