Tagged with Documentary

Griffith filmmaker makes waves with debut doco

Alumni
Published AuthorLouise Crossen
A documentary about India’s first ice hockey team has helped Griffith Film School alumni Mithun Bajaj break into the Indian film industry and is making waves on the international festival circuit. Mithun’s debut documentary, Fighting on Ice, documents the trials and tribulations of India’s ice hockey team: think Cool Runnings on the Indian subcontinent. Mithun managed to […]

Strudel Sisters a top pick for Film Festival

Arts Education Law
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A documentary on two elderly sisters sharing the delicate art of making traditional Hungarian strudel and a deeply personal family story about their mother, has been named as a top pick by the director of the St Kilda Film Festival. Paul Harris said the short film was one of his two top picks for the […]

The Big Wet: Motorists trapped by floodwaters tell their life stories

Arts Education Law
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While travelling in Queensland shooting for a documentary project last week, two Griffith Film School graduates found themselves amidst thousands of motorists trapped in the middle of the Bruce Highway. Martin Ingle and David Ridley were totally stationary for almost eight hours as floodwaters rose and eventually receded late into the night. Stuck in the […]

Beaudesert: a small town with big stories

Griffith Film School
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The residents of Beaudesert have shared their most intimate stories – tales of love, sadness, family and belonging – on screen with award-winning filmmaker and Griffith Film School lecturer and alumnus Dr Peter Hegedus. The collaboration forms part of the Big Stories Small Towns initiative, an evolving multi-platform documentary project with the aim of connecting […]