AIDC Awards 2023: Call for Submissions

SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN

The 3rd annual AIDC Awards will return in 2023 to recognise outstanding completed works of new Australian documentary and factual content across six categories, with a presentation to be held on the closing night of AIDC 2023, Wednesday 8 March 2023, at ACMI in Melbourne. 

Submissions are now being taken in the following categories:

1. Best Feature Documentary
2. Best Documentary/Factual Series
3. Best Documentary/Factual Single
4. Best Short-Form Documentary
5. Best Audio Documentary ($3,000 cash prize presented by AFTRS)
6. Best Interactive/Immersive Documentary

AIDC’s annual $5,000 Stanley Hawes Award, recognising outstanding long-term contribution to the documentary, factual or unscripted screen sector, is also open for nominations by AIDC members. 

CELEBRATING OUTSTANDING WORK

The AIDC Awards categories celebrate the talent and expertise of Australian content creators across long and short form documentary and factual content, as well as non-traditional areas of audio documentary and other forms of documentary storytelling through new and emerging media.

Prior winners include:

Best Feature Documentary
I’m Wanita (2022), The Australian Dream (2021)

Best Documentary/Factual Series
See What You Made Me Do (2022), Miriam Margoyles Almost Australian (2021)

Best Documentary/Factual Single
Our African Roots (2022), Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky (2021)

Best Short-Form Documentary
Freedom Swimmer (2022), My Body Says (2021)

Best Audio Documentary
Tender: Roia Atmar (2022), The Eleventh (2021)

Best Interactive/Immersive Documentary
Gondwana (2022), Mt Resilience (2021)

"RECOGNITION AND VISIBILITY"

AIDC CEO / Creative Director Natasha Gadd, said, “Crafting stories in any format is a challenge but often more so for documentary and factual creators working with smaller budgets to bring us big stories that matter!

“The AIDC Awards is an opportunity to honour the incredible work of our nonfiction storytellers and to give recognition and visibility to the most outstanding projects of the last year.”

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

Submissions for AIDC Awards categories are open now, and will close Wednesday 23 November 2022 (or 30 November 2022 with late fee). Stanley Hawes Award nominations close Friday 16 December 2022. 

Each category is assessed by an independent jury who are experts in their field. The 2023 AIDC Awards Presentation will take place on Wednesday 8 March 2023, the closing night of AIDC 2023. 

A first look at the AIDC 2023 program, including the announcement of key international speakers and industry guests, will be released Thursday 3 November 2022.