Issues / ThemesHere you will find information, organised by issues or themes, about areas of interest where existing documentary work targets specific groups and audiences. Documentary Australia shows the broad range of work already being made by documentary filmmakers in Australia and how it intersects with the interests of many grantmakers and charities. Search Results Hephzibah“The story of Hephzibah Menuhin is as rich as a novel by Henry James”.  Trembling Before G_dShot in Brooklyn, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, London, Miami, and San Francisco, Trembling Before G_d exp...  Plumpton High BabiesPlumpton High, in Sydney’s outer western suburbs, is one of the few schools in Australia with a prog...  MariaMaria parallels life in Australia with the maelstrom of Czechoslovakia’s history. It links three gen...  Blackman's HousesThis film is a re-examination of Tasmanian history. In particular it explored the reasons for the de...  Political FootballThe story of six Wallabies, who after touring South Africa in 1969, realized that playing Internatio...  Silma's SchoolFacing the Music meets Erin Brockovich and The Castle in a moving, funny and suspenseful feature len...  The Civil WarThe Civil War is an ambitious documentary series by Ken Burns that tells the story of the bloodiest ...  Outsourced!Outsourcing is the new frontier of globalisation, pitting call-centre workers around the world again...  Welcome 2 My Deaf WorldBethany Rose and Scott Masterson are schoolmates, a couple of energetic and charming teenagers who s...  Omar and PeteOmar and Pete are determined to change their lives. Both have been in and out of prison for more tha...  Land Mines - A Love StoryLand Mines - A Love Story is the latest film from Dennis O'Rourke (Half Life, Cannibal Tours, The Go...  Lets Get RealLet’s Get Real explores the problem of bullying in middle schools in the US in a honest and thought-...  Downside UpDownside Up is about how MASS MoCA, America’s largest museum of contemporary art, has transformed Ma...  The MascotThe Mascot is the story of one man's struggle to discover his stolen identity. It traces the journey...  Music From The Inside OutThe intersection of art and life are at the core of MUSIC FROM THE INSIDE OUT™, Academy Award® nomin...  Hospitals Don’t Burn DownFire breaks out after midnight in a multi-storey hospital, cutting the top floors off from escape. I...  Cannibal ToursWhen tourists journey to the furthermost reaches of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea, is it the i...  HatredHATRED is a wide ranging documentary that travels from Berlin to Harlem to the Middle East and Austr...  RefugeesFor Mike Siv, the trip begins innocently enough: "Me and my homies, David and Paul, we're going to C...  The New HeroesThe New Heroes, hosted by Robert Redford, is a four-hour PBS series that tells the stories of ‘socia...  Least Said, Soonest MendedThrough telling the story of my own family and that of my twin sister in particular, this film explo...  In The Company Of Actors“From a rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York, a company of actors reveals t...  An Evergreen IslandIn 1989 the landowners of Central Bougainville closed one of the world's largest copper mines that w...  HurtHURT is a docu-drama like no other. 250 young Australians from rural areas and small towns have been...  Raising ChildrenThe Raising Children DVD is a comprehensive parenting resource, covering all the basics from birth t...  Frank Hurley – the Man Who Made HistoryOne of the last great imperial adventurers, Frank Hurley captured some of the earliest images of the...  The Isabellas - The Long MarchOn New Year's Eve 1991, Chen Xing Liang landed in a wooden fishing boat - code named ISABELLA on the...  LegacyThis documentary follows one family, living in one of the oldest and most dangerous public housing p...  The Tenth DancerUnder the brutal regime of Pol Pot over ninety percent of Cambodia’s artists were killed, including ...  Losing LaylaLOSING LAYLA is a video diary documentary that bears witness to a loss that has often been unrecogni...  No Limits (series)No Limits is a community television show that looks at living life to the fullest with a disability....  Divorce StoriesAround 200,000 Australians marry every year. Over 43 per cent of these marriages will fail. This thr...  Vietnam NursesArriving in Saigon amidst the stifling heat and the overwhelming US military presence, six young Aus...  No Place To LiveThis film looks into the housing issues facing urban Chicago now and in the future and at the histor...  knot at homeNarratives, songs, stories, vignettes of memory ; images from young people and their families from a... |
> THE DOCUMENTARY AUSTRALIA FOUNDATIONFind guidelines and application forms to make or receive a grant, plus a list of documentaries on our Approved List for philanthropic support. > KEY CASE STUDIESA selection of documentaries that have been funded partly or entirely by private funding. They offer a model of potential collaborations around shared issues and themes. > PHILANTHROPY AUSTRALIAThe national body for Australian philanthropic trusts and foundations offers a comprehensive directory with links, networking opportunities, services and information to promote philanthropy. |
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