Two projects have been announced as joint winners of the New Perspectives Pitch Lab, a pitch training initiative to support non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production. The winning projects are the feature documentary Joy, pitched by Victorian producer Lisa Albert and director/cinematographer (and AFTRS Alum) Vincent Lamberti, and the First Nations-led documentary series Our Country, pitched by NSW-based team, producer Yale MacGillivray and writer/co-director … [Read more...] about AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC, and Screen NSW announce the 2021 New Perspectives Pitch Lab winners
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AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW announce the 2020 New Perspectives Pitch Lab winner ‘Norita’
A feature documentary Norita, by director Jayson McNamara and producers Rebecca Bennett and Daniel Joyce, has been announced as the winner of the inaugural New Perspectives Pitch Lab, a pitch training initiative to support non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production. The New Perspectives Pitch Lab is an initiative of the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Doc Society, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), in … [Read more...] about AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW announce the 2020 New Perspectives Pitch Lab winner ‘Norita’
AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW announce the 2020 New Perspectives Pitch Lab participants
The projects and participants selected for the inaugural New Perspectives Pitch Lab, a training initiative for emerging non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production, have been announced on 18 November. New Perspectives Pitch Lab is an initiative of the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Doc Society, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), in partnership with Screen NSW. The selected projects: The Valley, a … [Read more...] about AFTRS, Doc Society, AIDC and Screen NSW announce the 2020 New Perspectives Pitch Lab participants
AFTRS, DOC SOCIETY, and AIDC launch New Perspectives Pitch Lab
The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS), Doc Society, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), in partnership with Screen NSW, have launched New Perspectives Pitch Lab, a new training initiative for emerging non-fiction talent with a Social Impact project in development or production. Applications for the lab are now open. The New Perspectives Pitch Lab aims to empower non-fiction storytellers to pursue and build support for the stories they seek to … [Read more...] about AFTRS, DOC SOCIETY, and AIDC launch New Perspectives Pitch Lab
Australian Screen Production Industry issues COVID-Safe Guidelines
The Australian screen production industry released COVID-Safe Guidelines to help get the industry back to work. The Guidelines have been developed by the Australian Screen Sector Task Force, comprising the Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS), Screen Australia, the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA), Screen Producers Australia (SPA), State and Territory Agencies, Guilds, ABC, SBS, Ausfilm and major production companies, to support a safe return to production in … [Read more...] about Australian Screen Production Industry issues COVID-Safe Guidelines
