Screen Australia has announced $2.3 million of documentary production funding for eight projects through the Producer Program and two projects through the Commissioned Program. The projects include feature documentaries about Australian music icons John Farnham, Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, and legendary racehorse WINX; as well as Embrace Kids, a follow up to hit 2016…
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MDFF 2021 – Batoor: A Refugee Journey
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Director Barat Ali Batoor Score 6/6 Barat Ali Batoor was once Afghanistan’s most esteemed photographer working for the United States Embassy in Kabul. But in 2011, all this changed when The Washington Post published his potent photo essay exposing one of Afghanistan’s darkest secrets — the brutal trade in young dancing boys for the purposes…
MDFF 2021 Kicks off July 1
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The 6th Melbourne Documentary Film Festival runs from the 1st -31st July 2021 Online and the 21st – 31st July 2021 In-Cinema at Cinema Nova as part of Documentary Month. The festival showcases the very best documentaries from: Venice, SXSW, Slamdance, CPHDOX, Doxa, Hot Docs, VIFF, Shanghai Film Festival, Harlem International Film Festival, Chicago International…
Roll with Me
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Director Lisa France Starring Gabriel Cordell, Christopher Kawas, Lisa France Rated M Score 4/6 After hitting rock-bottom, a newly sober paraplegic attempts to save his gang-banger nephew’s life by bringing him along on a 3,100-mile wheelchair trek across the United States. Okay, there is probably going to be a string of reviews over the next…
Curious Australia Documentary Initiative Launched
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SBS and NITV, in partnership with Screen Australia, and state and Territory agencies, have announced the launch of Curious Australia, a new, nationwide initiative seeking submissions for standalone, half-hour documentaries reflecting the diversity of people and experiences of contemporary Australia. In partnership with Screen Australia, and state and Territory agencies Film Victoria, Screen NSW, Screen…
JUVIE and Movement at the Station Receive Production Funding
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Two documentaries, JUVIE and Movement at the Station, will receive production funding from The Guardian and Screen Australia under their joint online documentary initiative. The initiative allows Australian filmmakers to reach an international audience via one of the world’s leading English-language news sites, with the documentaries streaming for free on The Guardian’s website later in…
NFSA Digitally Restores Award-winning Doco Australia Daze
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Award-winning film Australia Daze, which documented the bicentenary of European settlement in Australia, has been digitally restored by the NFSA and will screen in cinemas across the country on 26 – 27 January 2021. Where were you on 26 January 1988? The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), as part of its NFSA…
Batman and Me – Interview with Michael Wayne
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A big thank you to Michael Wayne for the interview about his documentary Batman and Me which is headed to the Cinequest Film Festival in California
Batman and Me – Interview with Darren “Dags” Maxwell
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A big thank you to Darren “Dags” Maxwell for taking the time to talk about the Documentary Batman and Me which is headed to the Cinequest film festival
The Boys Who Said No – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2020
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Director Judith Ehrlich Rated M Score 6/6 Half a century ago, young Americans coming of age watch as President Johnson suddenly launches a war in Vietnam, drafting a thousand men a day to go into combat, and then watch again as the war proves brutal and senseless. Though many find a way out, some decide…