Romulus, My Father dominates 2007 AFI Awards

Arclight Films is very pleased to announce that ROMULUS, MY FATHER scooped the pool at the 49th Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne on thursday, collecting four awards including Best Film, Best Leading Actor (Eric Bana) and Best Supporting Actor (Marton Csokas). Claudia Karvan, who stars alongside Jim Caviezel in Arclight Films' upcoming thriller LONG WEEKEND, also picked up two awards for her role in the Australian TV series, Love My Way.

Australia has celebrated the outstanding achievements of the film and television industries by announcing the winners of the L'Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Awards.

Held over two gala nights on 5th and 6th December at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, the industries' most prestigious awards event was hosted by Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, and welcomed home from Hollywood a star-studded cast of A-list film and television personalities.

The power of the resilient father and son relationship was cemented in Raimond Gaita’s acclaimed memoir Romulus, My Father which was awarded the L'Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Award for Best Film, and presented to Robert Connolly and John Maynard.

The compelling film also celebrated Eric Bana collecting the AFI Award for Best Lead Actor for his role as Romulus, and in a remarkable triumph across generations, his on-screen son and co-star, aspiring young actor Kodi Smit-McPhee, was awarded the L'Oreal Paris AFI Young Actor Award. Martin Csokas took the tally to four when he received the award for Best Supporting Actor.

For more information, please visit the official AFI site at www.afi.org.au