Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary

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AACTA Award for Best Documentary
CountryAustralia
Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First award1958
Website http://www.aacta.org

The AFI Award for Best Documentary was an award presented by the Australian Film Institute in the annual AFI Awards. The category was superseded in 2008 with an award for Best Feature Length Documentary.

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Winners and nominees

Winners are highlighted and in bold. [1]

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AFI Awards (1976-2010)
AACTA Awards (2011-present)
1970s   1980s   1990s   2000s   2010s
YearFilmRecipient(s)
1980s
1980
(22nd)
Frontline David Bradbury (Director)
Bird of the Thunder Woman David Parer (Director)
Evictions Richard Lowenstein (Director)
Give Trees a ChanceJeni Kendall (Director)
Winter's Harvest / Raccolto D'InvernoBrian McKenzie (Director)
1981
(23rd)
Stepping Out Chris Noonan (Producer / Director)
Backs to the BlastHarry Bardwell (Producer / Director)
Public Enemy Number One David Bradbury (Producer / Director)
Waiting for Harry Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (Production Company), Kim McKenzie (Director)
1982
(24th)
Angels of War Andrew Pike, Hank Nelson, Gavan Daws (Producer)
Journey to the End of the Night Peter Tammer (Producer)
Two LawsCarolyn Strachan, Alessandro Cavadini (Producer)
1983
(25th)
First Contact Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly (Producer)
Birdmen of KilimanjaroAnne Folland (Producer)
Double Concerto Angela Catterns (Producer)
PeppimenartiRon Iddon (Producer)
1984
(26th)
Kemira: Diary of a Strike Tom Zubrycki (Producer / Director)
Antarctic Man: 'This Is Not A Place For Humans' ABC Natural History Unit (Production Company), David Parer (Producer / Director)
Celso and CoraGary Kildea (Producer / Director)
For Love or Money Margot Oliver, Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley (Producer), Megan McMurchy, Jeni Thornley (Director), Margot Nash (Editor)
1985
(27th)
Raoul Wallenberg: Between the Lines Bob Weis (Producer)
Collum Calling Canberra Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (Production Company), David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall (Producer / Director)
I'll Be Home For ChristmasBrian McKenzie (Producer / Director)
Munda Nyuringu: He's Taken The Land, He Believes It Is His, He Won't Give It Back Robert Bropho, Jan Roberts (Producer / Director)
1986
(28th)
Chile: Hasta Cuando? David Bradbury (Producer)
Flight Of The WindhorseRichard Dennison (Producer)
Half Life Dennis O'Rourke (Producer)
Pitjiri: The Snake That Will Not SinkKaren Hughes (Producer)
Rocking the FoundationsPat Fiske (Producer)
Some Babies DieMartyn Down (Producer)
1987
(29th)
Painting the Town Trevor Graham (Director)
Friends and Enemies Tom Zubrycki (Director)
How the West Was LostDavid Noakes (Director)
The Musical Mariner (Part One)Bill Leimbach (Director)
1988
(30th)
Cane Toads, An Unnatural History Film Australia (Production Company), Mark Lewis (Producer)
Riding the GaleKim Batterham, Genni Batterham (Producer)
South of the Border David Bradbury (Producer)
Thanks Girls and Goodbye Sue Maslin, Sue Hardisty (Producer)
1989
(31st)
Joe Leahy's Neighbours Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly (Producer)
A Little LifeDeborah Howlett (Producer)
Confessions of a Simple SurgeonNSW Dept of TAFE (Production Company)
Philippines, My PhilippinesMaree Delofski, Chris Nash (Producer)
1990s
1990
(32nd)
Handmaidens and Battleaxes Rosalind Gillespie (Director)
Lord of the Bush Tom Zubrycki (Director)
Senso DaughtersNoriko Sekiguchi (Director)
Tightrope DancerRuth Cullen (Director)
1991
(33rd)
Canto A La Vida Lucia Salinas Briones (Director)
ChainsawShirley Barrett (Director)
Cowboy, Maria In TownLes McLaren, Annie Stiven (Director)
Eclipse of the Man-Made SunNicolette Freeman, Amanda Stewart (Director)
1992
(34th)
Black Harvest Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly (Director)
God's Girls: Stories from an Australian Convent Cherie Nowlan (Director)
Mr Neal is Entitled To Be An AgitatorDaryl Dellora (Director)
The Serpent And The CrossChris Hilton (Director)
1993
(35th)
Exile And The Kingdom Frank Rijavec (Director)
For All The World To See Pat Fiske (Director)
Homelands Tom Zubrycki (Director)
The JourneyChristopher Tuckfield (Director)
1994
(36th)
50 Years Of Silence James Bradley, Ned Lander, Carol Ruff (Director)
EternityLawrence Johnston (Director)
The Last MagicianTracey Holloway, Liz Thompson (Director)
Watch the WatchMalcolm McDonald (Director)
1995
(37th)
The Good Looker Claire Jager (Director)
Pat And Eddy's Greyhound Racing FamilyBrian McKenzie (Director)
RaskolsSally Browning, Anou Borrey (Director)
WitnessMichael Buckley (Director)
1996
(38th)
Not Fourteen Again Gillian Armstrong (Director)
Billal Tom Zubrycki (Director)
HatredMitzi Goldman (Director)
Nearly Normal Nimbin: Part OneJeni Kendall, Paul Tait (Director)
1997
(39th)
Mabo: Life of an Island Man Trevor Graham (Director)
Colour BarsMahmoud Yekta (Director)
Exile in Sarajevo Tahir Cambis, Alma Sahbaz (Director)
The ButlerAnna Kannava (Director)
1998
(40th)
The Dragons of Galapagos David Parer, Elizabeth Parer-Cook
Mohamed Ali's Happy Day FeastCatherine Dyson
Paying for the PiperEd Punchard
Urban ClanAanya Whitehead, Paul Humfress
1999
(41st)
Hephzibah Curtis Levy
A Calcutta ChristmasDenise Haslem
Original Schtick Peter George, Bronwyne Smith
SadnessMichael McMahon, Megan McMurchy
2000s
2000
(42nd)
The Diplomat Sally Browning, Wilson da Silva
A Death in the FamilyTerry Carlyon, Robyn Miller
Stolen Generations Tom Zubrycki
Uncle ChatzkelRod Freedman, Emile Sherman
2001
(43rd)
Facing the Music Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Cunnamulla Dennis O'Rourke
Playing The Game - Episode 3Andrew Ogilvie, Peter Du Cane
WonderboyAndrew Wiseman, Richard Keddie
2002
(44th)
A Wedding in Ramallah Sherine Salama
East Timor - Birth of a Nation: Rosa's StoryLuigi Acquisto, Stella Zammataro
Rainbow Bird & Monster Man John Lewis
The Diaries Of Vaslav Nijinski Paul Cox, Aanya Whitehead
2003
(45th)
Wildness Michael McMahon
Painting with Light in a Dark World Renata Schuman, Ellenor Cox
Silent Storm Peter Butt, Rob McAuely
The Original MermaidIan Collie
2004
(46th)
The President Versus David Hicks Curtis Levy
Helen's War: Portrait of a Dissident Sonja Armstrong, Anne Pick
Lonely Boy RichardDenise Haslem, Rosemary Hesp
The Men Who Would Conquer ChinaNick Torrens
2005
(47th)
Land Mines - A Love Story Dennis O'Rourke
Girl in a MirrorHelen Bowden
Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Janet Merewether, Deborah Szapiro, Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
Killers In EdenKlaus Toft
2006
(48th)
Hunt Angels Sue Maslin
Raul The Terrible Carlos Alperin
Vietnam NursesBeth Frey, Lizzette Atkins
Welcome 2 My Deaf WorldSally Ingleton
2007
(49th)
Forbidden Lie$ Sally Regan, Anna Broinowski
4Joanna Buggy, Tim Slade
Global Haywire Claude Gonzalez
Words from the CityPhilippa Campey

References

  1. "AFI/AACTA - Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 4 June 2012.