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. Other films with multiple nominations were
Hoodwink with eight,
Winter of Our Dreams,
The Club and
Fatty Finn with seven,
The Survivor and
Roadgames with four,
Wrong Side of the Road with three, and
Grendel Grendel Grendel 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 Non-feature film 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. ==References==