The Australian International Documentary Conference is calling for entries to The Impact Strategy Hack Competition and The Stanley Hawes Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Documentary Sector.
Winners will join the first keynote speakers:The Jinx filmmakers, Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier, for AIDC 2016, which takes place at ACMI Melbourne, February 28 to March 2.
The Impact Strategy Hack Competition is the centrepiece of AIDC 2016’s Impact Producing strand, which is devoted to finding lasting ways for documentary media to generate strategic and innovative social change.
AIDC 2016 dedicates an entire afternoon to providing two selected films a pathway towards a solid campaign strategy.
The two winning films will be “hacked” on the day, with a focus on maximum impact.
Expert hackers confirmed to attend include Jennifer MacArthur (Borderline Media/Impact Producers Group, New York), Sam Griffin (Screen Australia), Mitzi Goldman (Documentary Australia Foundation), Alex Kelly (Impact Producer on This Changes Everything) Malinda Wink (Good Pitch2 Australia), and Anna Kaplan (Impact Producer on That Sugar Film[pictured] and the Academy Award-shortlistedThe Hunting Ground).
Filmmakers and budding impact producers can submit entries for the Impact Strategy Hack Competition until December 31. Full entry details are available on the AIDC website.
Nominations are also sought for the 2016 Stanley Hawes Award, which is presented annually at AIDC to a person or organisation whohas made an outstanding contribution to the documentary sector in Australia.
The $5,000 award was established in 1997 to honour Stanley Hawes as first producer-in-chief of the Australian National Film Board and Commonwealth Film Unit.
Past recipients include Pauline Clague, Chris Hilton, Rachel Perkins and Tom Zubrycki. The nominee may be a producer, director, editor, cinematographer, sound recordist, facilitator, educator, broadcaster or distributor. Nominations (in the form of a written statement, 200 words max).