The ABC has rejected a campaign orchestrated by the filmmakers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Once My Mother.
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.
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.