HEAR FROM THE WORLD’S LEADING DOCUMENTARY TALENTS AND FACTUAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS.
A director of Blackfella Films since 2000, Darren Dale has produced award winning documentary, factual and drama programs.
Based in Al Jazeera’s Malaysia bureau, Emile commissions and oversees 25 min docs in the Asia-Pacific region for the ‘Witness’ documentary strand.
ABC Indigenous is the home of cutting edge First Nations storytelling across drama, comedy, factual and digital.
Joseph oversees commissioning for all unscripted content at SBS Australia.
Jo Chichester has worked on a range of internal ABC programs and co-productions, and commissioned dozens of documentaries across multiple genres including Arts & Culture, Politics, Regional, Sport, and Design.
As a commissioning editor for ABC Documentary + Specialist, Kalita is passionate about finding ways to make Australian stories - history / true crime / arts - entertaining and informative, and is looking to commission new Factual formats & feature documentaries.
Julie has worked extensively as an Executive Producer, Series Producer and Director across a wide range of genres with broadcasters and independent production companies.
Cieron Cody has recently joined NITV as Senior Commissioning Editor.
Madman is Australia's leading independent theatrical, home entertainment distribution and rights management company.
Ian Darling is Executive Director of Shark Island Institute and Chair of Shark Island Foundation.
As a Commissioning Editor at ARTE since 1998, Christian manages the slot 'ARTE Discovery', dedicated to discovery and natural history documentaries. He works with natural history and wildlife.
Bernadine has over 20 years’ experience developing, directing and producing across various documentary formats in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Josie is currently the Head of Programming at Eureka, a Fremantle Company.
Mitzi is a Co-Founder and CEO of Documentary Australia, a not-for-profit organisation enabling social impact documentaries to be funded and screened to inspire social change.
Dean Gibson is an Aboriginal filmmaker with over 20 years’ experience in creating, writing, directing, editing and producing content.
Monique Keller is the head of development for Dreamchaser.
Jacob is an award-winning writer and producer, and is the Head of Factual at Blackfella Films.
Lauren is the Industry Manager at AIDC.
Lisa’s journalism career spans Australia, the US and the Middle East, having worked for over two decades across news and investigations.
Tiriki Onus is a Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung artist, academic and Head of the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the university’s Research Unit in Indigenous Arts and Culture.
Gillian Moody is a Wodi Wodi/Dharawal/Yuin woman who has worked in both management and production roles during her extensive years in the screen industry.
Jodie Bell is the CEO and Producer at Ramu Productions in Broome, Western Australia.
Angela Bates is proud to lead the First Nation’s Department at Screen Australia since September 2021.
For over two decades, Karina has been a trailblazer in the field of factual television.
Marc Fennell is a Walkley-winning journalist and documentary maker.
Nick McKenzie is an acclaimed Australian investigative journalist, working primarily for Melbourne newspaper The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Kyas drives the creative direction of NITV’s distinctive offering across commissioned and acquired content, and oversees NITV’s programming and scheduling to bring it to audiences.
Celia has worked as a writer, producer, director and Executive Producer and won national and international awards for her work.
Alex Kelly (she/her) is a filmmaker and impact producer based on Dja Dja Wurrung Country.
Victoria Noble oversees the commissioning strategy and content production for Discovery+ as well as Discovery-owned linear channels Quest, DMAX and Discovery Channel.
Kate Pappas is an executive producer at WildBear Entertainment, co-chair of AIDC and treasurer on the Management Committee for Sustainable Screens Australia.
Alex West has written, produced and directed over 40 factual and documentary series and specials for TV networks, including BBC, C4, Five, ABC, SBS, National Geographic, Discovery and Seven.
As the lead investment manager in the documentary unit at Screen Australia, Jeni has a deep understanding of how the industry works from both a creative and financial perspective.
Daniella Ortega has recently joined the documentary team at Screen Australia as a Development and Investment Manager.
Flame Distribution, a specialist factual and documentary distributor with offices in Sydney, Philippines, New York and London.
Anna Kaplan is head of production and impact at Regen Studios
Stuart Talman has over 15 years financial markets experience across trading, broking, sales and leadership roles.
Sam currently works as a Development and Investment manager at Screen Australia’s First nations Department.
Writer and Producer Taryne (PiNKY) Laffar descends from the Bardi and Jabbir Jabbir nations
Belisa Balaban leads efforts around the development, production and acquisition of Hulu’s award-winning Original Documentaries and limited series.
With a career spanning 30 years, Jennifer Collins is one of Australia’s leading television executives.
Laurrie Mansfield is a developer, facilitator and producer for the screen arts
Richard has over 25 years of experience in the television industry, with creative and strategic leadership positions across a wide range of genres.
Alyssa is a Field Sales Executive at Getty Images focused on supporting the TV, film, broadcast and production industry.