Award winners

Award winners 1998–2000: Documentaries

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Awards won by Australian documentaries (titles ‘C’) 1998–2000

Title

Event

Awards

Calcutta Christmas, A

Chicago Silver Images Film Festival, 1999

Best of Festival, Documentary Section

EthnoFilmfest Berlin (September 1999)

Honourable Mention

Golden Gate Awards – San Francisco Film Society (April 2000)

Certificate of Merit, Television – Society and Culture Section

INTERCOM – International Communication Film & Video Festival (October 1999)

Gold Plaque, Social/Political Documentary Section

MIFF 2000 (February 2000)

Silver Conch, International Video Competition, Non-fiction up to 60 mins Section

Silver Images Film Festival (April 1999)

Best of the Festival, Documentary Section

Call of Kakadu, The

Australian Cinematographers Society Awards (National) (May 1998)

Distinction – David Curl, Wildlife and Nature Films Section

Centaurus

BIFF Fast Film Competition (July 1998)

Second Place

Chasing Buddha

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 2000)

First Prize, Documentary Category Section

Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films (June 2000)

The 8th NSW Film and Television Office Rouben Mamoulian Award

if – Independent Filmmakers Awards (November 2000)

Best Documentary – Amiel Courtin-Wilson

China Dolls

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – NSW/ACT (November 1998)

Highly Commended – Jackie Farkas, Documentaries Section

INTERCOM – International Communication Film & Video Festival (October 1998)

Gold Plaque, Documentary – Social/Political Section

Reel Affirmations Film Festival (October 1998)

Finalist – Best Direction in a Short Documentary – Tony Ayres

Chooks... Their Lives and Their Lovers

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – Queensland (September 1998)

Highly Commended – Randall Wood, Documentaries, Cinema and Television Section

Chrissy

Berlin International Film Festival (February 2000)

Teddy Jury Award, International Panorama Section

City of Dreams

Chicago International Television Competition (March 2000)

Gold Hugo, Documentary – Arts/Humanities Section

Clown Doctors

Columbus International Film & Video Festival (October 2000)

The Bronze Plaque

Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi

Bilan du Film Ethnographique (March 1998)

Special Mention

Coorong, The

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – South Australia/ Western Australia – 1999

Highly Commended – Jeff Clayfield, Documentaries – Cinema and Television Section

Cracks in the Mask

Cologne Film Festival – 1999

Best Film

International Festival of Visual Arts (Media Wave) – 1999

Best Documentary

Crocodile Hunter, The

Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) Awards – NSW/ACT (November 2000)

Highly Commended – David Wakeley, Wildlife and Nature Section (for ‘Jungle in the Clouds’)

Cunnamulla

Film Critics’ Circle of Australia (February 2000)

Best Australian Documentary – Dennis O’Rourke

Source: Australian Film Commission
Notes:
This list has been compiled from ongoing monitoring of awards by AFC staff and from information provided to the AFC by filmmakers. Although great effort has been made to locate information, there may be a small number of awards omitted from the list.
As the list covers only calendar years 1998–2000 it may not represent all awards won by a particular film.

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