Daniel Gordon’s
The Australian Dream picked up the Best Feature Documentary prize at the inaugural Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Awards.
The ceremony, held today (March 3), marked the end of this year’s online conference.
A total of six awards were handed out in addition to more than AUD $200,000 of development funding and prizes.
The Australian Dream (pictured), a portrait of the struggles and triumphs of Australian soccer player Adam Goodes, took home a $5,000 cash prize. The film is produced by Good Thing Productions and Passion Pictures.
The Best Documentary/Factual Series award, meanwhile, went to Miriam
Margolyes: Almost Australian from Liz Allen, Ross Wilson, Laurie Critchley, Aline Jacques and Southern Pictures.