"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."
Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel's assisted dying documentary Laura's Choice and Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe's sports biopic Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling form part of the Australian International Documentary Conference's public access program, which was unveiled on Wednesday.
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Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel's documentary 'Laura's Choice' has taken home both the Doc Edge Pitch Prize and the inaugural Hot Docs Prize from last week's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne.
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.
In the spirit of her IF award-winning documentary of 2008, The Burning Season, Cathy Henkel has returned to the jungles of Borneo for her latest venture, Rise of the Eco-Warriors.
This documentary looks at the career of one of Australia's best cinematographers
The deforestation action movie begins shooting in June