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.
'Greenhouse by Joost' is a feature documentary following Joost Bakker as he builds a self-sustaining home in the centre of Melbourne, an ecosystem that provides its occupants with water, energy, shelter, and nourishment.
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.
Screen Producers Australia has confirmed the mentors for its Ones To Watch program, with some of Australia's leading producers set to lend their expertise to the 2022 cohort.
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.
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.
Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.