DUNGOG FILM FESTIVAL 2008 MAKING AN IMPACTBorn in 2007, the Dungog Film Festival has grown in one year from a baby fest with a dozen films and 1,400 visitors, into an adolescent of 80 films and an estimated 4,000 visitors, doubling the population of Dungog for the duration (May 29 – June 1). Andrew L. Urban reports on the world’s biggest showcase of Australian filmmaking centred on the country’s oldest cinema, The James.You may hear extravagant claims about this year’s Dungog Film Festiv...

SBSi/AFC Pitch & Punt finalists announced2pm, Sunday 25 FebruaryAdelaide Hilton, Balcony 1 and 2Finalists for the 2007 SBS Independent and Australian Film Commission Pitch & Punt competition have been announced. The five finalists have been invited to present their proposals at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and with only 7 minutes to pitch it's sure to be a lively event! Finalists are in the running for AUD$20,000 to finance the development of a documentary series.Th...

Organisers of the 2005 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) held in Adelaide from February 21 – 24, one of the most successful in recent years, have announced the winners of the conference’s pitching competitions.In 2005 there was more money to be won for development funding and a new pitching initiative was launched by the inaugural Interactive Media Delegation at the AIDC through the Bell Fund Mission from Canada, the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund and the South A...

2005 AIDC Pitching Projects AnnouncedThe 2005 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), which opens on Monday 21 February with a record number of key international guests, has announced the successful projects for the ABC ARTS Pitching Competition, the ABC/RTE Pitch and Punt, the SBS/TV2 Pitch and Punt and the Democracy Project Pitching. These competitions offer 23 pitching slots and along with the 21 pitching slots at DOCUMart, and the Bell Fund/SAFC/AFF Pitching Competition, th...