The history of Australia's fashion industry and the national women's soccer team's fight for gender parity will be explored in new documentaries included in Screen Australia's latest funding round.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett, ABC documentary 'Knowing The Score' gets up close and personal with celebrated Australian conductor Simone Young.
Documentary Australia will assign impact producers to as many as 10 films across the next three years as part of a new program designed to increase awareness and action on a range of pressing environmental issues.
'How to Thrive: a practical guide to happiness' is a documentary that tracks the transformation of seven participants with mental health issues, guided by Positive Psychotherapist Marie McLeod.
Travis Akbar is the third recipient of the Centralised First Nations Documentary Australia Fellowship, with the filmmaker to receive a grant of up to $30,000 to develop his project ‘Kuta New Wiltja’ (Toward New Camp), as well as up to $10,000 of in-kind support to attend training opportunities at AFTRS.
Andrew Myer has been appointed the next chair of Documentary Australia, succeeding Kevin Palmer. Myer, a producer and executive producer...
Actor and filmmaker Kylie Bracknell, composer Caitlin Yeo, and Luke Cornish's 'Keep Stepping' are among this year's Sydney Film Festival award winners, with Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont's 'Close' triumphing in the official competition.
Australian documentaries are punching above their weight in terms of influencing audience attitudes and contributing to societal change, according to data from Documentary Australia.