The 17th Australian Film Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) honoured the best Australian films of 1974 and 1975 and took place on 23 March 1975, at the Sydney Opera House, in Sydney, New South Wales. Actress Glenda Jackson hosted the ceremony.
Winners In the competition the Australian Film Institute (AFI) presented awards across nine categories. The winners of the Golden Reel prize included feature film Sunday Too Far Away (which is considered the winner of the Best Film category), tele-movie Billy and Percy, and documentary Mr. Symbol Man; feature films Petersen and The True Story of Eskimo Nell and documentaries A Steam Train Passes and Stirring won the Silver prize; and the film Between Wars won the Bronze prize. Awards were also handed out in feature film categories for Best Actor, which went to Jack Thompson for Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen and Martin Vaughan for Billy and Percy; Julie Dawson for Best Actress, for Who Killed Jenny Langby?; Barry Humphries and Reg Lye for Best Supporting Actor, for The Great Macarthy and Sunday Too Far Away respectively; and John Power for Best Direction, for Billy and Percy.
Category WinnersGolden Reel Prizefor Best Film* Sunday Too Far AwayGolden Reel Prizefor Best Documentary* Mr. Symbol ManGolden Reel Prize* Billy and PercySilver Prizefor Best Film* PetersenSilver Prizefor Best Documentary* A Steam Train Passes* StirringSilver Medallionfor Photography* Vincent Monton – The True Story of Eskimo NellBronze Prizefor Best Film* Between WarsBest Direction* John Power – Billy and PercyBest Actor* Jack Thompson – Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen* Martin Vaughan – Billy and PercyBest Actress* Sunday Too Far AwayBest Supporting Actor(Honourable mentions)* Barry Humphries – The Great McCarthy* Reg Lye – Sunday Too Far AwayBest Screenplay* David Williamson – PetersenBest Original Music Score* Bruce Smeaton – The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthyAlan Stout Awardfor Best Short Film* John Papadopoulos – Matchless* Ian Macrae – Love is Hate* Chris Noonan – BullsMedia Department Awardfor a film depicting an aspect of Australian life and endeavor* Sunday Too Far Away
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