Screen Australia has decided to postpone the introduction of the revised documentary programs from July 1 until 2021, to the dismay of some factual filmmakers who wanted the new regime to happen sooner.
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.
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."
Screen Australia expects to support the same number of documentary projects each year despite the proposed scrapping of the Producer Equity Program (PEP).
Screen Australia has announced $2 million in production funding for 11 documentary projects, seven through the Documentary Producer Program and four through the Commissioned Program.
In recent years we have seen a radical shake out in the old television broadcast model, writes veteran documentary filmmaker Tom Zubrycki. In this extract from his new Platform Paper, he asks what place will documentary have in this new factual environment.
While Australian feature documentaries are consistently punching above their weight at home and internationally leading filmmakers say the sector is facing several challenges-