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Att: documentary & factual creatives in Queensland - REGIONALITY SUNSHINE COAST is returning for 2025, Monday 28 July at @mantramooloolababeach, with discount Early Bird passes on sale now. The one-day event will feature an A-list international filmmaker spotlight, industry panel sessions, curated meetings, a development workshop, and networking - all in support of doc & factual practitioners in SEQ.
Presented by AIDC and @screenqueensland with the support of @sunshinecoastcouncil, and in association with the @sunshinecoastscreencollective
Learn more and get tickets on link in bio.
#regionality #regionalitysunshinecoast #documentary #factual #screenindustry #sunshinecoast #screenqueensland #screenqld @screencollective
AIDC and @abcaustralia are thrilled to announce director and producer @dylan.nicholls.film as the recipient of the Indigenous Documentary Placement for 2025.
The paid annual placement provides emerging filmmakers with an opportunity to develop their craft within the ABC’s Factual and Indigenous teams. Dylan will spend four months based at the ABC in Sydney starting next month, furthering his skills in documentary and factual development and production.
Our congratulations to Dylan! We can’t wait to hear about his experience with the ABC.
#abc #aidc #indigenous #documentary @abcindigenous
Photo by @flore_vallery_radot
AIDC & @abcaustralia are pleased to open applications for the Indigenous Documentary Placement program for 2025, with a submission deadline of 27 April 2025.
The placement provides one mid-career Indigenous practitioner with a unique opportunity to undertake a paid four-month placement in Sydney with the ABC, Australia’s largest public broadcaster.
Practitioners from all states and territories are welcome to apply and may be eligible to seek additional support from their relevant state or territory screen agency to help with travel costs.
For Indigenous practitioners interested in applying, a virtual information session hosted by Kelrick Martin, Head of Indigenous, ABC, and Justin Fenwick, Indigenous Employment Manager, ABC, will take place on Wednesday 16 April, 11:00am-12:00pm AEST.
🔗 Find out more about the opportunity, the information session, and how to apply on link in bio.
Image: The Kimberley (2025, @@wildpacificmedia)
#indigenous #documentary #indigenousdocumentaryplacement #abcaustralia #aidc @abcindigenous
AIDC has wrapped for 2025! Across four days in-person conference and two days of online marketplace, we welcomed 782 delegates, hosted 120 speakers, saw 200 projects pitched, and curated 676 meetings!
Read the full wrap report on link in bio 🔗
Thanks to @wearevicscreen @acmionline @screenaustralia @abcaustralia @sbs_australia and all collaborating partners, and to every person who attended and participated in AIDC 2025!
Photos:
1. [L-R] Ahmad Khayyali (translator), @avanidias (ABC) and @patabboud, Getting Important Stories Out of Impossible Places 📸 @melissa.butters_
2. 📸 @maxroux__
3. Hollie Fifer @thedocsociety & Sudeep Sharma @sundanceorg, FACTory Central Showcase 📸 @kellimorris_photo
4. Kimberley Benjamin, A Vision for the Future of Documentary 📸 @kellimorris_photo
5. Cut to the Chase meetings 📸 @kellimorris_photo
6. @ts.briggs @birraranggafilmfest, A Cultural Reckoning. Truth-Telling, Documentary Cinema, and First Nations Resilience in `Sugarcane` 📸 @kellimorris_photo
7. 📸 @kellimorris_photo
8. @santigrams, Lens on the Self: `Black Box Diaries` and Shiori Ito 📸 @kellimorris_photo
9. [L-R] @marcfennell, @tosca_looby17, Jose Mason Campbell and Bethan Arwel-Lewis, Factual Forecast: Invetion, Innovation and Challenging Form with SBS 📸 @maxroux__
10. @gabrielshipton, The `Censored` Collection: The Story Behind the $55 Million NFT Impact Project that Helped Free Assange, 📸 @melissa.butters_
