The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Google News Initiative have launched a $40,000 pitching initiative designed to bring non-fiction storytellers and journalists together with technologists and data visualisation experts to create new work.
Create NSW and the Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) have again partnered on SheDoc, an initiative which provides female documentary filmmakers with up to $20,000 to undertake self-directed professional development programs.
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The screen industry needs to "meaningfully grapple" with the longstanding, systemic issues that impact upon parents/carers in the sector, according to Professor Deb Verhoeven, one of the researchers behind Raising Films Australia's recent survey report.
"I am no less a mother because I hire carers to look after my children when I am unable to do so myself, and I am no less a film director or writer because I have children."
When the average number of documents generated by an individual production is estimated to be well in excess of 5,000, going paperless will not only save producers time and money, but benefit the environment too, writes Jane Corden, CEO of industry financial and accounting services company Moneypenny.
'Sweet Country' was named Best Film at Wednesday's AACTA Award Ceremony, with the period Western also taking home Best Direction for Warwick Thornton and Best Lead Actor for Hamilton Morris.
For a guy who won an AFI award as best young actor for his debut film, Richard Roxburgh’s 'Romulus, My Father' in 2007 when he was 11, Kodi Smit-McPhee has a remarkably grounded approach to his profession.