The Australian Film Institute (AFI) announced yesterday the Non-Feature 'Best Film' nominees for the L'Oréal Paris 2007 AFI Awards with three South Australian productions scoring nominations. Forbidden Lie$ was nominated for Best Documentary and Swing and Spike Up were both

Words from the City has been nominated for Best Documentary in the L'Oreal Paris 2007 AFI Awards. Words from the City is a feature documentary exploring Australian hip hop through intimate and candid observations of some of the nation's most

Discovery Networks Australia, a unit of the number one non-fiction media company Discovery Communications, today announced that four documentaries will receive letters of intent for co-production funding through the Discovery Ignite local co-production initiative. [more...]

The AFI yesterday announced the nominees for the AFI Awards for Best Documentary, Best Short Fiction Film and Best Short Animation. AFI CEO James Hewison says, 'This robust and diverse selection of short fiction, short animation and documentaries will soon

By Sandy George for The Australian: The definition of an Australian film, a critical factor in determining which producers get the extremely generous rebates announced in the federal budget, has been relaxed. US studios can now officially pay for a

By Christine Sams for The Sydney Morning Herald: It was meant to be the dusty, outback homestead playing host to Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman - but the romantic set of Faraway Downs, the homestead at the heart of Baz

By Sandy George for The Australian: Last May the federal Government radically reorganised the way it supports Australian films. Under a new funding regime announced in the budget, producers will be eligible for a hefty 40 per cent rebate for