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.
When Matthew Walker travelled to Tamworth in 2014 to film short 'Heart of the Queen', he knew little of the queen in question. What began as a four-day shoot transformed into a five-year journey dedicated to the story of enigmatic country music performer, Wanita Bahtiyar.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the nominees for next month's awards, while announcing screen journalist David Tiley as the winner of the Stanley Hawes Award for 2022.
Matthew Walker's portrait of enigmatic country music performer, Wanita Bahtiyar, took out Best Feature Documentary at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Awards on Wednesday.
With only nine Australian feature docs making more than $100,000 at the box office last year, and none more than $350,000, the future of Australian documentary in cinemas went under the microscope at AIDC.
Despite never playing on more than 14 screens around the country on any given weekend, music documentary Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party has grossed $155,203 in four weeks - a solid result given the scale of the release, and one that puts Label Distribution into the black.