Australian documentary titles released in cinemas

in Australia, the UK and the US, 1998–2015

Next update March 2017

2015 |2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998

2015

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
That Sugar Film	Madman
Women He's Undressed	Rialto
Frackman	Independent
Putuparri and the Rainmakers	Ronin
Gayby Baby	Marla House
Only the Dead	Transmission
Graceful Girls	Bonsai Films
US/UK
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Metrodome	UK
Sherpa	Independent	UK
That Sugar Film	Soda	UK
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Warner Bros	US
Sherpa	Independent	US
That Sugar Film	Samuel Goldwyn	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2014

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
All This Mayhem	eOne
The Crossing	Umbrella Entertainment
Deepsea Challenge 3D	Label Distribution
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Umbrella Entertainment
The Last Impresario	Umbrella Entertainment
The Man from Coxs River	Independent
Once My Mother	Change Focus Media
When the Queen Came to Town	Umbrella Entertainment
US/UK
All This Mayhem	Koch Media	UK
Deepsea Challenge 3D	Independent	US
The Earth Wins	Independent	US
Hidden Universe 3D	Independent	US
I Am Eleven	International Film Circuit	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2013

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust	Umbrella Entertainment
The Darkside	Transmission
The Earth Wins	IMAX
Fallout	Rough Trade
Hidden Universe 3D	IMAX
I Am a Girl	Indies
In Bob We Trust	Apparition Entertainment
Lygon Street: Si Parla Italiano	Resolution Media
Mary Meets Mohammad	Waratah Films
Red Obsession	Roadshow
Uncharted Waters: The Personal History of Wayne Lynch	Madman Cinema
US/UK
Red Obsession	Area23a	US
Storm Surfers 3D	Vitagraph	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2012

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
A Deeper Shade of Blue	Garage Entertainment
The Curse of the Gothic Symphony	Music Films
First Fagin	Ronin
I Am Eleven	Proud Mother
Paul Kelly: Stories of Me	Madman Entertainment
Storm Surfers 3D	Madman Entertainment
US/UK
Salute	Arrow Fims	UK

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2011

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Cane Toads: The Conquest	Pinnacle Films
Decadence: Decline of the Western World	Producer
Fighting Fear	Garage Entertainment
First Love	Roadshow
I’m Not Dead Yet	Umbrella Entertainment
Mrs Carey’s Concert	Music Films
Persecution Blues: The Battle for the Tote	Madman Entertainment
Rowland S. Howard: Autoluminescent	Umbrella Entertainment
The Tall Man	EOne
US/UK
Cane Toads: The Conquest	Kaleidoscope	UK
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure	Independent	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2010

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Going Vertical	The Pack
Love, Lust & Lies	Umbrella Entertainment
Tea With Madame Clos	Ronin

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2009

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Bastardy	Film Camp
The Burning Season	Gil Scrine Films
The Chifleys of Busby Street	Ronin
The Choir	Gil Scrine Films
Contact	Contact Films
Into the Shadows	Ronin
Love the Beast	Madman Entertainment
The Voyage that Shook the World	Con Dios
US/UK
Love the Beast	Metrodome	UK
Not Quite Hollywood	StudioCanal	UK
Not Quite Hollywood	Magnolia Pictures	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2008

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Celebrity: Dominick Dunne	Film Art Media
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Sharmill
Global Haywire	Hopscotch
Hope	Gil Scrine Films
Lionel	Siren Visual
Night	Dendy
Not Quite Hollywood	Madman
Rock N Roll Nerd	Madman
Salute	Paramount
Something in the Water	WBMC
Whaledreamers	LA Entertainment
Whatever Happened to Brenda Hean?	Gil Scrine Films
US/UK
Bra Boys	Berkala Films	US
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Koch Lorber Films	US
Whaledreamers	Monterey Media	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2007

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
4	Vast Productions
Bomb Harvest	Lemur Films
Bra Boys	Hopscotch
Lovestruck: Wrestling’s No.1 Fan	Level Four Films
Forbidden Lie$	Palace
War on Democracy	Hopscotch
US/UK
War on Democracy	Lionsgate	UK

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2006

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
God on My Side	Hopscotch
Hunt Angels	Palace
In the Shadow of the Palms	Ipso-Facto
Kanyini	Hopscotch
Rampage	Madman
Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst	Dendy
Women of the Sun: 25 Years Later	Ronin
US/UK
The Ister	First Run/Icarus Films	US
Rampage	Revelation	UK

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2005

Title	Distributor
Australia
Blowin’ in the Wind	Dendy
Chasing God	Wide Open Productions
Children of Tibet	Ronin
Devil Diary	Paul Scott Films
The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia	Fortian Productions
Landmines: A Love Story	Ronin

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2004

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Helen’s War: Portrait of a Dissident (Australia/Canada)	Sonja Armstrong Productions
Letters to Ali	Palace
The Mademoiselle and the Doctor	I Kandy Films
Molly and Mobarak	Hopscotch
The President versus David Hicks	Ronin
Solarmax	IMAX

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2003

Title	Distributor
Australia
Australia: Land Beyond Time	IMAX
Desperate Man Blues	Cube Media
Making Venus	Gil Scrine Films

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2002

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Black Chicks Talking	Film Australia
Fond Memories of Cuba	Ronin
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Sharmill
Horses: The Story of Equus	IMAX
Much Ado about Something	Producer
My Mother India	Ronin
Shadow Play: Indonesia’s Forgotten Holocaust	Producer
A Wedding in Ramallah	Ronin
Welcome to the Waks Family	Film Australia
US/UK
Australia: Land Beyond Time	Houston Museum of Science	US
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky	Wellspring	US
Facing the Music	Film Forum	US
Horses: The Story of Equus	IMAX	US
Much Ado about Something	Film Forum	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2001

Title	Distributor
Australia
Facing the Music	Ronin
Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema	Sharmill
My Khmer Heart	Producer

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

2000

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Chasing Buddha	Producer
Cunnamulla	Ronin Films
The Diplomat	Gil Scrine Films
Tackle Happy	Producer
US/UK
Solarmax	Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago	US
Solarmax	Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago	UK

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

1999

Title	Distributor
Australia
Original Schtick	Producer
Sydney: A Story of a City	IMAX

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia

Notes:
Includes Australian productions, official co-productions and other productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).

1998

Title	Distributor	US/UK
Australia
Africa’s Elephant Kingdom	IMAX
Our Park	Black Dog Pictures
US/UK
Africa’s Elephant Kingdom	Discovery	US

Source: Compiled by Screen Australia.

Notes:
Includes Australian productions and productions with overseas partners where creative control is shared (i.e. with a mix of Australians in key creative positions).