VICE, Screen Australia, and the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) have selected four finalists for the $50,000 documentary funding initiative, Pitch Australiana.
The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) is calling for applications its its early career mentorship program, ACCESS@AIDC, to be held during the conference next March.
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.
Ahead of his spotlight session at next month's Australian International Documentary Conference, Mstyslav Chernov, director of the Oscar-nominated '20 Days in Mariupol', talks to IF about working in a conflict zone, and the differences between news and documentary storytelling, both in terms of craft and impact on the audience.
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.
The 14th Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) will be held in Adelaide in February next year, while early bird rego has been extended til December 22.
MeetMarket is now open for submissions for presentation at the 2012 Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
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.