The 10th Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (Hraff) will open tomorrow night with the Australian premiere of documentary The Opposition, directed by Hollie Fifer.
The feature doc details the struggle of 3,000 residents of the Paga Hill community in Papua New Guinea, who watched helplessly as police bulldozed their homes to make way for a luxury resort.
Two community leaders volunteered to help but ended up making very different choices, and one of them, Dame Carol Kidu, would end up lodging an injunction against the film.
Fifer began researching the subject while still at Aftrs, travelling to Png in 2012 after receiving a research grant from the ABC.
.On the second day the demolition of the Paga Hill community happened, and it was quite clear that this was the story,. recalls Fifer, who would travel to Png seven times over the next four years.
The young filmmaker served as her own...
The feature doc details the struggle of 3,000 residents of the Paga Hill community in Papua New Guinea, who watched helplessly as police bulldozed their homes to make way for a luxury resort.
Two community leaders volunteered to help but ended up making very different choices, and one of them, Dame Carol Kidu, would end up lodging an injunction against the film.
Fifer began researching the subject while still at Aftrs, travelling to Png in 2012 after receiving a research grant from the ABC.
.On the second day the demolition of the Paga Hill community happened, and it was quite clear that this was the story,. recalls Fifer, who would travel to Png seven times over the next four years.
The young filmmaker served as her own...
- 5/3/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Australian documentary, 'Waste Nation' , from producer-director Dan Goldberg, is one of 10 projects selected for The FACTory..
The Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) has announced the 10 docos selected for its pitching forum, The FACTory.
Presented by Film Victoria and Screen Australia, the forum will allow the selected filmmakers to pitch their projects directly to international buyers, commissioners, and distributors. The forum takes place in front of a live audience.
Over 25 commissioning bodies are set to attend the event, including Tribeca Film Institute, National Geographic, Foxtel, BBC Storyville, Al Jazeera English, Canal +, Nhk Japan, American Documentary | Pov, Discovery and Universal Pictures.
The best pitch on the day will receive a marketing and distribution deal from The Solid State and Fan-Force — including $5,000 towards a theatrical trailer, poster and website, and $3,700 of distribution and social media marketing support services..
Selected from over 60 entries from around the world, the 10 successful projects are:.
Waste Nation (Australia...
The Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) has announced the 10 docos selected for its pitching forum, The FACTory.
Presented by Film Victoria and Screen Australia, the forum will allow the selected filmmakers to pitch their projects directly to international buyers, commissioners, and distributors. The forum takes place in front of a live audience.
Over 25 commissioning bodies are set to attend the event, including Tribeca Film Institute, National Geographic, Foxtel, BBC Storyville, Al Jazeera English, Canal +, Nhk Japan, American Documentary | Pov, Discovery and Universal Pictures.
The best pitch on the day will receive a marketing and distribution deal from The Solid State and Fan-Force — including $5,000 towards a theatrical trailer, poster and website, and $3,700 of distribution and social media marketing support services..
Selected from over 60 entries from around the world, the 10 successful projects are:.
Waste Nation (Australia...
- 2/5/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Nancy Schwartzman..
The Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc).s Impact stream, focused on media-making for social, environmental, and political change, has been confirmed.
This year, sessions will focus will consider the challenges faced by activist filmmakers in an increasingly fraught political environment. It will feature five sessions: Gender, Tech & Resistance; One Film to Save the World?; Impact Strategy Hack 1 & 2; and a screening of.Defiant Lives.
American filmmaker and creator of the White House .Apps Against Abuse. safety app 'Circle of 6', Nancy Schwartzman, will provide the Impact Keynote session: Gender, Tech & Resistance.
Known for her work exploring how youth culture, sexuality and justice intersect with technology, Schwartzman has worked as impact producer on documentaries such as The Invisible War and Girl Model, and is the director of xoxosms, The Line and the upcoming Bertha Foundation-supported Roll Red Roll..
Schwartzman will showcase the approaches she has developed to challenge notions of neutrality in technology,...
The Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc).s Impact stream, focused on media-making for social, environmental, and political change, has been confirmed.
This year, sessions will focus will consider the challenges faced by activist filmmakers in an increasingly fraught political environment. It will feature five sessions: Gender, Tech & Resistance; One Film to Save the World?; Impact Strategy Hack 1 & 2; and a screening of.Defiant Lives.
American filmmaker and creator of the White House .Apps Against Abuse. safety app 'Circle of 6', Nancy Schwartzman, will provide the Impact Keynote session: Gender, Tech & Resistance.
Known for her work exploring how youth culture, sexuality and justice intersect with technology, Schwartzman has worked as impact producer on documentaries such as The Invisible War and Girl Model, and is the director of xoxosms, The Line and the upcoming Bertha Foundation-supported Roll Red Roll..
Schwartzman will showcase the approaches she has developed to challenge notions of neutrality in technology,...
- 1/13/2017
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Big Bad Love host Becky Lucas.
Five documentaries from emerging filmmakers will screen on ABC2 and iview over the next two months as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s Opening Shot initiative.
This is the fourth season of the initiative, which gives five filmmaking teams.—.all with a director under 35 years of age.—.the opportunity to create a prime- time doco with a younger perspective.
ABC TV Head of Factual, Steve Bibb, said this season would bring a diverse range of perspectives to our screens. .It.s never been more important to be making local content told from the perspective of young Australians."
Screen Australia.s senior manager, documentary, Liz Stevens said Opening Shot was a proven launching pad, as demonstrated by the success of past alumni like Maya Newell (Growing Up Gayby) and Madeleine Parry (Meatwork).
.We look forward to seeing how these new stories connect with...
Five documentaries from emerging filmmakers will screen on ABC2 and iview over the next two months as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s Opening Shot initiative.
This is the fourth season of the initiative, which gives five filmmaking teams.—.all with a director under 35 years of age.—.the opportunity to create a prime- time doco with a younger perspective.
ABC TV Head of Factual, Steve Bibb, said this season would bring a diverse range of perspectives to our screens. .It.s never been more important to be making local content told from the perspective of young Australians."
Screen Australia.s senior manager, documentary, Liz Stevens said Opening Shot was a proven launching pad, as demonstrated by the success of past alumni like Maya Newell (Growing Up Gayby) and Madeleine Parry (Meatwork).
.We look forward to seeing how these new stories connect with...
- 10/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Big Bad Love host Becky Lucas.
Five documentaries from emerging filmmakers will screen on ABC2 and iview over the next two months as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s Opening Shot initiative.
This is the fourth season of the initiative, which gives five filmmaking teams.—.all with a director under 35 years of age.—.the opportunity to create a prime- time doco with a younger perspective.
ABC TV Head of Factual, Steve Bibb, said this season would bring a diverse range of perspectives to our screens. .It.s never been more important to be making local content told from the perspective of young Australians."
Screen Australia.s senior manager, documentary, Liz Stevens said Opening Shot was a proven launching pad, as demonstrated by the success of past alumni like Maya Newell (Growing Up Gayby) and Madeleine Parry (Meatwork).
.We look forward to seeing how these new stories connect with...
Five documentaries from emerging filmmakers will screen on ABC2 and iview over the next two months as part of the ABC and Screen Australia.s Opening Shot initiative.
This is the fourth season of the initiative, which gives five filmmaking teams.—.all with a director under 35 years of age.—.the opportunity to create a prime- time doco with a younger perspective.
ABC TV Head of Factual, Steve Bibb, said this season would bring a diverse range of perspectives to our screens. .It.s never been more important to be making local content told from the perspective of young Australians."
Screen Australia.s senior manager, documentary, Liz Stevens said Opening Shot was a proven launching pad, as demonstrated by the success of past alumni like Maya Newell (Growing Up Gayby) and Madeleine Parry (Meatwork).
.We look forward to seeing how these new stories connect with...
- 10/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
The Opposition.
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has dismissed the claim by former Png politician Dame Carol Kidu for a permanent injunction to prevent the screening of Media Stockade and Beacon Films' investigative documentary The Opposition..
The Opposition was produced by Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton and directed by Hollie Fifer.
It follows Joe Moses, community leader of a four-generation settlement in Port Moresby, who is battling eviction against an international five-star hotel and marina being developed by the Paga Hill Development Company.
In March this year, Kidu sought an injunction to restrain the distribution of any visual or audio recording of herself or any summary, representation or description that has the effect of revealing that content.
Her legal case was supported by the Paga Hill Development Company (Phdc)..
The court.s judgment said there were .extreme weaknesses. to Kidu.s claim that she did not know that...
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has dismissed the claim by former Png politician Dame Carol Kidu for a permanent injunction to prevent the screening of Media Stockade and Beacon Films' investigative documentary The Opposition..
The Opposition was produced by Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton and directed by Hollie Fifer.
It follows Joe Moses, community leader of a four-generation settlement in Port Moresby, who is battling eviction against an international five-star hotel and marina being developed by the Paga Hill Development Company.
In March this year, Kidu sought an injunction to restrain the distribution of any visual or audio recording of herself or any summary, representation or description that has the effect of revealing that content.
Her legal case was supported by the Paga Hill Development Company (Phdc)..
The court.s judgment said there were .extreme weaknesses. to Kidu.s claim that she did not know that...
- 7/18/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Sarah Snook to narrate censored doco The Opposition.
Sarah Snook will voice redacted sections of Media Stockade's investigative documentary The Opposition at Hot Docs International Film Festival following a decision from the Nsw Supreme Court.
Former Papua New Guinean politician Carol Kidu, who is featured in The Opposition, has obtained an injunction until the final hearing restraining the publication or exhibition of parts of the film that include her appearance and dialogue. .
The full version of the documentary was set to have its World Premiere on May 3 at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, coincidently on Un World Press Freedom Day.
In line with the court.s preliminary decision, the filmmakers are proceeding with plans to screen a redacted version of the film for Hot Docs audiences..
The redacted version of the film features narration over the censored footage by Australian actress Sarah Snook..
The Opposition producer, Rebecca Barry, said...
Sarah Snook will voice redacted sections of Media Stockade's investigative documentary The Opposition at Hot Docs International Film Festival following a decision from the Nsw Supreme Court.
Former Papua New Guinean politician Carol Kidu, who is featured in The Opposition, has obtained an injunction until the final hearing restraining the publication or exhibition of parts of the film that include her appearance and dialogue. .
The full version of the documentary was set to have its World Premiere on May 3 at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, coincidently on Un World Press Freedom Day.
In line with the court.s preliminary decision, the filmmakers are proceeding with plans to screen a redacted version of the film for Hot Docs audiences..
The redacted version of the film features narration over the censored footage by Australian actress Sarah Snook..
The Opposition producer, Rebecca Barry, said...
- 5/2/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Hollie Fifer's The Opposition.
Thirteen Australian documentaries will be shown at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, taking place in Toronto from April 28 to May 8, including eight feature documentaries and five shorts - as well as a music video from Fell screenwriter and director Natasha Pincus..
Putuparri and the Rainmakers, winner of the 2015 CinéfestOZ Film Prize, will have its international premiere at the festival and will be shown as part of the Made In Australia program..
The other Australian documentary features in the festival program are.Hotel Coolgardie, from director Peter Gleeson and producers Melissa Hayward and Kate Neylon; Chasing Asylum, from director-producer Eva Orner; In the Shadow of the Hill, from director Dan Jackson; The Opposition, from director Hollie Fifer and producers Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton; Zach's Ceremony, from director Aaron Peterson, writer/producer Sarah Linton and producer Alec Doomadgee; and Another Country, from writer/director/producer Molly Reynolds,...
Thirteen Australian documentaries will be shown at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, taking place in Toronto from April 28 to May 8, including eight feature documentaries and five shorts - as well as a music video from Fell screenwriter and director Natasha Pincus..
Putuparri and the Rainmakers, winner of the 2015 CinéfestOZ Film Prize, will have its international premiere at the festival and will be shown as part of the Made In Australia program..
The other Australian documentary features in the festival program are.Hotel Coolgardie, from director Peter Gleeson and producers Melissa Hayward and Kate Neylon; Chasing Asylum, from director-producer Eva Orner; In the Shadow of the Hill, from director Dan Jackson; The Opposition, from director Hollie Fifer and producers Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton; Zach's Ceremony, from director Aaron Peterson, writer/producer Sarah Linton and producer Alec Doomadgee; and Another Country, from writer/director/producer Molly Reynolds,...
- 4/4/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Hollie Fifer's.The Opposition.
Former Png politician Dame Carol Kidu, who features in Media Stockade's feature documentary The Opposition, is seeking an injunction to stop the filmmakers from screening and distributing any visual or audio recording of her.
Produced by Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton and directed by Hollie Fifer, The Opposition has been selected to screen at Hot Docs in Toronto in early May.
Media Stockade has agreed not to screen or distribute any visual or audio recording of Kidu until April 4 2016.
The documentary follows Joe Moses, community leader of a four-generation strong settlement in Port Moresby, battling eviction against an international five-star hotel and marina being developed by the Paga Hill Development Company. .
In response to an article on Kidu.s position published in The Australian, Media Stockade has issued the following statement:
"The Opposition has been thoroughly researched, considered and checked both legally and journalistically by...
Former Png politician Dame Carol Kidu, who features in Media Stockade's feature documentary The Opposition, is seeking an injunction to stop the filmmakers from screening and distributing any visual or audio recording of her.
Produced by Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton and directed by Hollie Fifer, The Opposition has been selected to screen at Hot Docs in Toronto in early May.
Media Stockade has agreed not to screen or distribute any visual or audio recording of Kidu until April 4 2016.
The documentary follows Joe Moses, community leader of a four-generation strong settlement in Port Moresby, battling eviction against an international five-star hotel and marina being developed by the Paga Hill Development Company. .
In response to an article on Kidu.s position published in The Australian, Media Stockade has issued the following statement:
"The Opposition has been thoroughly researched, considered and checked both legally and journalistically by...
- 3/29/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Aidc has selected two films to participate in the event's first-ever Impact Strategy Hack..
The Wake (Rowena Potts, Ella Rubeli, Tom Zubrycki) and Defiant Lives (Liz Bourke, Sarah Barton) were the two films selected..
The Wake is a story of how community leaders across Fiji are coming together to share the experience of relocation, and the threats and challenges these communities, and others in the world, are facing in the wake of climate change..
The Wake.
Defiant Lives.documents the emergence of disability activism since the post-war era, and the revolutionary changes that have allowed more disabled people to fully take part in society.
Defiant Lives.
Both were selected by a jury which included Alex Kelly (Impact Producer, This Changes Everything), who said:
"It was an honour - and quite a challenge - to be part of the selection team for the Aidc Impact Hack. There was an incredibly powerful...
The Wake (Rowena Potts, Ella Rubeli, Tom Zubrycki) and Defiant Lives (Liz Bourke, Sarah Barton) were the two films selected..
The Wake is a story of how community leaders across Fiji are coming together to share the experience of relocation, and the threats and challenges these communities, and others in the world, are facing in the wake of climate change..
The Wake.
Defiant Lives.documents the emergence of disability activism since the post-war era, and the revolutionary changes that have allowed more disabled people to fully take part in society.
Defiant Lives.
Both were selected by a jury which included Alex Kelly (Impact Producer, This Changes Everything), who said:
"It was an honour - and quite a challenge - to be part of the selection team for the Aidc Impact Hack. There was an incredibly powerful...
- 1/27/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Media Stockade producer/director Rebecca Barry.
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All-female production company Media Stockade has expanded its business and made two key appointments in a bid help documentary makers reach their audience.
The Sydney based company has launched an impact campaign consultancy and audience engagement platform following support from Screen Australia's Enterprise program.
It has also appointed Teri Calder as impact producer and Danielle Kelly as business affairs manager.
Media Stockade company directors Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton said they were hugely passionate about both producing high-quality documentaries and ensuring they reached audiences and created a powerful impact..
"We are absolutely delighted to be able to formalise our leadership in the area of impact producing with both Teri Calder and Danielle Kelly joining the team," according to a statement.
"Thanks to the generous support we.ve received from Screen Australia.s Enterprise Program, we can now continue our growth trajectory. .
"Through both The...
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All-female production company Media Stockade has expanded its business and made two key appointments in a bid help documentary makers reach their audience.
The Sydney based company has launched an impact campaign consultancy and audience engagement platform following support from Screen Australia's Enterprise program.
It has also appointed Teri Calder as impact producer and Danielle Kelly as business affairs manager.
Media Stockade company directors Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton said they were hugely passionate about both producing high-quality documentaries and ensuring they reached audiences and created a powerful impact..
"We are absolutely delighted to be able to formalise our leadership in the area of impact producing with both Teri Calder and Danielle Kelly joining the team," according to a statement.
"Thanks to the generous support we.ve received from Screen Australia.s Enterprise Program, we can now continue our growth trajectory. .
"Through both The...
- 1/10/2016
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Australia's leading directors have voiced their support for Screen Australia's plan to address the gender imbalance in Australian film.
Screen Australia is investing $5 million over three years to address the gender imbalance in the Australian film industry.
The screen funding body recently unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
Australian Director's Guild president, Sam Lang, said she was pleased to see that Screen Australia had taken...
Screen Australia is investing $5 million over three years to address the gender imbalance in the Australian film industry.
The screen funding body recently unveiled a five point plan which includes an immediate $3 million allocation of .jump start. funding to get female-led projects production-ready within two years, and a further $2 million of support for placements, distribution incentives, marketing and industry networking.
This also includes a goal to have production funding targeted at teams that are at least 50 per cent female by the end of 2018..
The plan follows the Australian Directors Guild's commitment to have women fill 50 per cent of the attachments and for 75 per cent of the attachemnts to reflect both gender and cultural diversity..
Australian Director's Guild president, Sam Lang, said she was pleased to see that Screen Australia had taken...
- 12/11/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
The Australian Directors' Guild has appointed Samantha Lang as president - its second female president, after Gillian Armstrong.
Jeffrey Walker (Jack Irish), Jen Peedom (Sherpa) and Jonathan Brough (Time of Our Lives) will also join the Australian Directors' Guild board.
The Adg Board is comprised of members working as directors across feature film, television, documentary and digital content.
Australian Directors' Guild chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the new directors were from a wide range of disciplines across feature film, television, documentary and digital. .
"I would like to thank outgoing directors Donald Crombie, Rebecca Barry and Anthony Lucas for their service to the Guild,. he said.
At the Agm the membership expressed its appreciation of the work of outgoing president Ray Argall with a unanimous vote of thanks.
Stephen Wallace, long time board member and President of the Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collection Agency (Asdacs), praised Argall's work over the past 10 years.
Jeffrey Walker (Jack Irish), Jen Peedom (Sherpa) and Jonathan Brough (Time of Our Lives) will also join the Australian Directors' Guild board.
The Adg Board is comprised of members working as directors across feature film, television, documentary and digital content.
Australian Directors' Guild chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the new directors were from a wide range of disciplines across feature film, television, documentary and digital. .
"I would like to thank outgoing directors Donald Crombie, Rebecca Barry and Anthony Lucas for their service to the Guild,. he said.
At the Agm the membership expressed its appreciation of the work of outgoing president Ray Argall with a unanimous vote of thanks.
Stephen Wallace, long time board member and President of the Australian Screen Directors Authorship Collection Agency (Asdacs), praised Argall's work over the past 10 years.
- 11/30/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The Australian Directors Guild has welcomed the announcement by Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson that the agency intends to moved to gender equity in its production and development finance by 2020.
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
.This is a great step forward for women filmmakers in Nsw and it shows great leadership in the screen industry," said Gillian Armstrong, a member of the Adg Women in Film Action committee (Wifac).
.We hope that Screen Australia and other state funding agencies will follow suit and aim to have the same gender equity in their production and development programs..
Wifac has been urging Screen Australia to introduce a 50 per cent quota for women in its film funding programs to fix a major gender imbalance for women directors. Only 17 per cent of films funded by Screen Australia in the last five years were directed by women.
Taking its lead from Sweden, which introduced a 50 per cent target on all its film funding,...
- 11/16/2015
- by Staff writer
- IF.com.au
Six Australian films have secured $4.2 million in philanthropic funding through Good Pitch 2 Australia at the Sydney Opera House.
The films forged more than 60 new strategic partnerships across both the not-for-profit and business communities. ..
Along with funds committed, these partnerships, will support production, build audiences and ensure the lasting positive impact of the films.
The power of Good Pitch has been demonstrated following last year.s inaugural event, with three films so far presented in 2014 . That Sugar Film, Gayby Baby and Frackman . garnering large audiences and influencing policy and social change..
That Sugar Film has become the highest grossing Australian film of all time at the Australian cinema box office.
Good Pitch, an international forum for documentary filmmaking, brings together filmmakers with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policymakers, broadcasters and key players in the film industry, around leading social and environmental issues, to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners,...
The films forged more than 60 new strategic partnerships across both the not-for-profit and business communities. ..
Along with funds committed, these partnerships, will support production, build audiences and ensure the lasting positive impact of the films.
The power of Good Pitch has been demonstrated following last year.s inaugural event, with three films so far presented in 2014 . That Sugar Film, Gayby Baby and Frackman . garnering large audiences and influencing policy and social change..
That Sugar Film has become the highest grossing Australian film of all time at the Australian cinema box office.
Good Pitch, an international forum for documentary filmmaking, brings together filmmakers with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policymakers, broadcasters and key players in the film industry, around leading social and environmental issues, to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners,...
- 9/17/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
After tackling children held in detention as the subject of her Aftrs graduate film, Blue Lucine is shooting a feature documentary on another controversial topic.
The writer-director is examining the plight of residents who are being evicted from public housing in Millers Point in Sydney by the Nsw government.
She is focussing on six people, three who have moved out after their houses were sold, and three who say they refuse to budge and the police or army will have to forcibly remove them.
Lucine has teamed up with experienced documentary makers Tom Zubrycki and Helen Barrow, who are serving as the producers. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw funded the early development.
She showed. the rushes to Zubrycki when she was doing some filming and editing work for him and he readily agreed to come aboard.
The doc.s working title is Forced Out. She is aiming for festival exposure...
The writer-director is examining the plight of residents who are being evicted from public housing in Millers Point in Sydney by the Nsw government.
She is focussing on six people, three who have moved out after their houses were sold, and three who say they refuse to budge and the police or army will have to forcibly remove them.
Lucine has teamed up with experienced documentary makers Tom Zubrycki and Helen Barrow, who are serving as the producers. Screen Australia and Screen Nsw funded the early development.
She showed. the rushes to Zubrycki when she was doing some filming and editing work for him and he readily agreed to come aboard.
The doc.s working title is Forced Out. She is aiming for festival exposure...
- 7/7/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Before Struggle Street premiered on Sbs, writer-producer Marc Radomsky expected some controversy from its depiction of the hard scrabble lives of the disadvantaged residents of Mount Druitt.
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids and other critics.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who is completing her thesis on the process of consent for documentary filmmakers, will speak about a life-threatening duty of care decision she faced.
Blue Lucine will talk about her film A Thousand Suns,...
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids and other critics.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who is completing her thesis on the process of consent for documentary filmmakers, will speak about a life-threatening duty of care decision she faced.
Blue Lucine will talk about her film A Thousand Suns,...
- 6/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Before Struggle Street premiered on Sbs, writer-producer Marc Radomsky expected some controversy from its depiction of the hard scrabble lives of the disadvantaged residents of Mount Druitt.
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids, other networks and Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali.
The more so because only Bali, who accused the producers of treating its subjects with contempt and of falsifying scenes, had been invited by Sbs to a preview.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who...
Even before the three-part documentary went to air, Radomsky says he wasn.t prepared for the extreme .level of vitriol. from right wing commentators, the tabloids, other networks and Blacktown Mayor Stephen Bali.
The more so because only Bali, who accused the producers of treating its subjects with contempt and of falsifying scenes, had been invited by Sbs to a preview.
Radomsky will speak about his experiences at an Ozdox forum, The Ethics of Documentary Filmmaking, chaired by director/producer Rod Freedman at Aftrs Theatre on July 9.
Among the other participants, Jennifer Peedom will reveal how she felt dealing with unexpected and foreseen deaths in her films Sherpa, Solo and Living The End
I Am A Girl.s producer/director Rebecca Barry, who...
- 6/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Family, racial and sexual identity, history and science are just some of the themes that will be explored in the 13 documentary projects selected under the National Documentary Program and General Documentary Program.
The projects will receive over $3.8 million of Screen Australia funding support in the final round of documentary funding for this financial year, generating an estimated production value of more than $13.2 million.
Screen Australia.s Senior Manager of Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .We are excited about this final round of well-researched projects that will entertain and inform. Appealing to a wide audience the projects should stimulate conversation about contemporary concerns such as parenting, poverty and identity..
Three projects will be supported through the National Documentary Program; DNA Nation, Priscilla: Monster in a Party Frock and Stop Laughing, This is Serious.
From Blackfella Films, DNA Nation goes back in time genetic time travel, written/produced by Jacob Hickey and produced by Darren Dale for Sbs.
The projects will receive over $3.8 million of Screen Australia funding support in the final round of documentary funding for this financial year, generating an estimated production value of more than $13.2 million.
Screen Australia.s Senior Manager of Documentary, Liz Stevens, said, .We are excited about this final round of well-researched projects that will entertain and inform. Appealing to a wide audience the projects should stimulate conversation about contemporary concerns such as parenting, poverty and identity..
Three projects will be supported through the National Documentary Program; DNA Nation, Priscilla: Monster in a Party Frock and Stop Laughing, This is Serious.
From Blackfella Films, DNA Nation goes back in time genetic time travel, written/produced by Jacob Hickey and produced by Darren Dale for Sbs.
- 6/6/2014
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Female directors have dominated the Documentary Feature category of the 2014 Australian Directors Guild Awards, whilst Home & Away has muscled out any other competition for TV Drama Serial. The nominees, announced this morning, cover 16 categories across film, television, multiplatform, music and advertising. This year has seen the Adg receive more entries than ever before, making the judging process a difficult one. .In the TV drama category, the documentary feature category and the feature film categories especially, the caliber is really high so that.s why there are so many nominations,. says Adg Executive Director Kingston Anderson. .The judges take it very seriously and fully understand the recognition the awards can bring.. In the feature film category, Baz Luhrmann was unsurprisingly nominated for box office hit The Great Gatsby alongside strong contenders Kim Mordaunt (The Rocket), Ivan Sen (Mystery Road), Jonathan Teplitzky (The Railway Man) and Zak Hilditch, whose film These Final Hours,...
- 4/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
If the 3rd annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards could be categorised as a David vs Goliath battle between The Rocket and The Great Gatsby, Goliath is the hands-down winner.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.
That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.
Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.
The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.
- 1/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Great Gatsby dominated. Aacta.s technical and short films awards today, collecting gongs in all six craft categories for which it was nominated, plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects.
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
The co-production Top of the Lake bagged two TV trophies while Matchbox Pictures. Nowhere Boys, created by Tony Ayres, was named best children.s TV series.
The TV documentary prize went to Redesign My Brain, which explores the revolutionary new science of brain plasticity, written and directed by Paul Scott and produced by Isabel Perez and Scott for ABC TV.
Writer-director Nick Verso's The Last Time I Saw Richard, produced by John Molloy, was honoured as best short fiction film. Developed and funded through Screen Australia.s Springboard program, the short is a prequel to the upcoming feature film Boys In The Trees, tracing the friendship between two teenagers in a mental health clinic in...
- 1/28/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
A four-part Sbs series leads a new round of Screen Australia funding for documentaries.
The announcement of funding is worth $1.8m across six one off documentaries and one series, and is expected to trigger $4.8m worth of production.
Following on from Sbs’s four part series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, which aired earlier this year and took 0.850m viewers across SBS1 in English, and Sbs 2 in Vietnamese will be Once Upon A Time in Punchbowl.
The series will examine the Lebanese migrant settlement in Western Sydney and produced by Tim Toni and executive produced by Sue Clothier.
Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “I’m thrilled to announce investment in the Sbs series Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl. This important series will again strongly resonate with the local community.”
Also receiving funding are one-off documentaries about the lead singer of punk band The Sunnyboys, a...
The announcement of funding is worth $1.8m across six one off documentaries and one series, and is expected to trigger $4.8m worth of production.
Following on from Sbs’s four part series Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta, which aired earlier this year and took 0.850m viewers across SBS1 in English, and Sbs 2 in Vietnamese will be Once Upon A Time in Punchbowl.
The series will examine the Lebanese migrant settlement in Western Sydney and produced by Tim Toni and executive produced by Sue Clothier.
Liz Stevens, Screen Australia’s documentary manager said: “I’m thrilled to announce investment in the Sbs series Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl. This important series will again strongly resonate with the local community.”
Also receiving funding are one-off documentaries about the lead singer of punk band The Sunnyboys, a...
- 5/18/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
With the release of Dslr cameras that can shoot in full HD, the screen industry stumbled unwittingly upon a new age of cinematography and many are following. Micah Chua found that producing good quality picture doesn’t need to be as expensive as it once was.
When Canon released the 5D Mark II with full HD video capabilities in late 2008 for photojournalists to accompany their stills with moving images, nobody had really predicted what would follow. It wasn’t the first camera to possess this capability – that honour goes to Nikon – but certainly it was the one that started a revolution.
“It’s exploded into a videographer subculture”, said Sony’s product specialist in digital imaging, Sean Ellwood.
But subculture may be an understatement. A wide variety of screen industry practitioners and filmmakers ranging from low budget independents through to top end international studio networks have caught on to the...
When Canon released the 5D Mark II with full HD video capabilities in late 2008 for photojournalists to accompany their stills with moving images, nobody had really predicted what would follow. It wasn’t the first camera to possess this capability – that honour goes to Nikon – but certainly it was the one that started a revolution.
“It’s exploded into a videographer subculture”, said Sony’s product specialist in digital imaging, Sean Ellwood.
But subculture may be an understatement. A wide variety of screen industry practitioners and filmmakers ranging from low budget independents through to top end international studio networks have caught on to the...
- 9/20/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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