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Discovering The Kimberley with Mark Coles Smith

The Kimberley, a documentary series about the spectacular region, is coming to the ABC in 2025.

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Southern Light Award

The AIDC Southern Light Award celebrates luminaries of the Australian documentary and factual industry. Expanding the eligibility scope of the pre-existing Stanley…

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Welcome to Babel film review: Jia Wei Shen and Lan Wang's artistic quest

A fascinating portrait of a man with a mission and the history that inspired it...

Aquarius Festival 1973. Image: Madman.
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Aquarius film review: a celebration of radical ratbags

Aquarius is the festival that first brought the dreamers, tree-huggers and activists to Nimbin and Byron Bay.

The Pool. Image: Shark Island Productions.
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The Pool review: Sydney documentary is beautiful but shallow

The Pool, Ian Darling's handsomely shot documentary, spent a year filming in and around Sydney’s Icebergs Pool.

Freda Puruntatameri and Rina Moreen in a promotional shot for Like My Brother. Image: Wayne Taylor.
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Like My Brother, film review: Tiwi Islander female football story transcends the oval

Shot over a six-year period, Like My Brother explores how a great sporting opportunity can come with serious caveats.

AIDC FACTory pitching at Fed Square, Melbourne.
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Documentary Conference calls for applicants for 2025 FACTory pitching showcase

Up to 15 documentary projects with strong market potential will be selected to pitch to international and local decision-makers.

Aquarius. Photo by Peter Derrett.
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Aquarius documentary to open Byron Bay Film Festival

The film about 'dreamers, tree-huggers and radical ratbags' is an apt local opener for the Byron Bay Film Festival.

MIFF 2024 Award Winner Bright Horizons: Universal Language.
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MIFF 2024 award winners: Universal Language wins Bright Horizons

More than $250,000 in prize money has been awarded across six categories, with Australian winners including Flathead, Voice, Left Write…

Cast of documentary Left Write Hook.
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Left Write Hook to get national cinema release

The Australian documentary about the healing power of boxing and writing for trauma survivors will release in October.

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