Veteran producer-director Martha Ansara warns that deregulating the system of approving visas for foreign actors and crews would endanger Australian cultural content.
The ABC's rebuff of a campaign led by the producers to allocate an earlier timeslot to Sophia Turkiewicz's documentary Once My Mother has drawn the ire of filmmaker Martha Ansara.
The book by Martha Ansara will be published in June
After 45 years as a documentary filmmaker, Pat Fiske has some simple advice for aspiring practitioners: "Have many strings to your bow if you want to survive."
"If you look at what the Gender Matters funding has done for female film filmmakers, that has not trickled down to those who work below-the-line."
Ballad Films is on a quest to get hold of the 150 extras who were involved in the filming of The Ballad of Betty & Joe in December 2004.
A much anticipated history of cinematography in Australia was launched last night in Sydney.
The challenges of making observational documentaries in Australia can be so daunting that some filmmakers may be afraid of tackling that genre.