AIDC 2010, It’s a Small World After All…


AIDC 2010 aims to connect Australia with the world and the world with Australia. The world is getting smaller and stories are getting bigger.

International co-production will take centre stage at the 2010 conference by building relationships and exploring common ground, sharing experiences and teaming up for business.

Always innovative, AIDC 2010 will throw a focus onto locative media technology through a program strand called Where? This strand will look at how GPS and mapping technologies will revolutionise the media.
 

AIDC 2010, It’s a Small World After All…


If you are involved in the factual content industry you simply can’t miss the Australian International Documentary Conference.

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  • Major Government Partner
  • Supporting Government Partners
  • Silver Sponsor
  • Bronze Sponsors
  • Media Supporters
  • Industry Supporters

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Registration Open

Registration includes entry to all sessions, keynote addresses, various marketplace opportunities, key social functions, and more, from 23-26 February 2010.

New this year, registration also includes complimentary membership to DocExchange – an online networking tool; the Screening Room – an online video viewing platform; and tickets to F4 – First Factual Films Festival.

Save $100 and register early - Early Bird Registration closes on 30 November 2009. To register now, click here.

Confirmed Guests

AIDC is pleased to announce the following confirmed guests:

Keynote Speakers:

 

  • Thom Beers, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer, Original Productions, USA
  • Paul Gibbs, Head of Programmes, BBC World News, UK 

 Session Speakers:

 

  • Claire Aguilar, Vice President of Programming, ITVS, USA
  • Nathalie Applewhite, Associate Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, USA
  • Murray Battle, Director of Independent Production and Presentation, Knowledge, Canada
  • Julie Campfield, Director of Development, ro*co films international, llc, USA
  • Anais Clanet, Head of Sales, WIDE Management - International Sales and Production, France
  • Pat Ferns, President/Executive Producer, Ferns Productions, Canada
  • Klara Grunning-Harris, VP/Commissioning Editor/International Acquisitions, Co-production & Fiction Executive, KUDOS Family - Film and Media Distribution, USA
  • Ian Jones, Documentary Broadcaster and Production Consultant, UK
  • John Lindsay, Vice President/ Head of National-International Productions, KETV-TV, USA
  • Christine Reisen, Senior Commissioning Editor, ARTE France
  • Charles Schuerhoff, Director of Acquisitions & Sales, PBS International, USA

The New Look Website

Take a moment to look through the new areas of our website including:

  • The Screening Room – View video content and submit to MeetMarket, Videotheque, Trailer Park.

  • DocExchange – meet other AIDC attendees online and begin conversations before the Conference in February.  Also including features to access the full Conference program, rsvp to social events and set up a personal calendar. 
     
  • F4 – the First Factual Films Festival, with documentary screenings over three evenings during AIDC. 

Stanley Hawes Award


The AIDC is calling for nominations for the prestigious AIDC Stanley Hawes Award for outstanding contribution to Australian documentary. This $5000 Award recognises practitioners for their body of work (encompassing all craft areas) and who have enhanced the value and awareness of documentary in Australia.

The nominated individual may be a producer, director, editor, cinematographer, sound recordist or any other practitioner in the field of Australian documentary.  For more information please click here.
 

[ITVS] International Funding Opportunity


ITVS International promotes the exchange of compelling documentary films between the United States and other nations, going beyond stereotypes and headline news.

ITVS International Call enables independent producers from outside the United States to create documentaries for U.S. television. Through the Call, storytellers from other countries introduce U.S. audiences to their global neighbours, opening a window into unfamiliar lives, experiences and perspectives from around the world. 

ITVS International Call seeks films in production or post-production phase and encourages independent producers to submit their projects for consideration.  Deadline for applications - 5 February 2010.

For more information about guidelines, eligibility and how to apply, please click here

Mini Documentary Competition

 
Australian Ethical in association with the Documentary Australia Foundation is seeking entries in a competition for very short documentary films on the theme of Corporate Responsibility and the Environment.  Deadline for entries - 18 December 2009.

For full details, click here.  For the entry form, click here.

AIDC at WCSFP

Meet the AIDC Executive Director, Joost den Hartog and AIDC Manager Market Place and International, Ruth Cross, at the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers.

The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) is a member-run, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to celebrating the best in science, history and other factual television genres.
Leading international producers and broadcasters collaborate to develop dynamic member-produced panels and talks – a "by-the-industry and for-the-industry" model that always ensures relevant topics and valuable behind-the-scenes insight.

The 17th annual World Congress of Science and Factual Producers will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from 1-4 December 2009.

For more information click here

Thirteen Australian Documentaries Selected for IDFA

Thirteen Australian documentaries will screen at the International
Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) when the festival kicks off on 19 November.

A record seven Australian films have been selected to screen in the Competition section of the festival.  For more details click here