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

Sideways distributes internationally across all media and formats.

Christian Cools (France) Commissioning Editor
ARTE G.E.I.E.

As a Commissioning Editor at ARTE since 1998, Christian manages the slot 'ARTE Discovery', dedicated to discovery and natural history documentaries.  He works with natural history and wildlife.

Emile Guertin (Malaysia) Senior Producer
Al Jazeera English

Based in Al Jazeera’s Malaysia bureau, Emile commissions and oversees 25 min docs in the Asia-Pacific region for the ‘Witness’ documentary strand.

Alicia Brown (Australia) Commissioning Editor, Stan Originals
Stan

Alicia has recently joined STAN ORIGINALS as Commissioning Editor across the scripted and factual slate.

Madeleine Savage (France) Commissioning Editor
France Télévisions

ONLINE GUEST

For the past fifteen years Madeleine has been working within France Télévisions firstly as Executive Producer and then Commissioning Editor within the Department for Coproductions and International Acquisitions.

Kate Bustamante (USA) Senior Manager, Original Documentaries
Hulu

ONLINE GUEST

Kate supports efforts around Hulu’s award-winning Original Documentaries and Original Documentary Series.

Kelrick Martin (Australia) Head of Indigenous
ABC

ABC Indigenous supports First Nations creatives in the industry, proving Indigenous filmmakers and storytellers can lead the way in making exciting Australian television.

Julie Hanna (Australia) Commissioning Editor
ABC

ABC Factual consistently commissions, innovative, high-quality, award-winning content dedicated to telling diverse Australian voices, places and stories.

Kalita Corrigan (Australia) Commissioning Editor, Factual
ABC

Kalita is a commissioning editor for ABC screen - documentary and factual - and is passionate about history, true crime, culture and the arts.

Penny Palmer (Australia) Executive Producer
ABC

Dr Penny Palmer runs Catalyst, the ABC's award-winning science documentary series.

Kirsty Sibtain (Australia) Content Acquisitions Manager
ABC

Kirsty is currently Content Acquisitions Manager for ABC Commercial, working closely with producers in acquiring both ABC-commissioned and independent content for global distribution.

Joseph Maxwell (Australia) Head of Unscripted
SBS

Joseph oversees commissioning for all unscripted content at SBS Australia.

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

Madman is Australia's leading independent theatrical, home entertainment distribution and rights management company.

Rufus Richardson (Australia) Documentary Executive
DocPlay

DocPlay is the dedicated home of documentary content in Australia and New Zealand.

Patrick Hurley (USA) Head of Distribution & Business Affairs
Sandbox Films

ONLINE GUEST

Sandbox Films is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning production company that specializes in creative and boundary-breaking documentaries rooted in scientific ideas that inform society and culture.

Amanda Arya (USA) Director, Documentary
Participant

ONLINE GUEST

Participant was founded in 2004 with a commitment to creating content that stands at the intersection of art and activism. 

Jane Mote (UK) Editorial Consultant
The Whickers

ONLINE GUEST

The Whickers develops, funds and supports first-time documentary filmmakers from across the world.

Oli Harbottle (UK) Chief Content Officer
Dogwoof

ONLINE GUEST

Oli is responsible for acquisitions, sourcing projects for Dogwoof's production fund and overseeing all film releases.

Dylan Casella (UK) Head of Acquisitions & Co-Productions
Off The Fence

ONLINE GUEST

Dylan is the Head of Acquisitions & Co-Productions at Off the Fence.

Aleksandra Derewienko (France) Sales Executive
CAT&Docs

ONLINE GUEST

CAT&Docs is a Paris based sales agency specialising in promoting and distributing documentaries globally.

Jean-Jacques Peretti (France) Programming & Training Coordinator
Sunny Side of the Doc

Jean-Jacques Peretti is in charge of the editorial line at Sunny Side of the Doc.

Alex Lee (New Zealand) Director
Doc Edge

Doc Edge presents an Academy Awards® qualifying international documentary film festival in-theatre and online across New Zealand.

Mitzi Goldman (Australia) Founder and CEO
Documentary Australia

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.

Kyas Hepworth (Australia) Head of Commissioning & Programming
NITV

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.

Stephen Oliver (AUS) Manager of Documentary
ABC

ABC Factual & Culture consistently produces high quality, award winning, Factual and Arts programs that feature Australian voices, places and stories.

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.

Sarah Thornton (Australia) Head of Popular Factual, Network 10
Paramount ANZ

Paramount ANZ is a leading media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide.

Nakul Legha (Australia) Content Acquisitions & Originals
Netflix

At Netflix, Nakul leads film and television licensing and co-productions for the market.

Tyler Bern (USA) HEAD OF CONTENT, PRIME VIDEO AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND CANADA
Amazon

Prime Video offers a vast collection of award-winning Amazon Originals, hit movies and popular TV shows.

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.

Sarba Das (USA) Head of Development
A24

Sarba Das is a seasoned film and television executive.

Martina Droandi (Austria) Sales & Acquisitions
Autlook Filmsales GmbH

Anusha Duray (Australia) Acquisitions Manager
NITV

Ester Harding (Australia) General Manager
Mind the Gap Film Finance

Ester Harding is a screen industry development and financing executive, who has worked across documentary, drama, and multiplatform projects.

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.

Peter Gottschalk (FRANCE) Head of Programming
ARTE G.E.I.E.

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

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

Salma Abdalla (Austria) CEO
Autlook Filmsales

Autlook Filmsales is one of the leading sales agents for feature documentaries, hybrids and doc series.

Abigail Priddle (United Kingdom) Creative Director
BBC Studios, The Documentary Unit

The Documentary Unit at BBC Studios is the home of high quality, thought-provoking and award-winning factual television.

Mandy Chang (UNITED KINGDOM) Commissioning Editor, BBC Storyville
BBC

Mandy Chang is the Commissioning Editor of pioneering and iconic international feature documentary strand BBC Storyville.

David Harron (UNITED KINGDOM) Commissioning Executive, Factual
BBC Scotland

David Harron is Commissioning Executive, Factual at BBC Scotland, commissioning across both BBC One Scotland and the BBC Scotland channel

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.

Lesley Birchard (CANADA) Executive in Charge of Production, CBC Docs
CBC

Lesley oversees the award-winning CBC Short Docs - point-of-view documentaries available internationally, and TV documentaries and specials.

Danny Horan (United Kingdom) Head of Factual
Channel 4

Danny collaboratively oversees documentaries across History, Science, Natural History, and Arts and Adventure.

Catherine McCormick (United Kingdom) Acquisitions Manager
Cineflix Rights

Markéta Štinglová (Czech Republic) Head of International Co-Productions
Czech Television

Keith Barclay (New Zealand) Industry Producer
Doc Edge

Beadie Finzi (USA) Founder and Co-Director
Doc Society

Anders Bruus (DENMARK) Commissioning Editor
DR (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)

Anders is commissioning and buying current affairs documentaries, human interest and factual series for Danish broadcaster DR.

Lindsay Poulton (United Kingdom) Head of Documentaries
The Guardian

Lindsay is Head of Documentaries at The Guardian.

Stephanie McArthur (Canada) Senior Industry Programs Manager
Hot Docs

As the Industry Programs Manager Stephanie oversees Hot Docs’ Emerging Filmmaker program Doc Accelerator, and manages Hot Docs’ International Delegation and Alumni programs.

Beth Osisek (USA) Senior Manager, Original Documentaries
Hulu

Beth has decades-long experience as a visual storyteller whose experience runs from documentary features to series to short films.

Jenni Tuovinen (Netherlands) Senior Producer Markets
IDFA

The IDFA Forum is one of the most influential meeting places and pitching platforms.

Rudy Buttignol (Canada) President & CEO
Knowledge Network Corporation

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

Patrice Ramsay (CANADA) Independent Production Coordinator
Knowledge Network

Fergus Grady (New Zealand) Acquisitions Manager
Limelight Distribution

Fergus Grady is a distribution consultant and currently serves as Acquisitions Manager at Limelight Distribution.

Lanita Ririnui (Aotearoa, New Zealand) Commissioner / Kaikōkiri Kaupapa
Māori Television

Lanita Ririnui (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāpuhi, Kuki Āirani) has directed and produced many works across genres of entertainment, lifestyle, documentary and sport.

Robert Fernandez (USA) CEO/Co-Owner
Moxie Pictures

Robert has produced films that have won numerous major documentary film awards including The Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Sundance Documentary Grand Jury award and the IDA Best Feature of the year.

Jessie Springer (USA) Development Manager
National Geographic Partners

Jessie Springer is a development manager commissioning animal and nature content.

Christian Hensgens (GERMANY) Deputy Head of Primetime
N-TV News and Documentary Television

Christian is a senior broadcast executive at Germany's N-TV.

Gabriele C. Nensel (Germany) Head of Primetime
N-TV News and Documentary Television

Gabriele is the Head of Primetime at commercial broadcaster and multi-platform operator N-TV in Germany.

Yoshihiko Ichiya (Japan) Senior Producer, Commissioning Editor
NHK

Yoko Imai (Japan) Executive Producer
NHK Enterprises

The goal of NHK Enterprises is to produce TV programs that provide people with hope, motivation, courage, and vitality.

Yuri Sudo (Japan) Senior Producer
NHK

Loren Baxter (Syer-Willoughby) (United Kingdom) Head of Acquisitions
Off The Fence

Off the Fence is a leading non-fiction company of global scale and reach, producing and distributing exceptional factual programming.

Kristi Whisler (USA) Director, Documentary Film & TV
Participant

Kristi Whisler sources and develops documentary content for Participant.

Bill Gardner (USA) Vice President, Programming & Development
PBS

Bill oversees the PBS Primetime schedule in the genres of history, culture, natural history and science.

Erin O'Flaherty (United States) Director, Programming & Development
PBS

Erin develops and oversees production of original broadcast and digital content and acquisitions for the PBS primetime schedule.

Poppy Dixon (United Kingdom) Director, Documentaries and Factual
Sky UK

Poppy is responsible for commissioning original content for Sky’s three recently launched factual channels; Sky Documentaries, Sky Crime and Sky Nature.

Ianeta L'ei (USA) Senior Manager, Indigenous Program
Sundance Institute

As Senior Manager for Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program, Ianeta's focus is to identify and support emerging Indigenous filmmakers and their stories from across the U.S. and globally.

Ania Trzebiatowska (USA) Feature Programmer
Sundance Film Festival

Adam Piron (USA) Associate Director, Indigenous Program
Sundance Institute

Adam Piron is the Associate Director of Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program.

Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs (USA) Film Fund Director
Sundance Institute

Patrizia Mancini (France) International Development Executive
Sunny Side of the Doc

At Sunny Side of the Doc Patrizia liaises with international producers, distributors, decision makers and partners attending the market.

Yianna Sarri (Greece) Head of Agora
Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Yianna is the Head of the Agora at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

Sarah Mosses (United Kingdom) Founder & CEO
Together Films

Together Films have worked on titles such as 'For Sama', 'The Hunting Ground', and 'Unrest'.

Benjamin Thompson (USA) Short Film Programmer
Tribeca Film Festival

Summer Wharekawa (New Zealand) Commissioner, Maori and Pasifika / Manager, HEIHEI
TVNZ

Catriona McNeish (United Kingdom) Senior APAC Executive
TVF International

HARRIET ARMSTON-CLARKE (UNITED KINGDOM) DIRECTOR
TVF INTERNATIONAL

Sanjay Singhal (UNITED KINGDOM) Chief Executive
Voltage TV

Nathalie Windhorst (Netherlands) Head of Factual Acquisition
VPRO

Nathalie oversees factual acquisitions for Dutch public broadcasting.

Carly Frankel (USA) Manager of Podcast Development
Wondery

Kathryn Everett (USA) Head of Film
XTR

XTR is a premium nonfiction film and television studio serving the booming documentary film space.

Bryn Mooser (USA) Chief Executive Officer
XTR

Bryn Mooser is a twice Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning filmmaker, humanitarian, and the founder and CEO of XTR.

Ben Commens (Australia) Executive Producer, Factual
ABC

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.

Ian Walker (Australia) Senior Executive Producer - Non-Fiction Features & Scripted
LiSTNR Original Podcasts

Ian Walker is one of Australia’s most experienced podcast content executives.

John Godfrey (Australia) Head of Unscripted
SBS

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

Andrew Arbuthnot (Australia) Investment / Development Manager
Screen Australia

Leah Harris (Australia) Executive Producer, Original Content
Spotify Australia and New Zealand

Leah is focused on developing Original podcast content for the audio streaming platform Spotify.

Amelia Rowe (Australia) Acquisitions Manager
Universal Pictures Australasia

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