1985 Australian Film Institute Awards

1985 AFI Awards
1985 AFI Awards
Date	14 September 1985
Highlights
Best Film	Bliss

The 1985 Australian Film Institute Awards were awards held by the Australian Film Institute to celebrate the best of Australian films of 1985.^[1]

Feature film

Best Film Bliss – Anthony Buckley A Street to Die – Bill Bennett Fran – David Rapsey Unfinished Business – Rebel Penfold-Russell	Best Direction Ray Lawrence – Bliss Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Glenda Hambly – Fran Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business
Best Lead Actor Chris Haywood – A Street to Die Richard Moir – An Indecent Obsession Barry Otto – Bliss John Clayton – Unfinished Business	Best Lead Actress Noni Hazlehurst – Fran Lynette Curran – Bliss Debbie Byrne – Rebel Michele Fawdon – Unfinished Business
Best Supporting Actor Nique Needles – The Boy Who Had Everything Mark Little – An Indecent Obsession Jon Ewing – Bliss Bryan Brown – Rebel	Best Supporting Actress Annie Byron – Fran Kerry Walker – Bliss Genevieve Mooy – Emoh Ruo Narelle Simpson – Fran
Best Original Screenplay Glenda Hambly – Fran Bill Bennett – A Street to Die Stephen Wallace – The Boy Who Had Everything Bob Ellis – Unfinished Business	Best Adapted Screenplay Peter Carey, Ray Lawrence – Bliss Denise Morgan – An Indecent Obsession Michael Jenkins, Bob Herbert – Rebel Frank Moorhouse – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Cinematography Peter James – Rebel Paul Murphy – Bliss Dean Semler – The Coca-Cola Kid Ray Argall – Wrong World	Best Editing Brian Kavanagh – Frog Dreaming Wayne LeClos – Bliss Michael Honey – Rebel John Scott – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Original Music Score Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland – Rebel Peter Best – Bliss Brian May – Frog Dreaming William Motzing, Tim Finn – The Coca-Cola Kid	Best Sound Mark Lewis, Penn Robinson, Julian Ellingworth, Jim Taig – Rebel Dean Gawen, Peter Fenton, Phil Heywood, Gary Wilkins, Helen Brown, Ron Purvis – Bliss Mark Lewis, Craig Carter, Ken Sallows, Tim Chau, Rex Watts, Roger Savage – Frog Dreaming Mark Lewis, Gethin Creagh, Martin Oswin, Dean Gawen, Helen Brown – The Coca-Cola Kid
Best Production Design Brian Thomson – Rebel Owen Paterson, Wendy Dickson – Bliss Jon Dowding – Frog Dreaming Graham Walker – The Coca-Cola Kid	Best Costume Design Roger Kirk – Rebel Helen Hooper – Bliss Ross Major – The Boy Who Had Everything Terry Ryan – The Coca-Cola Kid

Non-feature film

Best Documentary Film Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines – Bob Weis Collum Calling Canberra – David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies I'll Be Home for Christmas – Brian McKenzie Munda Nyuringu: He's Taken the Land, He Believes it is His, He Won't Give it Back – Robert Bropho, Jan Roberts	Best Sponsored Documentary Timber Craft (Artisans of Australia) – Pamela Paddon Women of Utopia – Elisabeth Knight Image Makers – Ursula Kolbe

References

^ "Top awards for 'Bliss'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

Official AACTA website

[1] "Top awards for 'Bliss'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 16 September 1985. p. 18. Retrieved 27 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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