professional organisation film television practitioners australia academy aim identify award promote celebrate australia greatest achievements film television established august backing afi act industry engagement arm administer awards known afi awards rewards achievements australian feature film television documentary short films academy composed chapters represents different screen artists including actors directors producers writers overseen academy president australian actor inaugural president hosted inaugural awards january background profit membership based organisation aim identify award promote celebrate australia greatest achievements film television academy subsidiary afi non profit organisation established develop active film culture australia foster engagement general public australian film industry afi responsible commonly known afi awards rewarded australian practitioners feature film television documentary short film screen crafts academy receives funding afi australian state federal governments june afi proposed establishment objectives proposed academy raise profile australian film television australia abroad change way rewards talent mimicking methods foreign film organisations bafta voting system change establishment govern chapters composed professionals industry organisations including actors directors producers stated academy replace afi past winners afi awards constitute founding heritage australian academy announcement proposal afi began consultation phase members public screen industry gave feedback proposed changes june announcement ceo afi said thought better way engage industry try improve professional membership structure big improvement way afi things july weeks consultation period ended afi announced ahead proposed changes asked timing announcement stated based overwhelming industry support received confident moving right direction establish initial phase academy august afi announced special event academy called inaugural awards ceremony renamed awards serve annual afi awards event known president inaugural awards night new gold revealed created australian sculptor depicts human silhouette based shape structure academy members comprises chapters representing different area feature film television documentary short film overseen academy president role determine policies strategies way academy rewards practitioners chapters follows honorary events festival film festival film held conjunction showcases films competition awards inaugural festival held sydney melbourne october november festival marks beginning australian film awards season members academy commence voting films categories members institute vote members choice award awards awards replaced previous serve past ceremonies awards instituted awards presented prize non feature films lack feature films produced australia competitive film awards established awards television introduced awards usually held end year melbourne prior announcement academy afi announced awards january order align international film awards season awards held events black tie event accolades handed non feature short films film production non drama related television programs awards ceremony hands awards categories larger venue broadcast television additionally awards achievements foreign film presented los_angeles
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