HEAR FROM THE WORLD’S LEADING DOCUMENTARY TALENTS AND FACTUAL INDUSTRY EXPERTS.
Jason Ryle is the International Programmer for the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Global Indigenous Cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Oli is responsible for acquisitions across the company's slate as well as the sourcing of projects for production.
Kelrick is the Head of Indigenous at ABC (AUS)
Jo is a Commissioning Editor in the ABC's Documentary & Specialist team with responsibility for major brands Grand Designs Australia, Grand Designs Transformations and Restoration Australia, as well as developing and commissioning the hit show Muster Dogs.
Stephen is a commissioning editor with a passion for people and impactful stories.
As a commissioning editor for ABC Documentary and Specialist, Kalita is passionate about finding ways to make Australian stories/history/true crime/arts entertaining and informative.
Julie has worked extensively as an executive producer, series producer and director across a wide range of genres with broadcasters and independent production companies.
Senior Commissioning Editor Documentaries for Factual at Australian public broadcaster SBS.
Paul Wiegard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Madman Entertainment, a leading independent film distribution company in Australasia.
Sudeep is a Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival.
Jennifer Peedom is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated writer, director and producer.
Cieron Cody has recently joined NITV as Senior Commissioning Editor.
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.
Lynette Wallworth has won two Emmy awards for her innovative VR and XR works.
Katy Roberts is a production executive at VicScreen.
Jacob is an award-winning writer and producer, and is the Head of Factual at Blackfella Films.
Yaara Bou Melhem is a two-time UN Media Peace and six-time Walkley-award winning Australian writer, director and producer.
For almost three decades, Karina has been a trailblazer in the field of non-fiction television.
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.
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.
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
Dom is an international designer director and co-founder of 21-19, a Brand & Moving Image agency, based in Melbourne, Australia.
Stuart Talman has over 15 years financial markets experience across trading, broking, sales and leadership roles.
Adrian is Nine’s Head of Content, Production & Development working across the 9Network’s broadcast and digital video businesses.
Richard has over twenty-five years of experience in the television industry, with creative and strategic leadership positions across a wide range of documentary and factual genres.
Sharon Roobol is the Executive Producer of 101 East.
Kate Fitzpatrick is a Programmer at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Emma Bortignon is a respected freelance sound designer and supervising sound editor known for her accomplished work.
Prash Naik is co-founder of Creators Counsel, a boutique media law practice based in Sydney and London.
Simon is the co-founder and managing director of production company Smith&Nash.
Al Jazeera is a global current affairs channel.
Rebecca Barry is a storyteller, filmmaker and adventurer at heart.
Eddie Martin is the director of acclaimed documentaries Have You Seen the Listers?, Lionel, and the award-winning All This Mayhem.
Maya is a documentary film director and impact producer from the Unquiet Collective based on Gadigal Wangal Country.
Alyssa is a Field Sales Executive at Getty Images focused on supporting the TV, film, broadcast and production industry.