Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.
Heather Rose’s novel 'Bruny' and Nicole Haddow’s book 'Smashed Avocado: How I Cracked the Property Market and You Can Too' have each been optioned by high-profile producers.
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.
Ili Baré's 'Australia's Open' will have a limited theatrical release from Friday, offering a portrait of the grand slam season opener through the moments and matches that shaped its history.
With only nine Australian feature docs making more than $100,000 at the box office last year, and none more than $350,000, the future of Australian documentary in cinemas went under the microscope at AIDC.
Screen Australia has unveiled 13 titles that will share in $3.7 million of production funding, with six documentaries to be supported through the Producer Program and seven projects via the Commissioned Program.
Larissa Behrendt's 'You Can Go Now' and Sari Braithwaite's 'Because We Have Each Other' are both set to screen at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival next month.