The Australian International Documentary Conference has unveiled the full program for its 2023 event, which carries the theme Agents of Change.
While we were away: ‘The Dry’ performed for Roadshow; three Aussie projects were selected for Sundance; NITV updated its leadership team; ‘Sissy’ kicked off in Canberra and vale Susie Maizels, esteemed casting director.
Ben Mendelsohn, casting director Kirsty McGregor, Australian Cinematographers Society national president Ron Johanson and the ABC's Sally Riley are among the Aussies recently invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science (AMPAS).
It's taken five years but the makers of Stolen feel their documentary's revelations of slavery in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria controlled by the Polisario Front have been vindicated.