Documentary Australia is set to introduce online community screening resource DocAccess, nearly five years after the initiative was funded by Screenrights.
'Blaze', 'How To Please A Woman', 'Sissy' and 'Sweet As' will contend for the best original feature prize at this year’s AWGIE Awards, while 'Mrs Harris Goes to Paris', 'The Stranger' and 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' are up for the adapted gong. 'The Newsreader' leads in television with two nominations alongside 'Total Control', 'Firebite', 'Bump' and 'Heartbreak High'.
Traditional distribution pathways may have been upended by COVID-19, but in some ways, the pandemic has strengthened the landscape for social impact documentary.
'Big Deal' presenter Christian Van Vuuren says the distance of departure from the documentary series and his previous work is not lost on him.
Director and producer Nadia Tass will chair the jury for this year's CinefestOZ, which had its full line-up announced in Perth yesterday.