1981 Australian Film Institute Awards

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1981 Australian Film Institute Awards
Date Wednesday, 16 September, 1981
Site Regent Theatre
Sydney, New South Wales
Host John Bluthal
Highlights
Best Film Gallipoli
Television coverage
Network ABC

The 24th Australian Film Institute Awards[1] (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Regent Theatre, in Sydney, New South Wales on 16 September 1981.[2] Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1981. The ceremony was televised in Australia on ABC for the third year running,[3] with John Bluthal presiding over the event.[4]

Gallipoli won nine of the twelve awards it was nominated for, including Best Film. Other films with multiple nominations were Hoodwink with eight, Winter of Our Dreams and Fatty Finn with seven, The Club with five, The Survivor and Roadgames with four, Wrong Side of the Road with three, and Grendel Grendel Grendel and Wu Ting with two. Phillip Adams was the recipient of the Raymond Longford Award

Winners and nominees

Gallipoli (1981) received the most feature-film nominations with twelve, winning in nine categories including Best Film, Best Achievement in Directing for Peter Weir, Best Screenplay for David Williamson, Best Achievement in Cinematography for Russell Boyd, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for Mel Gibson and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for Bill Hunter.[5] Other films with multiple nominations were Hoodwink with eight, Winter of Our Dreams and Fatty Finn with seven, The Club with five, The Survivor and Roadgames with four, Wrong Side of the Road with three, and Grendel Grendel Grendel and Wu Ting with two.

Individuals with multiple nominations were sound designer Peter Fenton with three for Best Sound, winning for his work on Gallipoli; sound designer Andrew Steuart received two nominations in the Best Sound category without a win; Judy Davis was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her roles in Winter of Our Dreams and Hoodwink, respectively, picking up both prizes; Wendy Weir gained two nominations for Best Achievement in Art Direction and Best Achievement in Costume Design, winning in the former category; David Williamson, who was given the Best Screenplay award, was also further nominated for his adapted screenplay of The Club in the same category.

Feature film

Best Film Best Achievement in Directing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Achievement in Cinematography Best Achievement in Film Editing
Best Original Music Score Best Sound
  • GallipoliDon Connolly, Greg Bell and Peter Fenton
    • Hoodwink – Gary Wilkins, Andrew Steuart and Peter Fenton
    • The Survivor – Peter Fenton, Jack Friedman, Bruce Lamshed and Tim Lloyd
    • Winter of Our Dreams – Lloyd Carrick, Andrew Steuart, Phil Judd and Phil Hayward
Best Achievement in Art Direction Best Achievement in Costume Design
Best Screenplay

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Film Best Animated Film
Best Short Fiction Film Best Experimental Film
Best Cinematography in a Documentary
  • DesireLouis Irving
    • Ant – David Collyer and Geoff Hall
    • The Silent Conversation – Joseph Pickering

Special awards

Wrong Side of the Road received the Jury Prize. The Raymond Longford Award given to a person for their life's work in the Australian film and television industry, was presented to Australian journalist and producer Phillip Adams.

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