CAAMA Productions is calling for Indigenous filmmakers to submit ideas for the next series of Nganampa Anwernekenhe documentaries. The series preserves Indigenous language and culture and is broadcast on Imparja TV.
Nganampa Anwernekenhe programs focus on cultural maintenance through art, music, stories and dance. The duration of each program is 21-23 minutes (complete) and they are broadcast in a commercial half-hour timeslot. The majority of the Nganampa series are told in language with English subtitles, must have a strong story and a demonstrated need to be captured for preservation and cultural maintenance purposes. If language does not exist, English alternatives are possible.
The stories chosen for production should be engaging for a wide mainstream audience, visually compelling and contain a soundtrack with appropriate music and FX. The CAAMA Producer/Production Manager will manage the production, and organize facilities, crew and production arrangements, in consultation with directors.
Selected stories will be owned by CAAMA Productions and considered for distribution through Ronin Films. They may also be on sold to Message Stick on the ABC, which often chooses appropriate titles for their own broadcast.
Many past stories have been proposed by Indigenous filmmakers from the Northern Territory, but we are always open to proposals which feature Indigenous creative talent and subject matter from other parts of the country, as long as culture and where possible, language, remain central to these stories.
Please send your proposals in the form of:
• one-page outline, providing details of story, language, community, storytellers/talent and location;
• one-page director’s statement and sense of treatment;
• proposed schedule;
• writer-director CV and contact details
Send by email to: productions@caama.com.au by June 29th, 2009
For further information, contact CAAMA Productions on Tel: 08-8951 9750
We look forward to producing an exciting new series in 2009-2010, so please send your ideas to us for consideration, and circulate this message through your networks.
