Create NSW and the Documentary Australia Foundation (DAF) have again partnered on SheDoc, an initiative which provides female documentary filmmakers with up to $20,000 to undertake self-directed professional development programs.
A three-parter exploring the forces behind and the cover-up of child abuse inside the Catholic Church; a feature doco co-written and co-directed by Nel Minchin and Wayne Blair that looks at the work of Indigenous performing arts company Bangarra; and two projects from Mint Pictures for SBS are among the 14 most recent docos to have received production funding from Screen Australia.
New seasons of the ABC’s 'War on Waste' and SBS’s 'Go Back to Where You Came From' are among the seven latest documentary projects to receive production investment from Screen Australia.
Sara Ramsden has prided herself throughout her career on commissioning factual and documentary projects on important topics – like female genital mutilation, terminal illness and porn abuse – but with a tabloid twist.
ABC Arts and Screen Australia have joined forces once again to run a third instalment of short-form documentary initiative Art Bites, designed to support early career filmmakers.
'Backburning', a theatrical doco about Midnight Oil, a new collaboration between Rolf de Heer, David Gulpilil and Molly Reynolds, and a ‘companion piece’ to upcoming SBS drama 'Sunshine' are among the 15 latest documentaries to be backed by Screen Australia.
Sarah Barton has tried to champion film and television that advances the rights of people with disabilities since the beginning of her career.
Director Pete Gleeson first came across Coolgardie’s Denver City Hotel – the setting of doco 'Hotel Coolgardie' – around 15 years ago on a visit to the remote West Australian mining town.