☀️ 🎥 Documentary and factual practitioners gathered in Maroochydore on Friday 7 August for the third Regionality Sunshine Coast event, bringing together local and international talent for a wide-ranging one-day program.

Presented by AIDC and @screenqueensland, with the support of @sunshinecoastcouncil and in association with @screencollective, the event drew 146 delegates, including 22 national and international speakers and industry guests, to Maroochy RSL for a packed day of panels, meetings, and networking.

🔗 Read our wrap for the day on link in bio!

Photos by @amandagoochcreative

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We`re excited to welcome a new addition to the Regionality Sunshine Coast 2026 speaker line-up - Emmy® Award-winning producer Jo-anne McGowan (@strangerthanfictionfilms)

Jo-anne joins the panel for Play the Next Episode: The Art of Documentary and Factual Series, alongside Bethan Arwel-Lewis (@sbs_australia), Bettina Dalton (@wildbeartv) and John Harvey (Brown Cabs), moderated by Stephen Oliver (@abcaustralia).

Jo-anne and Stranger Than Fiction Films’ credits include:
🎬 ‘Silenced’
🎬 Jennifer Peedom`s ‘Deeper’, ‘River’ and ‘Mountain’
🎬 the Emmy®-winning ‘Harley & Katya’
🎬 and currently: ‘Empire in Colour’ (SBS & TVO/TVF)

She joins a lineup led by Academy Award®-winner Chai Vasarhelyi (@littlemonsterfilmsofficial, ‘Free Solo’, ‘The Rescue’, ‘Love+War’, ‘Everest: The Other Side’) and many more.

📅 Friday 7 August | Maroochy RSL, Maroochydore

Presented by AIDC and @screenqueensland, with the support of @sunshinecoastcouncil, in association with @screencollective

Full program and speaker details - link in bio! 🔗

Att: documentary filmmakers in South East Queensland, sign-ups for Doc Chat 1:1 Meetings with decision makers and industry experts at Regionality Sunshine Coast 2026 close on Monday 27 July at 11.59pm.

Get a Regionality pass and submit your choices on the link in our bio for the opportunity to meet with representatives from @abcaustralia, @sbs_australia, @nitv_au, @screenaustralia, @screenqueensland, @changerstudios, @screencollective, @wildbeartv, @docplaynow, @documentaryaustralia, and more.

Regionality Sunshine Coast 2026 takes place Friday 7 August at Maroochy RSL, presented by AIDC and Screen Queensland, with support from @sunshinecoastcouncil in association with Sunshine Coast Screen Collective.

#Regionality #Regionality2026 #documentary #factual

The upcoming Regionality Sunshine Coast at Maroochy RSL on Friday 7 August is set to feature a scintillating line-up of sessions on documentary and factual craft and financing, with a focus on character-led features and successful series development, philanthropy and funding, and filmmaking on the edge.

Don’t miss sessions like:

🎙️ LIMITLESS FILMMAKING WITH CHAI VASARHELYI

🎙️ FINANCING NONFICTION FUTURES: IMPACT, PHILANTHROPY AND FUNDING, with Anna Kaplan (@regenerators), Farhad Meher-Homji (@changerstudios), Sally Chesher (@screenaustralia), moderated by Stephanie King (@documentaryaustralia)

🎙️ BEARING WITNESS: QUEENSLAND DOCUMENTARIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT, with Allan Clarke (Independent), Andy Huang (Axel Rise Films), Ivan O’Mahoney (In Films @ivanomahoney), Yale MacGillivray (Independent)

🎙️ PLAY THE NEXT EPISODE: THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY AND FACTUAL SERIES, with Bethan Arwel-Lewis (SBS), Bettina Dalton (@wildbeartv), John Harvey (Brown Cabs), moderated by Stephen Oliver (ABC)

Plus Regionality Roundtable: Meet the Decision Makers, Doc Chat 1:1 Meetings, and Networking Drinks to wrap the day.

🎟️ Regionality Sunshine Coast 2026
📅 Friday 7 August
📍 Maroochy RSL
🔗 Link in bio for more information and tickets

Regionality Sunshine Coast is presented by AIDC & @screenqueensland, with the support of @sunshinecoastcouncil, in association with @screencollective