The feature doc details the struggle of 3,000 residents of the Paga Hill community in Papua New Guinea, who watched helplessly as police bulldozed their homes to make way for a luxury resort.
This year’s Good Pitch Australia event, held yesterday at the Sydney Opera House, saw $6.6 million in philanthropic funds pledged towards six documentaries and their social impact campaigns.
While this year marks the last Good Pitch Australia event, the Shark Island Institute has stumped up $2 million to fund the organisation’s operations over the next five years.
Good Pitch Australia has announced the selection of six new feature documentaries for its next event at the Sydney Opera House in November.
Documentaries on mental health, artist Brett Whiteley, the environmental threat to our seas, the secret life of pearls and how to have better sex are in the works from Northern Pictures.
Good Pitch 2 helps films secure philanthropic funding at the Sydney Opera House.
Six outstanding documentaries – each with a powerful agenda for social impact and change – have been chosen for Good Pitch² Australia 2015.
The makers of Frackman, Call Me Dad and Gayby Baby will pitch for funding to support their outreach campaigns at an event in Melbourne on April 15.