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
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In Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason’s speech at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), Mason commented that changes in the sector particularly around audience behaviour, the rise of VOD and the digital space, and the need for alternative and innovative financing models are already here. Mason highlighted that the challenge now is to adapt in order to survive. Mason also announced a new collaboration with NITV/SBS on a slate of documentaries with tremendous cultural … [Read more...] about Screen Australia on docs