1974−75 Australian Film Awards | |
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Date | 23 March 1975 |
Site |
Sydney Opera House Sydney, New South Wales |
Hosted by | Glenda Jackson |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Sunday Too Far Away |
Most awards | Billy and Percy and Sunday Too Far Away (3) |
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.
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),
[1] 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.
[2]
[3] 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.
[2]
[3]
Winners of the gold prize.
Winners of the silver prize.
Winners of the bronze prize.
1974−75 Australian Film Awards | |
---|---|
Date | 23 March 1975 |
Site |
Sydney Opera House Sydney, New South Wales |
Hosted by | Glenda Jackson |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Sunday Too Far Away |
Most awards | Billy and Percy and Sunday Too Far Away (3) |
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.
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),
[1] 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.
[2]
[3] 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.
[2]
[3]
Winners of the gold prize.
Winners of the silver prize.
Winners of the bronze prize.