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Congratulations to followit, which is a finalist in teh Anthill Smart 100 Awards for innovative Australian companies.
followit is a live communication platform that delivers real-time property information to the public in a friendly Instagram-like feed. With this information, consumers can make better buying decisions.
Judging is currently underway – that will rank the Smart 100, from 1 to 100.
We often use the phrase “life’s too short” when we’re buying a slice of cake or paying for the most up to date smartphone. It’s a way of justifying things in our heads, but we never really give it much credence. The subjects of Legacy, Ian Davies and Scott Sullivan, know all too well the true meaning of that phrase. When we meet them in Tony Prescott’s documentary, they have both been diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND), a condition that attacks without prejudice, robbing the sufferer of their mobility before an inevitable death.
Wishing to spread awareness of the disease and Sullivan’s charity “MND And Me”, in 2013 they chose to cycle, in a specially designed tandem, across the whole east coast of Australia. What we witness over the next 80 minutes is two men facing their own mortality with a courage to be admired. This inspiring film also talks to the people – family and friends – whose lives have been touched by the duo. They are frank and open in the inevitability of the men’s lives, as well as the good that they are doing.
As they make their way across the coast, Legacy captures personal moments that can hint at the everyday struggle they go through. Scott, a loving husband and father of two, openly champions euthanasia as his preferred method to go when he considers himself too much of a burden to his family. Ian, a self-imposed loner, expresses regret at pushing away his ex-fiancée, realising that he did it more for himself than her. But the documentary never chooses to overplay these moments; this is not a pity parade. These men don’t want your sympathy; they want to keep their dignity. For ticket information go to https://tugg.com.au/legacy/
If there’s one thought Vashti Whitfield wants people to take away from documentary feature Be Here Now, it is that being healthy is more than simply looking the part.
The moving tribute to Vashti’s late actor partner, Andy, famous for playing the lead in Spartacus: Blood and Sand, is released this month and documents his intensive treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that ultimately took his life at the age of 39 in 2011.
The film shows Andy exploring alternative medicine treatments in India, as well as undergoing chemotherapy and radiation in Sydney.
It includes candid moments with Spartacus co-star Jai Courtney, who is godfather to the Whitfields’ children.
Be Here Now opens in Australia on May 23 and punters are encouraged to set up their own screenings through tugg.com.au.
In September 2011, hematologist Ian Davis was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, a progressive condition which ultimately leads to the wasting away of muscles and, eventually, death.
From diagnosis, the average lifespan is 27 months.
In 2013, at 34 years of age, Davis was facing the realisation his life-saving work at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre was coming to an end.
"It was around that time MND was starting to have a significant impact on my mobility," Davis told The Huffington Post Australia. "Though I was still working at the time, I knew I would soon either have to change duties or give up work altogether.
Sunrise speaks to the Aussie dad who has devoted his life to saving others and is now battling to save his own as documented in the film 'Legacy: A Ride to Conquer Motor Neurone Disease'. To host a screening head to: tugg.com.au/legacy
When Sasa Sestic asked two filmmakers to join him on his "bean-hunting" trips and make a bit of a film about coffee, none of them realised they would end up with a documentary about the biggest year in Canberra's coffee scene.
The film is being premiered in Canberra on May 18. Sestic hasn't seen it in its entirety yet but he's very keen to view it in his hometown, with his family and his team of ONA baristas and local coffee lovers.
"There's no one else I can thank more than the people of the Canberra for all these years," he says.
The Coffee Man premieres in Canberra on May 18 at Palace Electric. It also shows in Sydney on May 19, Perth on May 26 and Melbourne on May 29. See tugg.com.au/thecoffeeman
This beautifully crafted documentary is a companion piece to Neil Armfield’s Holding The Man, as it revisits the lives of Tim Conigrave and his lover, John Caleo. Where Armfield and playwright, Tommy Murphy, dramatised Conigrave’s seminal book, filmmakers, Nickolas Bird and Eleanor Sharpe, get Tim to tell his own story.
In 1993, a year before his death, Conigrave participated in a project for The National Library, which aimed to capture the thoughts and feelings of a vanishing generation – Australian gay men dying of HIV/AIDS. Utilising this recorded testimony, interviews with the couple’s friends, and astonishing archival footage, Bird and Sharpe build a vivid and compelling account of the boys’ lives. They chart a lot of what we already know from both book and film, but give a much greater depth and resonance to the events. From this perspective, Tim’s parents take on a more subtle tone than we’ve previously known, while priests at Xavier College are remembered fondly, enlightened even, in their treatment of the boys’ relationship. In all, Remembering The Man reveals a more open era.
A FILM that delves into the history of computing while highlighting leading women such as Ada Lovelace will be screened in Maroochydore by female-led firm The Creative Collective.
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap is a documentary film directed by Robin Hauser Reynolds.
It will be screened on Thursday, May 12 at Event Cinemas in Maroochydore and is open to the public, though tickets must be purchased in advance from online platform Tugg.
Showing how computer code can be a paintbrush of sorts for all kinds of creative endeavours is just one way a new documentary is hoping to inspire young women to take up computer science.
"The combination of art and tech is my favourite thing in the world," says Danielle Feinberg, director of photography at Pixar and star of the new documentary CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, a look at the lopsided nature of the tech industry and the increasing need for computer science graduates, particularly women.
CODE will be released nationally in cinemas via TUGG.com.au, from April 6.
'To feed the planet, you have to find the waste' Italian Chef Massimo Bottura on gathering together the world's best chefs and using leftovers and food waste to create banquets for the homeless. He talks to ABC NEWS BREAKFAST about his new movie to be released on TUGG later this year, Theatre of Life.
