The message of Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason’s keynote address to the Australian International Documentary Conference was simple: adapt or die.
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’.
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.
With a charter focused on multiculturalism and diversity, SBS's commissioning editors naturally receive many documentary and factual pitches focused on social issues like immigration, identity and the refugee crisis. But to stand out, producers are urged to be creative in the form in which they look to tell those stories.
‘The Bowraville Murders’. SBS has selected to fund three productions as part of its Australia Uncovered partnership with the Documentary...
'At The Coalface', 'This Is Reality' and 'Give Us Green, Darling!' are the three winners of the Screen Australia and Al Jazeera English Witness pitching competition, held at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) in Melbourne earlier this week.
Registration is now open for Australia’s foremost event for the documentary and factual industry, returning in 2022 as a hybrid event with in-person sessions at ACMI, Melbourne and livestreamed via the AIDC Online Platform.
The Australian International Documentary Conference has unveiled new sessions, rounding out the program for AIDC 2016.