3rd annual cadet film awards 1996

best picture
Fargo
The Portrait Of A Lady
Secrets & Lies
Shine
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

best director
Joel Coen – Fargo
Jane Campion – The Portrait Of A Lady
Scott Hicks – Shine
Lars Von Trier – Breaking The Waves
Baz Luhrmann – Williams Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet

best actor, leading role
Geoffrey Rush – Shine
Leonardo Di Caprio – William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Ralph Fiennes – The English Patient
Eddie Murphy – The Nutty Professor
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade

best actress, leading role
Frances Mcdormand – Fargo
Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
Nicole Kidman – The Portrait Of A Lady
Debbie Reynolds – Mother
Courtney Love – The People Vs. Larry Flynt

best supporting actor
Vince Vaughn – Swingers
Steve Buscemi – Fargo
Samuel L. Jackson – A Time To Kill
William H. Macy – Fargo
Noah Taylor – Shine

best supporting actress
Barbara Hershey – The Portrait Of A Lady
Juliette Binoche – The English Patient
Minnie Driver – Big Night
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Secrets & Lies
Renee Zellweger – Jerry Maguire

best adapted screenplay
Laura Jones – The Portrait Of A Lady
Anthony Minghella – The English Patient
Billy Bob Thornton – Sling Blade
Kenneth Branagh – Hamlet
John Hodge – Trainspotting

best original screenplay
Joel Coen And Ethan Coen – Fargo
Jan Sardi – Shine
Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
Jon Favreau – Swingers
Stanley Tucci And Joseph Tropiano – Big Night

best original dramatic score
Wojciech Kilar – The Portrait Of A Lady
Jerry Goldsmith – Star Trek: First Contact
David Hirschfelder – Shine
Gabirel Yared – The English Patient
Patrick Doyle – Hamlet

best original comedy or musical score
Carter Burwell – Fargo
David Newman – The Nutty Professor
Rachel Portman – Emma
Pete Townshend & Nancy Wilson- Jerry Maguire
Hans Zimmer – The Preacher’s Wife

best original song
“Kissing You” – William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
“Angel” – William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
“The Secret Garden” – Jerry Maguire
“That Thing You Do” – That Thing You Do!
“You Must Love Me” – Evita

best foreign-language film
Floating Life (Australia)
Chungking Express (Hong Kong)
Ridicule (France)
La Ceremonie (France)
Kolya (Czech Republic)

best cinematography
Roger Deakins – Fargo
Darius Khondji – Evita
John Seale – The English Patient
Stuart Dryburgh – The Portrait Of A Lady
Vilmos Zsigmond – The Ghost And The Darkness

best editing
Fargo
The English Patient
The Portrait Of A Lady
Shine
Microcosmos

best production design
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
The English Patient
Evita
Hamlet
The Portrait Of A Lady

best costume design
Evita
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet
Star Trek: First Contact
Hamlet
The Portrait Of A Lady

best sound
Mission: Impossible
Independence Day
The English Patient
Star Trek: First Contact
Twister

best makeup
The Nutty Professor
Independence Day
Star Trek: First Contact

best sound effects editing
Twister
The Ghost And The Darkness
Star Trek: First Contact

best visual effects
Star Trek: First Contact
Independence Day
Twister

best australian film
Shine
Love Serenade
Love And Other Catastrophes
Children Of The Revolution
Dating The Enemy

best debut
Marianne Jean-Baptiste for her performance in SECRETS & LIES
Emily Watson for her performance in BREAKING THE WAVES
Tom Hanks for directing THAT THING YOU DO!

best documentary
Microcosmos
Looking For Richard
When We Were Kings