What’s On – Disaster Artist + Mike Rubbo + AIDC + pre-Xmas releases

Disaster Artist is a treat for screen people, who will also be charmed by Mike Rubbo's book and videos. Meanwhile, the AIDC is banging out the conference bait.
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Image: The great Mike Rubbo makes a dog video.

Mike Rubbo had an extraordinary career in documentary. Born in Melbourne, he was employed by the National Film Board of Canada  in 1965 where he made classics like Sad Song of Yellow Skin, Waiting for Fidel, Solzhenitsyn’s Children are Alive and Making a Lot of Noise in Paris, and Daisy: Diary of a Facelift. You can download many of these films from the National Film Board of Canada for a fiver a pop. Note that none of them are longer than an hour. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.