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. 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. 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. The award is presented at the AACTA Awards Luncheon, a black tie event which celebrates achievements in film production, television, documentaries and short films.
Winners and nominees 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.Winners and nominees by year: 2009: 2010: 2011:
AFI Awards (2008-2010) Year Film Producer(s) 2008(50th) Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Craig Griffin, Michael Lynch Beyond Our Ken Luke Walker The Oasis Ian Darling Rare Chicken Rescue Vickie Gest 2009(51st) Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Scott Hicks, Susanne Preisler Bastardy Philippa Campey, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Lynn-Maree Milburn, Andrew de Groot The Choir Chris Hilton, Michael Davie Lionel Lizzette Atkins 2010(52nd) Contact Martin Butler, Bentley Dean Inside the Firestorm Lucy Maclaren, Alex West The Snowman Rachel Landers, Dylan Blowen Strange Birds in Paradise - A West Papuan Story Jamie Nicolai, John Cherry
AACTA Awards (2012-) Year Film Producer(s) 2011(1st) Mrs Carey's Concert Bob Connolly, Helen Panckhurst and Sophie Raymond Life in Movement Sophie Hyde and Bryan Mason Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure Sophie Hyde and Matthew Bate The Tall Man Darren Dale 2012(2nd) Storm Surfers 3D Ellenor Cox and Marcus Gillezeau A Common Purpose Mitzi Goldman The Curse of the Gothic Symphony Veronica Fury Dr Sarmast's Music School Beth Frey 2013(3rd) Red Obsession Warwick Ross I Am A Girl Rebecca Barry Once My Mother Rod Freedman Shadow of Doubt Eve Ash 2014(4th) Ukraine is Not a Brothel Kitty Green, Jonathan auf der Heide and Michael Latham All This Mayhem George Pank, Eddie Martin and James Gay-Rees Deepsea Challenge 3D Andrew Wight and Brett Popplewell The Last Impresario Nicole O'Donohue 2015(5th) That Sugar Film Nick Batzias and Damon Gameau Gayby Baby Charlotte Mars Only the Dead Patrick McDonald and Michael Ware Sherpa Bridget Ikin and John Smithson Women He's Undressed Damien Parer and Gillian Armstrong 2016(6th) Chasing Asylum Eva Orner In the Shadow of the Hill Dan Jackson Remembering the Man Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe Snow Monkey Lizzette Atkins and George Gittoes 2017(7th) Casting JonBenet Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus David Stratton: A Cinematic Life Jo-anne McGowan Deep Water: The Real Story Darren Dale Whiteley Sue Clothier, James Bogle, Peta Ayers Zach's Ceremony Sarah Linton, Alec Doomadgee 2018(8th) Gurrumul Paul Damien Williams, Shannon Swan Ghosthunter Ben Lawrence, Rebecca Bennett Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible Axel Grigor, Faramarz K-Rahber Mountain Jennifer Peedom, Jo-anne McGowan Working Class Boy Mark Joffe, Matt Campbell, Andrew Farrell, Michael Cordell 2019(8th) The Australian Dream Daniel Gordon, Sarah Thomson, Nick Batzias, Virginia Whitwell, John Battsek The Eulogy Janine Hosking, Katey Grusovin, Trish Lake The Final Quarter The Final Quarter — Ian Darling, Mary Macrae In My Blood It Runs Maya Newell, Sophie Hyde, Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson, Larissa Behrendt Mystify: Michael Hutchence Richard Lowenstein, Maya Gnyp, John Battsek, Sue Murray, Mark Fennessy, Lynn-Maree Milburn, Andrew de Groot 2020(10th) Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra Nel Minchin, Wayne Blair, Ivan O’Mahoney Brazen Hussies Catherine Dwyer, Andrea Foxworthy, Philippa Campey Brock: Over the Top Kriv Stenders, Veronica Fury, Alan Erson, Ruby Schmid Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky Steven McGregor, Danielle MacLean, Anna Grieve, Steven Thomas Slim & I Kriv Stenders, Chris Brown, Aline Jacques, James Arneman Suzi Q Liam Firmager, Tait Brady 2021(11th) My Name Is Gulpilil Molly Reynolds, Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, David Gulpilil Girls Can't Surf Christopher Nelius, Michaela Perske I'm Wanita Matthew Walker, Carolina Sorensen, Clare Lewis, Tait Brady Playing With Sharks Sally Aitken, Bettina Dalton Strong Female Lead Tosca Looby, Karina Holden When the Camera Stopped Rolling Jane Castle, Pat Fiske 2022(12th) River Jennifer Peedom, Joseph Nizeti, Jo-anne McGowan, John Smithson Ablaze Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus, Tom Zubrycki Clean Lachlan McLeod, David Elliot-Jones, Charlotte Wheaton Everybody's Oma Jason van Genderen, Roslyn Walker, Olivia Olley Franklin Kasimir Burgess, Christopher Kamen Ithaka Ben Lawrence, Gabriel Shipton, Adrian Devant 2023(13th) John Farnham: Finding the Voice Poppy Stockell, Mikael Borglund, Paul Clarke, Martin Fabinyi, Olivia Hoopmann The Dark Emu Story Allan Clarke, Darren Dale, Belinda Mravicic, Jacob Hickey Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story Paul Goldman, Bethany Jones, Paige McGinley The Giants Laurence Billiet, Rachael Antony (writers, directors, producers), Helen Panckhurst (exec. producer) Harley & Katya Selina Milea, Blayke Hoffman, Jo-anne McGowan, Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury The Last Daughter Brenda Matthews, Nathaniel Schmidt, Simon Williams, Brendon Skinner This Is Going to Be Big Thomas Charles Hyland, Jim Wright, Josie Mason-Campbell To Never Forget Peter Hegedüs, Jaclyn McLendon, Bobbi-Lea Dionysius 2024(14th) Otto by Otto Gracie Otto, Cody Greenwood, Nicole O'Donohue A Horse Named Winx Janine Hosking Every Little Thing Sally Aitken, Bettina Dalton Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line Paul Clarke, Carolina Sorensen, Mikael Borglund, Martin Fabinyi The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process Scott Hicks, Kerry Heysen, Jett Heysen-Hicks, David Chiem Porcelain War Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Camilla Mazzaferro, Aniela Sidorska, Paula Du Pré Pesmen, Olivia Ahnemann
See also AACTA Awards
References
External links The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website