38th Festival 1991

In addition to Jocelyn Moorhouse’s Proof, films screened this year included Guy Maddin’s Archangel, D.A. Pennebaker’s Company, Robert Mugge’s Deep Blues, Agnieska Holland’s Europa, Europa, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper’s Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalpyse (the acclaimed documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now), Mike Leigh’s Life is Sweet and Todd Haynes’ Poison.

A large tribute to Film Australia was showcased at this year’s festival, in celebration of 80 years of government filmmaking. This anniversary also coincided with the death of Stanley Hawes, the first producer-in-chief of what would become Film Australia. An Ernest Lubitsch retrospective was also held, as was a series of films by Phillip Hoffman. Special nights of new Canadian and Irish cinema also appeared in the programme.

The Ian McPherson lecture was delivered by Dennis O’Rourke.

Opening Night Film: Proof (directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse)

Closing Night Film: Chinese Ghost Story II (directed by Ching Siu-tung)

Award Winners

Dendy Award for Australian Short Films (General):

Union Street, directed by Wendy Chandler

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (Fiction):

The Lonely Ones, directed by David Glazier

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (Documentary):

Cowboy and Mana in Town, directed by Les McLaren and Annie Stiven

Yoram Gross Animation Award :

Union Street, directed by Wendy Chandler

STA Travel Award:

Man Without Pigs, directed by Chris Owen