Stephen Oliver (Australia) Commissioning Editor
ABC

Stephen is a commissioning editor with a passion for people and impactful stories.

Jo Chichester (Australia) Commissioning Editor
ABC TV

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.

Kalita Corrigan (Australia) Commissioning Editor
ABC

As Commissioning Editor, ABC Documentary + Specialist, Kalita develops and commissions premium factual series and feature documentaries for broad audiences.

Julie Hanna (Australia) Commissioning Editor
ABC

Julie has worked extensively as an executive producer, series producer and director across a wide range of genres with broadcasters and independent production companies.

Bernadine Lim (Australia) Senior Commissioning Editor, Factual
SBS

Senior Commissioning Editor Documentaries for Factual at Australian public broadcaster SBS.

Cieron Cody (Australia) Senior Commissioning Editor
NITV

Cieron Cody has recently joined NITV as Senior Commissioning Editor.

Paul Wiegard (Australia) Co-Founder & CEO
Madman Entertainment

Paul Wiegard is the Co-Founder and CEO of Madman Entertainment, a leading independent film distribution company in Australasia.

Rufus Richardson (Australia) Documentary Executive
Madman Entertainment / DocPlay

Rufus is responsible for the management of Madman’s wholly-owned documentary SVOD platform DocPlay.

Andrew Arbuthnot (Australia) Acquisitions Executive
Jambika Docs

Andrew is Jambika Docs Australian-based Acquisitions and Production Executive in Sydney.

Kazz Basma (UK/Spain) Head of Sales and Acquisitions
Sideways Film

ONLINE GUEST

Kazz runs Sideways Film, a documentary and factual sales agency with offices in London and Barcelona.

Tom McDonald (USa) Executive Vice President of Content
National Geographic

Tom McDonald is National Geographic’s EVP of Content, overseeing television, streaming, editorial, digital and social across all platforms, including Disney+.

Kelrick Martin (Australia) Head of Indigenous
ABC

Kelrick is the Head of Indigenous at ABC (AUS)

Kath Earle (Australia) Head Arts, Music & Events
ABC

Kath leads arts, music, and events at the ABC.

Rachael Brown (Australia) Development Executive - True Crime
ABC Audio

Rachael Brown holds the ABC’s inaugural role of Development Executive – True Crime, spanning Podcast and Documentary.

Theresa Navarro (USA) Co-Director / Chief Operations Officer
Catapult Film Fund

Theresa is currently Co-Director and COO at Catapult Film Fund, a SF-based nonprofit providing early-stage support for independent documentaries.

Malinda Wink (Australia) Executive Director
Minderoo Pictures

Malinda Wink is the Executive Director of Minderoo Pictures.

Alex Lee (New Zealand) Director
Doc Edge

ONLINE GUEST

Alex is co-founder and director of Documentary NZ Trust (Doc Edge).

Victoria Noble (UK) VP Original Content, Factual
Discovery

Victoria Noble oversees the commissioning strategy and content production for Discovery+ as well as Discovery-owned linear channels Quest, DMAX and Discovery Channel.

Fiona Gilroy (Australia) Content Sales & Acquisitions Director
Flame Distribution

Flame Distribution, a specialist factual and documentary distributor with offices in Sydney, Philippines, New York and London.

Erkko Lyytinen (Finland) Commissioning Editor
YLE

Erkko Lyytinen is a commissioning editor for Finnish public broadcaster YLE, focusing on co-productions of creative documentaries.

Al Cossar (Australia) Artistic Director
MIFF

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.

Caroline Pitcher (Australia) CEO
Film Victoria

Film Victoria is the State Government agency that provides strategic leadership and assistance to the film, television and digital media sectors of Victoria.

Ben Naparstek (AUS) Head of Content AU/NZ
Audible @ Amazon

Ben oversees original documentaries, dramas, and series for Audible.

Donovan Chan (Singapore) Creative Director
Beach House Pictures

Donovan is a founding partner of Beach House Pictures and is amongst Asia’s leading documentary and unscripted Showrunners.

Jocelyn Little (Singapore) Managing Director
Beach House Pictures

Jocelyn oversees company operations and executes major production deals across all of the divisions at Beach House Pictures.

Yoshihiko Ichiya (Japan) Senior Producer, Commissioning Editor
NHK

Ania Trzebiatowska (USA) Feature Programmer
Sundance Film Festival

Nathalie Windhorst (Netherlands) Head of Factual Acquisition
VPRO

Nathalie oversees factual acquisitions for Dutch public broadcasting.

Jessica Douglas-Henry (AUS) Series Producer - Compass
ABC

Compass is the ABC’s flagship program for religion, ethics and social values.

Leo Faber (Australia) Commissioning Executive Producer
ABC

Leo Faber is an Executive Producer in the Factual & Culture department of the ABC where he has worked since 2017.

Margaret Ross (AUS) Executive Producer, Indigenous
ABC

Margaret is an EP at ABC's Indigenous department.

John Godfrey (Australia) Head of Unscripted
SBS

As Head of Unscripted, John oversees the documentary, factual entertainment, and food and entertainment slates at SBS.

Brigid O'Shea (GER) Head of DOK Industry
DOK Leipzig

Brigid organises documentary markets for interactive works and films at various stages.

Joanne Azzopardi (AUS) SVP Sales & Acquisitions
Beyond Distribution

Beyond is a global distribution company.

Richard Buckham (AUS) Manager, Arts
ABC

As Manager of Arts, Richard oversees TV, Radio and Online Arts content.

Darren Chau (AUS) Director of Content & Channels, Factual
Discovery

Miranda Culley (Australia) Executive Producer, Arts
ABC

Miranda has over 25 years industry experience working in both private and government sectors across all phases of production.

Aidan Laverty (AUS) Head of Specialist
ABC

Aidan Laverty is the newly appointed Head of Specialist at the ABC.

Nic Hopkins (AUS) News Lab Lead - Australia & New Zealand
The Google News Initiative

Nicky Ruscoe (AUS) Development Producer
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 (Australia) Industry Programs Director / Premiere Fund Executive Producer
MIFF Premiere Fund

Mark Woods is the MIFF Industry Director and Executive Producer of its Premiere Fund.

Jordan Vincent (Aus) Research Fellow
Deakin Motion.Lab

Ryan Jefferies (AUS) Creative Director
Science Gallery Melbourne

Jonny Brownbill (AUS) Manager, Digital Products & Development
Museums Victoria

Jo Dillon (AUS) EVP - Content
Screen Queensland

Jo is passionate about working with diverse and talented storytellers to create screen stories that attract cast, finance and audiences.

Douglas Simpson (New Zealand) Senior Field Sales Executive
Getty Images

Douglas is an expert in archive licensing at Getty Images.

Axel Arnö (SWE) Commissioning Editor
SVT

At SVT’s documentary department Axel deals with international current affairs, special series and creative documentaries.

Nik Bars (UK/USA) Manager, Non-Scripted Television & Feature Film Acquisitions
Kew Media Group

Nik acquires documentary and factual content for Kew Media Group.

Ben Braun (USA) Director of Sales and Distribution
Submarine

Submarine is a hybrid sales, production and distribution company.

James Bridges (SNG) Co-Founder and CEO
iwonder

iwonder is the new Singapore-based documentary and current affairs subscription streaming service.

Rudy Buttignol (CAN) President & CEO
British Columbia's Knowledge Network

Rudy Buttignol is the President and CEO of British Columbia’s Knowledge Network Corporation.

Jeanie Davison (AUS) Development / Investment Manager, Documentary
Screen Australia

Ali Delici (FRA) Deputy Director, Arts Department
ARTE France

Ali is the Deputy Head of ARTE France's Arts division.

Kirsty Divehall (AUS) Content Acquisitions Manager
ABC

ABC Commercial represents both ABC-originating and independent content across factual, lifestyle, comedy, drama, children’s and arts genres.

Nick Evershed (Australia) Data and interactives editor
Guardian Australia

Dave Fanner (AUS) Head of multimedia
The Guardian | Australia

David Fanner is the Head of Multimedia at Guardian Australia.

Jess Fuselier (USA) Manager, Education & Research, Creative Distribution Initiative
Sundance Institute

Jess Fuselier is a community outreach, marketing and data specialist at the Sundance Institute, living in Los Angeles, California.

Richard Greenhalgh (AUS) Digital Content and Distribution Lead, Digital Life
Museums Victoria

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.

Mat Levy (USA) Head of Acquisitions
Passion River Films

Passion River Films is a film distributor specialising in films that engage with audiences and impact communities.

Evan Maloney (AUS) Development Manager
Screen Tasmania

Screen Tasmania invests in film, television and online content in a wide variety of genres and formats.

Josh Martin (AUS) Commissioning Editor, Entertainment and Food
SBS

Josh oversees food, entertainment, and factual entertainment slates at SBS.

Kate Montague (Australia) CEO & Founder
Audiocraft

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 Muller (FRA) Commissioning Editor
ARTE G.E.I.E.

Philippe is a THEMA Commissioning Editor at ARTE G.E.I.E. in Strasbourg.

Annie Murray (NZ) Manager Local Content - Entertainment
Sky TV New Zealand

Annie commissions across the spectrum from blue chip factual to children's programmes.

Jenny Neighbour (AUS) Australian Documentary Programmer
Sydney Film Festival

Jenny Neighbour has a long well-regarded history of programming films for the Sydney Film Festival, across fiction and non-fiction, features and short films.

Alyssa Orvis (AUS) Field Sales Executive
Getty Images

Alyssa is a Field Sales Executive at Getty Images focused on supporting the TV, film, broadcast and production industry.

Benedict Reid (NZ) Associate Head of Funding (Business Affairs)
NZ on Air

Benedict is the Associate Head of Funding at NZ on Air.

Hayley Reynolds (UK) Assistant Commissioner, Storyville
BBC

Storyville is the BBC’s flagship international feature doc strand.

Madeline Robert (CHE) Festival Programmer & Artistic Advisor
Visions du Réel

Visions du Réel is an international film festival in Switzerland dedicated to documentaries.

Cathy Rodda (AUS) Manager, Production Investment
Film Victoria

Film Victoria is a state government agency.

Astrid Scott (AUS) Senior Producer / Strategist ABC Education
ABC

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.

Stephanie Sun (CHN) Copyright Partnership Manager
Tencent

Tencent Video is a leading online video interactive platform in China.

Ranell Shubert (USA) Education Programs Manager
International Documentary Association (IDA)

Ranell provides essential programming and operational support for IDA’s educational and conference programming.

Judith Whelan (AUS) Acting Director Regional and Local
ABC

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 (USA) Head of Development
Cinereach

Elliott Whitton works with the Cinereach productions team and filmmakers to develop content for the organisation to support, finance and produce.