Uploaded September 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this video series, we speak to six documentary makers at varying stages of their career and creative backgrounds, about the realities of making content in Australia.
Maya Donna Newell is a director/producer/editor with a strong focus on social justice. She has made award-winning short documentaries including Two (2009), which screened at AFI Docs, Slamdance and was the winner of AIDC emerging documentarist prize.
She directed Growin Up Gayby (2013) for ABC Opening Shot and Gayby Baby (2015), made with Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby screened at festivals internationally including Hotdocs, London BFI, Doc NYC and Doc Liepzig, was selected for GoodPitch² Australia 2014, broke cinema-on-demand records, was nominated for an ACCTA, an AWGIE and won an ATOM award. The film sparked a national debate after it was banned from being screened in Australian schools by then NSW Premier and was significant in the movement for marriage and adoption equality in Australia.
Her new doc feature, In My Blood It Runs, made with Closer Productions was selected for Good Pitch Australia, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and Music and Sound Labs. It premiered at Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, has been nominated for an ACCTA, a Walkley Award and Atom Award thus far and is due for Australian theatrical release with a priority on social impact in February 2020.
For more interviews and opportunities, head to Screen News: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-news
#KatePappas #Documentary #ScreenAustralia
In this video series, we speak to six documentary makers at varying stages of their career and creative backgrounds, about the realities of making content in Australia.
Maya Donna Newell is a director/producer/editor with a strong focus on social justice. She has made award-winning short documentaries including Two (2009), which screened at AFI Docs, Slamdance and was the winner of AIDC emerging documentarist prize.
She directed Growin Up Gayby (2013) for ABC Opening Shot and Gayby Baby (2015), made with Charlotte Mars. Gayby Baby screened at festivals internationally including Hotdocs, London BFI, Doc NYC and Doc Liepzig, was selected for GoodPitch² Australia 2014, broke cinema-on-demand records, was nominated for an ACCTA, an AWGIE and won an ATOM award. The film sparked a national debate after it was banned from being screened in Australian schools by then NSW Premier and was significant in the movement for marriage and adoption equality in Australia.
Her new doc feature, In My Blood It Runs, made with Closer Productions was selected for Good Pitch Australia, Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and Music and Sound Labs. It premiered at Hot Docs, AFI Docs, Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals, has been nominated for an ACCTA, a Walkley Award and Atom Award thus far and is due for Australian theatrical release with a priority on social impact in February 2020.
For more interviews and opportunities, head to Screen News: https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-news
#KatePappas #Documentary #ScreenAustralia
