Press release
Australian women directors making films about East Asia are encouraged to apply for the Solrun Hoaas Documentary Award.
Solrun Hoaas made films in Australia from the 1980s. Her interests lay in Japan, where she grew up, and in Australia’s connections to East Asia.
Solrun wrote, produced and directed several Japan-related films, including the feature film AYA (1990), and in later years turned her attention to Korea and more political content in PYONGYANG DIARIES (1997) and RUSHING TO SUNSHINE (2001).
Solrun Hoaas died in December 2009 after a short illness and has left $80,000.00 to be awarded to two or more independent Australian women directors using the following guidelines as stated in her will:
â— The selection of the recipients is to be decided on the basis of their past work.
â— The money can go towards the development or post production of a risktaking
documentary on an East Asian related subject.
â— The documentary can be shot in or outside Australia.
â— Preference is to be given to projects that have been unable to secure an
Australian TV pre-sale.
â— Recipients must demonstrate sound knowledge of the subject/ region and not
suddenly have discovered something exotic.
â— East Asia is taken to include China, Japan, North & South Korea, Thailand,
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and East Timor.
Further information on Solrun Hoaas’ life and career can be accessed by clicking here.
Apply in writing by June 30, 2011 to the below address outlining the project with a budget, the amount of funding being sought, and for which stages of the project the funding is required.
The committee to assess the requests is comprised of Karen Foley, Chair and Executor of The Solrun Hoaas Estate, Andrew Pike and Sue Murray.
Applications should be sent to:
129 Ebley Street
Bondi Junction 2022
or email: geoffkaren@ozemail.com.au