1983 Australian Film Institute Awards

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The 25th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 24 September 1983. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1983.

Twenty feature films were entered.[1] Careful, He Might Hear You received eight awards including Best Film. Phar Lap received three awards.[2][3][4] Film technician Bill Gooley received the Raymond Longford Award for lifetime achievement.[5]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Feature film

Best Film Best Achievement in Direction
  • Careful, He Might Hear You – Jill Robb
    • Man of Flowers – Jane Ballantyne
    • Phar Lap – John Sexton
    • The Year of Living Dangerously – Jim McElroy
  • Carl Schultz – Careful, He Might Hear You
    • Paul Cox – Man of Flowers
    • Simon Wincer – Phar Lap
    • Peter Weir – The Year of Living Dangerously
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 Original Screenplay Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
Best Achievement in Cinematography Best Achievement in Editing
Best Achievement in Sound Best Original Music Score
  • Peter Burgess, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Ron Purvis, Terry Rodman, Gary Wilkins – Phar Lap
    • Peter Barker, Julian Ellingworth, Marc van Buuren – Buddies
    • Syd Butterworth, Julian Ellingworth, Roger Savage, Andrew Steuart – Careful, He Might Hear You
    • Jeanine Chialvo, Peter Fenton, Lee Smith, Andrew Steuart – The Year of Living Dangerously
  • Bruce Rowland – Phar Lap
    • Chris Neal – Buddies
    • Ray Cook – Careful, He Might Hear You
    • Maurice Jarre – The Year of Living Dangerously
Best Achievement in Production Design Best Achievement in Costume Design
  • John Stoddart – Careful, He Might Hear You
    • Darrell Lass – The Wild Duck
    • Wendy Weir, Herbert Pinter – The Year of Living Dangerously
    • Herbert Pinter – Undercover
  • Bruce Finlayson – Careful, He Might Hear You

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Film Best Sponsored Documentary
  • Street Kids – Kent Chadwick (producer)
    • Ageing In The New Age – Suzanne Baker (producer)
    • Homefront – Australian Film and Television School (production company), Julie Money (director)
    • Tandberg On Page One – Ivan Gaal (producer)
Best Short Fiction Film Best Animated Film
  • Dance Of Death – Dennis Tupicoff (producer)
    • Foxbat And The Demon – John Skibinski (producer)
Best Experimental Film Best Achievement in Direction
  • Serious Undertakings – Erika Addis (producer)
    • The Lion in the Doorway – Christina Ferguson (producer)
    • This Woman Is Not A Car – Margaret Dodd, Saran Bennett (producer)
    • Traces – Paul Winkler (producer)
  • Esben Storm – With Prejudice
    • Helen Grace – Serious Undertakings
    • Anne Harding – Genius In Lying
    • Hugh Piper – Double Concerto
Best Screenplay Best Achievement in Cinematography
  • Wendy Thompson – Marbles
    • Joan Bean, Richard Dennison – A Voice in the Wilderness
    • Helen Grace – Serious Undertakings
    • David Muir – The Rough and the Smooth
  • Paul Elliott – The Lion in the Doorway
    • Brian Probyn – 18 Foot People
    • Michael Dillon, Paul Tait – Birdmen Of Kilimanjaro
    • Andrew Lesnie – Stations
Best Achievement in Editing Best Achievement in Sound
  • Suresh Ayyar – Double Concerto
  • Max Hensser – Birdmen Of Kilimanjaro
    • David Hughes – A Zoo in the Trees
    • Pat Fiske – On Guard
    • Peter Hammond – The Lion in the Doorway

Additional awards

Jury Prize
Raymond Longford Award
  • Bill Gooley

References

  1. ^ "Bank sponsors film awards". The Canberra Times. 10 June 1983. p. 9. Retrieved 9 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Eight Film Institute awards to 'Careful'". The Age. Vic. 26 September 1983. p. 3. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ "New award for film makers". The Canberra Times. 26 September 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 9 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Most award nominations to one film". The Canberra Times. 5 September 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 9 January 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "AFI Past Winners - 1983 Winners & Nominees". AFI-AACTA. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

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