Australian Film Institute Award for Best Documentary

AACTA Award for Best Documentary
CountryAustralia
Presented byAustralian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded1958
Websitehttp://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 The category was superseded in 2008 with an award for Best Feature Length Documentary.

Winners and nominees

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Winners are highlighted and in bold.[1]

Contents
AFI Awards (1976-2010)
AACTA Awards (2011-present)
1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s
Year Film Recipient(s)
1980s
1980
(22nd)
Frontline David Bradbury (Director)
Bird of the Thunder Woman David Parer (Director)
Evictions Richard Lowenstein (Director)
Give Trees a Chance Jeni Kendall (Director)
Winter's Harvest / Raccolto D'Inverno Brian McKenzie (Director)
1981
(23rd)
Stepping Out Chris Noonan (Producer / Director)
Backs to the Blast Harry 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 Laws Carolyn Strachan, Alessandro Cavadini (Producer)
1983
(25th)
First Contact Robin Anderson, Bob Connolly (Producer)
Birdmen of Kilimanjaro Anne Folland (Producer)
Double Concerto Angela Catterns (Producer)
Peppimenarti Ron 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 Cora Gary 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 Christmas Brian 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 Windhorse Richard Dennison (Producer)
Half Life Dennis O'Rourke (Producer)
Pitjiri: The Snake That Will Not Sink Karen Hughes (Producer)
Rocking the Foundations Pat Fiske (Producer)
Some Babies Die Martyn Down (Producer)
1987
(29th)
Painting the Town Trevor Graham (Director)
Friends and Enemies Tom Zubrycki (Director)
How the West Was Lost David 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 Gale Kim 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 Life Deborah Howlett (Producer)
Confessions of a Simple Surgeon NSW Dept of TAFE (Production Company)
Philippines, My Philippines Maree Delofski, Chris Nash (Producer)
1990s
1990
(32nd)
Handmaidens and Battleaxes Rosalind Gillespie (Director)
Lord of the Bush Tom Zubrycki (Director)
Senso Daughters Noriko Sekiguchi (Director)
Tightrope Dancer Ruth Cullen (Director)
1991
(33rd)
Canto A La Vida Lucia Salinas Briones (Director)
Chainsaw Shirley Barrett (Director)
Cowboy, Maria In Town Les McLaren, Annie Stiven (Director)
Eclipse of the Man-Made Sun Nicolette 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 Agitator Daryl Dellora (Director)
The Serpent And The Cross Chris 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 Journey Christopher Tuckfield (Director)
1994
(36th)
50 Years Of Silence James Bradley, Ned Lander, Carol Ruff (Director)
Eternity Lawrence Johnston (Director)
The Last Magician Tracey Holloway, Liz Thompson (Director)
Watch the Watch Malcolm McDonald (Director)
1995
(37th)
The Good Looker Claire Jager (Director)
Pat And Eddy's Greyhound Racing Family Brian McKenzie (Director)
Raskols Sally Browning, Anou Borrey (Director)
Witness Michael Buckley (Director)
1996
(38th)
Not Fourteen Again Gillian Armstrong (Director)
Billal Tom Zubrycki (Director)
Hatred Mitzi Goldman (Director)
Nearly Normal Nimbin: Part One Jeni Kendall, Paul Tait (Director)
1997
(39th)
Mabo: Life of an Island Man Trevor Graham (Director)
Colour Bars Mahmoud Yekta (Director)
Exile in Sarajevo Tahir Cambis, Alma Sahbaz (Director)
The Butler Anna Kannava (Director)
1998
(40th)
The Dragons of Galapagos David Parer, Elizabeth Parer-Cook
Mohamed Ali's Happy Day Feast Catherine Dyson
Paying for the Piper Ed Punchard
Urban Clan Aanya Whitehead, Paul Humfress
1999
(41st)
Hephzibah Curtis Levy
A Calcutta Christmas Denise Haslem
Original Schtick Peter George, Bronwyne Smith
Sadness Michael McMahon, Megan McMurchy
2000s
2000
(42nd)
The Diplomat Sally Browning, Wilson da Silva
A Death in the Family Terry Carlyon, Robyn Miller
Stolen Generations Tom Zubrycki
Uncle Chatzkel Rod Freedman, Emile Sherman
2001
(43rd)
Facing the Music Bob Connolly, Robin Anderson
Cunnamulla Dennis O'Rourke
Playing The Game - Episode 3 Andrew Ogilvie, Peter Du Cane
Wonderboy Andrew Wiseman, Richard Keddie
2002
(44th)
A Wedding in Ramallah Sherine Salama
East Timor - Birth of a Nation: Rosa's Story Luigi 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 Mermaid Ian Collie
2004
(46th)
The President Versus David Hicks Curtis Levy
Helen’s War: Portrait of a Dissident Sonja Armstrong, Anne Pick
Lonely Boy Richard Denise Haslem, Rosemary Hesp
The Men Who Would Conquer China Nick Torrens
2005
(47th)
Land Mines - A Love Story Dennis O'Rourke
Girl in a Mirror Helen Bowden
Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life Janet Merewether, Deborah Szapiro, Georgia Wallace-Crabbe
Killers In Eden Klaus Toft
2006
(48th)
Hunt Angels Sue Maslin
Raul the Terrible Carlos Alperin
Vietnam Nurses Beth Frey, Lizzette Atkins
Welcome 2 My Deaf World Sally Ingleton
2007
(49th)
Forbidden Lie$ Sally Regan, Anna Broinowski
4 Joanna Buggy, Tim Slade
Global Haywire Claude Gonzalez
Words from the City Philippa Campey

References

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