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Documentary: Where Real Life and Cinematic Artifice Meet
2024

Documentary: Where Real Life and Cinematic Artifice Meet

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Guest in attendance.

Hear how the directors of three feature documentaries in AFF 2024 approached their subject and, in the process, learn about hummingbirds, the Nimbin Aquarius Festival, and making and using songs in films. Join panellists Sally Aitken (Every Little Thing), Shalom Almond (Songs Inside) and Wendy Champagne (Aquarius).

Runtime

75 Minutes

Documentary dances between real life and cinematic artifice and, to be successful, it must be compelling for audiences. Hear how the directors of three feature documentaries in the 2024 Adelaide Film Festival approached their subject and, in the process, learn about hummingbirds, the Nimbin Aquarius Festival, and making and using songs in films. Panellists include Sally Aitken (Every Little Thing), Shalom Almond (Songs Inside) and Wendy Champagne (Aquarius).

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Year

2024

Type

Talk

Program Strand

Free Events & Screen Conversations

Genre

Cinephile & Documentary

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Friday 25 Oct 2024

02:30 pm

Documentary: Where Real Life and Cinematic Artifice Meet

Screen Conversation

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