Turkey is the literal bridge between Europe and the East and is increasingly in the news as the stopping point for 3 million refugees, mostly from Syria, seeking to flee to Europe and the U.S. and as a player in the newest battle for Mosul.Turkey, the bridge between East and West
The Antalya Film Festival feels it is imperative to show that life still goes on, and the creative and recreative power of entertainment leads the show.
Moreover, it is obvious today to those people with alert perception that men are not succeeding in ruling the world very well. Women must take on their 51% role. Let a cosmetic culture rule the world rather than a culture of arms. (Mac does happen to be a sponsor of the festival and their gifts were great, including a free makeup session for the closing night gala!).
Venus and Mars may have been lovers,...
The Antalya Film Festival feels it is imperative to show that life still goes on, and the creative and recreative power of entertainment leads the show.
Moreover, it is obvious today to those people with alert perception that men are not succeeding in ruling the world very well. Women must take on their 51% role. Let a cosmetic culture rule the world rather than a culture of arms. (Mac does happen to be a sponsor of the festival and their gifts were great, including a free makeup session for the closing night gala!).
Venus and Mars may have been lovers,...
- 10/28/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
In a single, extraordinary day more than $2 million in donations was pledged to seven Australian feature-length documentaries on Wednesday.
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
The scale of the financial support stunned the organisers of the first Good Pitch Australia event, which aids social impact documentaries.
Equally surprised were the recipients. .I am speechless,. said producer Marguerite Grey, who is collaborating with director Belinda Mason on Constance on the Edge, which looks at the struggles of a Sudanese refugee, Constance Okot, and her six children in Wagga Wagga.
The docu was the biggest single recipient with pledges of more than $500,000 for the production and an initial outreach strategy which includes hosted regional film screenings and education and training resources.
Screen Australia provided $15,000 for research and development in March and in September Screen Nsw gave $10,000 for filming a trailer for Good Pitch and for broadcasters to help secure project finance.
However the ABC and Sbs rejected the producer's initial requests for investment,...
- 10/9/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
International documentary forum brought to Australia for the first time.
Seven Australian documentaries have been chosen to take part in Good Pitch² Australia.
Devised by Britdoc and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, the international documentary forum has been brought to Australia for the first time by Ian Darling’s Shark Island Institute, in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation.
On Oct 8 at the Sydney Opera House, Good Pitch² Australia will bring together the film-makers from the seven selected projects with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policy-makers, brand, educators, broadcasters and media.
The seven selected projects are:
Call Me Dad / Director: Sophie Wiesner, Producer: Madeleine HethertonConstance on the Edge / Director: Belinda Mason, Producer: Marguerite GreyFrackman / Director: Richard Todd, Producers: Simon Nasht and Trish LakeGayby Baby / Director: Charlotte Mars, Producer: Maya NewellThe Opposition / Director: Hollie Fifer, Producer: Rebecca BarryThat Sugar Film / Director: Damon Gameau, Producer: Nick BatziasZach’s Ceremony / Director: Aaron Petersen, Producer: Sarah Linton
Commenting on the projects, Darling said: “This...
Seven Australian documentaries have been chosen to take part in Good Pitch² Australia.
Devised by Britdoc and Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, the international documentary forum has been brought to Australia for the first time by Ian Darling’s Shark Island Institute, in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation.
On Oct 8 at the Sydney Opera House, Good Pitch² Australia will bring together the film-makers from the seven selected projects with foundations, not-for-profits, campaigners, philanthropists, policy-makers, brand, educators, broadcasters and media.
The seven selected projects are:
Call Me Dad / Director: Sophie Wiesner, Producer: Madeleine HethertonConstance on the Edge / Director: Belinda Mason, Producer: Marguerite GreyFrackman / Director: Richard Todd, Producers: Simon Nasht and Trish LakeGayby Baby / Director: Charlotte Mars, Producer: Maya NewellThe Opposition / Director: Hollie Fifer, Producer: Rebecca BarryThat Sugar Film / Director: Damon Gameau, Producer: Nick BatziasZach’s Ceremony / Director: Aaron Petersen, Producer: Sarah Linton
Commenting on the projects, Darling said: “This...
- 5/13/2014
- by [email protected] (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Scarlett Road makes a compelling and compassionate argument in its portrait of Rachel Wotton, a mid-30s sex worker in New South Whales Australia, where her industry has been decriminalized. Rachel, also working on a masters thesis in human sexuality, has been a sex worker since age 20 –in strip clubs, brothels and now in private practice. Similarly portrayed in the Sundance hit The Surrogate, she has turned her attention to disabled clients via a non-for-profit called Touching Base. Seeing a sex worker, or in the case of Wotton, a sex surrogate (she describes her services as message, body slides and a tug) is considered a human right.
Much of Catherine Scott‘s film is dedicated to the development of techniques of working with people that are disabled as Touching Base brings together activists, support workers and sex workers. Peoples with Disabilities, Inc – a non-for-profit support channel also directs clients seeking...
Much of Catherine Scott‘s film is dedicated to the development of techniques of working with people that are disabled as Touching Base brings together activists, support workers and sex workers. Peoples with Disabilities, Inc – a non-for-profit support channel also directs clients seeking...
- 3/19/2012
- by [email protected] (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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