AIDC 2025 SHOWROOM PRODUCTION COMPANIES AND ADDITIONAL DECISION MAKERS REVEALED
SECOND YEAR FOR AIDC SLATE PITCH SEES 10 TOP-TIER PRODUCTION COMPANIES SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE
We are pleased to reveal the full list of production companies and decision makers participating in The Showroom at AIDC 2025, coming up 2-5 March at ACMI in Naarm / Melbourne.
The Showroom is a unique AIDC initiative for established production companies with a slate of nonfiction projects in development. The program aims to develop business opportunities through extended meetings and exclusive access to high-level buyers representing international broadcasters, streamers and sales agents attending AIDC in person.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
In its second year, 10 Australian production companies have been selected for this unique marketplace opportunity to pitch multiple projects in their pipeline to decision maker guests at AIDC 2025.
- Artemis Media
- Dreamchaser Entertainment
- GARUWA
- In Films
- Media Stockade
- Mint Pictures
- Periscope Pictures
- SAM Content
- Sweetshop & Green
- Walking Fish Productions
SHOWROOM MEETINGS | IMAGE CREDIT: MELISSA BUTTERS
PARTICIPATING DECISION MAKERS
We’re also pleased to announce the addition of eight new decision makers set to take part in The Showroom – from Warner Bros. Discovery, Sundance Film Festival, Sideways Film, NHK and more – bringing the grand total to 15.
- Shelley Quinn, Factual Commissioner – Warner Bros. Discovery (New Zealand)
- Emile Guertin, Senior Producer, Al Jazeera English (Malaysia)
- Natsu Kawakami, Producer, NHK (Japan)
- Sudeep Sharma, Programmer, Sundance Film Festival (USA)
- Keoni Kailimai, Director of Programming, Pacific Islanders in Communications & PBS (USA)
- Pamela Martínez, CEO/Managing Director, Limonero Films (Spain)
- Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director, Women Make Movies (USA)
- Kazz Basma, Head of Sales and Acquisitions, Sideways Film (UK)
Previously announced Decision Makers include:
- Madonna Benjamin, Senior Commissioning Editor, Documentaries and Factual Entertainment, Channel 4 (UK)
- Nic Meloney, Executive in Charge of Production, Factual & Documentary, CBC (Canada)
- Laura Miret, Commissioning Editor, ARTE France (France)
- Robert Y Chang, Co-Producer POV, American Documentary | POV (USA)
- Theresa Navarro, Co-Director | Chief Operations Officer, Catapult Film Fund (USA)
- Sarah Thornton, Head of Unscripted, Paramount ANZ (Australia)
- Alexandra Gilbert, Head of Content, Prime Video Australia and New Zealand, Amazon (Australia)
Learn more about THE SHOWROOM and this year’s SHOWROOM DECISION MAKERS.
Image Credit: Melissa Butters