1985 Australian Film Institute Awards Explained

1985 AFI Awards
Date:	14 September 1985
Award1 Type:	Best Film
Award1 Winner:	Bliss
Award2 Type:	Best Drama Series
Award3 Type:	Best Comedy Series
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The 1985 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films of 1985.^[1]

Feature film

Bliss – Anthony Buckley A Street to Die – Bill Bennett Fran – David Rapsey Unfinished Business – Rebel Penfold-Russell	Ray Lawrence – Bliss Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Glenda Hambly – Fran Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business
Chris Haywood – A Street to Die Richard Moir – An Indecent Obsession Barry Otto – Bliss John Clayton – Unfinished Business	Noni Hazlehurst – Fran Lynette Curran – Bliss Debbie Byrne – Rebel Michele Fawdon – Unfinished Business
Nique Needles – The Boy Who Had Everything Mark Little – An Indecent Obsession Jon Ewing – Bliss Bryan Brown – Rebel	Annie Byron – Fran Kerry Walker – Bliss Genevieve Mooy – Emoh Ruo Narelle Simpson – Fran
Glenda Hambly – Fran Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Stephen Wallace – The Boy Who Had Everything Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business	Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence – Bliss Denise Morgan – An Indecent Obsession Michael Jenkins, Bob Herbert – Rebel Frank Moorhouse – The Coca-Cola Kid
Peter James – Rebel Paul Murphy – Bliss Dean Semler – The Coca-Cola Kid Ray Argall – Wrong World	Brian Kavanagh – Frog Dreaming Wayne LeClos – Bliss Michael Honey – Rebel John Scott – The Coca-Cola Kid
Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland – Rebel Peter Best – Bliss Brian May – Frog Dreaming William Motzing, Tim Finn – The Coca-Cola Kid	Mark Lewis, Penn Robinson, Julian Ellingworth, Jim Taig – Rebel Dean Gawen, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Gary Wilkins, Helen Brown, Ron Purvis – Bliss Mark Lewis, Craig Carter, Ken Sallows, Tim Chau, Rex Watts, Roger Savage – Frog Dreaming Mark Lewis, Gethin Creagh, Martin Oswin, Dean Gawen, Helen Brown – The Coca-Cola Kid
Brian Thomson – Rebel Owen Paterson, Wendy Dickson – Bliss Jon Dowding – Frog Dreaming Graham Walker – The Coca-Cola Kid	Roger Kirk – Rebel Helen Hooper – Bliss Ross Major – The Boy Who Had Everything Terry Ryan – The Coca-Cola Kid

External links

• Official AACTA website

Notes and References

1. News: Top awards for 'Bliss' . . 60 . 18,248 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 16 September 1985 . 27 December 2021 . 18 . National Library of Australia.