ipso-facto Productions programs receive critical acclaim and have screened at over 150 international film festivals

- While transcending cultural barriers to inform and entertain audiences around the globe

In the Shadow of the Palms - Iraq

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Some Festivals & Press Clippings

“Aussie documaker Wayne Coles-Janess has crafted an affecting look at ordinary citizens responding to extraordinary circumstance."
Richard Kuipers – Variety Magazine

“An intimate documentary on the impact of war on Iraqis reveals telling insights”
Larry Schwartz - The Age

“Amazing pictures, which show a dramatic and personal view of life inside Baghdad as the bombs and missiles rained down”
Charles Wooley - 60 Minutes

Awards List

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival – Audience Award

Bangkok International Film Festival – Honourable Mention

Tiburon International Film Festival - Golden Reel Award  - Best Documentary

Inside Film Awards – The Glenfiddich Independent Spirit Award

Inside Film Awards – Best Feature Documentary nomination

Anchorage International Film Festival - Best Documentary

Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival – Best Documentary

Cine India International Film Festival – Special Mention

Mexico International Film Festival - Best Documentary

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26 International relations film festival - Wellesley College in Boston - Massachusetts

27 Ankara International Film Festival (16-26 March 2006)

28 It's all True Film Festival - Brazil (25 March-2 April 2006)

29 DocuFest - Atlanta (25-29 August 2005)

30 Winnipeg International Film Festival - Canada (June 8-11 2006)

31 Anchorage Film Festival - Alaska (Dec 1-10 2006)

32 Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival (21 Sept- 5 Oct 2006)

33. Rhode Island International Film Festival (8-13 August 2006)

34. Kansas International Film Festival

35. Australian International Film Festival

36. Hot Springs International Film Festival

37. 1001 Istanbul International Documentary Film Festival

38. International festival of Audiovisual programs

39. Bogotá Film Festival - Festival de cine Bogotá - Colombia

40. Associação Cultural Videobrasil

41. Anchorage International Film Festival - Best Documentary

42. Hyderabad International Film Festival (March 2007)

43. Cine India International Film Festival (March 2007)

44. Mexico International Film Festival 2007

45. The Golden Apricot International Film Festival 2007

46. Tri-Continental Film Festival 2007

46. DOCSDF - 2nd International Film Festival of Mexico City


London Australian Film Festival - (Traveling Film Festival) - April-June 2006


1 Dublin Australian Film Festival

2 Commonwealth Film Festival

3 Australian Film Festival Sheffield

4 Edinburgh Australian Film Festival

5 Cambridge Australian Film Festival

6 Mold (Wales) Australian Film Festival

7 Belfast Australian Film Festival

Bougainville - "Our Island, Our Fight"

Press Clippings

"A powerful film about the ongoing civil war."
The Bulletin - Tom Gilling

"Wayne Coles-Janess takes the viewers into the world of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army."
The Sydney Morning Herald - David Jenkins

"a powerful image of a war,"
The Canberra Times - Karen Hobson

"Eye opening doco,"
The Herald-Sun - Sydney

"Wayne Coles-Janess has produced a telling expose"
The Courier Mail Brisbane

"Watch this documentary for disturbing cultural, political and personal perspectives"
Ariel Magazine

Awards List

Winner "Gold Award"- The 32nd Houston International Film Festival
-USA

Winner "Gold Documentary"- The Flagstaff International Film Festival
- USA

Winner "Best Achievement in a Video Production" - St. Kilda Film Festival
- AUSTRALIA

Winner "Golden Plaque, Video documentary"- The Chicago International Film Festival
-USA

Winner "Best Documentary"- The Bathurst Film Festival
- AUSTRALIA

Winner "Best Documentary"- New York Independent Film and Video Festival
-USA

Winner "People's Choice"- The Best of Bathurst 98'
- AUSTRALIA

Official Selection - Taiwan International Documentary Festival
- TAIWAN

Official Selection - Elektrozine Ibiza 99
-SPAIN

Official Selection - Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival
- TURKEY

Selected "Wild Spaces"- The Sydney International Environmental Film Festival
- AUSTRALIA

Official Selection - The Hawaiian 19th International Film Festival
-USA

Festival List

Banff Television Festival
-CANADA

Official Selection - South Pacific Peoples Foundation
- CANADA

Official Selection - Festival Internacional De Cinema
-BRAZIL

The Rhode Island International Film festival
-USA

Zanzibar International Film Festival
-TANZANIA

Festival International Du Film de Kelibia
-TUNISIA

The 10th One World Film Festival
- CANADA

John Hopkins Film Festival
-USA

The Kansas City Film Festival
-USA

On the Border of Hopetown

"Direction and acting skills shine in this movie. - Your attention is grabbed by the real life "everyday" experiences of people passing through."

- Juror Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco International Film Festival.

Awards List

AFI Finalist (Exhibited Nationally) Australian Film Institute Awards
-AUSTRALIA

Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco International Film Festival
-USA

"Official Selection"- Elektrozine Ibiza 99
-SPAIN

"Diploma D'Honneur" - FIFREC Nime
- FRANCE

"Operas Primas" Santafe de Bogota International Film Festival -
- COLUMBIA

Melbourne International Festival
-AUSTRALIA

"Official Selection" - St Kilda Film Festival
-AUSTRALIA

Australian Society of Cinematographers
-AUSTRALIA

"Official Selection" - 41st International Film Festival Mannheim
- Germany

"Official Selection" 40th Columbus International Film and Video Festival
-USA

"Official Selection" - Festival de Cine de Huesca
-SPAIN

FilmVideo 43rd Mostra Internazionale di Montecatini Terme
-ITALY

Festival List

Hamadan International Short Film Festival
-IRAN

32nd World Festival of Short Films
- BELGIUM

Bathurst Film Festival
- AUSTRALIA

8th International Short Film Market Clermont-Ferrand
- FRANCE

International Festival of Documentary and Short Films of Bilbao
-SPAIN

"Operas Primas" - Santafe de Bogota International Film Festival
- SOUTH AMERICA

8th Calcutta International Film Festival
- INDIA

"INTERNATIONAL SELECTION" - Antalya Golden Orange International Film Festival
- TURKEY

Festival International du Jeune Cinema
-MONTREAL

The Rhode Island International Film festival
-USA

New York Independent Film and Video Festival
-USA

Life at the End of the Rainbow