Screenwest has secured an industry coup with the appointment of highly awarded documentary film director Paul Damian Williams as its new documentary manager.
Two distinctly Australian stories have taken out the top prizes at the inaugural AIDC Awards, with Daniel Gordon's 'The Australian Dream' and Southern Pictures' 'Miriam Margolyes: Almost Australian' awarded Best Feature Documentary and Best Documentary/Factual Series, respectively.
The first Australian-produced film shot with IMAX-quality Cineflex cameras to be released theatrically in a decade, 'The Earth Wins' opens at Cinemona this Saturday, the 14th of September.
Madman proudly presents the year's most talked about documentary 'The Imposter', available on DVD and Digital Download from July 17, 2013.
Impending changes to the regulatory environment could negatively impact the type of stories that are told by documentary filmmakers but the sector's ability to adapt should not be underestimated, according to experts.
Having worked as both a commissioner and an independent producer, Naked Television managing director Fatima Salaria was able to bring insights from both sides of the fence as she addressed the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) on Sunday from the UK.
Sara Ramsden has prided herself throughout her career on commissioning factual and documentary projects on important topics – like female genital mutilation, terminal illness and porn abuse – but with a tabloid twist.