Snapshots from the Past: A sneak peek into the AFI Awards photo archive
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As we celebrate 50 years of the AFI, it´s no wonder we´ve accumulated a huge photo archive from past ceremonies and events. In anticipation of the upcoming L´Oréal Paris 2008 AFI Awards we´ve picked out a few little-seen images of familiar faces to get you in the mood and jolt some memories of years gone by.
1975 Glenda Jackson & Jack Thompson |
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The 1974 and 1975 AFI Awards were combined in a single ceremony. Ken Hannam’s Sunday Too Far Away won the Best Film award, and Jack Thompson won Best Actor for his performance in that film as a cocky 1950s shearer. Thompson also collected the 1974 Best Actor award at that same ceremony for his performance as a larrikin electrician who goes to university in Tim Burstall’s Petersen.
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1976 Helen Hemingway &
Briony Behehts
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These young starlets were making their way in television, and appearing in the kinds of films that would later be known as ‘Ozploitation’ cinema. Helen Hemingway (left) starred in the TV series Tandarra, and would go on to appear in Patrick (1978) and Pacific Banana (1981). Briony Behehts (right) was known for her roles in the scandalous Alvin Purple films and later, for the nature’s revenge horror film Long Weekend (1978).
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1981 Mel Gibson & Peter Weir |
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A fresh-faced Mel Gibson won Best Actor this year for his starring role in the now iconic Aussie war pic Gallipoli. Gallipoli also won a slew of other awards, including Best Film, Best Direction (Peter Weir), Best Supporting Actor (Bill Hunter) Best Screenplay (David Williamson), and Best Achievement in Sound (Don Connelly, Greg Bell & Peter Fenton).
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Director Nadia Tass (right) won Best Direction this year for her film about oddball inventor Malcolm. Malcolm swept the awards, also winning Best Film, Best Actor (Colin Friels), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (John Hargreaves), Best Original Screenplay (David Parker), Best Achievement in Sound (Roger Savage, Craig Carter, Dean Gawen & Paul Clark), and Best Achievement in Editing (Ken Sallows).
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1986 Pamela Stephenson &
Nadia Tass
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