The documentary sector must remain vigilant of regulatory details and market factors as it continues to navigate changes to financing and distribution models in 2024, Documentary Australia CEO Mitzi Goldman says.
Australian documentaries are punching above their weight in terms of influencing audience attitudes and contributing to societal change, according to data from Documentary Australia.
Executive produced by Cate Blanchett, ABC documentary 'Knowing The Score' gets up close and personal with celebrated Australian conductor Simone Young.
Industry stakeholders are seeking clarification from the Federal Government about the place of documentary in the incoming streaming regulation, after the genre was omitted in the models proposed in the Targeted Consultation Paper.
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.
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.
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.
'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.