Australian Film Institute: 1983

AFI Award

Best Film


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Jill Robb
Other Nominees:
	Man of Flowers (1983) - Jane Ballantyne Phar Lap (1983) - John Sexton (I) Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Jim McElroy (I)

Best Actor in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Man of Flowers (1983) - Norman Kaye (I)
Other Nominees:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Nicholas Gledhill Phar Lap (1983) - Martin Vaughan Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Mel Gibson (I)

Best Actress in a Lead Role


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Wendy Hughes
Other Nominees:
	Buddies (1983) - Kris McQuade Settlement, The (1983) - Lorna Lesley Undercover (1983) - Genevičve Picot

Best Actor in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - John Hargreaves (I)
Other Nominees:
	Buddies (1983) - Simon Chilvers Wild Duck, The (1983) - John Meillon Winds of Jarrah, The (1983) - Martin Vaughan

Best Actress in a Supporting Role


Winner:
	Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Linda Hunt
Other Nominees:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Robyn Nevin Clinic, The (1982) - Pat Evison Undercover (1983) - Sandy Gore

Best Director


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Carl Schultz (I)
Other Nominees:
	Man of Flowers (1983) - Paul Cox (I) Phar Lap (1983) - Simon Wincer Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Peter Weir

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Buddies (1983) - John Dingwall (I)
Other Nominees:
	Clinic, The (1982) - Greg Millin Man of Flowers (1983) - Paul Cox (I); Bob Ellis (I) Phar Lap (1983) - David Williamson (I)

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Michael Jenkins (I)
Other Nominees:
	Now and Forever (1983) - Richard Cassidy Wild Duck, The (1983) - Tutte Lemkow; Dido Merwin; Henri Safran; Peter Smalley Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - C.J. Koch; Peter Weir; David Williamson (I)

Best Achievement in Cinematography


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - John Seale (I)
Other Nominees:
	Man of Flowers (1983) - Yuri Sokol Undercover (1983) - Dean Semler Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Russell Boyd (I)

Best Achievement in Costume Design


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Bruce Finlayson
Other Nominees:
	Phar Lap (1983) - Anna Senior Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Terry Ryan (I)

Best Achievement in Sound


Winner:
	Phar Lap (1983) - Peter Burgess (I); Peter Fenton (III); Phil Heywood; Ron Purvis; Terry Rodman; Gary Wilkins
Other Nominees:
	Buddies (1983) - Peter Barker (II); Julian Ellingworth; Marc van Buuren Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Syd Butterfield; Julian Ellingworth; Roger Savage; Andrew Steuart (II) Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Jeanine Chiavlo; Peter Fenton (III); Lee Smith (II); Andrew Steuart (II)

Best Achievement in Editing


Winner:
	Phar Lap (1983) - Tony Paterson (I)
Other Nominees:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Richard Francis-Bruce Undercover (1983) - Tim Wellburn Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - William M. Anderson

Best Original Music Score


Winner:
	Phar Lap (1983) - Bruce Rowland
Other Nominees:
	Buddies (1983) - Chris Neal (I) Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - Ray Cook (I) Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Maurice Jarre (I)

Jury Award


Nominees:
	Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Linda Hunt Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Peter Weir

Best Achievement in Production Design


Winner:
	Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) - John Stoddart
Other Nominees:
	Undercover (1983) - Herbert Pinter Wild Duck, The (1983) - Darrell Lass Year of Living Dangerously, The (1982) - Wendy Stites; Herbert Pinter