Antenna Documentary Film Festival

Antenna Documentary Film Festival was established in 2011.[1] It is an international documentary film festival held annually every October in Sydney, Australia. The festival was set up to promote documentary as an art form, with programming focusing on independent and innovative filmmaking that breaks new ground in the documentary landscape.

Films that have had their national or local premieres at Antenna include Minding the Gap, Aquarelle, Cameraperson, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, Web Junkie,[2] Faces Places, Mr Gay Syria,[3] 5 Broken Cameras,[4] Leviathan and Virunga.[5]

In addition to film screenings, the festival's program includes talks, masterclasses, and industry-focused events, offering a space for the documentary community to get together to network, learn and develop their filmmaking practices. The 9th Antenna Documentary Film Festival was held between 17 and 27 October 2019.[6][needs update]

Awards

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Antenna have three competitive sections; Award for Best International Documentary, Award for Best Australian Documentary and Award for Best Australian Short Documentary.

Award for Best International Documentary

Year Film/s Director/s Country
2018 Happy Winter Giovanni Totaro Italy
2018 América (Special Mention) Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside USA
2017 Small Talk Hui-chen Huang Taiwan
2016 Behemoth Zhao Liang China
2016 Starless Dreams (Special Jury Award) Mehrdad Oskouei Iran
2015 Spartacus & Cassandra Ioanis Nuguet France
2014 Waiting for August Teodora Mihai Romania
2013 Let The Fire Burn Jason Osder USA
2012 Planet of Snail Seung-jun Yi South Korea
2011 Into Eternity Michael Madsen Denmark

Award for Best Australian Documentary

Year Film/s Director/s
2018 The Scribe Ruth Cullen
2018 Two Wolves (Special Mention) Example
2017 Kings of Baxter Jack Yabsley
2016 Mother With a Gun Jeff Daniels
2015 Shock Room Kathryn Millard
2015 Another Country (Special Mention) Molly Reynolds
2014 Sons & Mothers Christopher Houghton
2014 The Land Between (Special Mention) David Fedele
2013 The Dark Matter of Love Sarah McCarthy
2012 My Thai Bride David Tucker
2012 The Soldier (Special Mention) Sascha Ettinger Epstein & Ian Darling
2011 The Triangle Wars Rosie Jones

Award for Best Australian Short Documentary

Year Film/s Director/s
2018 Handout Vedrana Music
2018 Barbara (Special Mention) Larissa Behrendt
2017 Wolfe Claire Randall
2017 Marrimarrigun (Special Mention) Kimberly West
2016 Heart Of The Queen (shared) Matthew Walker
2016 Lightning Ridge: The Land Of The Black Opals (shared) Alena Lodkina
2015 Maratus Simon Cunich
2014 Ghost Train James Fleming & Kelly Hucker
2014 Sticky (Special Mention) Jilli Rose
2013 E-Wasteland David Fedele
2012 Feel Home Lee Blignaut
2011 Ol’ Blue Eyes Matt Cooney

References

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  1. ^ Molitorisz, Sacha; Johnston, Megan (27 September 2011). "The truth is stronger than fiction". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Safi, Michael (27 October 2014). "Antenna film festival review – internet addiction and an autistic man's quest for love". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Taylor, Andrew (17 September 2017). "Antenna film festival: Mr Gay Syria highlights plight of gay Syrian refugees". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ^ "5 BROKEN CAMERAS". catndocs.com.
  5. ^ "Screenings". Virunga.
  6. ^ "Antenna Documentary Film Festival Extended! & Submissions Now Open". Filmlink.com.au.