1985 Australian Film Institute Awards

1985 AFI Awards
1985 AFI Awards
Date	14 September 1985
Highlights
Best Film	Bliss
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The 1985 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films of 1985.^[1]

Feature film[]

Best Film Bliss – Anthony Buckley A Street to Die – Bill Bennett Fran – David Rapsey Unfinished Business – Rebel Penfold-Russell	Best Direction Ray Lawrence – Bliss Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Glenda Hambly – Fran Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business
Best Lead Actor Chris Haywood – A Street to Die Richard Moir – An Indecent Obsession Barry Otto – Bliss John Clayton – Unfinished Business	Best Lead Actress Noni Hazlehurst – Fran Lynette Curran – Bliss Debbie Byrne – Rebel Michele Fawdon – Unfinished Business
Best Supporting Actor Nique Needles – The Boy Who Had Everything Mark Little – An Indecent Obsession Jon Ewing – Bliss Bryan Brown – Rebel	Best Supporting Actress Annie Byron – Fran Kerry Walker – Bliss Genevieve Mooy – Emoh Ruo Narelle Simpson – Fran
Best Original Screenplay Glenda Hambly – Fran Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Stephen Wallace – The Boy Who Had Everything Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business	Best Adapted Screenplay Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence – Bliss Denise Morgan – An Indecent Obsession Michael Jenkins, Bob Herbert – Rebel Frank Moorhouse – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Cinematography Peter James – Rebel Paul Murphy – Bliss Dean Semler – The Coca-Cola Kid Ray Argall – Wrong World	Best Editing Brian Kavanagh – Frog Dreaming Wayne LeClos – Bliss Michael Honey – Rebel John Scott – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Original Music Score Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland – Rebel Peter Best – Bliss Brian May – Frog Dreaming William Motzing, Tim Finn – The Coca-Cola Kid	Best Sound Mark Lewis, Penn Robinson, Julian Ellingworth, Jim Taig – Rebel Dean Gawen, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Gary Wilkins, Helen Brown, Ron Purvis – Bliss Mark Lewis, Craig Carter, Ken Sallows, Tim Chau, Rex Watts, Roger Savage – Frog Dreaming Mark Lewis, Gethin Creagh, Martin Oswin, Dean Gawen, Helen Brown – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Production Design Brian Thomson – Rebel Owen Paterson, Wendy Dickson – Bliss Jon Dowding – Frog Dreaming Graham Walker – The Coca-Cola Kid	Best Costume Design Roger Kirk – Rebel Helen Hooper – Bliss Ross Major – The Boy Who Had Everything Terry Ryan – The Coca-Cola Kid

Non-feature film[]

Best Documentary Film Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines – Bob Weis Collum Calling Canberra – David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies I'll Be Home for Christmas – Brian McKenzie Munda Nyuringu: He's Taken the Land, He Believes it is His, He Won't Give it Back – Robert Bropho, Jan Roberts	Best Sponsored Documentary Timber Craft (Artisans of Australia) – Pamela Paddon Women of Utopia – Elisabeth Knight Image Makers – Ursula Kolbe

References[]

^ "Top awards for 'Bliss'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[]

Official AACTA website

[1] "Top awards for 'Bliss'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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