http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs Vendetta Films has announced a June 6 national release date for British director Hugh Hartford’s inspirational sports documentary Ping Pong. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127822/t/Ping-Pong-set-to-open http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127822/t/Ping-Pong-set-to-open 21 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST Roadshow Films has announced a slight shift backward in the Australian opening date of Red Obsession, the Bordeaux and Shanghai-set wine doco that heralds the directorial debut of long-time production partners David Roach and Warwick Ross (Young Einstein, Beneath Hill 60). http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127826/t/Red-Obsession-release-date-tweaked http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127826/t/Red-Obsession-release-date-tweaked 21 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST A single documentary and a black comedy-done-mockumentary style are amongst the 22 titles just announced for the 16th Spanish Film Festival, to be held June 19 to July 3 at Palace Verona in Sydney. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127824/t/16th-Spanish-Film-Festival-documentary-guide http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127824/t/16th-Spanish-Film-Festival-documentary-guide 20 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST The Webdox Conference wrapped recently in Belgium, and Sandra Gaudenzi of i-Docs has offered some illuminating thoughts on what the conference demonstrated about the state of the webdoc. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127806/t/Webdox-and-the-problem-with-interactive http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127806/t/Webdox-and-the-problem-with-interactive 16 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST Sheffield Doc/Fest has just released its program, and I am green with envy over the fabulous lineup of interactive sessions. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127804/t/Sheffield-Doc-Fest-gets-interactive http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127804/t/Sheffield-Doc-Fest-gets-interactive 13 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST Toronto’s Hot Docs, North America’s largest non-fiction film festival, has announced its prize winning films from the 2013 edition. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127802/t/Hot-Docs-2013-winners http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127802/t/Hot-Docs-2013-winners 10 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST A total of 55 documentaries will feature amongst the 190 films announced as part of the 60th edition of the Sydney Film Festival. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127786/t/2013-Sydney-Film-Festival-documentary-program http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127786/t/2013-Sydney-Film-Festival-documentary-program 09 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST Dror Moreh’s acclaimed documentary The Gatekeepers will screen at cinemas across Australia from Septermber 5. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127784/t/Coming-soon-The-Gatekeepers http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127784/t/Coming-soon-The-Gatekeepers 07 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST File this one under ‘I want to hug the Canadian National Film Board’. The NFB has announced plans to launch a global online documentary channel. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127752/t/The-NFB-goes-global http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127752/t/The-NFB-goes-global 02 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST A handful of new non-fiction features and shorts have won prizes at the recently concluded Tribeca Film Festival in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City. http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127748/t/Docos-win-big-at-Tribeca http://www.sbs.com.au/documentary/blogs/view/id/127748/t/Docos-win-big-at-Tribeca 01 May 2013 | 00:00 AEST