Chasing Asylum goes inside offshore detention centres, and is billed as "the film the Australian government doesn't want you to see", presenting the personal stories of detainees sent to live indefinitely on Manus Island and Nauru.
Daniel Gordon’s 'The Australian Dream' and Ben Lawrence’s 'Hearts and Bones' will have their international premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
'Burning' takes an unflinching look at the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires and delves into the catastrophe that unfolded across Australia, while shining a light on the global issue of climate change.
Filmmaker Eva Orner is so angry about the Australian government's policies on asylum seekers she is making a theatrical documentary on the vexed subject.
The detention-centre documentary will premiere locally May 5 at the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival in Melbourne.
Eva Orner has signed with WME after directing the Netflix original documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator.
The Australian International Documentary Conference will welcome back in-person attendance while retaining online components for next year's event, which will carry the theme of Bearing Witness.