The Emerging Doco-makers Network of Australia is calling for entries for an inaugural workshop, which will see an industry panel headed by Australian filmmaker Tom Zubrycki give advice on five selected documentaries.
Six films will contend this year's AACTA Award for Best Documentary.
Screen Australia has released the final guidelines for its new suite of documentary programs, sparking a wave of criticism that little has changed since the draft guidelines were published in September
The challenges of making observational documentaries in Australia can be so daunting that some filmmakers may be afraid of tackling that genre.
The good news for Australian cinema: Last year ranks as the third biggest ever for Oz films and feature docs released theatrically in the home market
Documentary maker Tom Zubrycki has been announced as the winner of the Australian International Documentary Conference's Stanley Hawes Award
Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.
The Australian International Documentary (AID) group is urging Screen Australia to increase funding of single one-hours and feature documentaries.