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- The Hungry Tide and Dancing with Dictators Screenings
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- Antenna International Documentary Film Festival International Guests and Special Events
Antenna is pleased to announce international guests Michael Madsen, documentary filmmaker and director of the anticipated festival film Into Eternityand Hussain Currimbhoy, Programmer of Sheffield Doc/Fest who will be travelling to Sydney for the festi...
- Antenna International Documentary Film Festival
25 Sydney Premieres * 15 Australian Premieres “A celebration of inspiring ‘real’ stories from Australia and the world” Sydney - Screenings from 18 countries, over four days, featuring 25 Sydney premieres including 15 Australian prem...
- beamAfilm - Call for Documentaries - Old & New
beamAfilm, the new venture between Gil Scrine and Louise van Rooyen is Australia's first Video On Demand distributor dedicated to documentary. The company is committed to providing generous financial returns to documentary makers and revitalising the o...
- Directing the First Person Documentary
The Australian Directors Guild and Griffith Film School present Directing the First Person Documentary, a conversation with directors Phoebe Hart (Orchids: My Intersex Adventure), Peter Hegedus (My America) and Cathy Henkel (The Man Who Stole my Mo...
- Hurry to enter the Walkley Doco Award
Time is running out for filmmakers to enter their documentaries in the new Walkley Award for Excellence in Documentary. The award‘s open to a variety of documentary storytelling styles, and judges are looking for courage and creativity in co...
- Antenna Festival: The first of its kind in Australia
Antenna International Documentary Film Festival, the first of its kind in Australia, will debut this year at Sydney’s Chauvel Cinema 5th to 9th October. With 28 feature documentaries, film competitions with three prizes totalling $10,000, special eve...
- David Bradbury Masterclass: KEEP THE CAMERA ROLLING NO MATTER WHAT!
Join Academy Award nominee and one of Australia’s best known and most successful documentary filmmakers, David Bradbury (My Asian Heart, Frontline, Chile Hasta Cuando? Nicaragua No Pasaran), as he presents a very practical Masterclass on the principl...
- Bob Connolly Masterclass - Melbourne
During this masterclass you will be treated to a personal insight into the mind and methodology of master filmmaker Bob Connolly. Bob will explore his approach to long format documentary making, including addressing ethical and logistical hurdles as we...
- The Hungry Tide screening at The Chauvel in Sydney
Only metres above sea level, the Pacific nation of Kiribati is on the front line of climate change. Maria Tiimon, a Kirabati woman living in Sydney, is passionate about her homeland and, despite her shyness, is determined to raise the world's awareness...
- A new optimism across the Pacific
Australian film-maker John Hughes reports on this year’s Pacific Documentary Film Festival finds new dialogues opening up between islands, languages and cultures. Fortuitous circumstances (for me, not so much for Harriet) led to an invitati...
- OzDox / SFF Reception
Come to the OzDox / Sydney Film Festival reception. Celebrating the documentary talent of SFF 2011, including Foxtel doco prize nominees . Wed 15th June 8:45pm - Marble Bar (between George & Pitt St.) RSVP to mustafa@sff.org.au
- SFF Events
Meet the Filmmakers: SFF Talks at the Apple Store To celebrate Sydney Film Festival and the spirit of filmmaking, the Apple Store hosts free events including the popular Meet the Filmmaker series, where you can hear the film industry’s leading wri...
- Announcing the new Walkley Award for Documentary
Just as books are a kind of antidote for journalists to the shorter, quicker media environment, documentary film making is providing the same kind of space to tell complex stories. In this centerary year celebrating 100 years of Australian Journalis...
- Antenna International Documentary Film Festival Announces 2011 Awards
Antenna is proud to announce the three Awards for its documentary competitions: - SBS award for best International Documentary - $5000 cash prize - Award for best Australian Documentary - $2500 cash prize - Award for best student Documentary ...
- From The Arbor to Tabloid: a fabulous doco line-up at the 2011 SFF
Over 160 films will screen at this year’s Sydney Film Festival including 39 documentaries, of which 10 are finalists in the 2011 FOXTEL Australian Documentary Prize: Carnival Queen (directed and produced by Amy Gebhardt); A Common Purpose (directed a...
- Outback Kids ABC 1 9.30 pm Starting Thursday 19th May 2011
Outback Kids follows the work of the Brahminy Group as it attempts to rehabilitate seven profoundly troubled young kids deep in the isolated Australian bush. It's a place of last-resort for chronic drug abusers, juvenile offenders, petrol-sniffers, ...
- Mrs Carey's Concert
Bob Connolly and Sophie Raymond's new film is screening Palace Cinemas from April 28. There are also special preview screenings at the following venues: SUNDAY 17th APRIL 11am at Palace Verona, Sydney 11am Palace Norton, Sydney -Bob presenting...
- Australian Documentary Book Launch
OzDox welcomes you to the Australian Documentary: History, Practices and Genres book launch by Trish FitzSimons, Pat Laughren, Dugald Williamson Published by: Cambridge University Press To be launched by Megan McMurchy Venue: gleebooks, 49 Gleb...
- DOCUDRAMA MASTERCLASSES. AIDC / ADG 2011 CONFERENCE
Masterclasses and workshops specializing in docu-drama will feature alongside drama and digital filmmaking at the Australian Directors Guild’s three-day conference, “Crossing the Line”, being held in Adelaide in 2011. From Sunday February 27 t...
- 'Meet the Filmmaker' with Max Walker
[press release] Whether you're into journalism, filmmaking or just want to hear a really interesting story, come along to the Apple Store in Bondi this Thursday for a 'Meet the Filmmaker' Event with Max Walker. Max has worked in some of the most ...
- The Red Chapel Screening
The Red Chapel (Danish: Det Røde Kapel) is a 2009 Danish documentary film directed by Mads Brügger. It chronicles the visit of Brügger and Danish comedians that are adopted from South Korea, Jacob Nossell (who is in a wheelchair) and Simon Jul to No...
- AFTRS Doco Course & Screening
[PRESS RELEASE] Applications are now open for the AFTRS 2011 Graduate Certificate in Documentary which will run in Sydney in 2nd semester – 2 nights a week and one weekend a month over 1 semester. This course is designed for people who are in...
- ISLAND HOME COUNTRY screens on ABC 1
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonized history and how it impacts into the present. ISLAND HOME COUNTRY screens on ABC 1 - QLD, TAS, VIC, WA Sunday Afternoon September 26 4.30pm & ABC iView 26 Sept-10 Oct A 52 min...
- Tigers Film Screens at Harold Park Hotel
NRL Grand Finals week will see a free screening of a short film about Balmain Tigers Legend, the late Laurie Nichols, on Tuesday, 28 September at the Harold Park Hotel, Ross Street Glebe. Entitled Number One Fan, the documentary celebrates the life of ...
- Best of INPUT 2010
Download Input program here [pdf, 415kb] Following on from the success of Best of INPUT last year, the Australian Directors Guild - in partnership with the Australian Film, Television & Radio School is pleased to announce the return of the ...
- EDITORS. DIRECTORS. PRODUCERS: OzDox Wants You!
ANONYMITY GUARANTEED! Stories, stories, stories.... Ever worked on a documentary that tested your ability to stay sane? Ever pulled a great doco out of seemingly hopeless footage? Why do you keep working with the same editor/director...
- Call for Entry "Call for Entry The 1st Xi’an China International Folk Videos Contest
Hosted by the Executive Committee of China Western Cultural Industry Expo, and China Radio and Television Association, operated jointly by China Documentary Film Commission and Shannxi Cultural Industry Investment Holdings Limited, the "The 1st Xi’...
- First Call for Submissions - Antenna
[PRESS RELEASE] The first edition of: Antenna - Sydney International Documentary Film Festival 2011 Celebrating its inaugural year, Antenna Documentary Festival 2011 is now open for submissions Antenna is Australia's first international doc...
- SHOP the DOC: A one-day forum on marketing Australian documentaries
Pitching, campaign management, publicity, sales, festivals, online strategies… Melbourne – Tuesday 24 August Sydney – Thursday 26 August Shop the Doc is designed to assist documentary makers to maximise the audience for their films. ...
- Canon EOS 5D MKII: The DSLR as Video Camera - Is It a Revolution or What?
By Erika Addis Original article published by Screen Hub: http://www.screenhub.com.au/news/shownewsarticle.asp?newsID=33806 Introduction Late in 2008 Canon stole the march on major competitor Nikon and released the EOS 5D MKII DSLR (digital singl...
- Panel: What Will Australian Media Work Be Like in the Age of the iPad, Interactive TV and Social Networking?
Six of Australia’s most interesting media experts will discuss the new Australian climate for making, distributing and watching screen media. What will we be watching, where, on what devices? What will television and feature film exhibition be like i...
- BRAN NUE DAE - The Documentary
THE INNER WEST FILM FANATICS Presents BRAN NUE DAE, the documentary at PETERSHAM BOWLING CLUB Tuesday June 29th, 7.30 pm BRAN NUE DAE is a documentary, directed and produced by TOM ZUBRYCKI, of the original stage production of the mus...
- Documentary Edge Festival 2011- Submission Deadlines
The 6th edition of Documentary Edge Festival will be held in Feb-Mar 2011 and we are now open for submissions. The first deadline (Early Bird) is 15 June 2010. The submission deadlines are: Early Bird: 15 Jun 2010 Regular: 31 Aug 2010 ...
- SFF announces doco prize finalists
Press Release from the Lantern Group Sydney Film Festival announced the finalists of the 2010 FOXTEL Australian Documentary Prize the biggest cash prize for a documentary in Australia. Now in its second year, first-time filmmakers and estab...
- Support CRUDE filmmakers in the fight against Chevron
Taken from the NY Times [caption id="attachment_1092" align="alignright" width="229" caption="Crude"][/caption] MIKE BONFIGLIO: A few weeks ago, Joe Berlinger and I, as well as the "Crude" production companies, were served with subpoenas by...
- Doco Viewing at the 2010 SFF
The 41 feature-length documentaries screening at this year’s Sydney Film Festival demonstrate the range and diversity of the form, from rockumentaries to war stories, from Australia to Zimbabwe. The line-up includes world premiere screenings of Austr...
- Fair Play Documentary - Australian Premiere
The story of the International Sporting Boycott of South Africa from the 1950s to the 1990s by Connie Field. Date: 6pm for 6:30pm, Wednesday 2 June Theatrette Parliament House Sydney Entry: $20 - proceeds to ZIC (supporting the Democracy Movement i...
- Sydney Film Festival Announces FOXTEL Australian Documentary Prize
[press release] Sydney Film Festival today announced the finalists of the 2010 FOXTEL Australian Documentary Prize the biggest cash prize for a documentary in Australia. Now in its second year, first-time filmmakers and established documentarians...
- ViewChange Online Film Contest
ViewChangeFilmContest.org is launching an online competition to find powerful new stories about the progress being made in achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These short videos will be used to raise awareness, inspire act...
- Grad Certificate in Multi Platform Content at AFTRS
Future proof your producing career. The course is running from July - Nov 2010, applications are now open and close on May 19. This is the first post graduate qualification of its kind in Australia and the course features the contribution of ma...
- 2010 Sydney Film Festival
The 2010 Sydney Film Festival has been unleashed, and this year’s program has films to make you laugh, fire you up, freak you out and push you to the edge. Amongst the first films to be announced are highly anticipated Australian Premieres of: ...
- The Stanley Hawes Address by Tom Zubrycki
[caption id="attachment_447" align="alignright" width="222" caption="Tom Zubrycki. Photo: Ben Rushton"][/caption] I want to say how deeply honoured I am in accepting this award. It’s absolutely fantastic to be acknowledged by one’s peers, and it...
- Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Call for Entries! The organisers of ENCOUNTERS, the annual South African International Documentary Festival, are calling for entries from South African and International filmmakers for 2010, the 12th edition of the festival. ENCOUNTERS will show ...
- Fairweather Man Documentary Screening
[caption id="attachment_694" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Fairweather Man"][/caption] Fairweather Man, directed by Aviva Ziegler, is a finalist in the soon to be announced Premier's Literary Awards. The documentary will also be scr...
- Calling Australian Filmmakers: Aesthetica Short Film Competition
The Aesthetica Short Film Competition is open for entries! Leading the search for filmmakers who are driving the genre of short film forward through inspirational and innovative works the competition provides an opportunity for both new and experienced...
- New Screen Hub Education Directory
Screen Hub is constructing an online Film and Television Education Directory as part of the website, that is intended to provide potential students with a quick, clear guide to all of the training institutions around Australia. The directory is ...
- My Survival as an Aboriginal Screening
Inner West Film Fanatics present My Survival as an Aboriginal Screening & Discussion presented by filmmakers Martha Ansara and Sharon Coffey [caption id="attachment_641" align="alignright" width="220" caption="Essie Coffey"][/caption] Where: ...
- A Thousand Different Angles on the ABC
[caption id="attachment_702" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Inge King 1968. Photo by Mark Strizic"][/caption] Vibrant, articulate and passionate - Inge King is one of Australia's foremost sculptors whose work has always been on a grand scal...
- Documentary Production in Australia 2010 - Key Data
Screen Australia have released their key data for documentary production in Australia which details the stats regarding documentary production, funding, employment and sreenings. Essential reading for all Australian documentary filmmakers! Download ...
- Industry Report by Jan Beach
Excerpt from an interview with Michael Ney, Aug 2003 Following the recent Australian International Documentary Conference, many documentary filmmakers felt the need to get together more often and to establish a regular forum to foster, promote ...
- Burma VJ Screening
Date: 04-Mar-2010 (this Thursday!) Time: 6:00pm Venue: Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney Cost: $10 Burma VJ – the Oscar nominated documentary – will be screened this Thursday (March 4th) at the Footbridge Theatre, University of Sydney ...
- Documentaries in Australia by Tom Zubrycki
Australian documentaries will founder without courage and funds by Tom Zubrycki Update: Click here for Tom Zubrycki's full address [caption id="attachment_447" align="alignright" width="222" caption="Tom Zubrycki. Photo: Ben Rushton"][/caption] ...
