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BlogsFactual News Eddie Cockrell 24 Oct 2012
European Film Academy's doco award
A half-dozen members of the European Film Academy (EFA), representing the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Greece, The Netherlands and Switzerland have selected three finalists for the EFA’s annual doco award.
Quicklink Julia Scott-Stevenson 23 Oct 2012
IDFA session on webdocs
For anyone heading to the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam this year interested in webdocs, you won’t want to miss the Interactive Documentary Conference. The one-day conference explores the future of documentary storytelling in the digital age. Topics covered include the rise of apps and touch screens, the secrets behind successful projects, turning data into stories and the tools available for interactive storytelling.
Inside SBS Melanie Garrick 19 Oct 2012
Two SBS docs receive Walkley nominations
Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta and The Block: Stories from a Meeting Place have each gained a nomination for a Walkley, Australia's most prestigious award for excellence in journalism.
Factual News Eddie Cockrell 19 Oct 2012
30 Ghosts crowd-funding crusade
Toronto’s Hot Docs has announced the seventh project in their ongoing Doc Ignite program. 30 Ghosts is producer/director Sean Cisterna’s in-production chronicle of a rural Ontario horse farmer and part-time paranormal investigator whose hobby garners some negative attention and begins to take over her life.
Quicklink Eddie Cockrell 18 Oct 2012
Thessaloniki doco fest now accepting submissions
The 15th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is now accepting submissions.
Factual News Eddie Cockrell 18 Oct 2012
Honey, I’m Home settles in at ACMI
Cinematic representations of home and community comprise the non-fiction and dramatic features in the ACMI film series Honey, I’m Home: Visions Beyond the White Picket Fence. Curated by ACMI programmer Roberta Ciabarra, the program runs October 18-31 in Melbourne.
Q&A Kylie Boltin 18 Oct 2012
Q&A: Rory Kennedy on Ethel
Emmy award-winning filmmaker, Rory Kennedy is the 11th child of Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, the former US Attorney General, Democratic Senator and brother of President John F. Kennedy. Rory Kennedy spoke to Kylie Boltin about her portrait film, Ethel – a personal and political narrative that intersects the story of her mother with major events of the 20th century.
Festival Reports Sandy George 16 Oct 2012
Notes from Antenna Documentary Festival, 2012
The best documentaries tell substantive truths and how they tell them can be as compelling as the subjects they tackle.
Inside SBS Melanie Garrick 15 Oct 2012
Inside Goa Hippy Tribe: The New Generation
We heard stories from the original Goan hippies in SBS’s 2011 interactive documentary, Goa Hippy Tribe. Now meet the hippies of the new generation.
Festival Reports Eddie Cockrell 12 Oct 2012
Iranian docos at ACMI
This Sunday, October 14 at 5:30pm, the 2nd edition of the Iranian Film Festival Australia at Melbourne’s Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) will host a program of three documentaries under the umbrella title, Being Persian.
Factual News Melanie Garrick 12 Oct 2012
Get your fix of Aussie cinema online
Up until about a week ago, I’d never seen Rolf De Heer’s 2006 film Ten Canoes. I was lucky enough to stumble upon it whilst browsing on SBS’s online catch-up service, OnDemand. Since viewing this incredible film, I’ve been left with an appetite for more quality Australian cinema. However as an online media consumer without a functioning television, this kind of content can be difficult to track down.
Factual News Eddie Cockrell 11 Oct 2012
Ten Festival Directors in One Room
On Monday, October 15 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm, Sydney’s Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) Certificate in Screen Culture will present Ten Festival Directors in One Room as part of their ongoing Red Carpet event series.
Quicklink Eddie Cockrell 11 Oct 2012
Byron Bay Film Festival and ScreenZone Media team up for doco prize
For the second year running, the 2013 edition of the Byron Bay Film Festival will feature a $5,000 ScreenZone International Documentary Prize.
Q&A Kylie Boltin 11 Oct 2012
Q&A: Fortunate Son: A Love Story
The autobiographical documentary, Fortunate Son: A Love Story sees Montreal filmmaker Tony Asimakopoulos turn his camera on his own family to create a portrait of love, loss and acceptance. Inspired by the filmmaker’s desire to chart a major crossroad in his life - a past life of drug abuse and his impending wedding - he spoke with Kylie Boltin before the film’s Australian premiere at the 2012 Greek Film Festival.
Factual News Eddie Cockrell 9 Oct 2012
Ms. Třeštíková goes to Washington
On October 11 at 6:30pm, Czech documentary film icon Helena Třeštíková will show clips from her long and distinguished career as well as her 2008 film René during a free program at the Czech Embassy in Washington DC.
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