BASTARDY was awarded the prestigious Jury Prize for Best Documentary by the Film Critics Circle of Australia.

Here’s an excerpt from the SCREENHUB article covering the event.

The amazing Jack Charles, whose life has been chronicled in Bastardy, came on stage with director Amiel Courtin-Wilson and producer Philippa Campey to accept the award for Best Feature Documentary (Jury Prize); he thanked them for making the film, which he said had made him a role model in his community, after years as a rogue and a vagabond. 

He said, `This film has given me wings. I feel privileged and honoured to be asked by my very good friend, the maverick documentary maker, Amiel Courtin-Wilson to bear witness and suffer my little foibles as I journeyed from my own heart of darkness. With a partially cleansed soul and clear conscience I urge viewers to absorb, learn, acknowledge and act.’

Philippa Campey, Jack Charles and Amiel Courtin-Wilson