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Through his work as a director, Luke Cornish shows a growing curiosity and interest in the world around him, making his interest in the street dance scene in Sydney the perfect subject for his feature…
This July, we will celebrate the connection between filmmakers, films and audiences and the lure of documentary storytelling at the 2022 Castlemaine Documentary Festival (C-Doc) in the heart of regional…
Allan Clarke is a Muruwari and Gomeroi man who has made a career as an investigative journalist. His work on the podcast series Blood on the Tracks won him a Walkley award alongside Yale Macgillivray.…
After impressive turns in notable Australian shows and films like The Kettering Incident, Balibo and The Tracker, Damon Gameau’s move towards being an activist documentarian has been one of the most e…
Diana Paez is an emerging filmmaker in Australia, and with her first feature documentary Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) she helps bring the stories of migrant and refugees from Spanish-speaking communiti…
With over 40 documentaries to her name, it’s clear that like Aboriginal filmmaker, Bill Onus, Lilias Fraser is a legend in her own right who has been forgotten by time and the history books. Cinematog…
Gabriel Shipton is the producer of Ben Lawrence’s Ithaka. He is also the son of the films subject, John Shipton, and brother of the figure at the center of the film: Julian Assange. Filmed during 201…
Ablaze is the essential documentary about Yorta Yorta and Wiradjuri filmmaker Bill Onus and the untold history of his work in Australian film. Lost films and hidden history are rediscovered and brough…
As Kenji says on Iron Chef, ‘bang a gong, we are on’. It’s election time folks. To help get you into the election campaign mood, here are five documentaries that focus on aspects of Australian polit…
Director and producer Sonya Pemberton is one of Australia’s hardest working science-focused filmmakers. From her award-winning work on ABC’s Catalyst to working as director on science-backed films lik…
Fresh on the heels of his Christopher Doyle documentary, Like the Wind, director Ted McDonnell has commenced work on his documentary on famed Australian, Hollywood based director Phillip Noyce. After…
It’s not hyperbole to say I’m a little bit obsessed with the new Courtney Barnett documentary Anonymous Club. Directed by Barnett’s friend Danny Cohen, this is not your typical music-doc, with Barnett…