The AIDC Southern Light Award celebrates luminaries of the Australian documentary and factual industry.
Expanding the eligibility scope of the pre-existing Stanley Hawes Award, presented from 1997 – 2023, the AIDC Southern Light Award is a $5,000 cash prize presented by AIDC to an Australian industry professional for their outstanding contribution to nonfiction screen, digital and/or audio media.
The recipient of the Southern Light Award receives a $5,000 cash prize from AIDC and will be invited to speak at the AIDC Awards Presentation o
The Southern Light Award complements six other category awards that are part of the AIDC Awards.
Celia Tait
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Artemis Media
The winner of the second AIDC Southern Light Award for outstanding contribution to nonfiction screen, digital and/or audio media, is producer Celia Tait, co-founder and managing director of Artemis Media, based in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Celia emigrated from the UK in 1993, and together with her late business partner Brian Beaton, was active in pioneering, building and training the factual industry in WA. She continues to mentor screen practitioners.
Celia has worked as a writer, producer, director and executive producer and has won many national and international awards for her work.
Over the last 25 years Artemis has produced high impact factual TV for domestic and international networks and is renowned for stories that inspire, delight and inform.
Celia and her team have pushed the boundaries of factual content, form and inclusivity with creative concepts that bring in big audiences and which help to create social change.
These include The Dream House, Don’t Stop the Music, Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, Australia’s Health Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, the first seven seasons of Who Do You Think You Are?, Saving Andrew Mallard, New Leash on Life, Storm in a Teacup, Every Family has a Secret, Australia’s Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley, and Ningaloo Nyinggulu.
Celia is a passionate advocate for the local and national screen industry and is a member of SPA, the IAGC (Industry Advisory Group Committee), which advises the Screenwest Board, a Committee member of Screen Voice, an association for Australian independent screen producers, and a board member for the International Quorum (IQ) of Producers.