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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.
Stars of the Australian Film Awards Christine Hogan https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xgFkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5780,6006844&dq=australian+film+institute&hl=en The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media 18 September 1980 1, 14 26 September 2011Kennedy, Aunty Join for Awards Greg Flynn http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51602047?searchTerm=%22Australian%20Film%20Institute%20Awards%22&searchLimits= Australian Women's Weekly (ACP Magazines) Nine Entertainment Co. 6 August 1980 18 2 January 2012
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. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=australian%20film%20institute%20awards;querytype=;rec=8;resCount=10 AFI AWARDS. 1980 : BACKGROUNDER AND NOMINATIONS National Film and Sound Archive 29 November 2011 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.Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA – Past Winners 1980 (AACTA) http://aacta.org/past-winners/1980-1989/1980.aspx 17 September 2011 February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 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".
#EEDD82 Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.
Category WinnersBest FilmBreaker Morant – Matthew Carroll|-
|Manganinnie – Gilda Baracchi
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|...Maybe This Time – Brian Kavanagh
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|Stir – Richard Brennan
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|rowspan="4"|Best Direction|style="background:#EEDD82"|Bruce Beresford – Breaker MorantSimon Wincer – HarlequinJohn Honey – ManganinnieStephen Wallace – StirBest ActorJack Thompson – Breaker MorantEdward Woodward – Breaker MorantBryan Brown – StirMax Phipps – StirBest ActressTracy Mann – Hard KnocksCarmen Duncan – HarlequinMawuyul Yanthalawuy – ManganinnieJudy Morris – ...Maybe This TimeBest Supporting ActorBryan Brown – Breaker MorantCharles Tingwell – Breaker MorantLewis Fitz-Gerald – Breaker MorantDennis Miller – StirBest Supporting ActressJill Perryman – ...Maybe This TimeJude Kuring – ...Maybe This TimeMichelle Fawdon – ...Maybe This TimeLorna Lesley – The Chain ReactionBest ScreenplayBreaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce BeresfordHard Knocks – Hilton Bonner, Don McLennan...Maybe This Time – Anne Brooksbank, Bob EllisStir – Bob JewsonBest CinematographyBreaker Morant – Donald McAlpineManganinnie – Gary HansenStir – Geoff BurtonThe Chain Reaction – Russell BoydBest EditingBreaker Morant – William M. AndersonHarlequin – Adrian CarrStir – Henry DangarThe Chain Reaction – Tim WellburnBest SoundBreaker Morant – Gary Wilkins, William Anderson, Jeanine Chialvo, Phill JuddHarlequin – Gary Wilkins, Adrian Carr, Peter FentonStir – Gary Wilkins, Andrew Steuart, Phill JuddThe Chain Reaction – Lloyd Carrick, Tim Wellburn, Phill JuddBest Original Music ScoreManganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe...Maybe This Time – Bruce SmeatonStir – Cameron AllanThe Chain Reaction – Andrew Thomas WilsonBest Art DirectionBreaker Morant – David CoppingHarlequin – Bernard HidesStir – Lee WhitmoreThe Chain Reaction – Graham WalkerBest Costume DesignBreaker Morant – Anna SeniorHarlequin – Terry RyanManganinnie – Graham PurcellThe Chain Reaction – Norma MoriceauBest DocumentaryFront Line – David BradburyBest Short Fiction FilmGary's Story – Richard MihalchakBest Short AnimationPussy Pumps Up – Antoinette StarkiewiczBest Experimental FilmSelf Portrait Blood Red – Ivam DurrantBest Cinematography – DocumentaryBird of the Thunder Woman – David ParerNo Such a Place – Peter Butt, Tom Cowan
Special awards
Raymond Longford Award
Tim Burstall
Jury Prize
Hard Knocks – Don McLennan
See also
AACTA Awards
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)
External links
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website
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