Documentary News

Festival Reports Julia Scott-Stevenson 25 Apr 2013

Tribeca Storyscapes

Tribeca Film Festival is on now, and the inaugural transmedia segment of the festival has just wrapped up.

Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 11 Apr 2013

Sundance London adds doco talks

Sundance London returns for its second year, this time with a series of talks destined to delight the documentary enthusiast.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 11 Apr 2013

Les Blank dies at 77

Les Blank, legendary documentarian of the eccentric, has died.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 9 Apr 2013

Big Star doco to screen at ACMI

Drew DeNicola’s documentary on 1970's American band Big Star will screen in Melbourne from May 26.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 8 Apr 2013

Screen Australia invests in ABC’s The War That Changed Us

ABC World War I doco, The War That Changed Us has received a funding boost from Screen Australia.

Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 3 Apr 2013

Sydney Film Festival: Preview

In the run-up to their 60th annual edition, the Sydney Film Festival has announced its first batch of feature-length titles, 11 of which are documentaries.

Inside SBS Ben Nguyen 28 Mar 2013

Documentary Highlights - April

Senior programmer Ben Nguyen is your guide to SBS docos throughout April - and with a new-look SBS 2 there's even more provocative programs to pick from.

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Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 26 Mar 2013

HotDocs: Preview

With just over 200 films from 43 countries, HotDocs 2013 stays true to its reputation as North America’s largest documentary event.

Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 26 Mar 2013

The sole non-fiction film amongst a dozen dramatic features vying for the Regard d’or, Wang Bing’s sixth film, Three Sisters (San Zimei), has won the grand prize at the recently-concluded Swiss festival, 27th International de Films de Fribourg.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 25 Mar 2013

Screen Australia announces multi-million dollar doco investment

Screen Australia will put in excess of $2.3 million dollars in 10 non-fiction projects that are estimated to trigger over $8 million in production.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 20 Mar 2013

Paul Kelly: Stories of Me Wins FCCA Award

Director Ian Darling’s Paul Kelly: Stories of Me won Best Documentary award from the Film Critics Circle of Australia at a ceremony last night at Paddington RSL in Sydney.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 15 Mar 2013

3D docos pepper IMAX film schedule

The IMAX Melbourne Museum has released their schedule for the period March to June 2013, and a pair of non-fiction films share the spotlight with old and new Hollywood titles.

Factual News Eddie Cockrell 15 Mar 2013

BFI retools documentary funding process

The London-based British Film Institute (BFI) has announced that non-fiction filmmakers seeking funding from the organisation can now do so via twice-yearly pitching sessions.

Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 15 Mar 2013

SXSW: Documentary winners

Brooklyn-based producer-director Ben Nabors has won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature Competition at the South by Southwest Film Festival for his non-fiction film, William and the Windmill (pictured).