1980 Australian Film Institute Awards

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1980 Australian Film Institute Awards
DateWednesday, 17 September 1980
SiteRegent Theatre
Sydney, New South Wales
Hosted byGraham Kennedy
Directed byJacqui Culliton[1]
Highlights
Best FilmBreaker Morant
Most awardsBreaker Morant (10)
Most nominationsBreaker Morant (13)
Television coverage
NetworkABC

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. [2][3]

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.[4] 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.[2] Stir received ten nominations in the same categories but walked away with none.[5] 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.[5]

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).[5] Although is considered the winner of the 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".[2]

Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface.

Category Winners
Best Film Breaker Morant  – Matthew Carroll
Manganinnie  –
...Maybe This Time  – Brian Kavanagh
Stir  –
Best Direction Bruce Beresford – Breaker Morant
Simon Wincer – Harlequin
 – Manganinnie
Stephen Wallace – Stir
Best Actor Jack Thompson – Breaker Morant
Edward Woodward – Breaker Morant
Bryan Brown – Stir
Max Phipps – Stir
Best Actress Tracy Mann – Hard Knocks
Carmen Duncan – Harlequin
Mawuyul Yanthalawuy – Manganinnie
Judy Morris – ...Maybe This Time
Best Supporting Actor Bryan Brown – Breaker Morant
Charles Tingwell – Breaker Morant
Lewis Fitz-Gerald – Breaker Morant
Dennis Miller – Stir
Best Supporting Actress Jill Perryman – ...Maybe This Time
Jude Kuring – ...Maybe This Time
Michelle Fawdon – ...Maybe This Time
Lorna Lesley – The Chain Reaction
Best Screenplay Breaker Morant – Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens, Bruce Beresford
Hard Knocks – , Don McLennan
...Maybe This Time – Anne Brooksbank, Bob Ellis
Stir –
Best Cinematography Breaker Morant – Donald McAlpine
Manganinnie –
Stir –
The Chain Reaction – Russell Boyd
Best Editing Breaker Morant – William M. Anderson
Harlequin – Adrian Carr
Stir –
The Chain Reaction –
Best Sound Breaker Morant – , , ,
Harlequin – , Adrian Carr,
Stir – , Andrew Steuart,
The Chain Reaction – , ,
Best Original Music Score Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe
...Maybe This Time – Bruce Smeaton
Stir – Cameron Allan
The Chain Reaction –
Best Art Direction Breaker Morant –
Harlequin –
Stir –
The Chain Reaction –
Best Costume Design Breaker Morant – Anna Senior
Harlequin –
Manganinnie –
The Chain Reaction – Norma Moriceau
Front Line – David Bradbury
 –
Best Short Animation  –
 –
 – David Parer
No Such a Place – Peter Butt, Tom Cowan

Special awards[]

Raymond Longford Award
Jury Prize

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Flynn, Greg (8 October 1980). "The night of the OZCAR, Kirk Douglas and Hie King star". The Australian Women's Weekly. Nine Entertainment Co. pp. 22, 23. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Hogan, Christine (18 September 1980). "Stars of the Australian Film Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. pp. 1, 14. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. ^ Flynn, Greg (6 August 1980). "Kennedy, Aunty Join for Awards". Australian Women's Weekly (ACP Magazines). Nine Entertainment Co. p. 18. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  4. ^ "AFI AWARDS. 1980 : BACKGROUNDER AND NOMINATIONS". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  5. ^ a b c "AACTA – Past Winners 1980". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. (AACTA). Retrieved 17 September 2011.[permanent dead link]

Further reading[]

  • French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009), Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute, St. Kilda, Australia: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), ISBN 1-876467-20-7

External links[]

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