Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary Bundle

12 days access to 10 new Australian documentaries for just $99
Bonus SFF material including filmmaker intros, Q&As and panels

Sydney Film Festival is honoured to present the annual Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary, generously supported by the Foundation. This year, 10 outstanding new Australian documentaries (including eight World Premieres) will compete for this prestigious award

Watch on demand all 10 documentaries over the 12 days of the Festival with this special bundle. Films can also be purchased individually. The winning film will be announced and presented with a $10,000 cash prize at SFF’s Virtual Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 18 June.

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A Hundred Years of Happiness

Documentary A rural Vietnamese family prepares for their daughter’s marriage – an arrangement based on finances, not affection – in this remarkably poignant, observational documentary.

Documentary Thrilling, punishing, and beyond treacherous; freediving in freezing water is not for the faint of heart, but for Kiki Bosch, it was a life saver.

Documentary A lonely housewife’s plan to end it all takes an unexpected turn when her last hurrah begins a radical journey of sexual exploration, personal re-invention and feminist porn.

Documentary In 2016, a collection of international women scientists set sail for Antarctica under the guidance of Australian leadership expert  Fabian Dattner; what transpired is both inspiring and revelatory.

Documentary At Western Australia’s first Indigenous-run police station, two officers learn language and culture to help them police one of the most remote beats in the world.

The Plastic House

Documentary After her parents’ death, a young Cambodian-Australian woman begins working in their greenhouse. A meditative, experimental take on memory and healing.

Documentary A powerful, inspirational story from Western Sydney following a group of migrant women and their remarkable champion, Rosemary Kariuki.

The Skin of Others

Documentary A compelling portrait of an extraordinary figure, Aboriginal WWI soldier Douglas Grant, featuring acclaimed Indigenous actor Balang Tom E. Lewis (in his final performance).

The Weather Diaries

Documentary Sydney filmmaker Kathy Drayton muses on what the future holds for her musician daughter amidst the threats of climate change and mass extinction.

Documentary A rousing documentary, many years in the making, that follows a group of determined  local women in  their  14-year  fight for the right to work in  Wollongong’s steel industry.