…fast-paced, utterly gripping and highly energetic…
Trailer: Fight to Live
Tom Haramis directs this doco about former UFC and Bare Knuckle champion ‘Rowdy’ Bec Rawlings, uncovering her history with domestic violence, despite being one of the toughest around herself.
Box Office Report: 7 – 10 March 2024
You only live once, right?! Sony’s last minute release YOLO, a Chinese comedic drama, smashed the screen average this weekend. Speaking of, included here is the top 21, to illustrate the impressive growing gross and deceptive screen average for indie Australian doco The Trust Fall, which has capitalised on Julian Assange topicality and galvanised the fist-pumping keyboard warriors (and detractors) for a $1k+ screen average despite a max of 3 screenings at participating cinemas – when Dune is playing 10+ times/day in most cinemas, that’s quite the achievement. Apart from that, new releases Cabrini (from the makers of Sound of Freedom, who couldn’t make lightning strike twice) and How to Have Sex both disappointed, coming in at #23 and #34 respectively.
Trailer: STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Morgan Neville (20 Feet From Stardom, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?) directs this tribute to beloved funnyman Steve Martin.
The disruption of AI and why Streamers Need to Go for Quality
With the Australian International Documentary Conference [AIDC] set to kick off today at ACMI in Melbourne, some of the hot-button issues which will be discussed include the rise of AI, streaming quotas and what they will mean for the film industry. And there’s no better person to discuss these issues than Franklin producer Chris Kamen.
The Berlin Film Festival Report
Where a 68-minute documentary won the Golden Bear.
Born at Home
… an informative doco that raises interesting questions, particularly about the health system and what really is best for families. It’s also, at times, beautiful and emotional when showing the women give birth.
AIDC: From the Frontlines with Natasha Gadd
The AIDC CEO and Creative Director on documentary trends, the need for streaming quotas in Australia and what to expect at the 2024 Australian International Documentary Conference.
The Devil Wears Patricia Field
With documentary Happy Clothes and book Pat in the City: My Life of Fashion, Style, and Breaking All the Rules released to coincide with her 80th birthday, famed costumer Patricia Field (Sex and the City, Emily in Paris) is having a(nother) moment.
Four Daughters
… extraordinary and compelling …