The documentary industry has rejected a suggestion by Screen Australia to raise the Producer Offset threshold in exchange for increasing direct funding
Film Victoria has unveiled plans to invest $705,000 across five new documentaries
Elizabeth Tadic is the first winner of the F4 Award for Outstanding New Documentary Talent for her film Umoja: Where Women Run Wild
New Screen Australia documentary project funding at $200,000 and below will be provided as a grant, rather than as recoupable investment
Screen Australia boss Ruth Harley says the paucity of mid-range feature films being made without the agency's financial assistance remains an area of concern
The ABC has boosted its funding by $400,000 for young documentary makers via the triple j tv docs initiative
The South Australian Film Corporation has launched a Documentary Innovation Fund
The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers will head to Australia in December