The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Google News Initiative have launched a $40,000 pitching initiative designed to bring non-fiction storytellers and journalists together with technologists and data visualisation experts to create new work.
The winner of the inaugural Pitch Australiana competition and $50,000 commission (announced at this year’s AIDC), 'Shooting Cats' is released across VICE’s digital channels, and will be broadcast on SBS VICELAND at a later date.
Create NSW, BBC Studios Australia and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have partnered to offer a mid-career documentary producer/director a six-month placement with the BBC Studios documentary team in the UK.
SBS is inviting pitches of one-hour observational documentaries for the fifth season of Untold Australia, which unearths some of the most fascinating and unreported stories from Australia’s diverse communities.
Sara Ramsden has prided herself throughout her career on commissioning factual and documentary projects on important topics – like female genital mutilation, terminal illness and porn abuse – but with a tabloid twist.
ABC Arts and Screen Australia have joined forces once again to run a third instalment of short-form documentary initiative Art Bites, designed to support early career filmmakers.
Filmmaker Curtis Levy, whose credits include 'The Matilda Candidate', 'The President Versus David Hicks', 'Hephzibah', 'High Noon in Jakarta' and 'Breakout', will receive the Stanley Hawes Award at next week’s AIDC.
In her new role, Burgin is keen to maintain the standard that has come to be expected of AIDC. However, she also believes there more that can be done to increase business outcomes for delegates.