OzDox hosts regular masterclasses, panel discussions and screenings featuring Australian and international documentary filmmakers. Receive event news by email by subscribing on the Home page. Events are open to the public and bookings are not required, but be early to ensure your seat. Entertainment Quarter parking fees are discounted after 6pm, or with validated ticket from AFTRS.

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OzDox events are held at AFTRS: The Australian Film Television and Radio School.

AFTRS Theatre
Entertainment Quarter
130 Bent St. Moore Park NSW.

OzDox Events

• August Forum: The Documentary Podcast Phenomenon
• July Forum and Masterclass: The Art of the Reel
• The Growing Demand for Short Online Docs – 8th May, 2019
• The Rise of the Feature Documentary – 13th March, 2019.
• Dangerous Documentaries – 13th February, 2019.
• A Tribute To Curtis Levy – Wednesday November 14th 2018, at AFTRS.
• “The Scribe” Screening and Discussion at Antenna, October 10th, 2018.
• “Kangaroo – A Love Hate Story” Screening and Discussion – September 19th, 2018.
• “Joyride – in pursuit of the female condom” Screening and Discussion – August 14th, 2018.
• Nothing About Us Without Us – July 11th, 2018.
• Documentary of the Year at SFF – June 22nd, 2018.
• Preserving and Restoring our Stories – May 22nd, 2018.
• Films That Fight Back – The Activist Documentary – April 11, 2018.
• Copyright: Fair use, Fair dealing & Piracy discussion – 14th March, 2018.
• Night Parrot Stories screening and discussion – 14th Feb, 2018.
• Doco Shorts and Drinks – 13th December, 2017.
• A Salute to Martha Ansara – November 8th, 2017.
• Ozdox with the Antenna Documentary Film Festival presents Robert Herbert – A Tribute
• Doco Cameras in Motion – Sept 20th, 2017.
• Breaking Taboos : Delving Into Stories Less Spoken – August 2nd, 2017.
• Documentaries at the Sydney Film Festival – June, 2017
• Short Documentaries: What opportunities exist in Australia? – May 10th, 2017
• WOMEN Behind The Scenes: How to get to 50%
• First OzDox for 2017 – March 15th “Given” screening and discussion
• OZDOX will be back in 2017. First session in March. Stay tuned for details!
• Meet the AACTA Awards Documentary Nominees – 6th Dec, 2016.
• Screening and Party: Final OzDox for 2016, “Dogs of Democracy” + festive drinks – 14th Dec, 2016.
• The Opposition…the story and the court case – 9th Dec, 2016.
• Two OzDox events in October 2016! Screening ‘So Heddan, So Hoddan’ (Like Here Like There) – 26th Oct, 2016.
• Two OzDox events in October 2016! Antenna Doco Festival ‘Meet The Makers’ – 14th Oct, 2016.
• Screening followed by Q&A: REINDEER IN MY SAAMI HEART – 20th Sept, 2016.
• Spin Coherence & Decoherence: How to make a great science documentary – 16th Aug, 2016.
• Listen Up! A Masterclass in Sound – 12th July, 2016.
• Case Studies in Collaborative Documentary – 10th May, 2016.
• Impact Producing & Traditional Distribution: how does it all fit together? 12th April, 2016.
• The Silences (screening) + Margot Nash in conversation with Jeni Thornley – 8th March, 2016.
• Shooting for the editor: The Work of Tony Wilson ACS – 9th Feb, 2016.
• “They all come home” rough cut screening & DRINKS! – 9th Dec, 2016.
• OzDox hosts: Meet the 2015 AACTA Awards Documentary Nominees – 30th Nov, 2015.
• Preserving your Films in the Digital Age – 12th Nov, 2016.
• October OzDox with Antenna Doc Fest: ‘The Films of John Hughes’ book launch – 14th Oct, 2016.
• Probing the public / Unlocking the private: creating a brilliant observational documentary – 16th Sept, 2016.
• Black is the New Orange: How do we tell Indigenous stories in 2015? – 19th Aug, 2016.
• Call for submissions – September 2015 Observational Documentary Workshop
• The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking – 9th July, 2015.
• Refugees On Screen: OzDox at the Sydney Film Festival – June, 2015
• WORKING THE CROWD: Tips & Strategies for crowdfunding your documentary – 28th May, 2015.
• The Crater: a vietnam war story – 9th April, 2015.
• Documentary Financing – 12th March, 2015.
• GOOD PITCH² AUSTRALIA seminar – 11th Feb, 2015.
• AFI | AACTA Awards 2014: MEET THE MAKERS ‘
DOCUMENTARY’

• The Essay and Poetic Documentary – 12th Nov, 2014.
• Camera Dreaming Still:Moving Documentary Cinematography Now
• POST PRODUCTION PATHWAYS: The Age Of Big Data
• Maestros of the Archive – ‘the art of archival documentary’
• Special Screening – Extra August Ozdox – “Our Man in Tehran”
• Aim High In Creation
• OzDox at the Sydney Film Festival 2014
• Australian Adventure Documentary – The Past and Present
• The Immersive Documentary
• The Social Impact Filmmaker
• GOOD PITCH² AUSTRALIA seminar 2014
• Dennis O’Rourke Memorial – December 7 2013
• Antenna Documentary Festival – October 2013
• David MacDougall – Ethnographic documentary – 18 Sept 2013
• The Worm Hunters – a discussion of form – August 14th, 2013
• Lights, Camera… Action! Making and using films for social change: what works? – July 10th, 2013
• LIFE AFTER THE CANON 5/7 D! – 22 May 2013
• DOCUMENTARY MAGIC: THE THREE “F”s Philanthropic Film Funding – 16 April 2013
• An Evening with D A Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus – Screening + Q&A – 6 March 2013
• BROADCAST DOCUMENTARIES – THE ENVIRONMENT AND FUTURE – Feb 12, 2013
• WHO OWNS WHAT? Copyright and the documentary filmmaker + End of year drinks! – November 27, 2012
• A Common Purpose – Screening and Q&A – Wednesday September 12 2012
• BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!* Screening + Q&A – 15 August 2012
• “Robbed of Truth” Screening + Q&A: The Western Sahara Conflict and the Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking – 11 July 2012
• Ozdox Sydney Film Festival Documentary Drinks
• “Brother Number One” Screening & Discussion w/ Filmmaker Annie Goldson – 5 March 2012
• “SER UN SER HUMANO/To Be a Human Being” Screening + Filmmaker Q&A – 21 Feb 2012
• “Position Among the Stars” Screening + Director Q&A – 10 November 2011
• OzDox Session: Digital Distribution – 19 October 2011
• Editor Special: Mary Stephen & 1428 Screening – 12 September 2011
• Celebrating Documentary – 17 August 2011
• The Making Of Mrs Carey’s Concert – Filmmaker Q&A – 11 May 2011
• Re-enchantment: Re-imagining Documentary – 13 April 2011
• A Tribute to Tony Wilson (ACS) – 15 March 2011
• Rabbit a la Berlin screening & the OzDox End of Year Party – 16 December 2010
• On the smell of an oily rag: Enhancing your documentary research skills – 10 November 2010
• Film As Practice Based Research – 14 October 2010
• The Perfect Match for the Perfect Cut – 8 September 2010
• Australian Documentaries Online – 11 August 2010
• A Documentary Revolution? Using DSLRs as Movie Cameras – 14 July 2010
• A Masterclass on International Documentary Series Production – 12 May 2010
• Composing for Documentary – 7 April 2010
• The English Surgeon – 10 March 2010
• The Producer’s Tale – The Art & Craft of Producing – 12 April 2007
• Documentary Australia – A Philanthropic Initiative – 8 March 2007
• Blogging and Documentary – 9 November 2006
• The Director/Editor Relationship – Chaired by Mitzi Goldman & Karen Pearlman – 14 September 2006
• Voices of Guerrero – 13 July 2006
• Sedition and Anti-Terror Laws: Is it time to get smart and shut up? 20 April 2006
• Emerging Documentary Filmmakers: Pathways and Possibilities – 13 October 2005
• Making Australian Histories – 8 September 2005
• Shape of the Moon, Leonard Retel Helmrich – 18 August 2005
• Who Can Represent Whom? 11 August 2005
• Blowin’ in the Wind: David Bradbury’s new film – 14 July 2005
• Sydney Film Festival Forum: Do Films Make A Blind Bit Of Difference? 17 June 2005
• Is Politics the New Black? New approaches to political filmmaking and alternative forms of distribution – 12 May 2005
• The Men Who Would Conquer China with Nick Torrens – 25 April 2005
• Design and Performance in the Hybrid Documentary: “Jabe Babe – A Heightened Life” Work in Progress – 14 April 2005
• Documentary’s High Definition Imperative – 10 March 2005
• The Thin Line Between Documentary and Journalism – 11 November 2004
• Black Harvest, Filmmaking in the Papua New Guinea Highlands with Bob Connolly – 12 August 2004
• Shaping Our Documentaries – 9 Sept 2004
• Norma Disher & John Hughes In Conversation: The Waterside Workers Federation Film Unit – 12 August 2004
• Feature Filmmakers and Their Documentaries – 8 July 2004
• Forum on “Personal Documentary” – 17 June 2004
• Filmmaker – Todd Grossman Documentary Making Of’s – 8 April 2004
• Video activism and the Chiapas Media Project – 11 March 2004
• Interactive Documentaries – 3 December 2003
• Work In Progress: The President vs. David Hicks – 13 November 2003
• Molly and Mobarak – a film by Tom Zubrycki – 9 October 200
• Get Real – the Documentary Series & Reality TV – 4 September 2003
• DVD Production for the Independent Filmmaker – 7 August 2003