Up to ten production companies will have the opportunity to pitch their documentary and factual slate at the upcoming Australian International Documentary Conference.
'20 Days in Mariupol' director Mstyslav Chernov and composer Nainita Desai of 'The Deepest Breath' and '14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible' are the first international speakers confirmed for March's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
The creative team from last year's award-winning National Geographic documentary The Territory will headline next month's Regionality Cairns, which is presented by the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and Screen Queensland, in collaboration with Screenworks.
With only nine Australian feature docs making more than $100,000 at the box office last year, and none more than $350,000, the future of Australian documentary in cinemas went under the microscope at AIDC.
Philippa Bateman’s portrait of musicians Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, 'Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow', and Blackfella Films’ 'The Australian Wars' took home the top prizes at the Australian International Documentary Conference Awards.
How do you make documentary and factual content for social platforms that captures and holds attention? How do you condense big topics into 60 seconds? Oh, and is there a business model for this sort of content? These questions were among the conversation at AIDC.
VicScreen has used this year's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) to unveil a new initiatie designed to support Victorian factual producers, writers, and directors in creating high-end documentary series.
"Volcanoes are such a perfect metaphor for love." Sara Dosa, the director of the Oscar-nominated 'Fire of Love' and AIDC keynote speaker, talks to IF.