The Australian Perspective: Sixteen New Speakers Announced
Local voices with global knowledge
It is impossible to ignore the ongoing achievements of Australians in the documentary and factual space, which is why AIDC 2020 is bringing you the cream of the crop in our new Speaker line-up.
Some of Australia’s finest filmmakers, producers and industry thought leaders will join international speakers like Amy J. Berg (West of Memphis), Feras Fayyad (Last Men In Aleppo, The Cave) and Ninder Billing (factual prodco The Garden) in the AIDC 2020 program.
We’re thrilled to announce the participation of the following creators, advocates and industry luminaries, each of who will energise the wide-ranging AIDC 2020 session program – set to be announced 29 January 2020.
DAMON GAMEAU
Director, producer, author and activist, whose documentaries 2040 (2019) and That Sugar Film (2014), and their accompanying impact campaigns, have made huge impressions on audiences worldwide.
DAMON GAMEAU
2040 (2019)
JENNIFER PEEDOM
The BAFTA-nominated director of Solo (2008), Sherpa (2015) and the stunning Australian Chamber Orchestra collaboration Mountain (2017); the highest-grossing Australian documentary of all time.
JENNIFER PEEDOM
MOUNTAIN (2017)
LYNETTE WALLWORTH
Emmy and AACTA award-winning Australian artist/filmmaker, whose immersive installations, VR and film works like Tender, Collisions and Awavena, have been changing people’s perceptions of interactive factual work around the world.
LYNETTE WALLWORTH
collisions (2016)
STEPHEN PAGE
Artistic Director and Choreographer of internationally acclaimed Australian Indigenous dance company Bangarra, the story of which is soon to be told in the anticipated documentary Firestarter – featuring new work choreographed by Page specifically for the film.
stephen page
bangarra: bennelong. credit: daniel boud
KARINA HOLDEN
Head of Factual at Northern Pictures, key creative and executive on breakout series like Love on the Spectrum, Go Back to Where you came from and Executive Producer of the SPA Award-winning series Employable Me.
KARINA HOLDEN
PRASH NAIK
General counsel for Doc Society and legal advisor on projects like Leaving Neverland, The Kleptocrats and The Great Hack; former legal advisor for Channel 4 Television UK, including for satirists Chris Morris (Brasseye, Four Lions) and Sacha Baron Cohen (Da Ali G Show).
PRASH NAIK
IAN DARLING & SALLY FRYER
Shark Island Institute principals and director and editor respectively of the AACTA-nominated The Final Quarter (2019)
IAN DARLING
SALLY FRYER
DEBBIE CUELL
Head of Genre at Endemol Shine and visionary executive producer of factual and reality TV, whose recent hit projects include One Born Every Minute and Old People’s Home for Four Year-Olds.
DEBBIE CUELL
MATTHEW BATE
Australian director of the AACTA-nominated Shut Up Little Man! (2012) and Sam Klemke’s Time Machine (2015)
MATTHEW BATE
ANDREW FARRELL
Head of factual for leading Australian production house CJZ and EP behind series and documentaries like Undercurrent, Marry Me, Marry My Family and Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Boy.
ANDREW FARRELL
KYLIE BOLTIN
Walkley Award-winning producer and journalist, and currently the commissioning editor of online documentaries for SBS Australia.
KYLIE BOLTIN
EDDIE MARTIN
Australian director of the Netflix-released Have You Seen the Listers? (2017) and the upcoming The Kids (2020).
EDDIE MARTIN
MAYA NEWELL
Australian director of Gayby Baby (2015) and the AACTA and Hot Docs-nominated In My Blood It Runs (2019).
MAYA NEWELL
SCOTT PRICE & BRUCE GLADWIN
Ensemble member and artistic director respectively for the acclaimed Back to Back Theatre, the Australian company leading the charge to question just what is possible in performance.
SCOTT PRICE
BRUCE GLADWIN
Joining a continually expanding line-up of speakers for the 2020 conference, these local voices bring expert knowledge of cross-disciplinary collaboration in documentary, international co-production, community impact and more. Meet all the speakers announced so far HERE.
Stay tuned as we announce even more inspiring speakers, panellists and masterclass for AIDC 2020 in the coming weeks.
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