Sweetshop & Green has promoted Ester Harding to head of drama, and appointed former AIDC CEO and conference director Alice Burgin as a documentary and factual executive.
As the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) heads into its 35th year, Natasha Gadd has been promoted by the board to CEO/creative director, succeeding Alice Burgin.
Doc Society and AIDC have revealed the six projects that will take part in a year-long creative mentorship and impact strategy fellowship starting this month.
Subjects ranging from the Australian Open tennis tournament to the country's LGBTQI+ history will be explored in the latest round of documentary projects to receive production funding from Screen Australia.
Written and directed by Matthew Bate, 'The Defenders' is a feature documentary centered on footballer Hakeem al-Araibi and the global campaign that fought to free him from prison.
VicScreen's inaugural Originate Factual program has kicked off, with 12 writers, directors and producers selected to participate.