1977 Australian Film Awards | |
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Date | Wednesday, 21 September 1977 |
Site |
Regent Theatre Sydney, New South Wales |
Hosted by | |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Storm Boy |
Most awards | Don's Party (6) |
Most nominations | Storm Boy (9) |
Television coverage | |
Network | ABC |
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.
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. [1] 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. [2] The Awards were televised on ABC. [3]
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.
[4] 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.
[4]
[5]
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.
[1] 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.
[4]
Non-feature films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, or an honourable mention, and the awards were determined by a jury.
[1]
The Love Letters from Teralba Road received a gold and silver prize, and a special award for creativity.
[1]
Winners of competitive awards marked first in boldface and highlighted in gold.
Winners of the gold prize.
Winners of the silver prize.
Winners of the bronze prize.
Category | Winners |
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Jury Prize | Storm Boy – Matt Carroll |
Best Documentary | We Are All Alone My Dear – Paul Cox |
Greg – Tom Manefield | |
Here's To You Mr. Robinson – Peter Tammer, Gary Patterson (Honourable mention) | |
Best Short Fiction Film | The Love Letters from Teralba Road – Richard Brennan |
The Singer and the Dancer – Gillian Armstrong | |
Do I Have to Kill My Child? – Janet Isaac | |
The Idyll – Aphrodite Jansen (Honourable mention) | |
In The Beginning – Mark D'Arcy-Irvine (Honourable mention) | |
Best Cinematography – Documentary | The Love Letters from Teralba Road – Tom Cowan |
The Last Harvest – David Foreman | |
Advertising | Italy – Adrian Ussher |
1977 Australian Film Awards | |
---|---|
Date | Wednesday, 21 September 1977 |
Site |
Regent Theatre Sydney, New South Wales |
Hosted by | |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Storm Boy |
Most awards | Don's Party (6) |
Most nominations | Storm Boy (9) |
Television coverage | |
Network | ABC |
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.
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. [1] 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. [2] The Awards were televised on ABC. [3]
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.
[4] 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.
[4]
[5]
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.
[1] 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.
[4]
Non-feature films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, or an honourable mention, and the awards were determined by a jury.
[1]
The Love Letters from Teralba Road received a gold and silver prize, and a special award for creativity.
[1]
Winners of competitive awards marked first in boldface and highlighted in gold.
Winners of the gold prize.
Winners of the silver prize.
Winners of the bronze prize.
Category | Winners |
---|---|
Jury Prize | Storm Boy – Matt Carroll |
Best Documentary | We Are All Alone My Dear – Paul Cox |
Greg – Tom Manefield | |
Here's To You Mr. Robinson – Peter Tammer, Gary Patterson (Honourable mention) | |
Best Short Fiction Film | The Love Letters from Teralba Road – Richard Brennan |
The Singer and the Dancer – Gillian Armstrong | |
Do I Have to Kill My Child? – Janet Isaac | |
The Idyll – Aphrodite Jansen (Honourable mention) | |
In The Beginning – Mark D'Arcy-Irvine (Honourable mention) | |
Best Cinematography – Documentary | The Love Letters from Teralba Road – Tom Cowan |
The Last Harvest – David Foreman | |
Advertising | Italy – Adrian Ussher |