AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE 2014 The David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship Award
Lynette was awarded the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship Award, winning $25,000 to explore and expand her filmmaking practice and continue to raise the level of excellence in Australian documentary cinema.
Renowned Australian filmmaker Bob Connolly said, "The thing that strikes me about Lynette is that she is a multi talented artist whose singular vision transcends traditional boundaries of genre and relentlessly embraces the new." - YAHOO!News
Amanda Duthie, Adelaide Film Festival Director and CEO, said of Lynette’s AIDC win:
“Lynette is one of Australia’s major visual artists -‐ and now she has demonstrated she will be a leading Australian filmmaker. The world premiere of Tender at the Adelaide Film Festival still has audiences talking. It is an extraordinary film that stays with you – for all the right reasons. I am so happy for Lynette to be recognised this way with the Documentary Fellowship Award and that the spirit of HIVE – enabling artists to create work for the big and small screen -‐ is being celebrated by industry and audience alike.”
Tony Grybowski, CEO Australia Council for the Arts, said:
“Lynette Wallworth is recognised as one of Australia’s leading artists and we are thrilled to see her awarded the David and Joan Williams Documentary Fellowship for Tender. Three years on we are seeing exciting outcomes from the investment made in the HIVE Production Fund – an innovative initiative which enables artists to collaborate with filmmakers to create new Australian films.”
Katrina Sedgwick, Head of Arts, ABC TV added:
“Central to the inspiration behind the HIVE Production Fund was the hope that an invitation to leading artists from across the artforms to consider the new ‘canvas’ of film and television could deliver wonderful new work for the screen. Lynette’s Tender, and now this fellowship, demonstrates this beautifully.”