1974–75 Australian Film Institute Awards
The 17th Australian Film Awards ceremony, presented by the Australian Film Institute 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 presented awards across nine categories. The winners of the Golden Reel prize included feature film Sunday Too Far Away, 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 | Winners |
| Golden Reel Prize for Best Film | * Sunday Too Far Away |
| Golden Reel Prize for Best Documentary | * Mr. Symbol Man |
| Golden Reel Prize | * Billy and Percy |
| Silver Prize for Best Film | * Petersen |
| Silver Prize for Best Documentary | * A Steam Train Passes |
| Silver Prize for Best Documentary | * Stirring |
| Silver Medallion for Photography | * Vincent Monton – The True Story of Eskimo Nell |
| Bronze Prize for Best Film | * Between Wars |
| Best Direction | * John Power – Billy and Percy |
| Best Actor | * Jack Thompson – Sunday Too Far Away and Petersen |
| Best Actor | * Martin Vaughan – Billy and Percy |
| Best Actress | * Sunday Too Far Away |
| Best Supporting Actor | * Barry Humphries – The Great McCarthy |
| Best Supporting Actor | * Reg Lye – Sunday Too Far Away |
| Best Screenplay | * David Williamson – Petersen |
| Best Original Music Score | * Bruce Smeaton – The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy |
| Alan Stout Award for Best Short Film | * John Papadopoulos – Matchless |
| Alan Stout Award for Best Short Film | * Ian Macrae – Love is Hate |
| Alan Stout Award for Best Short Film | * Chris Noonan – Bulls |
| Media Department Award for a film depicting an aspect of Australian life and endeavor | * Sunday Too Far Away |