Documentary

Resources for and about documentary making.

• ABC Online (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  ABC Online provides a diverse range of information, entertainment and interaction drawing on the ABC's television, radio and other production activities. Content includes daily news updates, program guides and highlights, youth, children's, education, science, arts and culture, information for program makers (documentary) and the ABC Shop.
  http://www.abc.net.au
  
  
• AFC - ABC Documentary online
  AFC - ABC Documentary Online introduces you to some of the most exciting and innovative online productions. You'll see, firsthand, the best of the Australian documentary filmmaking tradition exploiting the opportunities of a new platform: the internet.
  http://abc.net.au/documentaryonline/default.htm
  
  
• Australain Documentary Forum - Ozdox
  OzDox - The Australian Documentary Forum has been established as a joint initiative from documentary filmmakers, industry bodies and academics, to foster, promote and provide a monthly forum for documentary culture. OzDox is made possible by ASDA in association with AFTRS, AFC, Macquarie University, Film Australia and UTS.
  http://www.ozdox.org/
  
  
• Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)
  The AIDC is one of the largest recurrent screen industry conferences in Australia averaging between 500 to 800 national and international delegates. It provides a market place for documentary product for national and international buyers and distributors, showcases the work of Australian and international documentary makers, and creates a forum to discuss content, craft, technology and future directions.
  http://www.aidc.com.au/
  
  
• Australian Screen Directors Association (ASDA)
  The ASDA web site provides information of interest to its members - film directors, TV directors, documentary filmmakers, animators and independent producers; information on membership; professional development and cultural activities such as the Directors Attachment Program, master classes and directors' screenings and more.
  http://www.asdafilm.org.au/
  
  
• Culture and Communication Reading Room: Documentary
  Documentary section of The Reading Room, the online initiative of the CRCC at Murdoch University.
  http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/doco/doco.htm
  
  
• Docs-in-progress
  US-based site providing an online arena for the international documentary community.
  http://www.docsinprogress.org/
  
  
• Documentary Australia Foundation
  Documentary Australia is a private initiative to provide information and resources to philanthropic grantmakers, charitable organisations and documentary filmmakers in order to explore, share and enhance their mutual objectives of creating a better society.
  http://www.documentaryaustralia.com.au/da/index.php
  
  
• European Documentary Network
  EDN is a meeting point for professionals working with documentary film and television. EDN supports, stimulates and creates networks within the documentary sector in Europe. One major focus is to inform members about possibilities for financing, development, co-production and collaboration across borders.
  http://www.edn.dk/
  
  
• Film Australia
  Film Australia is a government-owned production and distribution company, and one of the nation's largest producers of television documentaries and educational programs. Through the National Interest Program it receives finance to devise, produce and distribute programs that deal with matters of national interest to Australia or illustrate and interpret aspects of Australian life. A new screen agency incorporating the Australian Film Commission (AFC), Film Finance Corporation (FFC) and Film Australia Ltd (FAL) will be created from 1 July 2008, to be named the Australian Screen Authority (ASA).
  http://www.filmaust.com.au
  
  
• Media Rights
  MediaRights.org, is a US-based, nonprofit organization which helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues.
  
  http://www.mediarights.org/
  
  
• Ronin Films
  Ronin Films is an independent distributor of non-theatrical films. A list of educational videos is available on this site.
  http://www.roninfilms.com.au/
  
  
• Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and SBS Independent (SBSi)
  SBS is a national, public broadcaster with a special mandate to reflect the multicultural nature of Australian society. The principal function of SBS is to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect Australia's multicultural society. SBSi at: http://www.sbs.com.au/sbsi/index.html is responsible for commissioning a wide range of quality Australian drama and documentaries for screening in prime time on SBS Television. SBSi is responsible for the Special Production Fund of approx $7 million annually, allocated by the Federal Government, for the commissioning of quality Australian projects from independent filmmakers.
  http://www.sbs.com.au