Interactive project about the plight of the Holmes family is in official selection at Sheffield's Doc/Fest
Firestorm, the Guardian's groundbreaking multimedia project about a catastrophic bushfire that devastated the small Tasmanian town of Dunalley, has been selected for competition at the prestigious Sheffield documentary festival, Doc/Fest, which runs next week.
The Guardian's half-hour, online experience, which blends longform writing, video documentary, audio material and interactive elements, will be a permanent installation at the event, one of the world's top three documentary festivals, and is also in official competition for its Innovation Award.
Produced to coincide with the launch of Guardian Australia, Firestorm was inspired by the now iconic photos taken by Tim Holmes of his wife Tammy and five grandchildren sheltering under a jetty from the flames that destroyed their home.
Telling the story of the family and the town that day, as well as exploring why such disastrous fires happen and how,...
Firestorm, the Guardian's groundbreaking multimedia project about a catastrophic bushfire that devastated the small Tasmanian town of Dunalley, has been selected for competition at the prestigious Sheffield documentary festival, Doc/Fest, which runs next week.
The Guardian's half-hour, online experience, which blends longform writing, video documentary, audio material and interactive elements, will be a permanent installation at the event, one of the world's top three documentary festivals, and is also in official competition for its Innovation Award.
Produced to coincide with the launch of Guardian Australia, Firestorm was inspired by the now iconic photos taken by Tim Holmes of his wife Tammy and five grandchildren sheltering under a jetty from the flames that destroyed their home.
Telling the story of the family and the town that day, as well as exploring why such disastrous fires happen and how,...
- 6/5/2013
- by Jon Henley
- The Guardian - Film News
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