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Help us shine a light on the next generation of nonfiction storytellers. 🌟
AIDC`s Leading Lights Initiative is calling for donations for 2027 - supporting emerging and diverse documentary and factual practitioners to attend AIDC for the first time and access a customised professional development program.
Since 2018, Leading Lights has raised over $214,000 and supported 356 practitioners from across Australia. At AIDC 2026, a record 50 recipients attended thanks to the generosity of 21 donors.
Your donation could open a door that changes someone`s career.
All donations are tax-deductible. Tiers start from $715 (1 recipient place).
📍 The 2027 program takes place 8–11 March in Sydney as part of AIDC 2027.
Visit the link in our bio to learn more and donate. 💛
Thanks to our already confirmed 2027 donors including @sbs_australia (7 places), @minderoofoundation (5 places), @paulwiegard (2 places), and @bunyaproductions, @princesspicturesau , Above The Line Accounting, and @janablr (1 place).
📷 AIDC 2026 Leading Lights Pitch | Photo: @will.hamiltoncoates
🚨 EARLY BIRD ALERT! AIDC 2027 passes are ON SALE NOW
Australia`s only dedicated documentary & factual conference is bound for Sydney in 2027 for its 40th Anniversary. Save up to 25% on All Access Passes and Business Passes, but hurry - limited numbers only!
🎬 4 days of inspiring sessions
🤝 Networking with industry leaders
🌍 International marketplace
📍 @artgalleryofnsw | @statelibrarynsw | @botanicsydney
📅 Main Conference 8-11 March 2027 | Online Marketplace 23-24 March 2027
Ready to elevate your storytelling? Passes link in bio 👆
AIDC is proudly presented by Principal Partner @screennsw, Presenting Partner @screenaustralia, and Major Partners @abcaustralia and @sbs_australia
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🏭 THE FACTORY IS OPEN FOR AIDC 2027 🏭
Applications are NOW OPEN for the 12th edition of The FACTory International Pitching Forum - AIDC`s centrepiece showcase for documentary and factual projects - presented by Screen NSW and held during AIDC 2027 (8-11 March) in a striking new location - the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
✨ Submit your project in development to pitch to international commissioners, streamers & distributors
✨3 showcase strands: Central, New Talent & Rough Cut
✨Expert mentoring & pitch training
Since 2016, The FACTory has been a platform for 146 remarkable Australian and international projects, including Walkley Award winner Delikado, AACTA winner Mozart`s Sister, and festival hits Replica, Spreadsheet Champions, Iron Winter, Yurlu | Country and more.
Your story could be next! 🎬
Deadlines: 📅 Regular: 1 November 2026 📅 Late: 8 November 2026
Submit today to pitch to the people who can take your project to new heights.
Link in bio to apply! ⬆️
#TheFactory2027 #AIDC2027 #DocumentaryPitching #FactualContent #FilmFunding #Documentary #PitchingForum #AustralianFilm #InternationalFilm #Filmmakers #Producers #Sydney #ScreenNSW #AGNSW @screennsw @artgalleryofnsw
📸 Photos of The FACTory 2026 by @will.hamiltoncoates & @melissa.butters_
AIDC has officially opened Expressions of Interest for the 2027 conference ✨
AIDC’s 40th anniversary edition in Sydney will include a four-day program of sector-relevant and agenda-setting sessions. To ensure that the AIDC program is meeting the needs and demands of the documentary and factual practitioner community, we actively welcome your feedback and input.
We are now accepting submissions for session topics and ideas, and proposals to participate as a speaker, moderator or session producer.
AIDC 2027 is encouraging submissions that address:
💡 Creative expression and new ground in storytelling form;
💡 The changing role of journalism in documentary;
💡 Future funding and financing models;
💡 Discoverability, audience viewing patterns and projections;
💡 Archives: access, preservation, and digitisation;
💡 New content strategies for social media and online platforms;
💡 AI and its implications for documentary ethics and production;
💡 The evolving legal landscape - ie ownership, copyright, and litigation;
💡 Technological innovations across all stages of production and distribution;
💡 The next chapter for streaming and broadcast;
💡 Censorship, interference and disinformation;
💡 Wellbeing, duty of care and field-building;
💡 Sustainability, climate and impact.
🔗 Check link in bio to find out more and to make a submission.
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Photo by @melissa.butters_
Meet our new Board Co-Chair and Directors 💼
AIDC is pleased to announce the formal appointment of highly regarded screen and creative industries leader and Bundjalung woman Kyas Hepworth - the newly appointed Associate Dean, Indigenous Leadership and Engagement, and Professor at UTS Faculty of Design and Society - to the role of Co-Chair of the AIDC Board of Directors.
Kyas has an expansive understanding of Australia`s media and creative industries, having held senior roles with national organisations including SBS/NITV, the AFTRS, Screen Australia, and Screen NSW.
She will join AIDC Co-Chair Sarah Thornton, Head of Unscripted for Paramount ANZ - who was appointed in 2025 after the retirement of Kate Pappas - in sharing the leadership, responsibilities and official duties of running the AIDC Board of Directors.
Alongside Kyas`s appointment, AIDC welcomes incoming members Stephanie King, Impact Director, @documentaryaustralia, and Michael Hilliard, Managing Director, Producer, Boardwalk Pictures Australia, to the AIDC Board of Directors.
The inclusion of three new NSW-based board members follows the recent announcement of Sydney, NSW as the location for AIDC’s 40th Anniversary edition, with support from @screennsw as Principal Partner.
The appointments come after the completion of two consecutive three-year terms by outgoing Co-Chair Paul Wiegard, and Board members Hollie Fifer and Andrew Arbuthnot. AIDC would like to thank Paul, Hollie and Andrew for their service to the AIDC Board.
Alongside fellow Directors Sarah Thornton (Co-Chair), Matthew Carter (Treasurer), Marco Angele (Secretary), Paul Williams, Kelrick Martin, Bernadine Lim and Marissa McDowell, Paul, Hollie and Andrew have supported the AIDC Management Team in achieving several milestones, including the expansion of both the Indigenous Creators Program and Leading Lights Program to record participation levels, the introduction of The Showroom production company slate pitch and the Southern Light Award for outstanding contribution to the sector, as well as shepherding in a new era for AIDC from Melbourne to Sydney.
🔗 Read more about the appointments on link in bio
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