Early last year I wrote a blog about a short online surfing film, Dark Side of the Lens that had managed to break most of the usual surfing film cliches. Well I’ve now discovered the skiing version. Having declared I was done with all skiing films forever, I nearly refused to watch when my skiing-mad better half presented this video to me on a laptop.

Here at Home is an ambitious new webdoc from the Canadian National Film Board. Piggy-backing on a major Canadian research project on homelessness, it shows what the future of socially engaged webdocs might look like. It also showcases some of the unique features of a webdoc: ability to add more content over time as the project itself does, and ability to represent and navigate the content spatially.

I know I’m not alone in being totally in awe of the Vivid lights recently in Sydney. It seemed to me that the crush around Circular Quay was even bigger than in past years, as every Sydneysider and their family was out in force, even in the rain. The Customs House projections by the Electric Canvas particularly grabbed my attention, with the incredible detail and precision involved as well as the elements of story.

Are you a connector? Chances are high if you’re reading this blog. A connector is someone who actively consumes screen stories across cinema, television and online. They’re generally younger, affluent people living in the city, and they stay constantly in touch with updates in technology and social media. Connectors are one of four categories identified in Screen Australia’s report launched last week: What to Watch? Audience motivation in a multi-screen world.

Last chance to get your film in for the Antenna International Documentary Film Festival - submissions for the Australian feature and shorts competitions close next Friday. After a successful first run last year, Antenna is back this year from October 10-14 in Sydney, this time to be hosted at Dendy Cinemas. Over 30 feature docs will be on offer from around the world, as well as shorts, special events and international guests.

A global jukebox, zombies representing our online behaviour and globally connected city treasure hunts were just some of the rich snippets on offer at last Friday’s X Media Lab: Global Media Cultures Pro Day Conference. Fifteen digital and social media gurus from around the world were brought together at the Opera House to give their version of the digital future, how they’re working to shape it and how others should get on board.

Transmedia, digital storytelling, multi-platform, non-linear, interactive media. Whatever term you want to use, it’s clear that stories are getting a shake-up. I’ll be banging my drum on the topic at a panel this coming Friday at the Sydney Film Festival Hub.

In the fragmenting world of media with a thousand different screens and ways to connect, the million dollar question seems to be, ‘where is the audience?’ Screen Australia will launch some research findings on just this next week, fittingly in a webinar.