Introducing the
Green Frame Nature Documentary Award
Launched at the 2026 Bangalow Film Festival, the Green Frame Nature Documentary Award celebrates documentary filmmaking that connects audiences with the natural world.
The inaugural edition brought together five outstanding Australian and international nature documentaries, screening as part of the festival and competing for a Jury Prize and an Audience Award.
The Green Frame Award reflects BFF's commitment to cinema that connects audiences to the natural world: films that inform, move, and inspire action.
The Winner of the 2026
GFNDA
is....
Jono Allen
Underwater photographer, environmental scientist, and marine megafauna guide. Winner of the 2026 World Nature Photographer of the Year Gold Prize and Grand Jury Prize.
Anne Chesher
Producer, academic and leading authority on screen education, with fifteen years of developing content for National Geographic Television.
Mark Lewis
Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose films explore the complex relationships between humans and the animals they live alongside.
Chadden Hunter
Biologist turned filmmaker and long-time Sir David Attenborough collaborator, on landmark series such as Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.
Molly Reynolds
Esteemed director and producer with a body of work of critically acclaimed documentaries such as My Name is Gulpilil, Another Country and A Portrait of Love.
The 2026
Jury Members
Looking ahead to 2027, the award is set to grow into a three-day Industry Forum dedicated to nature, environmental and ecological filmmaking. Bringing together filmmakers, producers, distributors, scientists and conservationists, the forum will create space for screenings, conversations and collaboration, supporting the exchange of ideas and the development of future projects.
