"I didn't want to make a film about my mother. It was the last thing I wanted to do, because I was still healing from the intergenerational trauma that had come down the family line. But it was clear that if I wanted to make a film, then that was the film."
A French comedy following an oddball duo on an unconventional road trip and an Australian documentary about four refugees that compete in the World Wine Blind Tasting Championships have topped the audience awards at this year's Sydney Film Festival.
Six films are set to vie for this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary, with voting for the winner open from today until August 2.