The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has announced the nominees for the inaugural AIDC awards.The awards celebrate factual Australian screen content across a variety of formats, with prizes supported by DocPlay, AFTRS, and the Documentary Australia Foundation. The awards will be presented at the AIDC Awards Night on Wednesday 3 March 2021, which will be taking place in-person in eight cities across Australia, as well as livestreamed.
AIDC also announced Michaela Perske as the winner of the 2021 Stanley Hawes Award, which has been awarded annually since 1997 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the documentary and factual sector. It is named for documentary producer and director Stanley Hawes, who was Producer-in-Chief of the Australian National Film Board and Commonwealth Film Unit from 1946 – 1969.
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY nominees
Good Thing Productions & Passion Pictures, Australia/UK, 2019.
Film Camp, Australia, 2020.
Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
In Films, Australia, 2020.
Film Camp, Australia, 2019.
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BEST DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL SERIES nominees
Love on the Spectrum
Northern Pictures Australia, 2019
Miriam Margolyes’ Almost Australian
Southern Pictures, Australia, 2020.
Revelation
In Films, Australia, 2020
BEST DOCUMENTARY/FACTUAL SINGLE nominees
General Strike & Matchbox Pictures, Australia, 2020.
Larissa Behrendt, Darren Dale, Jacob Hickey, Blackfella Films, Australia, 2020
Tamarind Tree Pictures & Roar Film, Australia, 2020.
BEST SHORT-FORM DOCUMENTARY nominees
The Fathering Project
Joshua Lee, Alice Wolfe, Australia, 2020.
The Loop
Tallstoreez Productionz Pty Ltd & Change Media, Australia, 2020.
My Body Says
Mama Bear Productions, Australia, 2020.
Sidelines
Electric Yak, Australia, 2019
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BEST AUDIO DOCUMENTARY nominees
The Eleventh
ABC Audio Studios, Australia, 2020.
Trace: The Informer
ABC Audio News and Current Affairs, Australia, 2020
Unravel True Crime: Snowball
ABC Audio Studios, Australia, 2019
BEST INTERACTIVE/IMMERSIVE DOCUMENTARY nominees
ECOSPHERE
PHORIA, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, 2020.
Mt Resilience
PHORIA & ABC in partnership with CSIRO & BOM, Australia, 2020
Story Line
The Feed & SBS Creative Labs, Australia, 2020
STANLEY HAWES AWARD 2021
This year’s winner of the Stanley Hawes Award is Michaela Perske, the company director and principal producer of Pursekey Films. Originally trained as a journalist, Michaela has over 20 years of media experience in all areas of radio, print and TV. Since turning her mind to factual content creation, Michaela has produced engaging, challenging and enlightening films including Girls Can’t Surf (releasing in March through Madman) Black Divas, After the Apology and Destination Arnold.
The Australian International Documentary Conference will run 28 February – 3 March.
