Double Your Impact
Your donation will be matched up to the total of $250,000
Every dollar donated to Documentary Australia before 30 June will be matched by two generous supporters up to the amount of $250,000. So, for every dollar you contribute, an extra dollar will be added with a target of $500,000.
$500,000 will help us enable documentaries to engage audiences in social issues. We will launch new programs and awareness campaigns so more Australians can discover truths and explore perspectives.
Help us to continue to support powerful stories for positive social change.
Donations to Documentary Australia are 100% tax deductible.
Help make a difference with documentary
Documentary Australia is a unique not-for-profit that ensures important stories are told, seen and achieve social impact outcomes. Find out how to join our community for powerful change below:
We support documentaries that inspire change across a broad range of issues
Our Programs
Environmental Accelerator
ENVIRONMENT
Documentary Australia is committed to increasing engagement with environmental issues and empowering action to protect the planet, using documentary storytelling as a tool to create change. Launched in November 2022, the Environmental Accelerator amplifies the impact of up to 10 documentary projects over three years to increase awareness and motivating action for the environment.
SheDoc
WOMEN & GIRLS
SheDoc 2024 will elevate the career of up to six female-identifying filmmakers, particularly in key creative roles under-represented by women. Our vision is to provide talented women with resources and support for their professional development in order to help elevate issues relating to women and girls with an emphasis on gender-equity in documentary storytelling.
Impact Producer Program
Documentary Australia launched the Impact Producer Program in 2023 – a new ten-month professional development program that aims to train the next generation of Impact Producers. This program is the first of its kind in Australia, developed in response to the increasingly unmet demand for experienced professionals to undertake this role.
Centralised Indigenous Fellowship
Launched in 2019, the Centralised Indigenous Fellowship aims to create a bespoke career development program for First Nations documentary filmmakers to increase their skills and knowldge and share their stories. This enables a the career advancement of a new generation of Aboriginal screen storytellers and encourages generations that come after them.
We use stories to incite action and create impact on vital social issues
Impact - Our Story
Annual Report 2021/2022
Documentary Australia met or exceeded its targets in FY 2021/22, delivering on our strategy to support great films, great partnerships and great impact. The evidence confirms what we have always known: that the demand for, and impact of, documentary film only increases, and within the documentary ecosystem in Australia Documentary Australia’s role is unrivalled.