The AACTA Award for Best Documentary Series, is a non-feature film award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to the producer of an Australian documentary series that is "a Television Program consisting of a potentially unlimited number of episodes but not less than 2 that 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 to 2010. A single award for Best Documentary was handed out from 1958 to 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 (2009-2010) Year Film Producer(s) Network 2009(51st) First Australians Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins, Helen Panckhurst SBS 2009(51st) Beyond Kokoda Stig Schnell and Shaun Gibbons Foxtel 2009(51st) Once Bitten Beth Frey and Janette Howe SBS 2009(51st) Voices from the Cape David Selvarajah Vadiveloo and Anna Kaplan ABC1 2010(52nd) Liberal Rule - The Politics That Changed Australia Nick Torrens and Frank Haines SBS 2010(52nd) Addicted to Money Andrew Ogilvie and Andrea Quesnelle ABC 2010(52nd) Disable Bodied Sailors Karina Holden and Nick Robinson SBS 2010(52nd) Kokoda Andrew Wiseman ABC1
AACTA Awards (2012-present) Year Film Producer(s) Network 2011(1st) SAS - The Search for Warriors Julia Redwood and Ed Punchard SBS 2011(1st) Immigration Nation, The Secret History of Us Jacob Hickey, Alex West and Lucy Maclaren SBS 2011(1st) Outback Fight Club Paul Scott and Isabel Perez SBS 2011(1st) Outback Kids Mike Bluett, Mark Hamlyn and Marc Radomsky ABC1
See also AACTA Awards
References
External links The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website