Documentary Australia is set to introduce online community screening resource DocAccess, nearly five years after the initiative was funded by Screenrights.
IF speaks with the documentary filmmaker and NIDA green ambassador about the important role storytelling can play in sustainability.
The Australian International Documentary Conference has revealed that filmmaker and educator Cathy Henkel will receive this year's Stanley Hawes Award.
"Our plan sees sustainability becoming a core part of NIDA’s education and we will change the way we create and produce creative works at NIDA to lead and cultivate green industry practice."
Given the impact of extreme weather events and the coronavirus pandemic in the past couple of years, Australians could be forgiven for having a sense of foreboding about what the country could be dealing with at the end of the decade.
Writer-director Damon Gameau’s new documentary short, 'Regenerating Australia', follows on from solutions explored in '2040' and asks the question, "What would Australia look like by 2030 if we simply listened to the needs of its people?"