An RACV poll has found that 44 per cent of Victorian respondents feel hook turns are the most challenging driving practice on Victorian roads. This was followed by parallel parking, reverse parking and three-point turns. Mostly distinctive to Melbourne, hook turns are right turns made from a left-hand lane, originally introduced to mitigate the hold…
The highly anticipated new feature from Melbourne-born Oscar-winning filmmaker Adam Elliot will officially open the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) when the beloved cultural event returns this August. Proudly screening in Naarm and surrounds from 8-25 August, MIFF brings together some of the most talked about films of the year, hotly anticipated hits from…
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has revealed the exceptional nominees for the 4th annual AIDC Awards, and also announced the winner of the inaugural AIDC Southern Light Award for outstanding contribution to nonfiction screen, digital and/or audio media.The AIDC Awards recognise outstanding works of new Australian documentary and factual content across six categories: Best…
AIDC have announced 15 projects and teams selected to take part in The FACTory International Pitching Showcase, held at The Edge, Fed Square, during AIDC 2024 (3-6 March, ACMI, Melbourne / Naarm). Proudly presented by VicScreen and now in its ninth year, The FACTory is AIDC’s centrepiece pitching event for new documentary and factual projects.…
Here Be Dragons will screen on Monday 11 December 2023 at Dendy Newtown, presented by the Veterans Film Festival [VFF] and the Inner West Film Fest, in support of VFF’s film exhibitions and Screen Warriors training program. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Alastair Newton Brown, Nathan Clark Sapsford and Veterans Film…
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) has today announced its new slate-pitching marketplace, The Showroom, catering to Australian production companies specialising in documentary and factual content. “Taking the AIDC marketplace to the next level, we are thrilled to introduce the inaugural Showroom pitch to give Australian production companies an unmissable opportunity to pitch their slate…
ACMI have announced a pivotal new partnership with two-time Academy Award-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. The iconic actor is set to travel to Melbourne as lead ambassador for the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces blockbuster, Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion. The ACMI-curated exhibition opens at Australia’s national museum…
Following a successful trial, long-standing community partner and non-for-profit organisation, The Big Issue has designated Australia Post as its briefing base in Melbourne and Perth to assist disadvantaged Australians selling the magazine. The Big Issue Editor, Amy Hetherington said the second edition for 2023 has been released which means briefings are in full swing with…
Editor’s Note Given current global politics I honestly didn’t think I would be seeing something from the Russian Film Festival anytime soon. From the 9th to 11th December, the Russian Film Festival will be hosted in Melbourne. Russian films are returning to Australia in an offline format. In 2020 the festival was hosted online and…