MEET THE COMMISSIONERS, BROADCASTERS AND FUNDERS WHO CAN MAKE YOUR PROJECT A REALITY
Tom McDonald is National Geographic’s EVP of Content, overseeing television, streaming, editorial, digital and social across all platforms, including Disney+.
Kazz runs Sideways Film, a documentary and factual sales agency set up in 2010, with offices in London and Barcelona.
Jo Chichester has worked on a range of internal ABC programs and co-productions, and commissioned dozens of documentaries across multiple genres including Arts & Culture, Politics, Regional, Sport, and Design.
Stephen is a commissioning editor with a passion for people and impactful stories.
As a commissioning editor for ABC Documentary + Specialist, Kalita is passionate about finding ways to make Australian stories - history / true crime / arts - entertaining and informative, and is looking to commission new Factual formats & feature documentaries.
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 co-founder and CEO of Melbourne-based Madman Entertainment.
Andrew is Jambika Docs Australian-based Acquisitions and Production Executive in Sydney.
Theresa is currently Co-Director and COO at Catapult Film Fund, a SF-based nonprofit providing early-stage support for independent documentaries.
Kelrick is the Head of Indigenous at ABC (AUS)
Kath has commissioned and produced hundreds of hours of content across Screen, Audio and Digital.
Cieron Cody has recently joined NITV as Senior Commissioning Editor.
DocPlay is the dedicated home of documentary content in Australia and New Zealand.
Malinda Wink is the Executive Director of Minderoo Pictures.
Doc Edge presents an Academy Awards® qualifying international documentary film festival in-theatre and online across New Zealand.
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.
Victoria Noble oversees the commissioning strategy and content production for Discovery+ as well as Discovery-owned linear channels Quest, DMAX and Discovery Channel.
Flame Distribution, a specialist factual and documentary distributor with offices in Sydney, Philippines, New York and London.
Erkko Lyytinen is a commissioning editor for Finnish public broadcaster YLE, focusing on co-productions of creative documentaries.
Al Cossar is the Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, where he has previously held roles of Programmer, Acting Artistic Director, and Associate Artistic Director.
Film Victoria is the State Government agency that provides strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and digital media sectors of Victoria.
Ben oversees original documentaries, dramas, and series for Audible.
Donovan is a founding partner of Beach House Pictures and is amongst Asia’s leading documentary and unscripted Showrunners.
Jocelyn oversees company operations and executes major production deals across all of the divisions at Beach House Pictures.
Nathalie oversees factual acquisitions for Dutch public broadcasting.
Compass is the ABC’s flagship program for religion, ethics and social values.
Leo Faber is an Executive Producer in the Factual & Culture department of the ABC where he has worked since 2017.
Margaret is an EP at ABC's Indigenous department.
As Head of Unscripted, John oversees the documentary, factual entertainment, and food and entertainment slates at SBS.
Brigid organises documentary markets for interactive works and films at various stages.
Beyond is a global distribution company.
As Manager of Arts, Richard oversees TV, Radio and Online Arts content.
Miranda has over 25 years industry experience working in both private and government sectors across all phases of production.
Aidan Laverty is the newly appointed Head of Specialist at the ABC.
Nicky is responsible for managing and assessing new proposals and identifying and developing innovative content for broadcast and online at ABC Factual.
Mark Woods is the MIFF Industry Director and Executive Producer of its Premiere Fund.
Jo is passionate about working with diverse and talented storytellers to create screen stories that attract cast, finance and audiences.
Douglas is an expert in archive licensing at Getty Images.
At SVT’s documentary department Axel deals with international current affairs, special series and creative documentaries.
Nik acquires documentary and factual content for Kew Media Group.
Submarine is a hybrid sales, production and distribution company.
iwonder is the new Singapore-based documentary and current affairs subscription streaming service.
Rudy Buttignol is the President and CEO of British Columbia’s Knowledge Network Corporation.
Ali is the Deputy Head of ARTE France's Arts division.
ABC Commercial represents both ABC-originating and independent content across factual, lifestyle, comedy, drama, children’s and arts genres.
David Fanner is the Head of Multimedia at Guardian Australia.
Jess Fuselier is a community outreach, marketing and data specialist at the Sundance Institute, living in Los Angeles, California.
Richard is the Digital Content and Distribution Lead at Museums Victoria where he specialises in the creation of digital stories in their many and varied iterations, using emerging digital technologies to broaden the scope of how those stories are told and published.
Passion River Films is a film distributor specialising in films that engage with audiences and impact communities.
Screen Tasmania invests in film, television and online content in a wide variety of genres and formats.
Josh oversees food, entertainment, and factual entertainment slates at SBS.
Kate Montague is the CEO and co-founder of Audiocraft – Australia’s leading podcast production company specialising in adventurous and sound rich audio storytelling.
Philippe is a THEMA Commissioning Editor at ARTE G.E.I.E. in Strasbourg.
Annie commissions across the spectrum from blue chip factual to children's programmes.
Jenny is responsible for programming documentaries and short films, and is the lead on the First Nations program at the Sydney Film Festival.
Alyssa is a Field Sales Executive at Getty Images focused on supporting the TV, film, broadcast and production industry.
Benedict is the Associate Head of Funding at NZ on Air.
Storyville is the BBC’s flagship international feature doc strand.
Visions du Réel is an international film festival in Switzerland dedicated to documentaries.
Film Victoria is a state government agency.
Astrid has worked across different areas of the ABC as a digital content producer specializing in emerging platforms, including most recently for ABC Research and Development.
Tencent Video is a leading online video interactive platform in China.
Ranell provides essential programming and operational support for IDA’s educational and conference programming.
ABC Regional and Local produces content for all of the ABC’s platforms to connect with local communities through storytelling, events and conversations.
Elliott Whitton works with the Cinereach productions team and filmmakers to develop content for the organisation to support, finance and produce.