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1984 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 26th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Victorian Arts Centre on 5 October 1984. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1984.
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The 26th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Victorian Arts Centre on 5 October 1984. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1984.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Film | Best Achievement in Direction |
|---|---|
| Annie's Coming Out – Don Murray | |
| My First Wife – Jane Ballantyne, Paul Cox | |
| Silver City – Joan Long | |
| Strikebound – Miranda Bain, Timothy White | Paul Cox – My First Wife |
| Gil Brealey – Annie's Coming Out | |
| Ken Cameron – Fast Talking | |
| Sophia Turkiewicz – Silver City | |
| John Hargreaves – My First Wife | |
| Drew Forsythe – Annie's Coming Out | |
| Ivar Kants – Silver City | |
| Chris Haywood – Strikebound | Angela Punch-McGregor – Annie's Coming Out |
| Wendy Hughes – My First Wife | |
| Gosia Dobrowolska – Silver City | |
| Carol Burns – Strikebound | |
| Steve Bisley – Silver City | |
| David Argue – BMX Bandits | |
| Steve Bisley – Fast Talking | |
| Peter Hehir – Fast Talking | Anna Jemison-Monticelli – Silver City |
| Monica Maughan – Annie's Coming Out | |
| Sandy Gore – Street Hero | |
| Peta Toppano – Street Hero | |
| Paul Cox, Bob Ellis – My First Wife | |
| Ken Cameron – Fast Talking | |
| Sophia Turkiewicz, Thomas Keneally – Silver City | |
| Jan Sardi – Street Hero | John Patterson, Chris Borthwick – Annie's Coming Out |
| Patrick Edgeworth – BMX Bandits | |
| Everett De Roche – Razorback | |
| Richard Lowenstein – Strikebound | |
| Dean Semler – Razorback | |
| Yuri Sokol – My First Wife | |
| John Seale – Silver City | |
| Andrew de Groot – Strikebound | William Anderson – Razorback |
| Alan Lake – BMX Bandits | |
| Tim Lewis – My First Wife | |
| Jill Bilcock – Strikebound | |
| Gary Wilkins, Mark Wasiutak, Roger Savage, Bruce Lamshed, Terry Rodman, David Harrison – Street Hero | |
| Andrew Steuart, John Patterson, Robyn Judge, Phil Judd, Gethin Creagh – BMX Bandits | |
| Tim Lloyd, Ron Purvis, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Greg Bell, Helen Brown, Ashley Grenville – Razorback | |
| Dean Gawen, Gethin Creagh, Frank Lipson, Martin Oswin, Rex Watts – Strikebound | Garth Porter, Bruce Smeaton – Street Hero |
| Simon Walker – Annie's Coming Out | |
| Iva Davies – Razorback | |
| William Motzing – Silver City | |
| Tracy Watt, Harry Zettel, McGregor Knox, Neil Angwin – Strikebound | |
| Bryce Walmsley – Razorback | |
| Igor Nay – Silver City | |
| Brian Thomson – Street Hero | Jan Hurley – Silver City |
| Ross Major – One Night Stand | |
| Norma Moriceau – Street Hero | |
| Jennie Tate – Strikebound |
| Best Documentary Film | Best Sponsored Documentary |
|---|---|
| Kemira: Diary of a Strike – Tom Zubrycki (producer / director) | |
| Antarctic Man: 'This Is Not A Place For Humans' – ABC Natural History Unit (production company), David Parer (producer / director) | |
| Celso and Cora – Gary Kildea (producer / director) | |
| For Love or Money – Margot Oliver, Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley (producer), Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley (director), Margot Nash (editor) | |
| Getting Wet – Australian Film & Television School (production company), P. J. Hogan (director) | |
| A Girl's Own Story – Australian Film & Television School (production Company), Jane Campion (director) | |
| Every Day, Every Night – Swinburne Film & Television School (production company), Kathy Mueller (director) | |
| Skipping Class – Chris Warner (producer / director) | |
| Passionless Moments – Jane Campion, Gerard Lee, AFTS | |
| Brick and Tile – Paul Winkler | |
| Holzwege: Wood Roads/Wrong Ways – Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, Swinburne Film and Television School | |
| Fear of Life – Sally Bongers, AFTS | |
| Bryon Kennedy Award |
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| Roger Savage |
| David Willams (Exhibitor / Distributor) |
- The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website
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