News Corp’s WHIMN network and Screen Australia launch second Doco180 series
Screen Australia and News Digital Networks Australia’s whimn.com.au have announced the second series of Doco180 documentaries which aims to force viewers to ‘do a 180’ on topics important to Australian women.
The series of 180-second documentaries was launched in 2017 as one of Screen Australia’s partnerships with publishers including Google, the SBS and Mamamia.
“This is our first foray into what we really want to continue with this brand which is creating really unique, fresh, raw, honest content that tells women’s stories and I think these docos are going to do that,” WHIMN’s executive editor Melissa Overman told Mumbrella about the first series last year.
“It also gives these emerging filmmakers a platform, which is also something we want to be known for, giving female talent a platform to share their expertise.”
Melissa Shedden, editor of whimn.com.au, said of the latest series: “We were hugely impressed by the insightful and compelling pitches from this year’s Doco180 entrants, which made it hard to select the final recipients.
“We’re very proud to be able to offer these talented female storytellers the chance to share these important issues with the whimn.com.au audience. Based on the success of Doco180 in 2017 achieving over 1.8m views across the series we’re keen to see what 2018 has in store.”
The Doco 180 season two documentary makers are:
Each team will receive $6,000 to fund their project.
The Doco180 projects will be hosted on whimn.com.au and its social channels exclusively for 12 months from October 2018.