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MeetMarket selects 22 fresh Documentary Projects

Wednesday 14 January 2009

Screen Australia and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) today announced the documentary projects selected for the 4th annual MeetMarket.

Twenty-two unique and inspiring documentary projects have been selected to be presented to international and local buyers and commissioning executives attending MeetMarket at next month’s AIDC in Adelaide, 18 – 20 February 2009.

An international selection panel, made up of documentary specialists from Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, chose from more than 80 applications submitted from around Australia.

The selected projects are:

A Cycle of Hate

John Lewis, producer; Jeff Daniels, director/co-writer; Dennis K. Smith, co-writer.

Alzheimers, the Race to Find a Cure

John Moore, producer.

Blank Canvas

Tim Slade producer/director;
Joanna Buggy, producer.

Dr Sarmast’s Music School

Beth Frey, producer; Polly Watkins, director/writer

Eleven

Genevieve Bailey, producer/director.

Father Joe and the Bangkok Slaughterhouse

James Lingwood, producer/director/writer;
Mark Norfolk, producer/editor.

Forgotten Food

Abi Binning, producer; Troy Melville, director/writer.

Honeybee Blues

Susan MacKinnon, producer;
Anna Cater, producer; Stefan Moore, director/writer.

In a League of Their Own

Tony Collins, producer;
Stevan McGregor, director.

John Friedrich: Catch Me If You
Can

Philippe Charluet, producer/director/writer.

Memoirs of a Plague

Mitzi Goldman, producer;
Robert Nugent, director;
Dr Rachel Sanderson, writer.

Milgram’s 37

Kathryn Millard, producer/director/writer; Jenny Day, co-producer.

Moulin Rouge 2010

Mark Gould, director/co-producer/writer; Fabrice Esteve,
co-producer.

Outside Over There

Ian Walker, producer; Samantha rebillet, director; Alex Barry, associate producer.

Rapture of the Deep

Mariani Vermeend, co-producer/
co-writer/researcher; Michael Balson, director/co-writer/supervising editor; John Weiley, co-producer.

Rare Breed Rescue

Chris Hilton, producer; Randall Wood, producer/director.

Strange Birds in Paradise

Jamie Nicolai, producer; John Cherry, producer; Charlie Hill-Smith, director/writer.

The Diamond Divers

Ian Walker, producer;
Madeleine Hetherton, director.

The Search for Weng Weng

Veronica Fury, producer;
Brendan Young, co-director;
Andrew Leavold, co-director.

The Team that Never Played

Frances Green, producer;
Greg Appel, director; Tony Barrell, writer.

Whipped!

Marian Bartsch, producer;
Safina Uberoi, director.

Wildlife in the Hood

Tina Dalton, producer;
Susan McMillan, director/writer.

The MeetMarket is unique in using online pitches, including a film teaser, via an exclusive website for buyers to select meetings before arriving in Australia for the AIDC. The pre-scheduled meetings take place in a dedicated MeetMarket room at the AIDC, as well as special MeetMarket networking events.

General enquiries: Dale Fairbairn, MeetMarket office, Screen Australia meetmarket@screenaustralia.gov.au T: 02 8113 5980, toll free: 1800 213 099

Media enquiries: Victoria Buchan, The Lantern Group, victoria@lanterngroup.com.au
T: (02) 9383 4033    M: 0408 114 864

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