DOC SOCIETY & AIDC REVEAL SEVEN PROJECTS SELECTED FOR ART & IMPACT FELLOWSHIP AUSTRALIA
INCLUDING MIXED MEDIA PROJECTS AND FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
Seven documentary projects have been selected for the second Art & Impact Fellowship Australia run by Doc Society in partnership with AIDC, including three projects that featured in AIDC 2022’s FACTory International Pitching Showcase.
Working at the intersection of storytelling and impact, the selected project teams will join the global Doc Society team for a year-long creative mentorship and impact strategy fellowship starting 19 September 2022.
THE PROJECT TEAMS
Campesinos (AIDC 2022 FACTory New Talent Showcase)
Directed by Matias Bolla
Produced by Carolina Sorensen
Solastalgia (AIDC 2022 FACTory Central Showcase)
Directed by Yaara Bou Melhem
Produced by Ivan O’Mahoney
MATIAS BOLLA
YAARA BOU MELHEM
Guardians of the River (AIDC 2022 FACTory Central Showcase)
Directed by Veialu Aila-Unsworth & Lachlan McLeod
Produced by Kerry Warkia & David Elliot-Jones
Impact Producer Naomi Ball
VEIALU AILA-UNSWORTH
LACHLAN MCLEOD
Tommy Tanna
Directed by Ash Gibb
Produced by Peta Ayers
KillJoy
Directed by Vincent Lamberti
Produced by Lisa Albert
ASH GIBB
VINCENT LAMBERTI
Descendants
Directed by Genevieve Grieves & Josef Jakamarra Egger
Produced by Kieran Satour & Andrea Distefano
Associate Producer by Maya Ghattas
GENEVIEVE GRIEVES
JOSEF JAKAMARRA EGGER
Wave Riders
Directed by Dinah Lewis Boucher
Produced by Eliorah Malifa
DINAH LEWIS BOUCHER
Supported by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Funding Program, the Art & Impact Fellowship aims to strengthen the storytelling and impact work of diverse voices and advance crucial stories from across Australia and connect them globally.
The program provides opportunities for storytellers to refine their projects creatively, design their bespoke impact strategy, develop their pitches toward building radical collaborations, and launch their films within a longstanding supportive network.
The Art & Impact Fellowship entails three training labs, attendance at the next AIDC in March 2023, and links the film teams up with the global Doc Society programs and filmmaking networks.
Doc Society’s Global Director of Good Pitch, Malinda Wink, said, “Congratulations to each of the teams selected for this year’s Fellowship. Across the year we look forward to sharing the insight, networks and connections of our global Doc Society team to vault the storytelling and impact ambitions of these projects”.
Director of Australian Programs at Doc Society, Hollie Fifer, said, “We are thrilled to run the Art & Impact Fellowship again this year with a cohort of storytellers who are dedicated to telling the untold story of both Australia and the region. It is the creative ambition and bold impact plans of these projects that have inspired us and now the work begins to connect them globally.”
CEO / Creative Director of AIDC, Natasha Gadd, said, “AIDC is honoured to collaborate with Doc Society to support such an inspiring and diverse line-up of storytellers for this year’s Art & Impact Fellowship. We can’t wait to track the development of these bold new projects and their impact campaigns under this invaluable initiative”.
For more information about the Art & Impact Fellowship, visit the Doc Society website.
Main Image: (L-R) Guardians of the River, Campesinos, Solastalgia