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Prof Chris Rapley CBE may not be a name you’re familiar with, but he provided expert support to Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore in the UK. In this exclusive event, we heard from Chris as he presented the film An Inconvenient Truth and looked at new data which ... Continue Reading »

How long do you spend watching TV, reading stories in books or newspapers, listening to your friends spin everyday experiences into an entertaining tale? We are all natural storytellers, and we all like listening to them. Since ancient times we have used stories to teach lessons and record ... Continue Reading »

From marine biologist to filmmaker, Dr Randy Olson is the self-proclaimed antidote to “narcoleptic nature documentaries”. In anticipation of his May visit to Adelaide, RiAus invites you to join us for a special screening of Dr Olson’s clever and humorous documentary that asks the question, “Who are the real dodos?” ... Continue Reading »

This documentary follows the amazing journey of a group of students during their first year of medical school. Set at the University of Otago in New Zealand, the film documents the students' first encounters with cadavers and human dissection.

Frank Fenner's scientific achievements changed the world forever. Born in Ballarat and raised in Adelaide, the pioneer of human and animal virology was responsible for the eradication of smallpox. Frank's life has been captured in a documentary, most of which was shot locally. The film is set to make its world premiere at ... Continue Reading »

Frank Fenner was one of Australia’s greatest scientists. In a career spanning over sixty years, he helped save Australia’s troops from Malaria in World War II and was a leading figure in the global campaign which eradicated smallpox. He saved the lives of millions, yet his own life ... Continue Reading »

As the head of Specialist Factual at ScreenWorld in 2009 and then Beyond Screen Production Pty Ltd in 2010, Mark Hamlyn has overseen a diverse range of factual/documentary productions.  This has included the three-part docudrama Darwin’s Brave New World a ScreenWorld/Ferns international co-production, the 3 part Logie winning documentary series ... Continue Reading »

Dr Markus Schmidt has an educational background in electronic engineering, biology and environmental risk assessment. For almost 10 years now he has carried out environmental risk assessment, safety and public perception studies in a number of science and technology fields (GM crops, gene therapy, nanotechnology, converging technologies, and ... Continue Reading »

After completing a PhD in Reproductive Biology at the University of Adelaide, Steve escaped the laboratory and found a new life in the wonderful world of media and entertainment. After an industry initiation at 20thCentury Fox, he then helped establish Occidental Films and has since gained experience writing, directing and ... Continue Reading »

Sonya Pemberton is one of Australia's leading documentary writers, directors and executive producers. She has written and directed more than 45 hours of television, specialising in science documentaries for an international market. Her films have won more than 30 awards and she has been honoured ... Continue Reading »

Born: 1964, Somerset, UK Simon Singh was educated at Imperial College London, where he studied physics, and obtained a PhD degree in particle physics from Cambridge University and CERN, Geneva. In 1990 he joined the BBC's Science and Features Department, where he was a producer and director working ... Continue Reading »

Ian Walker has dedicated his film-making career to making the "ordinary" extra-ordinary and the "real" surreal, a genre he describes as "magic realist" documentary. He can give a serious twist to light-hearted subject - and, with serious topics, adds intelligent humour and stylish visuals. He is the principal of the ... Continue Reading »

SBS will tomorrow launch one of its most significant multi-platform projects to date with a series of TV, radio, online and public events built around the five-part science broadcast Secrets of the Human Body. The five Australian-made documentaries will air on SBS One at 8.30pm on consecutive Sunday nights from ... Continue Reading »