1974–75 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film awards ceremony in 1975 March 2020 September 2011 1974−75 Australian Film Awards AACTA Film Awards 23 March 1975 Sydney Opera HouseSydney, New South Wales Glenda Jackson Sunday Too Far Away Billy and Percy and Sunday Too Far Away (3) 1973 1973 Australian Film Institute Awards 1976 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards The 17th Australian Film Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) honoured the best Australian films of 1974 and 1975 and took place on 23 March 1975, at the Sydney Opera House, in Sydney, New South Wales. Actress Glenda Jackson hosted the ceremony. Winners In the competition the Australian Film Institute (AFI) presented awards across nine categories. The winners of the Golden Reel prize included feature film Sunday Too Far Away (which is considered the winner of the Best Film category),Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) AACTA - Past Winners: 1974-75 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) http://aacta.org/past-winners/1970-1979/1974-75.shtml 27 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330231621/http://aacta.org/past-winners/1970-1979/1974-75.shtml 30 March 2012 dead tele-movie Billy and Percy, and documentary Mr. Symbol Man; feature films Petersen and The True Story of Eskimo Nell and documentaries A Steam Train Passes and Stirring won the Silver prize; and the film Between Wars won the Bronze prize. Shearer feature gets good clip of 'Oscars' Staff https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CPJUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OpIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760,5416210&dq=australian+film+institute&hl=en The Age 24 March 1975 25 August 2011 Shearers' strike film wins top Aust award Staff https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q_xjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m-YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2374,6262600&dq=australian+film+institute&hl=en Sydney Morning Herald 24 March 1975 25 August 2011 Awards were also handed out in feature film categories for Best Actor, which went to Jack Thompson for Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen and Martin Vaughan for Billy and Percy; Julie Dawson for Best Actress, for Who Killed Jenny Langby?; Barry Humphries and Reg Lye for Best Supporting Actor, for The Great Macarthy and Sunday Too Far Away respectively; and John Power for Best Direction, for Billy and Percy. #EEDD82 Winners of the gold prize. #C0C0C0 Winners of the silver prize. #cc9966 Winners of the bronze prize. Category WinnersGolden Reel Prizefor Best Film* Sunday Too Far AwayGolden Reel Prizefor Best Documentary* Mr. Symbol ManGolden Reel Prize* Billy and PercySilver Prizefor Best Film* PetersenSilver Prizefor Best Documentary* A Steam Train Passes* StirringSilver Medallionfor Photography* Vincent Monton – The True Story of Eskimo NellBronze Prizefor Best Film* Between WarsBest Direction* John Power – Billy and PercyBest Actor* Jack Thompson – Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen* Martin Vaughan – Billy and PercyBest Actress* Sunday Too Far AwayBest Supporting Actor(Honourable mentions)* Barry Humphries – The Great McCarthy* Reg Lye – Sunday Too Far AwayBest Screenplay* David Williamson – PetersenBest Original Music Score* Bruce Smeaton – The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthyAlan Stout Awardfor Best Short Film* John Papadopoulos – Matchless* Ian Macrae – Love is Hate* Chris Noonan – BullsMedia Department Awardfor a film depicting an aspect of Australian life and endeavor* Sunday Too Far Away References Further reading French Lisa Poole Mark Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute 2009 1-876467-20-7 St. Kilda, Australia Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Film Australian Film Institute Awards Category:1975 film awards Category:1975 in Australian cinema