Antenna Documentary Film Festival was established in 2011. 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, Faces Places, Mr Gay Syria, 5 Broken Cameras, Leviathan and Virunga.
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.
Awards
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
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