Expressions of Interest for AIDC 2026
Have an idea for the AIDC 2026 program? Want to be a part of it as a speaker or moderator? Let us know!
PLANNING FOR AIDC 2026 IS NOW UNDERWAY AND WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
Are you a documentary or factual storyteller, advocate, innovator, decision maker or impact-maker with an idea or insights to share? We’d love to hear from you!
AIDC is now seeking expressions of interest for the 2026 conference program, with a closing date of Sunday 12 October.
Whether you have a documentary or factual project, an idea for a session, a dream speaker to suggest, or you’d like to take part as a speaker, moderator, or session producer – this is your chance.
Don’t worry if your idea isn’t fully formed, we still want to hear your thoughts.
We are particularly interested in ideas that focus on:
- Sustainability, viability and wellbeing of the sector
- Deep dives into bold and courageous new nonfiction projects
- Sharing paths to financing and distributing documentary and factual projects
- Craft and business of First Nations stories and storytellers
- Ideas for upskilling, capacity-building, and field-building in the sector
- Ground-breaking innovations across nonfiction craft, platforms, and technology
- Industry state of play, e.g. policy and reform
AIDC 2025’s A Vision for the Future of Documentary session (pictured above) with Eliorah Malifa, Ian Darling, Kimberley Benjamin, Prash Naik, Mitch Nivalis, Hollie Fifer and Alex Kelly, was just one of the sessions to result from last year’s EOI process.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Pitch a program idea for AIDC 2026 – AIDC is inviting you to submit ideas for the guests you’d love to hear from and the conference sessions you’d most like to see programmed.
- Be a speaker at AIDC 2026 – each year we welcome over 100 speakers to talk about everything from industry trends to upcoming projects and hot-button issues.
- Produce a session for AIDC 2026 – we’re always looking for new and returning session producers to organise individual conference sessions and help bring our extensive program to life.
GET INVOLVED
If you’d like to help shape AIDC 2026, we want to hear from you!
Deadline: 11.59pm AEST Sunday 12 October 2025.
AIDC 2026
CONFERENCE | 2-5 MARCH 2026 | ACMI, MELBOURNE / NAARM
INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE | 11-12 MARCH 2026 | ONLINE