Best Feature Length Documentary AACTA Award | |
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Country | Australia |
Presented by | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) |
First awarded | 2009 |
Currently held by | Mrs Carey’s Concert (2011) |
Website | http://www.aacta.org |
The AACTA Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, is a non-feature film award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to an Australian documentary that is longer than sixty minutes in duration and "is a creative treatment of actuality other than a news, current affairs, sports coverage, magazine, infotainment or light entertainment program. [1] Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards) from 2009–2010. [2] A single award for Best Documentary was handed out from 1958–2008, before it was split into three categories: Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Documentary Under One Hour and Best Documentary Series. [2] The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films. [3] [4]
In the following table, winners are listed first, in boldface and highlighted in gold; those listed below the winner that are not in boldface or highlighted are the nominees. [5]
Year | Film | Producer(s) |
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2008 (50th) | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Craig Griffin, Michael Lynch |
2008 (50th) | Beyond Our Ken | Luke Walker |
2008 (50th) | The Oasis | Ian Darling |
2008 (50th) | Rare Chicken Rescue | Vickie Gest |
2009 (51st) | Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts | Scott Hicks and Susanne Preisler |
2009 (51st) | Bastardy | Philippa Campey, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Lynn-Maree Milburn and Andrew de Groot |
2009 (51st) | The Choir | Chris Hilton and Michael Davie |
2009 (51st) | Lionel | Lizzette Atkins |
2010 (52nd) | Contact | Martin Butler and Bentley Dean |
2010 (52nd) | Inside the Firestorm | Lucy Maclaren and Alex West |
2010 (52nd) | The Snowman | Rachel Landers and Dylan Blowen |
2010 (52nd) | Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story | Jamie Nicolai and John Cherry |
Year | Film | Producer(s) |
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2011 (1st) | Mrs Carey’s Concert | Bob Connolly , Helen Panckhurst and Sophie Raymond |
2011 (1st) | Life in Movement | Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason |
2011 (1st) | Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure | Sophie Hyde and Matthew Bate |
2011 (1st) | The Tall Man | Darren Dale |
2012 (2nd) | Storm Surfers 3D | Ellenor Cox and Marcus Gillezeau |
2012 (2nd) | A Common Purpose | Mitzi Goldman |
2012 (2nd) | The Curse of the Gothic Symphony | Veronica Fury |
2012 (2nd) | Dr Sarmast's Music School | Beth Frey |
2013 (3rd) | Red Obsession | Warwick Ross |
2013 (3rd) | I Am A Girl | Rebecca Barry |
2013 (3rd) | Once My Mother | Rod Freedman |
2013 (3rd) | Shadow of Doubt | Eve Ash |
2014 (4th) | Ukraine is Not a Brothel | Kitty Green, Jonathan auf der Heide and Michael Latham |
2014 (4th) | All This Mayhem | George Pank, Eddie Martin and James Gay-Rees |
2014 (4th) | Deepsea Challenge 3D | Andrew Wight and Brett Popplewell |
2014 (4th) | The Last Impresario | Nicole O'Donohue |
2015 (5th) | That Sugar Film | Nick Batzias and Damon Gameau |
2015 (5th) | Gayby Baby | Charlotte Mars |
2015 (5th) | Only the Dead | Patrick McDonald and Michael Ware |
2015 (5th) | Sherpa | Bridget Ikin and John Smithson |
2015 (5th) | Women He's Undressed | Damien Parer and Gillian Armstrong |
2016 (6th) | Chasing Asylum | Eva Orner |
2016 (6th) | In the Shadow of the Hill | Dan Jackson |
2016 (6th) | Remembering the Man | Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe |
2016 (6th) | Snow Monkey | Lizzette Atkins and George Gittoes |
2017 (7th) | Casting JonBenet | Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus |
2017 (7th) | David Stratton: A Cinematic Life | Jo-anne McGowan |
2017 (7th) | Deep Water: The Real Story | Darren Dale |
2017 (7th) | Whiteley | Sue Clothier, James Bogle, Peta Ayers |
2017 (7th) | Zach's Ceremony | Sarah Linton, Alec Doomadgee |
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