Writer and producer Jessica Hamilton and communications professional Matisse Walkden-Brown have joined Documentary Australia as part of the Impact Producer Program.
Documentary Australia and Doc Society will host climate documentary makers, climate experts, First Nations leaders, impact strategists, political consultants, community organisers, advocates, and philanthropists for a new three-day workshop in August.
Yaara Bou Melhem's 'Yurlu | Country', Stefan Andrews' 'White Rock', and 'Sukundimi Walks Before Me' are the newest projects chosen to receive pro bono impact campaign support this year via Documentary Australia's Environmental Accelerator Impact Program.
Documentary Australia has released a callout for two new environmental documentary projects to support via the Environmental Accelerator Impact Program.
A screening of Australian documentary Climate Changers in NSW Parliament this week kicked off a panel discussion aimed at encouraging the government to take more urgent climate action or risk missing its net zero target by 2050.
Filmmaker Aprille Asfoura and sustainability and environmental advocate Anna Jane (AJ) Linke will receive mentorship from Documentary Australia as part of its Impact Producer Program.
There is confidence within the documentary sector that its concerns about the genre's omission from last year's streaming regulation models have been heard ahead of the legislation's introduction to parliament.
Ahead of next week's Australian International Documentary Conference, IF spoke with both local and international decision makers about the current documentary and factual landscape, and the types of projects they're interested in.