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Australian Film Institute: 1980

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Matthew Carroll (I)
Other Nominees:
	...Maybe This Time (1980) - Brian Kavanagh (I) Manganinnie (1980) - Gilda Baracchi Stir (1980) - Richard Brennan (I)

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Jack Thompson (I)
Other Nominees:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Edward Woodward Stir (1980) - Bryan Brown (I) Stir (1980) - Max Phipps

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Hard Knocks (1980) - Tracy Mann
Other Nominees:
	...Maybe This Time (1980) - Judy Morris (I) Harlequin (1980) - Carmen Duncan Manganinnie (1980) - Mawuyul Yanthalawuy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Bryan Brown (I)
Other Nominees:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Lewis Fitz-Gerald 'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Stir (1980) - Dennis Miller (II)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	...Maybe This Time (1980) - Jill Perryman
Other Nominees:
	...Maybe This Time (1980) - Michele Fawdon ...Maybe This Time (1980) - Jude Kuring Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Lorna Lesley

Best Director


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Bruce Beresford
Other Nominees:
	Harlequin (1980) - Simon Wincer Manganinnie (1980) - John Honey Stir (1980) - Stephen Wallace (I)

Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Jonathan Hardy; David Stevens (I); Bruce Beresford
Other Nominees:
	...Maybe This Time (1980) - Anne Brooksbank; Bob Ellis (I) Hard Knocks (1980) - Hilton Bonner; Don McLennan (I) Stir (1980) - Bob Jewson

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Donald McAlpine
Other Nominees:
	Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Russell Boyd (I) Manganinnie (1980) - Gary Hansen (I) Stir (1980) - Geoff Burton

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Anna Senior
Other Nominees:
	Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Norma Moriceau Harlequin (1980) - Terry Ryan (I) Manganinnie (1980) - Graham Purcell

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - Gary Wilkins; William Anderson (IX); Jeanine Chiavlo; Phil Judd (II)
Other Nominees:
	Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Lloyd Carrick; Tim Wellburn; Phil Judd (II) Stir (1980) - Gary Wilkins; Andrew Steuart (II); Phil Judd (II)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - William M. Anderson
Other Nominees:
	Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Tim Wellburn Harlequin (1980) - Adrian Carr (I) Stir (1980) - Henry Dangar

Best Short Fiction Film


Winner:
	Gary's Story (1983) - Richard Michalak

Best Short Animation


Winner:
	Pussy Pumps Up (1979) - Antoinette Starkiewicz

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	'Breaker' Morant (1980) - David Copping
Other Nominees:
	Chain Reaction, The (1980) - Graham 'Grace' Walker Harlequin (1980) - Bernard Hides Stir (1980) - Lee Whitmore

Raymond Longford Award


Awarded to:
	Tim Burstall