Market Place - Introduction
The AIDC offers extensive marketplace opportunities for all delegates. It’s the market that’s more than just a market. For producers seeking finance for projects, there are a number of pitching opportunities over the three days, including DOCUmart, MeetMarket and the Pitch and Punt competitions.
DOCUmart
DOCUmart is the AIDC's flagship market for co-financing and co-producing of documentary projects modelled after The FORUM for International Co-Financing of Documentaries in Amsterdam.
Over the course of a day a number of shortlisted documentary projects, with the potential of capturing an international broadcast audience, are pitched to the DOCUmart panel of leading International and Australian commissioning editors, distributors, sales agents, program buyers and other investors.
All AIDC delegates are welcome to attend the pitch sessions as an observer. Observing the DOCUmart pitches gives independent producers an opportunity to gather market intelligence via the unique access to the DOCUmart Panel.
MeetMarket
MeetMarket provides an opportunity for creative and original ideas to be fast-tracked in a supportive, structured setting. Selected documentary ideas are presented in two-minute pitch teasers made available online to local and international buyers. After viewing the teasers, buyers meet with selected project teams in a 'market' environment during the AIDC. MeetMarket is an initiative of the AFC and AIDC.
Videotheque
The Videotheque is the AIDC's video library for finished work. Producers and distributors looking for acquisitions can register their films for inclusion in the library.