1977 Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian film awards ceremony in 1977 1977 Australian Film Awards AACTA Film Awards Wednesday, 21 September 1977 Regent TheatreSydney, New South Wales Karen Black Keir Dullea John Gorton Storm Boy Don's Party (6) Storm Boy (9) ABC 1976 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards 1978 1978 Australian Film Institute Awards The 1977 Australian Film Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), honoured the best Australian films of 1976 on 21 September 1977 at Regent Theatre, in Sydney, New South Wales. It was televised on ABC. Actors Keir Dullea and Karen Black, and former Australian Prime Minister John Gorton hosted the show. Don's Party won six awards including Best Direction and Best Actress. Other winners were The Picture Show Man with four awards, and Storm Boy with two awards including Best Film and the Jury Prize. Charles Chauvel was posthumously awarded the Raymond Longford Award. Ceremony The ceremony was held on 21 September 1977 at Regent Theatre, in Sydney, New South Wales. It was hosted by actors Keir Dullea and Karen Black, and former Australian Prime Minister John Gorton. Storm Boy is best film Paul Heinrichs https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y_lUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3762,5830512&dq=australian+film+institute&hl=en The Age 22 September 1977 17 September 2011 Films were nominated for awards in thirteen categories, marking the first time the awards were presented competitively and not as a film prize like previous years, with the exception of the non-feature film categories.French Lisa Poole Mark Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute Australian Teachers of Media 2009 1-876467-20-7 142–182 The Awards were televised on ABC.French Lisa Poole Mark Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute Australian Teachers of Media 2009 1-876467-20-7 111 Winners and nominees The Australian Film Institute (AFI) presented awards across eighteen categories. Three new award categories were presented for Best Achievement in Sound, Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction, and the award for Best Original Music Score was reinstated after it had not been given since 1973.Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts AACTA - Past Winners 1977 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) http://aacta.org/past-winners/1970-1979/1977.shtml 17 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120330231658/http://aacta.org/past-winners/1970-1979/1977.shtml 30 March 2012 dead The recipients of the peer voted feature-film awards included the film Storm Boy, for Best Film; Bruce Beresford for Best Direction, for Don's Party; John Meillon for Best Actor, for The Fourth Wish; and Pat Bishop for Best Actress, for Don's Party.French Lisa Poole Mark Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute Australian Teachers of Media 2009 1-876467-20-7 145 Charles Chauvel received the Raymond Longford Award posthumously for his contribution to Australian screen culture and environment, and was presented to his wife Elsa Chauvel. Storm Boy was nominated for nine awards but only received two; and Don's Party won five of the six awards it was nominated for, winning the most awards at the ceremony. Non-feature films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, or an honourable mention, and the awards were determined by a jury. The Love Letters from Teralba Road received a gold and silver prize, and a special award for creativity. Peer voted awards #EEDD82 Winners of competitive awards marked first in boldface and highlighted in gold. Category Winners and nomineesBest Film Storm Boy – Matt Carroll|- | Break of Day – Patricia Lovell |- | Don's Party — Phillip Adams |- | The Picture Show Man — Joan Long |- | rowspan=4|Best Direction|style="background:#EEDD82"| Bruce Beresford – Don's Party Philippe Mora – Mad Dog Morgan Chris Löfvén – Oz Henri Safran – Storm BoyBest Actor John Meillon – The Fourth Wish as Casey Noel Ferrier – Eliza Fraser as Captain James Fraser David Gulpilil – Storm Boy as Fingerbone John Meillon – The Picture Show Man as Maurice 'Pop' PymBest Actress Pat Bishop – Don's Party as Jenny Jeanie Drynan – Don's Party as Kath Henderson Sara Kestelman – Break of Day as Alice Robyn Nevin – The Fourth Wish as ConnieBest Supporting Actor John Ewart – The Picture Show Man as Freddie Graves John Ewart – Let the Balloon Go as PC Baird Bill Hunter – Mad Dog Morgan as Sgt. Smith Christopher Pate – Raw Deal as DickBest Supporting Actress Veronica Lang – Don's Party as Jody Anne Haddy – The Fourth Wish as Dr. Kirk Ingrid Mason – Break of Day as Beth Judy Morris – The Picture Show Man as Miss LockhartBest Screenplay (Original or Adapted) Don's Party – David Williamson Storm Boy – Sonia Borg The Fourth Wish – Michael Craig The Picture Show Man – Joan LongBest Art Direction The Picture Show Man – David Copping Break of Day – Wendy Dickson Oz – Robbie Perkins Storm Boy – David CoppingBest Costume Design The Picture Show Man – Judith Dorsman Let the Balloon Go – Ron Williams Oz – Robbie Perkins Storm Boy – Helen EvansBest Sound Don's Party – William M. Anderson Oz – Les Luxford Raw Deal – Bruce Lamshed Storm Boy – Bob CoggerBest Original Music Score The Picture Show Man – Peter BestStorm Boy – Michael CarlosMad Dog Morgan – Patrick FlynnOz – Ross WilsonBest Cinematography Break of Day – Russell BoydStorm Boy – Geoff BurtonRaw Deal – Vincent MontonSummer Of Secrets – Russell BoydBest Editing Don's Party – William M. AndersonOz – Les LuxfordThe Fourth Wish – Gerard Turney-Smith Deathcheaters – Ron Williams Jury voted prizes #EEDD82 Winners of the gold prize. #C0C0C0 Winners of the silver prize. #cc9966 Winners of the bronze prize. Category WinnersJury PrizeStorm Boy – Matt CarrollBest DocumentaryWe Are All Alone My Dear – Paul CoxGreg – Tom ManefieldHere's To You Mr. Robinson – Peter Tammer, Gary Patterson (Honourable mention)Best Short Fiction FilmThe Love Letters from Teralba Road – Richard BrennanThe Singer and the Dancer – Gillian ArmstrongDo I Have to Kill My Child? – Janet IsaacThe Idyll – Aphrodite Jansen (Honourable mention)In The Beginning – Mark D'Arcy-Irvine (Honourable mention)Best Cinematography – DocumentaryThe Love Letters from Teralba Road – Tom CowanThe Last Harvest – David ForemanAdvertising Italy – Adrian Ussher Special awards Raymond Longford Award Charles Chauvel Jedda Award Storm Boy – Matt Carroll Creativity award Tom Cowan – Journey Among Women Stephen Wallace – The Love Letters from Teralba Road Alexander Stitt – Rover Adrian Ussher – Phone Home To... Macro Photography Densey Clyde, Jim Frazier – Garden Jungle 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 Film A Category:1977 in Australian cinema