1984 Australian Film Institute Awards

26th Australian Film Institute Awards
26th Australian Film Institute Awards
Site	State Theatre, Victorian Arts Centre
Highlights
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	← 1983; Australian Film Institute Awards; 1985 →;

The 26th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held at the Victorian Arts Centre on 5 October 1984.^[1]^[2] Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 1984.

Winners and nominees[edit]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

Feature film[edit]

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 Gilbert J. Brealey – Annie's Coming Out Ken Cameron – Fast Talking Sophia Turkiewicz – Silver City
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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
Best Original Screenplay	Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
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
Best Achievement in Cinematography	Best Achievement in Editing
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
Best Achievement in Sound	Best Original Music Score

Best Achievement in Production Design	Best Achievement in Costume Design

Non-feature film[edit]

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)
Best Short Fiction Film	Best Animated Film
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)
Best Experimental Film	Best Achievement in Direction

Best Screenplay	Best Achievement in Cinematography

Best Achievement in Editing	Best Achievement in Sound

Additional awards[edit]

Bryon Kennedy Award
Roger Savage
Raymond Longford Award
David Willams (Exhibitor / Distributor)

References[edit]

^ "'Annie's Coming Out' acclaimed best film". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 17, 905. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 October 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Australian Film Institute presentations Four Alms dominate this year's award nominations". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 17, 902. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1984. p. 26. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

External links[edit]

The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website

[1] "'Annie's Coming Out' acclaimed best film". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 17, 905. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 October 1984. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Australian Film Institute presentations Four Alms dominate this year's award nominations". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 17, 902. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 October 1984. p. 26. Retrieved 30 July 2023 – via National Library of Australia.

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