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The Roaring Forties and modern Mansfield

The Roaring Forties and modern Mansfield

This spring in the Australian Mediatheque, we look at the contrasts of the 1940s, from war to high fashion, and take a trip to modern country Victoria.

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A community comes together

A community comes together

‘ACMI in the Regions’ travels to Mansfield shire to film nine documentaries in three towns in seven days.

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Factual fiction

Factual fiction

How does your community relate to where you live and work? This question is asked by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawler (aka Desperate Optimists) in their ongoing film project, Civic Life, as they step into the public spaces of once little-known communities.

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ACMI goes bush: Filming in the Indigo Shire

ACMI goes bush: Filming in the Indigo Shire

David Withers recounts the ACMI Public Programs posse’s recent trip to Beechworth, Rutherglen and Yackandandah. 

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Banksy and the currency of documentary

Banksy and the currency of documentary

Banky’s Exit Through the Gift Shop illustrates the importance of environment to the success of a film. But is the speed of modern communications in conflict with the length of time it takes a film to reach the screen, making the issue-based documentary less relevant? Richard Sowada ponders…

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Filming in Moyne Shire

Filming in Moyne Shire

The crew from the ACMI In the Regions project recently visited the towns of Caramut, Port Fairy and Yambuk in Moyne Shire, south western Victoria. When we could get them off the Yambuk Slide, they filed this report.

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