Exclusive: Two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda has signed on as an executive producer of Norita ahead of the film’s world premiere June 25 at the Dances With Films festival in Hollywood.
The documentary tells the extraordinary story of Nora “Norita” Cortiñas who helped found a movement of Argentinian mothers in the 1970s whose children had been “disappeared” by the country’s right-wing military regime. Cortiñas and other women began protesting against the government in a square in Buenos Aires in April 1977, only a couple of weeks after Cortiñas’s son Carlos Gustavo was abducted and disappeared. They became known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
Norita Cortiñas (middle with glasses) leads the December 16, 1982 Marcha del Pueblo por la Democracia y la Reconstrucción Nacional.
What happened to Gustavo was never determined; he, like thousands of others snatched by Argentina’s dictatorship, would forever remain “desaparecidos.” Despite her grief, Cortiñas...
The documentary tells the extraordinary story of Nora “Norita” Cortiñas who helped found a movement of Argentinian mothers in the 1970s whose children had been “disappeared” by the country’s right-wing military regime. Cortiñas and other women began protesting against the government in a square in Buenos Aires in April 1977, only a couple of weeks after Cortiñas’s son Carlos Gustavo was abducted and disappeared. They became known as the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.
Norita Cortiñas (middle with glasses) leads the December 16, 1982 Marcha del Pueblo por la Democracia y la Reconstrucción Nacional.
What happened to Gustavo was never determined; he, like thousands of others snatched by Argentina’s dictatorship, would forever remain “desaparecidos.” Despite her grief, Cortiñas...
- 6/5/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The projects and participants for the second New Perspectives Pitch Lab have been unveiled, with sessions for the training initiative to commence this week.
Developed through the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs), Doc Society, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), in partnership with Screen Nsw, the program consists of seven online coaching workshops and an online pitch event. Mentors include global director of Good Pitch at Doc Society, Malinda Wink, and Screen Nsw investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
The selected projects for this year are feature documentaries Wave Riding: The Ancient Sport of Oceania, Queen to Councillor, Joy, and Catching Crooks, as well as documentary series Our Country.
The five teams will develop their project pitch in group and individual sessions before pitching to an industry panel for feedback. From there, one set of creatives will be selected for pitching opportunities at Aidc 2022. The training is designed to...
Developed through the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs), Doc Society, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc), in partnership with Screen Nsw, the program consists of seven online coaching workshops and an online pitch event. Mentors include global director of Good Pitch at Doc Society, Malinda Wink, and Screen Nsw investment manager Andrea Ulbrick.
The selected projects for this year are feature documentaries Wave Riding: The Ancient Sport of Oceania, Queen to Councillor, Joy, and Catching Crooks, as well as documentary series Our Country.
The five teams will develop their project pitch in group and individual sessions before pitching to an industry panel for feedback. From there, one set of creatives will be selected for pitching opportunities at Aidc 2022. The training is designed to...
- 11/22/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Three documentary projects that participated in 2020’s New Perspectives Pitch Lab, hosted by Aftrs, Doc Society, Aidc and Screen Nsw, will receive philanthropic development and production grants via the MaiTri Foundation’s Story Program.
They include films Norita and The Valley and podcast Gay Graves, each to receive a $10,000 grant via the UK-based foundation. The story program aims to help the projects build support and further their development ready for the Australian and international marketplace.
Doc Society’s global director of Good Pitch, Malinda Wink said: “Doc Society is proud to be working in partnership with MaiTri Foundation’s Story Program to support new voices in Australian documentary and podcast storytelling. We are grateful for their generosity, and extend our congratulations to each of the recipients.”
Jayson McNamara’s Norita, which won the 2020 pitch, is set in Argentina, and tracks the transformation of Nora Cortiñas, following the kidnapping of her...
They include films Norita and The Valley and podcast Gay Graves, each to receive a $10,000 grant via the UK-based foundation. The story program aims to help the projects build support and further their development ready for the Australian and international marketplace.
Doc Society’s global director of Good Pitch, Malinda Wink said: “Doc Society is proud to be working in partnership with MaiTri Foundation’s Story Program to support new voices in Australian documentary and podcast storytelling. We are grateful for their generosity, and extend our congratulations to each of the recipients.”
Jayson McNamara’s Norita, which won the 2020 pitch, is set in Argentina, and tracks the transformation of Nora Cortiñas, following the kidnapping of her...
- 9/17/2021
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A feature documentary tracing the journey of a celebrated Argentine activist has won the Australian Film Television and Radio School (Aftrs), Doc Society, the Australian International Documentary Conference (Aidc) and Screen Nsw’s inaugural New Perspectives Pitch Lab.
Jayson McNamara’s Norita was selected amidst a group of six projects for the pitch training initiative, which is designed to support non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production.
Set in Argentina, the documentary tracks the transformation of Nora Cortiñas, following the kidnapping of her son by Argentina’s dictatorship in 1977.
During her 40 year search for him, Nora goes from a conservative housewife to a trailblazing activist and celebrated icon, inspiring a new generation to fight for their democracy.
In announcing their decision, the judging panel said it was “highly impressed” with the Norita team’s powerful pitch.
“Drawing on his incredible access to captivating contributors, the director...
Jayson McNamara’s Norita was selected amidst a group of six projects for the pitch training initiative, which is designed to support non-fiction talent with a social impact project in development or production.
Set in Argentina, the documentary tracks the transformation of Nora Cortiñas, following the kidnapping of her son by Argentina’s dictatorship in 1977.
During her 40 year search for him, Nora goes from a conservative housewife to a trailblazing activist and celebrated icon, inspiring a new generation to fight for their democracy.
In announcing their decision, the judging panel said it was “highly impressed” with the Norita team’s powerful pitch.
“Drawing on his incredible access to captivating contributors, the director...
- 12/10/2020
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
Aftrs, Doc Society, Aidc and Screen Nsw have announced the social impact projects selected for the inaugural New Perspectives Pitch Lab.
The program consists of five coaching and development sessions and an online pitch event with mentors, including Malinda Wink, global director of Doc Society’s Good Pitch and Screen Nsw investment manager Andrea Ulbrick. The sessions begin this week.
The focus on the pitch training is to support participants to develop strategies and pathways for non-traditional access to audience and finance for projects that have potential for an impact campaign.
The initiative was open to projects from across the non-fiction landscape, and encouraged “projects that offered a rare insight into the under-represented and overlooked; stories from those who see more than what’s shown in the common zeitgeist; stories that break barriers and explore nuance over polarity.”
One team will go on to be selected for pitching opportunities at...
The program consists of five coaching and development sessions and an online pitch event with mentors, including Malinda Wink, global director of Doc Society’s Good Pitch and Screen Nsw investment manager Andrea Ulbrick. The sessions begin this week.
The focus on the pitch training is to support participants to develop strategies and pathways for non-traditional access to audience and finance for projects that have potential for an impact campaign.
The initiative was open to projects from across the non-fiction landscape, and encouraged “projects that offered a rare insight into the under-represented and overlooked; stories from those who see more than what’s shown in the common zeitgeist; stories that break barriers and explore nuance over polarity.”
One team will go on to be selected for pitching opportunities at...
- 11/18/2020
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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