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🎬 EXPLORE THE AIDC PLAYLIST ON DOCPLAY
We’ve teamed up with @docplaynow to curate a special playlist celebrating another incredible year of partnership — including the launch of the DocPlay Indie Booster through AIDC’s Cut to the Chase marketplace.
Featuring award winners, standout screenings, and projects pitched through AIDC, the playlist includes:
📽️ 2000 Meters to Andriivka
📽️ Spreadsheet Champions
📽️ Black Box Diaries
📽️ Porcelain War
📽️ Still We Rise
And many more!
New subscribers can stream FREE for 60 days 🙌
🔗 Link in bio!
#AIDC #DocPlay #Documentary #filmlovers #NowStreaming
Applications are open! 🎬 The 2026 Indigenous Documentary Placement, co-presented by AIDC and @abcaustralia, is back for its fifth year.
This is a unique opportunity for one mid-career Indigenous practitioner to undertake a paid four-month placement inside the ABC - gaining hands-on experience in documentary development and production, and building real pathways into the industry.
"The ABC x AIDC placement was a transformative experience for me as a documentary director and producer ... It has accelerated my development, expanded my network, and given me opportunities that would have been very difficult to access otherwise." - 2025 recipient Dylan Nicholls.
📍 Based in Sydney | 🗓️ Commencing June 2026 | 💰 Salary equivalent up to $96,715 p.a.
Applications close 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 26 April 2026. Link in bio for details and to apply.
#documentary #indigenous #careerdevelopment
Image: `End Game` (2025) Smashing Films, Barking Mad Productions and Allstory Pictures | Photographer: Darren McCagh
❤️ Held from 2-5 March at ACMI in Melbourne / Naarm, and officially concluding 12 March with the completion of a two-day online international marketplace, AIDC 2026 saw a total of 755 Australian and international documentary and factual practitioners take part in a vibrant program of sessions, screenings, marketplace activities and networking.
Participants representing 22 countries engaged in a program featuring 118 speakers across 55 sessions, pitches, screenings and events. In addition, 175 projects were pitched across all AIDC initiatives and 522 structured meetings were held during the in-person conference and online international marketplace.
🔗 Check the link in bio to read our farewell summary of (almost) everything that took place during AIDC 2026.
AIDC 2026 was presented by Principal Partner @wearevicscreen, Presenting Partners @acmionline and @screenaustralia, and Major Partners @abcaustralia and @sbs_australia.
Photos:
1. AIDC 2026 delegates at The FACTory, presented by VicScreen, The Edge, @fed.square | Photo by @will.hamiltoncoates
2. AIDC 2026 guest speaker Rita Baghdadi @ritaamal | Photo by @maxroux__
3. AIDC 2026 guest speaker Aloke Devichand | Photo by @will.hamiltoncoates
4. @narelda_jacobs moderating the Indigenous Creators Program session Wheel of Yarns | Photo by @maxroux__
5. AIDC 2026 session Subscribe Now: Understanding the Creator Economy, presented by @screenqueensland, featuring (L-R) Natalie Lynch, Farhad Meher-Homji, and Julie Eckersley | Photo by @kellimorris_photo
6. Adam Bhala Lough (onscreen) and Marc Fennell during the session Adam Bhala Lough and Deepfaking Sam Altman, presented by ACMI | Photo by @melissa.butters_
7. The FACTory Rough Cut Pitch at ACMI, Director Mike Jonathan and Director/Producer Kim Webby pitching Unlikely Kin | Photo by @melissa.butters_
8. Indigenous Creators Program Yarning Circle, hosted by Douglas Watkins | Photo by @kellimorris_photo
9. AIDC 2026 delegates during session Make it Make Sense!: How to Nail Social Media-First Storytelling | Photo by @melissa.butters_
10. Nick Batzias of Good Thing Productions moderating session The Ventureland Years with John Battsek | Photo by @ned_mansfield
📸 Capturing the winners at last week`s #AIDCAwards - celebrating the makers of the most exceptional Australian documentary and factual content of the last 12 months.
1. 2026 AIDC Awards Host Narelda Jacobs @narelda_jacobs
2. Southern Light Award winner Simon Nasht
3. Awards audience in ACMI Cinema 1
4. Southern Light Award winner Karla Hart @karlahart__
5. Guardian Australia team accepting the Best Audio Documentary Award for `Broken Trust` @guardianaustralia
6. Isobel Knowles, Van Sowerwine and Pip Campey accepting the Best Interactive / Immersive Documentary Award for `The World Came Flooding In` @film_camp_films
7. Lisa Favazzo of Guardian Australia accepting the Best Short-Form Documentary Award for Wieambilla Reconstructed
8. Anna Grieve and Danielle Mclean accepting the Best Documentary / Factual Single Award for Emily: I am Kam @tamarindtreepictures
9. Billy Russell and Gil Marsden accepting the Best Documentary / Factual Single Award for `Revealed: Death Cap Murders` @dreamchaser_group
10. Chris Kamen accepting the Best Feature Documentary Award for `Yurlu | Country` @yurlu.country
Congratulations to all the winners.
📷 @will.hamiltoncoates
⏮️ Day 4 and a wrap on AIDC 2026 ⏮️
Enjoy these highlights from our final day:
You Can Ask That - @abcaustralia
Spotlight - Rita Baghdadi: Up Close and Personal, presented by @wearevicscreen with @ritaamal
Spotlight: Global Stories with Aloke Devichand and Mindhouse, presented by @wearevicscreen, with @mindhousetv
AIDC Awards Ceremony - @yaaraboumelhem @yurlu.country @dreamchaser_group @tamarindtreepictures @guardianaustralia @film_camp_films @karlahart__
Closing Night Drinks presented @sbs_australia at @transitrooftopbar
Special thanks to:
@wearevicscreen
@acmionline
@screenaustralia
@abcaustralia
@sbs_australia
And a huge shout out to @sunroom_edits and @elston_gun for creating our daily wrap reels and amazing interview clips with AIDC 2026 guests
#AIDC2026 #documentary #nonfiction #HOLDTRUE #Day4 #recap
