Tag Archive for Documentary Film

Tom Cruise: The Last Movie Star

Director Tom O’Dell Starring Richard Roeper, AA Dowd, Dan Jolin , Bilge Ebiri, Scott Mendelson, Geoffrey Macnab Score 4/6 From “Top Gun” to the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, Tom Cruise becomes the world’s biggest movie star by risking life and limb to perform death-defying stunts. Okay, I will admit that after watching this I have a…

AIDC 2023 Wraps Record Breaking Year

Drawn by the prospect of gathering face-to-face after two previous hybrid and virtual outings, the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) welcomed 820 documentary and factual industry delegates to its 2023 event, the highest number in 20 years and the most-ever attendees since the event moved to Melbourne in 2016. “Celebrating the Agents of Change of…

MDFF 2022 – Freedom Street

Director Alfred Pek Score 6/6 Freedom Street is the harrowing story of Joniad, Ashfaq and Azizah, three refugees who have been stuck in Makassar, Indonesia for several years as a result of Australia’s border policy. Since 2013, there are currently just under 14000 refugees in Indonesia and every day their hopes for resettlement are diminishing.…

Emma Macey-Storch Director of Geeta Wins SWIFF Ferguson Film Prize

Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) is thrilled to announce Emma Macey-Storch, as the winner of the inaugural Ferguson Film Prize. The director of the documentary Geeta will receive a $3000 personal cash prize, a trophy, and an official accreditation. Emma Macey-Storch is an award-winning director and producer, having worked across documentary, animation, and fiction on…

MDFF 2021 – Finding Creativity

Director Roger Ungers Score 4/6 An intimate and pragmatic look into the creative process from those who harness creativity in their personal and professional lives. Finding Creativity is being screened as part of the 2021 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Creativity, it certainly is an odd choice for the topic of a documentary. I suppose that…

$2.3 Mill in Funding for 10 Documentaries

Screen Australia has announced $2.3 million of documentary production funding for eight projects through the Producer Program and two projects through the Commissioned Program. The projects include feature documentaries about Australian music icons John Farnham, Ruby Hunter and Archie Roach, and legendary racehorse WINX; as well as Embrace Kids, a follow up to hit 2016…