The prestigious International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam has announced the selection of six Australian titles that reflect the diversity of Australian documentary filmmaking.
The home grown doco series Yarning Up continues to make a splash at film festivals internationally with two of the series' films being chosen to screen at the prestigious 9th Annual imagineNATIVE Film Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada from 15 to 19
Produced and directed by first time filmmaker Lara Damiani, Tibet's Cry for Freedom features exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Prime Minister in exile and Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng.
Western Australian documentary God Made Them Blind will have its world premiere at the Film and Television Institute (FTI) in Fremantle next Thursday August 7.
Academy Award Nominee Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) will be in Sydney for a special advance screening of his new documentary Where in the World is Osama bin Laden? on August 5.
Production on a four-part documentary series for SBS television entitled Taxi School will begin in Sydney on July 14.