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’.
The National Geographic Channel AIDC Keynote Address 2011 will be delivered by pioneer oceanographer and explorer, David Gallo.
There is confidence within the documentary sector that its concerns about the genre's omission from last year's streaming regulation models have been heard ahead of the legislation's introduction to parliament.
From streaming to virtual reality, what AIDC CEO and creative director Natasha Gadd sees in the documentary space right now is a wealth of new opportunity. She runs IF through the sessions and market program for this year's hybrid March event.
"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.
The changing screen landscape means broadcasters are looking for creative ways to draw audiences to factual content, and looking for bold “cut through†commissions that help build brand identity.
IF caught up with some of the key decision makers attending AIDC, including POV, BBC Storyville, ARTE France and Sundance Film Festival, to find out what they're looking for.
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.