1977 Australian Film Institute Awards
Appearance
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
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
Australian Prime Minister John Gorton
hosted the show.
Raymond Longford Award.
Ceremony
The ceremony was held on 21 September 1977 at
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]
Winners and nominees
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]
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]
Peer voted awards
Winners of competitive awards marked first in boldface and highlighted in gold.
Jury voted prizes
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 |
Special awards
- Raymond Longford Award
- Jedda Award
- 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
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Paul Heinrichs (22 September 1977). "Storm Boy is best film". The Age. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
- ^ a b c "AACTA - Past Winners 1977". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ISBN 1-876467-20-7.
Further reading
- French, Lisa; Poole, Mark (2009), Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute, St. Kilda, Australia: ISBN 1-876467-20-7