1980 Australian Film Institute Awards Explained
The 22nd Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), honoured the best Australian feature films of 1980, and took place on 17 September 1980 at Regent Theatre, in Sydney, New South Wales. The ceremony was hosted by Graham Kennedy and televised in Australia on ABC.[2] [3]
Breaker Morant was nominated for thirteen awards and won ten, in all categories it was nominated for, including Best Film and Best Direction for Bruce Beresford. Other winners with two were Hard Knocks, and Manganinnie and ...Maybe This Time with one.
When the Australian Film Institute established the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) in 2011, the awards became known as the AACTA Awards.
Winners and nominees
The nominees were announced on 29 August 1980.[4] Breaker Morant received 13 nominations across ten feature film award categories, winning all ten categories it was nominated for including: Best Film, Best Direction for Bruce Beresford, Best Actor for Jack Thompson, Best Supporting Actor for Bryan Brown and Best Screenplay for Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford. Stir received ten nominations in the same categories but walked away with none.[5] The only other winners in the feature film categories was Tracy Mann for Best Actress, for Hard Knocks; Jury Prize for Hard Knocks; Jill Perryman for Best Supporting Actress, for ...Maybe This Time; and Peter Sculthorpe for Best Original Music Score, for Manganinnie.
Non-feature films were awarded with a prize at the awards, but are considered the best in their categories by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Although Bird of the Thunder Woman is considered the winner of the Best Cinematography – Documentary category, it was the recipient of a "silver prize" at the awards, while No Such a Place, also a finalist in the category, was presented with a "bronze prize".
| Category | Winners |
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| Best Film | Breaker Morant – Matthew Carroll |
| Manganinnie – Gilda Baracchi |
| ...Maybe This Time – Brian Kavanagh |
| Stir – Richard Brennan |
| Best Direction | Bruce Beresford – Breaker Morant |
| Simon Wincer – Harlequin |
| John Honey – Manganinnie |
| Stephen Wallace – Stir |
| Best Actor | Jack Thompson – Breaker Morant |
| Edward Woodward – Breaker Morant |
| Bryan Brown – Stir |
| Max Phipps – Stir |
| Best Actress | Tracy Mann – Hard Knocks |
| Carmen Duncan – Harlequin |
| Mawuyul Yanthalawuy – Manganinnie |
| Judy Morris – ...Maybe This Time |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bryan Brown – Breaker Morant |
| Charles Tingwell – Breaker Morant |
| Lewis Fitz-Gerald – Breaker Morant |
| Dennis Miller – Stir |
| Best Supporting Actress | Jill Perryman – ...Maybe This Time |
| Jude Kuring – ...Maybe This Time |
| Michelle Fawdon – ...Maybe This Time |
| Lorna Lesley – The Chain Reaction |
| Best Screenplay | Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford |
| Hard Knocks – Hilton Bonner, Don McLennan |
| ...Maybe This Time – Anne Brooksbank, Bob Ellis |
| Stir – Bob Jewson |
| Best Cinematography | Breaker Morant – Donald McAlpine |
| Manganinnie – Gary Hansen |
| Stir – Geoff Burton |
| The Chain Reaction – Russell Boyd |
| Best Editing | Breaker Morant – William M. Anderson |
| Harlequin – Adrian Carr |
| Stir – Henry Dangar |
| The Chain Reaction – Tim Wellburn |
| Best Sound | Breaker Morant – Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Jeanine Chialvo, Phill Judd |
| Harlequin – Gary Wilkins, Adrian Carr, Peter Fenton |
| Stir – Gary Wilkins, Andrew Steuart, Phill Judd |
| The Chain Reaction – Lloyd Carrick, Tim Wellburn, Phill Judd |
| Best Original Music Score | Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe |
| ...Maybe This Time – Bruce Smeaton |
| Stir – Cameron Allan |
| The Chain Reaction – Andrew Thomas Wilson |
| Best Art Direction | Breaker Morant – David Copping |
| Harlequin – Bernard Hides |
| Stir – Lee Whitmore |
| The Chain Reaction – Graham Walker |
| Best Costume Design | Breaker Morant – Anna Senior |
| Harlequin – Terry Ryan |
| Manganinnie – Graham Purcell |
| The Chain Reaction – Norma Moriceau |
| Best Documentary | Front Line – David Bradbury |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Gary's Story – Richard Mihalchak |
| Best Short Animation | Pussy Pumps Up – Antoinette Starkiewicz |
| Best Experimental Film | Self Portrait Blood Red – Ivam Durrant |
| Best Cinematography – Documentary | Bird of the Thunder Woman – David Parer |
| No Such a Place – Peter Butt, Tom Cowan |
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Special awards
- Raymond Longford Award
- Jury Prize
See also
External links
Notes and References
- News: The night of the OZCAR, Kirk Douglas and Hie King star . Greg . Flynn . . . 8 October 1980 . 22, 23. 2 January 2012.
- News: Stars of the Australian Film Awards . Christine . Hogan . The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media . 18 September 1980 . 1, 14. 26 September 2011.
- News: Kennedy, Aunty Join for Awards . Greg . Flynn . Australian Women's Weekly (ACP Magazines) . . 6 August 1980 . 18 . 2 January 2012.
- Web site: AFI AWARDS. 1980 : BACKGROUNDER AND NOMINATIONS. . 29 November 2011.
- Web site: Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . AACTA – Past Winners 1980 . (AACTA) . 17 September 2011 .
