Filmmaker, journalist, and environmental activist, Jane Hammond, is the winner of the 2021 Brian Beaton Award, which will support her upcoming social impact documentary, Black Cockatoo Crisis.
"But as we progressed and she became more determined, Sam and I started to realise this was much bigger than mum's story and had a far greater reach."
Screenwest has named Brooke Silcox and Mat de Koning's '29 Years Eight Days' and Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel's 'Laura's Choice' the joint recipients of the 2019 Brian Beaton Award.