Sam Lara and Cathy Henkel's documentary 'Laura's Choice' has taken home both the Doc Edge Pitch Prize and the inaugural Hot Docs Prize from last week's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne.
The AIDC's annual documentary and factual conference - the only one of its kind in Australia - will have a new director and, potentially, a new home in 2016.
AIDC's 2015 event, NET-WORK-PLAY, will be the last for Executive Director Joost den Hartog.
Two projects have been announced as joint winners of the New Perspectives Pitch Lab, with the teams from feature documentary Joy and First Nations-led documentary series Our Country to participate in pitching opportunities at the 2022 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.
When preparing this year’s AIDC, conference director and CEO Alice Burgin thought it was appropriate to turn the focus to how the Australian documentary and factual sector fits in internationally: the theme for 2019 is ‘The Bigger Picture’.
Naked Television managing director and AIDC keynote speaker Fatima Salaria discusses bringing "edginess, disruption and inquisitiveness" to docuseries.
Matthew Walker's portrait of enigmatic country music performer, Wanita Bahtiyar, took out Best Feature Documentary at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) Awards on Wednesday.