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1977 Australian Film Institute Awards
Australian film awards ceremony in 1977
Australian film awards ceremony in 1977
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1977 Australian Film Awards |
| award | AACTA Film Awards |
| date | Wednesday, 21 September 1977 |
| site | Regent Theatre |
| Sydney, New South Wales | |
| host | |
| best_film | Storm Boy |
| most_wins | Don's Party (6) |
| most_nominations | Storm Boy (9) |
| network | ABC |
| last | 1976 |
| last_link | 1976 Australian Film Institute Awards |
| next | 1978 |
| next_link | 1978 Australian Film Institute Awards |
Sydney, New South Wales
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.
Ceremony
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. 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. The Awards were televised on ABC.
Winners and nominees
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. 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. 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. 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. Non-feature films were presented with a gold, silver or bronze prize, or an honourable mention, and the awards were determined by a jury. The Love Letters from Teralba Road received a gold and silver prize, and a special award for creativity.
Peer voted awards
| Category | Winners and nominees |
|---|---|
| Best Film | Storm Boy – Matt Carroll |
| Break of Day – Patricia Lovell | |
| Don's Party — Phillip Adams | |
| The Picture Show Man — Joan Long | |
| Best Direction | 'Bruce Beresford – Don's Party''''' |
| Philippe Mora – Mad Dog Morgan | |
| Chris Löfvén – Oz | |
| Henri Safran – Storm Boy | |
| Best Actor | 'John Meillon – The Fourth Wish''''' as Casey |
| Noel Ferrier – Eliza Fraser as Captain James Fraser | |
| David Gulpilil – Storm Boy as Fingerbone | |
| John Meillon – The Picture Show Man as Maurice 'Pop' Pym | |
| Best Actress | 'Pat Bishop – Don's Party''''' as Jenny |
| Jeanie Drynan – Don's Party as Kath Henderson | |
| Sara Kestelman – Break of Day as Alice | |
| Robyn Nevin – The Fourth Wish as Connie | |
| Best Supporting Actor | 'John Ewart – The Picture Show Man''''' as Freddie Graves |
| John Ewart – Let the Balloon Go as PC Baird | |
| Bill Hunter – Mad Dog Morgan as Sgt. Smith | |
| Christopher Pate – Raw Deal as Dick | |
| Best Supporting Actress | 'Veronica Lang – Don's Party''''' as Jody |
| Anne Haddy – The Fourth Wish as Dr. Kirk | |
| Ingrid Mason – Break of Day as Beth | |
| Judy Morris – The Picture Show Man as Miss Lockhart | |
| Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) | Don's Party – David Williamson |
| Storm Boy – Sonia Borg | |
| The Fourth Wish – Michael Craig | |
| The Picture Show Man – Joan Long | |
| Best Art Direction | The Picture Show Man – David Copping |
| Break of Day – Wendy Dickson | |
| Oz – Robbie Perkins | |
| Storm Boy – David Copping | |
| Best Costume Design | The Picture Show Man – Judith Dorsman |
| Let the Balloon Go – Ron Williams | |
| Oz – Robbie Perkins | |
| Storm Boy – Helen Evans | |
| Best Sound | Don's Party – William M. Anderson |
| Oz – Les Luxford | |
| Raw Deal – Bruce Lamshed | |
| Storm Boy – Bob Cogger | |
| Best Original Music Score | The Picture Show Man – Peter Best |
| Storm Boy – Michael Carlos | |
| Mad Dog Morgan – Patrick Flynn | |
| Oz – Ross Wilson | |
| Best Cinematography | Break of Day – Russell Boyd |
| Storm Boy – Geoff Burton | |
| Raw Deal – Vincent Monton | |
| Summer Of Secrets – Russell Boyd | |
| Best Editing | Don's Party – William M. Anderson |
| Oz – Les Luxford | |
| The Fourth Wish – Gerard Turney-Smith | |
| Deathcheaters – Ron Williams |
Jury voted prizes
| 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 |
Special awards
;Raymond Longford Award
- Charles Chauvel ;Jedda Award
- Storm Boy – Matt Carroll ;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
- Densey Clyde, Jim Frazier – Garden Jungle
References
References
- Paul Heinrichs. (22 September 1977). "Storm Boy is best film". [[The Age]].
- French, Lisa. (2009). "Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute". Australian Teachers of Media.
- French, Lisa. (2009). "Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute". Australian Teachers of Media.
- "AACTA - Past Winners 1977". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).
- French, Lisa. (2009). "Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute". Australian Teachers of Media.
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