Once My Mother has been awarded first prize for documentary at the Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival in Michigan.
Sophia Turkiewicz's documentary Once My Mother has won a special prize and 10,000 euros ($A14,400) at a major Spanish festival.
The ABC's rebuff of a campaign led by the producers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Sophia Turkiewicz's documentary Once My Mother has drawn the ire of filmmaker Martha Ansara.
The ABC has rejected a campaign orchestrated by the filmmakers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Once My Mother.
Once My Mother, the multi-award winning documentary feature from director Sophia Turkiewicz, will have its North American premiere on August 9 at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
Feature documentary Once My Mother this week received its third award in two months after winning BEST DOCUMENTARY BIOGRAPHY in the 2013 ATOM Awards.