Australian Film Institute: 1982

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Lonely Hearts (1982) - John B. Murray
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Paradise (1983) - Jane Scott (I) Monkey Grip (1982) - Patricia Lovell We of the Never Never (1982) - Greg Tepper

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Goodbye Paradise (1983) - Ray Barrett (I)
Other Nominees:
	Dusty (1983) - Bill Kerr (I) Lonely Hearts (1982) - Norman Kaye (I) Moving Out (1983) - Vince Colosimo

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Monkey Grip (1982) - Noni Hazlehurst
Other Nominees:
	Lonely Hearts (1982) - Wendy Hughes Norman Loves Rose (1982) - Carol Kane (I) We of the Never Never (1982) - Angela Punch McGregor

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Norman Loves Rose (1982) - Warren Mitchell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Far East (1982) - John Bell (III) Going Down (1983) - David Argue Pirate Movie, The (1982) - Garry McDonald (I)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Fighting Back (1982/II) - Kris McQuade
Other Nominees:
	Monkey Grip (1982) - Alice Garner Norman Loves Rose (1982) - Myra De Groot Norman Loves Rose (1982) - Sandy Gore

Best Direction


Winner:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - George Miller (II)
Other Nominees:
	Goodbye Paradise (1983) - Carl Schultz (I) Lonely Hearts (1982) - Paul Cox (I) Moving Out (1983) - Michael Pattinson

Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted


Winner:
	Goodbye Paradise (1983) - Bob Ellis (I); Denny Lawrence
Other Nominees:
	Lonely Hearts (1982) - Paul Cox (I); John Clarke (II) Moving Out (1983) - Jan Sardi We of the Never Never (1982) - Peter Schreck

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	We of the Never Never (1982) - Gary Hansen (I)
Other Nominees:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - Dean Semler Man from Snowy River, The (1982) - Keith Wagstaff Monkey Grip (1982) - David Gribble

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - Norma Moriceau
Other Nominees:
	Pirate Movie, The (1982) - Aphrodite Kondos Starstruck (1982) - Luciana Arrighi; Terry Ryan (I) We of the Never Never (1982) - Camilla Rountree

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - Roger Savage; Bruce Lamshed; Byron Kennedy; Lloyd Carrick; Marc van Buuren; Penn Robinson; Andrew Steuart (II)
Other Nominees:
	Heatwave (1982) - Julian Ellingworth; Grant Stuart; Lloyd Carrick; Greg Bell (II); Peter Fenton (III) Man from Snowy River, The (1982) - Terry Rodman; Gary Wilkins; Robert J. Litt Moving Out (1983) - G. White; Martin Jeffs

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - David Stiven; Tim Wellburn; Michael Balson; Christopher Plowright; George Miller (II)
Other Nominees:
	Heatwave (1982) - John Scott (II) Monkey Grip (1982) - David Huggett Next of Kin (1982) - Max Lemon

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Man from Snowy River, The (1982) - Bruce Rowland
Other Nominees:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - Brian May (I) Starstruck (1982) - Phil Judd (I); Bill Miller (XX); Dennis James (II); Mark Moffatt We of the Never Never (1982) - Peter Best (I)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Angels of War (1981) - Andrew Pike (I); Hank Nelson; Gavan Daws

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Mad Max 2 (1981) - Graham 'Grace' Walker
Other Nominees:
	Return of Captain Invincible, The (1983) - David Copping Squizzy Taylor (1982) - Logan Brewer Starstruck (1982) - Brian Thomson (I)