More than 85 powerful films are now available on DocAccess, a free platform designed to help communities and organisations access and screen Australian documentaries.
With curated playlists across 10 issue areas, practical resources and simple step-by-step guides, it has never been easier to host a screening and bring people together around stories that matter.
With key dates like Earth Day, World Health Day and Reconciliation Week approaching, it is a timely way to connect through shared experience.
Discover DocAccess and consider hosting a screening in your community or organisation at the link in our bio.
Documentary Australia's DocAccess initiative is supported by Screenrights and the Hansen Little Foundation.
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Stories build connection. Connection builds change. And we all know that something has to change!
At a time when the world feels divided, documentary storytelling invites us to listen more deeply, see new perspectives and recognise ourselves in the lives of others.
Thanks to our supporters, powerful stories are reaching audiences who might otherwise never see them, sparking empathy, dialogue and social change. We need these stories to reach more eyes and ears!
We are proud to share our latest Impact Report, celebrating the filmmakers, partners, stories and impact driving our work.
Please consider supporting our work as your tax-deductible donation helps ensure these vital stories continue to be made, shared and effecting change.
Read our report at the link in our bio and join us in strengthening human connection through documentary.
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Introducing the nominees for the 2026 Documentary Australia Award at @sydfilmfest .
Documentary Australia-supported film Silenced uses courtroom footage and behind-the-headlines interviews to reveal how defamation laws are weaponised to discredit and victimise survivors and the journalists reporting on their stories.
From Amber Heard in London to journalist Catalina Ruiz-Navarro in Colombia, and Brittany Higgins in our own backyard, women globally face a new kind of silencing at the hands of perpetrators of sexual violence. It's a legal backlash Australian Jennifer Robinson is committed to fighting, inspired by her grandmother who was also a survivor. With unrivalled access, director Selina Miles challenges the flaws in the justice system that make this silencing possible, while revealing the cost to those who speak up.
See Silenced at Sydney Film Festival:
📅 6.15pm Saturday 6 June
📍Ritz Cinemas Randwick
📅 2pm Saturday 13 June
📍Palace Norton Street
Silenced will also open the 73rd edition of Sydney Film Festival on Wednesday 3 June at the State Theatre.
Get tickets and explore the other films nominated for this year’s award at the link in bio.
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Congratulations to the film team behind Documentary Australia-supported project Polina, who are heading to Cannes in 2026! @pinkmonkey.agency
Polina has been selected for Goes to Cannes, a unique showcase bringing together film festivals and markets from all corners of the globe as part of the Marché du Film, which is the business hub of the Festival de Cannes.
It is the world’s largest international gathering of film professionals, bringing together more than 15,000 participants from 140 countries each year.
Polina is a poetic, child-led documentary following a young Ukrainian girl growing up in the aftermath of war – exploring memory, resilience and the quiet emotional landscapes conflict leaves behind.
The film team say, “It’s deeply meaningful to see this story connecting internationally while still in production, and a reminder of how important cinematic, human-centred storytelling remains in times like these.”
Read more and support the project at the link in our bio.
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Introducing the nominees for the 2026 Documentary Australia Award at @sydfilmfest .
Documentary Australia-supported film Yumburra is a lyrical portrait of Bruce Pascoe in the aftermath of Dark Emu. With the proceeds of his bestseller, Pascoe purchased a property on the Wallagaraugh River, where he grows native grains and reinvents ways to process them.
The bitter response by some in the media and academia to Dark Emu disturbed Pascoe and upended his family, but in the local waterways and mountains, he's finding strength and the courage to move on. Filmmaker Grace McKenzie deftly captures Pascoe's stories of the land, his childhood, and Aboriginal ancestry.
See Yumburra at Sydney Film Festival:
📅 2pm Saturday 6 June
📍State Library of NSW
📅 5pm Sunday 7 June
📍Dendy Newtown
Get tickets and explore the other films nominated for this year’s award at the link in bio.
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Introducing the nominees for the 2026 Documentary Australia Award at @sydfilmfest .
Time and Tide is a compelling hybrid docu-drama that explores contemporary China through the eyes of a multi-generational family navigating the pressures of familial obligation.
Filmmaker and longtime Australian resident Vee Shi travels to his remote hometown in Fuqing after several years away with the dual purpose of making a fiction film and to truly understand his parents. But as he turns his camera on his family, reality and fiction start to blur as generational pain and regret are exposed.
Vee Shi’s feature-length debut is an extraordinarily raw and intimate vérité-style film, the first ever shot in the Fuqing dialect.
See Time and Tide at Sydney Film Festival:
📅 6pm Thursday 4 June
📍 Event Cinemas George St
📅 1.15pm Saturday 6 June
📍Dendy Newtown
Get tickets and explore the other films nominated for this year’s award at the link in bio.
#SydFilmFeast #SFF #TimeandTide #Documentary #FilmFestival #DocumentaryAustraliaAward #Award
Connection and change doesn’t end when the credits roll.
The most powerful documentaries live beyond the screen in the conversations they spark, the communities they reach and the actions they inspire.
In the last financial year, that connection took shape in real and measurable ways:
– 454 active documentaries on our website
– 38% increase in applications for fiscal sponsorship
– Four major programs supporting documentary filmmakers and projects
– 7,500+ event participants
At Documentary Australia, we are focused on what happens next by ensuring stories don’t just get made and seen but go on to make a difference – because real impact is built in what we do after we watch.
With your support, we can continue to amplify these stories and strengthen the connections that move us forward.
Support our work at the link in bio.
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The annual Documentary Australia Award at Sydney Film Festival acknowledges excellence in Australian documentary production. As well as receiving a $20,000 cash prize, the winning film becomes Academy Award eligible.
Introducing the 2026 nominees:
Documentary Australia-supported film Whistle is an offbeat Aussie crowd pleaser following the world’s greatest whistling competition. Unsurprisingly, whistling as a competitive sport attracts an eccentric crowd – among them an anxious New York actress, a fiercely ambitious Spanish competitor, a perpetual runner-up Japanese muso and a piping pop star. Wrangling this multifarious mob is ‘Whistling Diva’ producer Carole Anne Kaufman, who’s on a mission to elevate the art form and the competition.
Directed by Christopher Nelius, this highly entertaining documentary celebrates persistence and lip-pursing talent as it captures the highs and lows of competitive musical whistling.
See Whistle at @sydfilmfest :
📅 6.15pm Friday 5 June
📍Sydney Opera House Playhouse
📅 9.30am Sunday 7 June
📍State Theatre
Get tickets and explore the other films nominated for this year’s award at the link in bio.
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What’s new on the Documentary Australia website? 🔦
Here are 20+ projects recently approved for fiscal sponsorship. Support and learn more about these upcoming documentaries which span a variety of issue areas and topics.
Featured:
Side Quest Stories (@sidequeststoriesfilm )
Songlines
Coral Kids
The Life and Art of Javier Lara Gomez
One Thousand and One Pool
See the full collection at the link in our bio.
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📣 Sydney Film Festival has unveiled its full program for 2026, featuring 248 films from 81 countries.
Tickets are now on sale for screenings and events at 12 venues across Sydney from 3-14 June.
Documentary Australia-supported film Silenced will open the festival during the Opening Night Gala, and make sure to check out the films nominated for the Documentary Australia Award. More on this to come.👏🏻👏🏻
🎟️🍿Explore the program at the link in bio.
As the end of financial year approaches, there is no better time to get your page on the Documentary Australia website looking its best.
We see dozens of different project pages every week, and these are the five things that separate a good page from a great one. These insights from our Marketing & Communications team are accompanied by simple instructions in the article on our website 👉 link in bio.
Save this post for future reference… you’ll thank us later.
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