Strong Female Lead nominated for Best Documentary at AACTA Awards

AACTA announces the six films nominated for Best Documentary

By Jackie Keast

July 27, 2021

Six films are set to vie for this year’s AACTA Award for Best Documentary, with voting for the winner open from today until August 2.

For consideration are Christopher Nelius’ Girls Can’t Surf, the highest grossing feature doc of the year so far; Sally Aitken’s Sundance-selected Playing With Sharks, and Molly Reynold’s My Name Is Gulpilila portrait of one of Australia’s leading actors, David Gulpilil.

They will compete against Matthew Walker’s I’m Wanita, about to premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival following a HotDocs bow; Tosca Looby’s examination of the attacks that faced Julia Gillard in office, Strong Female Lead; and Jane Castle’s portrait of her mother, filmmaker Lilias Fraser, When The Camera Stopped Rolling.

Read full article: https://www.if.com.au/aacta-announces-the-six-films-nominated-for-best-documentary/

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