Media: Yurlu | Country Wins Walkley Documentary Award - FilmInk

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November 28 2025

Yurlu | Country was announced as the winner of the 2025 Walkey Documentary Award at the Walkley Awards ceremony in Sydney last night.

Yurlu | Country is a feature documentary from six-time Walkley Award winning Australian director Yaara Bou Melhem, co-created with Banjima Elder Maitland Parker, which immerses us in Maitland’s final year as he strives to preserve his culture and heal his homeland in the Pilbara, scarred by the worst contaminated site in the Southern Hemisphere.

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