In recent years we have seen a radical shake out in the old television broadcast model, writes veteran documentary filmmaker Tom Zubrycki. In this extract from his new Platform Paper, he asks what place will documentary have in this new factual environment.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has unveiled the 10 feature documentary and factual series finalists that will present at its FACTory International Pitching Forum.
Screen Australia has announced $3.5 million worth of funding for 18 documentaries, including a feature-length project from CJZ about tennis star Jelena Dokic; a portrait of Lion and Beautiful Boy screenwriter Luke Davies; and a 10-part series that will see lawyer and advocate Julian Burnside in conversation with human rights leaders.
Create NSW and the Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) have again partnered on SheDoc, an initiative which provides female documentary filmmakers with up to $20,000 to undertake self-directed professional development programs.
A three-parter exploring the forces behind and the cover-up of child abuse inside the Catholic Church; a feature doco co-written and co-directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair that looks at the work of Indigenous performing arts company Bangarra; and two projects from Mint Pictures for SBS are among the 14 most recent docos to have received production funding from Screen Australia.
New seasons of the ABC’s 'War on Waste' and SBS’s 'Go Back to Where You Came From' are among the seven latest documentary projects to receive production investment from Screen Australia.
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.
ABC Arts and Screen Australia have joined forces once again to run a third instalment of short-form documentary initiative Art Bites, designed to support early career filmmakers.