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AFI: reinstates documentary awards

Faced with anger, incredulity and possible insurrection, the AFI has agreed to provide the full suite of AACTA documentary awards.

4 Jul 2013 12:00

David Tiley

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Faced with anger, incredulity and possible insurrection, the AFI has agreed to provide the full suite of AACTA documentary awards.

Desperate to reduce the number of awards, faced with an ongoing shortfall in sponsorship, the AFI has been attempting to reduce the number of awards. They are expensive to run.

Instead, the AACTA Awards are now at least four awards longer than they were in January 2013, with a further expansion possible. The AFI has been confronted in public by hostile Academy members mounting a public campaign, and the attempt to dramatise the financial problem has still not drawn a white knight from the fiducary forest.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.